15 (and a 1/2) Months

    Olivia turned 15 months on our first family vacation at the beach. Such a big girl... growing... growing and she is so smart! I can sit and watch her all day, but wait, I wouldn't be sitting because she rarely stops moving. She stays busy. We took her to the pediatrician yesterday and she weighs 21 lbs 7 oz and is 30 inches tall... 50%. She pointed at me the other day and clearly said Mommy!!!!!!!!!! It just melted my heart, I love hearing it:) Some of her other words... bye bye, hi, I, dada, and baby. She has her own version of Jax and Lilly, and sings "I, ee, I, ee, I ee" all day. Grandma Nancy built a swing set for Olivia in our backyard and she loves the swing.... I need to get pics on my camera instead of my phone though. Our backyard has become a pretty fun place with the swing set, a kiddie pool and a sandbox... which she still isn't sure about. She is starting to try to climb up on things and gets mad when she cant do it right away.  I also taught her to wink! Of course she does it with both eyes but it's the cutest thing. The other day she finally grasped where her nose is and now we are working on the mouth and ears. I love watching her learn!  

Happy 15 months Livvi!!

She found the books in her room.... and apparently books do not go on shelves according to her

Sitting in Liam's old chair at Aunt Chris's house

Playing in the pool



First Beach Trip!!

    A few weeks ago we went on our first family vacation!!! Ben and I took Olivia to Perdido Key, Florida which is right on the Florida/Alabama line, it was beautiful! This trip was the longest car ride she has had and she did awesome. I still can not believe that we only stopped once each way during an eight hour trip.... thank God for diapers:) Of course as soon as we got there Olivia tripped and fell in the parking lot which explains the big boo boo on her forehead in the pics... poor baby... goose egg and bloody nose in the first five minutes out of the car. After we unpacked and got groceries we stepped out onto the sand.... aaahhhhhh.. I absolutely love the beach. However, a certain little one year old did not feel the same way. As soon as we got near the sand she would hike those little legs farther up on my body and hold on for dear life. I will have to say I enjoyed the cuddling from her though, she usually doesn't stop long enough for that. Now, the ocean and the water was a different story..... she is a little fish!! Olivia did not want anything to do with the float and she kept trying to push us away, she wanted to do it herself. The first day we took our chairs, umbrella, a baby pool, sand toys, cooler, and snacks down to the beach and  laid out a big sheet so she could play on that. Well, that kept her entertained about five minutes. Mostly we stayed in the water and played and if we were out, it was snack time. The next few days we stuck to bringing the umbrella, drinks and snacks down.... everything else was useless for our little fish. During nap time Ben was sweet and would stay in the condo with her so I could get some quiet beach time to myself....which I loved. I could sit out on the beach all day and read and be perfectly happy. Midweek we went to The Alabama Gulf Coast Zoo which was adorable and very small. We got to feed a lot of the animals and I even got to hold a baby kangaroo!!! The weather was perfect and we had the best time!!!! Here are a few snapshots.

Olivia's first seashell.... of course it must go in the mouth

first dip in the ocean.... i guess Ben thought it was cold:)

ummm.... mom... i really don't  like all this sand stuff

Happy Girl

Hi Mommy.... I'm swimming in the ocean!!

Dinner at LuLu's.... Olivia brought a friend that night

weeeeeeeee