Fifteen glorious months

We have hit our 15 month birthday (5/2/13) and it is so hard to believe how fast time has gone by.  Her first birthday was just 3 months ago and the last three months have been so different.  Each day is different as she learns and grows.  These are pictures from my phone over the last few weeks.  

this girl loves adores water. 

drinking it. running through it. watering the yard & plants. she loves it. 

she is so full of love

sometimes the car can be fun.  mommy normally rides in the back to help entertain 

dress up in her halloween outfit (9 month costume). i think it actually fit her better this time.
we love to play kitchen

clean. clean.   bath time & bed time is a family event most nights. 

first hammock experience.  was a little iffy about it. 

watch out flowers! she WILL pick you! 

get those creative juices flowing. 

sweet girl. 

this is why we don't let you lose in the store... all that gum came tumbling down! 

mommy's vanity area is one of your favorite places.  makeup. jewelry. mirrors. <3 

beep. beep. coming through! 

sometimes this can be a fight... taking OFF the necklaces so we can go to daycare. 

more water fun. 

more art fun. painting is so much fun... it gets everywhere.  this time she used a paint brush. 

first trip to Newberry.  

sweet girl out in the country. 

you can always find her where the boys are.  she wanted to watch the boys play football.  

reading our book about Elmo at the book store.  she loves books. 

Riverbanks Zoo & Garden. watching the penguins swim around.. mesmerized. 

BIRD! 

Princess story time with dada

little people princess ariel & prince eric

imagine my surprise to get this picture at work from her teacher... 1 year old room at daycare is getting crazy!! 

a little game of hide and seek... she was seeking. 

wagon: check.   purse: check.    princess dress: check.
just a normal day for this girly girl

A little scare!

At church today we had a little accident that frightened us. Olivia was outside walking around with her dad and she began climbing the steps. This is not new to us. She has been climbing things for the longest time and she is a daredevil. She falls and trips often and we have become emotionally immune to this. As in, we don't over react or even react like she's hurt. When she was climbing the stairs she fell backwards and hit her head.. Even with the mr there to kind of catch her a bit. The startling part for us was when she wouldn't walk after it happened. I was holding her and would put her down and she would immediately start limping IF she walked. She wouldn't even walk for the dr even when we got to the ER. Anyway... After several hours and 2 sets if X-rays we have no problem we could see as major. Bruising on her bottom but no broken bones... Thank God. We are back to normal with some meds for an ear infection (again).

Update

I realize it has been quite some time since my last update. Life is busy and we are trying to enjoy the moments at home with our learning and growing girl. She has changed so much since her 1st birthday just 2 months ago. She didn't do much talking but she was certainly walking. Now she is talking up a storm and running! She runs everywhere at home and places we go. Her body goes faster than her feet can handles and she trips all the time. But she gets right back up and continues her fast pace. She is a rough and tough little girl. She bumps her head, falls, skin her knee and she will just look up at us and say "uh oh" with no tears. The weather has warmed up and she loves being outside every chance she can get. She actually cries when she can't (like yesterday during a thunderstorm). She loves playing with the water hose so I can't wait to bust out the pool or sprinklers so she can run around in her bathing suit. Her hair is so long and the ends are starting to curl. I lie her hair. It's beautiful and has natural highlights that give her hair so much attention from strangers and friends. She also does sign language.. We taught her a few things: water, milk, more, eat, daddy, bath (I've been trying to teach her mommy but she does daddy every time).

Words she can say: bird, dog, quack (for ducks), bow, mama, dada, hi & bye (which is never said without her sweet little wave), up. She does a good job at mimicking what we say. Like when we say all done she says "ah duh" or something that. She kind of says more but it's like "moh" and the other day we showed her a picture of Jason paternal grandfather who passed away and said "pop pop" and she repeated it several times in that moment but hasn't since she found the picture of him. She is very active and loves people. Here are recent pictures of my sweet girl. XOXO