Wednesday, October 31, 2018

Monday, October 29, 2018

Eleven Months


Eleven Months

Note, I started this the day before her 11 month birthday and am just now publishing...that is life these days, running a couple weeks behind constantly!


You guys, in 1 month (well now 20 days!), Olivia will be one year old!  Where has the time gone?  

I know I sound like a broken record but each month I claim it is my favorite age and here I am again, this has to be the favorite!  She is very interactive and active and its just fun to really see her personality development, and even a little bit her stubbornness and will.  Check back with me in a year or two when we are in the terrible twos or troublesome threes and I doubt I will be claiming it is my favorite age then!

She has ALREADY mastered the side eye!
 This month, we saw major progress in the realm of crawling....





As of her 11 month birthday she was not crawling, but spoiler alert, she is now!  We have been without her PT for about a month in a half now as they are short staffed and our PT quit, but it seems that Olivia is saying she really does not need it anyway!  

We have enjoyed the beautiful weather, taking in Oktoberfest with Uncle Andy....


The Norfolk Zoo with Tiffany and the kiddos, where she walked with Daddy on the large snake sculpture....


And got to experience her first trip to the "pumpkin patch," I use the term loosely because it is really just a field where they place pumpkins, no pumpkins are actually grown there.  Baby girl, we will get you a better pumpkin patch when you actually know the difference!


We have been enjoying lots of time on the neighborhood swing, she absolutely LOVES to swing!


And have been overall, her happy self! 


The colder weather has also brought about a few colds, sicknesses, and our favorite, hand foot and mouth disease, but she has done great with them all and seems to be feeling great these last few weeks!



Olivia continues to grow, I honestly have no idea of her weight or height, but my guess is she is about 18 pounds and 27 inches long!  She is mostly wearing 12 month clothes, unless they are pants--this girl is SHORT!   Overall, we are so happy with her continued progress and look forward to the next month when we celebrate her FIRST BIRTHDAY!



A few new milestones in the past month:
* Continuing to walk while holding your hands
* Talking lots more--she now says, Dada, Mama, yeah, bye, LaLa, and other sounds--I do not begin to believe she knows what they all mean but sometimes her timing is perfect!
* Started crawling
* First trip to Norfolk!

* First VCU game (even if it was just a scrimage)
* Upgraded to a convertible car seat
* First trip to the pumpkin patch
* First trip to the state fair