Family Picture

I really wish we took more family pictures, but for some reason it doesn't always happen. I really want to make it more of a priority. Today before we left for church, we had Brad take a picture of us. I am so glad we had Brad here this weekend before he left for Jerusalem.

Cereal Trail

While in the bathroom this morning, Olivia went into the pantry and found a bag of open cereal on a lower shelf. (Whoever put it on that shelf - shall remain nameless.) When I came out of the bathroom, there was a trail of cereal from the pantry to the bathroom. Olivia thought she was pretty funny. She also enjoyed eating the cereal and helping me sweep it up.

Easter Surprise

Baby #2 is due to arrive October 28th!

(Older posts talk about finding out, my fertility diet, telling our families and how I have been feeling.)

Easter with Grandma and Grandpa Hales

We went over to my parents house in the afternoon. My Dad was excited to take Olivia out to jump on the trampoline. He had just put it together that morning. Olivia had been on the tramp before last fall, but she loved it today.

Grandma set up a little Easter Egg Hunt for Olivia and Jensen. Olivia knew exactly what to do and grabbed the eggs and put them in her bag.

Grandma surprised Olivia with an Easter basket and a new outfit.  

Easter Egg Hunt

This morning we went to our ward Easter Egg Hunt. Earlier in the week we put a few plastic eggs around the living room and had Olivia practice picking them up and putting them in her basket. She loved it and practiced over and over. When we got to the church Olivia spotted eggs in the grass and was trying to grab them. When we found out where the 5 and under spot was, we were sad to see that there were no eggs, just candy thrown on the grass. Olivia doesn't get a ton of candy so she didn't realize what it was.

Bob took her around as I took a few pictures. She spotted a section where there were some dum dum suckers and she was all about those.

We finished off the morning with breakfast. Olivia had a great time at her first Easter Egg Hunt, although I may have been more excited than her. 

17 Months

I feel like over the last few weeks Olivia has grown up a ton and I can finally say she isn't a baby anymore. Her vocabulary grows each day and I am amazed at the things she knows.

Some of her newest and most used words this month are:  lama, mama, two, three (we are working on one) eyes, ears, nose, bye-bye, toes, shoes, cheese, chair, all done, keys, milk, please, night-night, sleep, thank you, kiss, blue, and yellow.

We went to Mesa for a week and Olivia loved being able to walk in and out of the house whenever she pleased. While we were there she learned how to open up the screen door to get out. The first few days she was scared of the grass, but eventually she got used to it and was running all over. She loved the pool (hot tub) and was a little fish. She went to her first professional baseball game, (also Mom's, haha.) and enjoyed following her cousins Max and Ella around each day.

While we were there she got another tooth, her bottom right incisor finally broke through so she now has 11 teeth.

She got her first haircut this month and she no longer has a mullet. I think she looks a lot more grown up now.

Olivia loves to give kisses, and has finally decided to give them to people. She is professional at giving them to her toys already. Lately she has been giving us kisses goodnight and after she will say thank you. When we go to bed, she will now fold her arms for about 3 seconds when we say prayers and she says night - night. My favorite thing that she has learned to do this month is she will say "all done" when she is done eating, instead of throwing her food/plate on the floor.

Our schedule is still pretty consistent with what it has been the last few months. We both still enjoy her 2 naps a day. For a few days I tried doing 1, to see if that would help with her wake ups at night. She has been waking up between 11-1 each night and crying unconsolably. But changing to 1 nap didn't fix that, so back to 2 we went.

She stepped on the scale the other day in the bathroom and it said she weighed 19 pounds. She was fully clothed, but even so we will take it. I am excited to see how much she really does weigh next month at her appointment. She wears size 3 diapers and 12-18 month clothes.

Olivia still has a strong love for her binky. I am wanting to try and wean her from it next month, but I am nervous about it. We try to only let her use it during naps and bedtime. But if she finds one around the house, it's hard for her to give it up without a fight.

Foods she has been enjoying lately are yogurt, scrambled eggs with ketchup, baby food pouches, bananas, strawberries, cheese, cooked carrots, and any type of sugar. I am so proud of her because as of lately she has been drinking two sippy cups of milk a day. Which is really only about 8 - 10 ounces, but we are so glad she has progressed from 1 to 2.

12 Weeks

I have been feeling great these last few weeks. About week 9 my nausea went away and I have felt almost like my old self. The only lingering symptom is some serious fatigue. I don't know if its from pregnancy or just being a mom. I am so tired. I try to take at least one nap a day, and sometimes two. I feel like a dud on the couch. I am hoping this phase ends quickly. I am excited for summer and hope to get out each morning with Olivia. We can't wait for Seven Peaks and enjoy playing at the park. It's crazy that this will be our last summer as the two of us.

(I better clean the mirror before next months pictures! Notice it's pretty dirty at Olivia's height.)