Pigtails and some funnies.

 

Yes, it is true, she now can have pigtails.

I think her daily head massages worked:)

Ahhh I just love this cute girl.

She's kind of looking like a toddler now.

And definitely acting like one!

Where to begin.

This one is a such a spunky little thing and keeps us on our toes every second she is awake.

Let me just share a few funnies.

So, she has this cute little toothbrush that she loves to brush her teeth with.

Every morning we go into the bathroom and brush our teeth together.

Well after a few days  of watching me she has become a pro at the whole thing.

I was brushing my teeth and leaned over the sink to spit.  As I looked up, I saw her squat right next to me and make the exact sound and spit right onto the floor. 

She was so dang proud of herself.

And I'm not going to lie, despite the puddle of spit on the floor I was proud too.

So every morning when we brush, she proudly does her little squat and spit every time I do.

I love it!

As I'm sure I've shared in previous posts, she can be a bit violent.

Which I will admit she got from me.

(It's a little embarrassing watching my family videos!)

So...she was nicely playing with her toys as Michael and I were sitting on the carpet next to her watching.

Well Michael decided to grab her and put her on his stomach.

Well she was not happy about this at all and immediately started squeeling and flopping around.

(Michael was in a teasing mood and wouldn't let her down.)

So I stepped in to save her and told him to let her go.

So he did.

And just as she sat up she lifted her little arm up and slapped him right in the face.

And this wasn't just a little baby slap.

It was a full on loud hard slap.

Well what we should have done was grabbed her arm and told her "No, do not hit daddy."

But we couldn't.

We were both practically rolling on the floor with laughter.

Sad, bad parent award right here.

Well after a couple seconds we realized we better get control of ourselves so that we could try and help teach her not to hit.

I have no idea how we are going to teach this child if every time she does something naughty we laugh.

It is just so dang funny to see this little mini thing be so stubborn and get so mad.

But we will do better:)

She can also be very loving at the same time. She loves to give long tight hugs.

I think that might be one reason behind the hitting. Because she knows right after she hits that she needs to say sorry and give a big hug.

Maybe that's why she hits?!

Olivia loves to play peekaboo with Michael before bed.

Michael will say, "Where's Olivia?" 

And she will pull the covers over her little head and then pull them down when he says, "there she is!!"

Well one afternoon, they were playing and after a couple times he said, "Where's Olivia?"

And no response.

So he said it again.

And nothing.

So, he lifted back the covers and she was completely zonked haha.

Funny little thing.

Anytime she sees a door open  she will immediately run over to it and close it no matter what she is doing.

Lately, she likes to say "num num" after she eats something good.

She sounds exactly like one of those wookie bears from Starwars haha.

We have this full length mirror right outside our bedroom.

She loves to look at herself in it right before bathtime.

She will stand right in front of it and say, "mee."

She also likes to suck her little Budda tummy in and out and give herself kisses.

That's all for now.

I know there's more.

Cause every moment with that girl is simply the best.

She is always putting a smile on her dad and I's face.

We love her so very much.

And feel so blessed that she's ours.

It snowed, so we played!

It finally decided to snow enough for us to take Olivia out to play.

So we bundled her up in lots and lots of layers of clothes.

Including the very snowsuit I wore when I was a baby!

We got a little sled for her and went out back to send her down sledding for her very first time.

I went first to make a path.

And to make sure it wouldn't be too fast.

And then it was her turn.

Here she is.

Isn't she just the cutest?!

Yay Olivia!!

So in love with those cheeks!

She was a little scared of the snow.

She did not like to walk in it by herself.

Only if we held her hand.

But one thing she did LOVE was eating it!

She sat like this for the longest time shoving it in her mouth.

(Don't worry this snow looks dirty, but I made sure to only give her the fresh snow).

I love the back of her in this snowsuit.

It makes me laugh so hard.

As always, thrilled to be outside!

And walking on the sidewalk, not the snow!

I love my little fluffy puffy girl.

She's the best!

Just a few tidbits.

Random life happenings for us.

I still work around 20 hours a week.

Michael will also be working for my dad on the days I don't work for the next 2 weeks.

Extra money, woot!

I still enjoy my Monday Bachelor night, even though this season is definitely not a favorite.

Our Monday schedules are definitely arranged so that all is settled down by 6:57 pm.

I'm not even kidding.

 I really enjoy the commercials or kissing breaks as Michael and I like to call them:)

Michael and I have become huge Uno players again.

We play at least 2 sets of 3 games every single night.

We've also been taking advantage of our built in babysitters, since there is only 2 months left.

Tuesday movie nights, dinner dates, and treat runs.

It's really a blast.

Where to begin with Olivia,

She's a real hoot.

New words: star "tar",  and stuck "stu", toes "tozzz", mail "mai".

Recently she's decided that she is not a fan of sad, soft music.

Michael just randomly started singing a song about a light house (EFY) and her little lip just started quivering and she let out the saddest cry you've ever heard.  

Really if you sing the abcs in a soft pretty voice she just bursts out bawling and in that very same minute you can start happily singing the itsy bitsy spider and she is dying of laughter.

Yep, sometimes we just have no idea what is going on in that cute little head.

I justify my time spent on Pinterest by meal planning each week off of my food boards.

And doing my workouts 3 times a week from workout plans on there.

So grateful for tax returns.

Just found out that we are not selling in Santa Monica but in Santa Clarita!

We're still fairly close to the beach so no worries:)

Even though our lives are a bit crazy and up in the air right now, I am just so grateful for Michael.

