12 Months

Today I took Olivia to her 1-year appointment and she's doing perfect.  Here are her stats:

Weight: 23.4 lbs (75%)
Height: 31 1/4 in. (97%)
Head Circ: 46.5 cm (90%)
Plus she got 3 shots which she was not happy about.
(What's so crazy is that she is longer and heavier than Peyton was at 12 months.  Yikes.)


Olivia is quickly turning into a toddler.  She's losing the baby look and is reaching milestones and growing before our eyes.

Teething: In the last month, Olivia has cut her top two molars and is almost done with the bottom two.  Needless to say, it's been a rough month.  Add a bad cold on top of that and we had a pretty miserable girl.  This was new to me because Peyton never had problems with teething.  She is cranky, clingy, and does not sleep well.  She now has 11 teeth total.

Eating: Olivia has tried quite a few new foods this past month.  Quinoa, couscous, black beans, cucumber, strawberries, red/orange pepper, peanut butter, and we've switched her to whole milk.  She transitioned really well, it took about a day for her to get used to it.  She still loves pretty much anything we give her aside from cheese.  She used to love it and all of the sudden will not touch it.  I'd say chicken, bananas, couscous and yogurt are her faves right now. And she loves the organic baby food pouches (and I do too as they are convenient when I'm out an about or so I can eat).

She's just about ready to walk I think. Just in the last week or so she's started walking with her push toys and will walk while we hold her hands.  Before she wanted nothing to do with it. 

Talking: She's starting to say a lot more sounds and is constantly babbling.  New things she's saying:  'awwt' (hot), 'wow,' 'yaya' (oh yeah!), 'ba ba' (bun bun).

New things: She can point to her (or our) nose, ears, eyes, mouth and toes when we ask her to.

Favorites:
Her bunny (bun bun!)
Mommy AND Daddy. She finally got over the mommy-only phase.
Peyton..she's constantly giving him hugs and kisses.
Stacking and sorting.  I'm always finding random toys in my shoes. She loves her puzzle ball and is pretty good at getting the shapes in the right spots. She likes to take Peyton's crayons out of its tower and put them back in.
An open dishwasher or fridge-she beelines for it.
Taking a bath
Being in Peyton's room.
Peek-a-boo, clapping, dancing, and blowing kisses.

Not-so-favorites:
Teeth brushing..still
Diaper changes
Peyton taking something from her.

She's in 18-24 month clothes and size 4 diapers.

On this particular day Olivia was SUPER crabby and wouldn't let me put her down for anything.  I was trying to load the dishwasher and Peyton told me he would play with her so I could get it done. Such a sweet boy.  She loves him and he loves her.

Snotty, and cutting molars...sad baby!

She loves to watch the doggies outside.

Always wherever he is and always all over him.

Pushing her baby for the first time last week.

Hammering with a new toy Mommy and Daddy got her.