He makes me laugh every single day and it's just so wonderful to be married to my best friend.

And I'm of course so grateful for my Olivia. 

She makes everyday an exciting adventure.

I can't even begin explain how much being her mom means to me.

It's simply the best thing ever.

Doing her little nose scrunch.

And now it is a beautiful smile.

These are the squishy hugs and wet kisses I get every single day.

Oh how I love her.

Giggle bellies.

If you haven't heard of the giggle bellies and you have a small child, it's time.

Michael's aunt introduced them to me a while back and I of course showed them to Olivia.

And she loves them.

The music is so fun and all the little characters are so colorful.

Some of them are a little creepy looking haha.

But I don't think Olivia feels the same.

She will honestly sit and watch them for about 20 minutes.

Which is a record in her books.

Right now we just watch some of the songs on youtube.

But for Easter we plan on buying her the dvds.

It's one of those quickly turn on things when there is a freak out.

And immediately she becomes a happier baby.

She's learning new words and all the cute little children songs at the same time.

I'm a fan.

And of course Olivia is too!

Her messy hair.

Ahhh I love it so much.

I think it is almost long enough for pig tails.

Yay!

 

Ready for bed.

Aren't ready for bed babies just the best?

I love this little one when she is all clean and smells of the heavenly baby lotion and oil.

Oh my gosh.

And I freaking just want to cuddle her close in her soft little pajamas.

Don't get me wrong, I love this little one at all times of the day and night.

But there is something about right before bed that just makes me want to squish this little one and kiss her plump rosy cheeks forever.

I love my baby girl.

But I must stop talking about her and looking at this picture because I am extremely tempted to go into her room and just wake her up!

But she needs her beauty and good mood sleep.

So I won't.

I'm thinking I'm still going to go take a little peep though:)

Olivia.

Let's talk a little bit about her.

And some of the new things she's doing.

*Lately, she laughs and cries at the same time. A little strange right? But it is hilarious.

For example, I will lay her down to change her diaper and she will start crying and within a matter of seconds that cry turns to full on busting up, and then back to crying and so forth. 

It's quite entertaining:)

*She's obsessed with socks ("das"), and shoes ("sooz"). She loves to put them on and play with them.  She tries very hard to put on her own socks. And is getting close. She also loves to put on me and Michael's shoes and then try to walk in them. We'll just say that doesn't work well for her!

*She loves going places. Whether it is outside to play basketball ("ba") with dad or to uncle Emerson's basketball games, the grocery store with mom or grandma "ma", taking the garbage out or really anywhere that isn't home. In the morning when the twins and Harrison leave for school she always latches on to them hoping that they will take her with them. When they leave, she always runs to the front door crying. She's an adventurous little thing and just loves to be out and about and apart of everything.

*Her new favorite bath toy is her duck ("du").

*She absolutely loves candy. And will always be seen doing the sign for it.

*She loves to help clean, do laundry, and vacuum.  She loves putting things away in her laundry basket even if it isn't clothes!
*She says boom, "boovs"  bye bye "bye byes", turtle "tuts", yucky, "by spitting and making a grossed out face, Jesus "jes" or "jezus", cheese "cheeze", duck "du" door "dor", stairs, banana "nan" or "bbbb". And loves to repeat the last word that you say.

*One of the first things she gets into is my wallet.  She loves to empty all my cards out and play with them.

*She loves babies and little kids.  And will do the rocking motion with her hands and say, "MMMMmmmm" whenever she sees a baby or someone talks about one.

"She loves to give her little squeeze hugs all the time.  Sometimes when I lay her down to change her she holds her little arms up and I go down and she gives me just the longest squishiest hug. She also makes the same little "MMMmmmm" sound.

It makes my day.

She is getting so good at understanding everything I say to her. And although she is speaking sentences she makes it very clear to us what she needs and wants.

She is learning things so quickly and I can tell she is watching everything everyone does so carefully.

 Which means I better start watching myself:)

We love her so much.

I can't imagine where we'd be without her.

She is such a sweet little joy that we get to love every second of every day.

I'm grateful for her and for her spunkiness, hilariousness, independence, hugs and kisses.

She makes those not so good days, perfect days.

She glares now.

 Recently, our little Olivia has decided that she likes to glare at anyone that doesn't do exactly what she wants.

Or if she is getting into something and we say, "no no Olivia."

We get the face.

And we seriously just bust up.

I don't know if we will ever be able to punish this child when she makes a face like that.

We just can't take her seriously.

She does it all the time and we can't get enough of it.

Sometimes we will say "no no" just to get the face.

I know we are such teasers.

But it really is the best.

Where this child learned to glare, I have no idea:)

Sleeping beauty.

Every night, we sneek in at least once just to get a quick peek at our sleeping beauty.

Sometimes we find in her in just the cutest positions.

I think what we like about this most is just looking at our beautiful baby sleeping so peacefully and realizing what a precious blessing she is to us.

And that she's ours.

And that we get to be her mom and dad.

I am so grateful for this.

So grateful for everything this 16 month old baby has already taught me.

She has started giving just the very best hugs.

She wraps her little arms tightly around your neck and squeezes.

I could seriously get them all day.

The best part of this perfect hug is knowing that she knows I'm her mom and that I love her more than anything else.

And that she loves me back just the same.

Pre V-day.

The little sweets dressed in red for church.

(Sorry about the blurriness).

Helping mom make sugar cookies.

(We tried substituting Greek yogurt for the shortening.)

They tasted amazing.

So excited for Valentines Day!