On Peyton's actual birthday we celebrated with a Lego color/theme party! He requested Mexican food so I put out a huge taco bar spread, lots of dips and a chicken taco chili that was delish! Happy birthday to our big 5-year-old!
Eating his birthday breakfast. Belgian waffles!
Making a wish.
Olivia loved her waffle
Lego-colored pom poms
Peyton requested Oreo pops like his sister had at her party
Peyton wanted to do Skittles for his party favor..but I totally forgot to give them out until after half the people left!
Showing Uncle A what he built
New remote control Francesco car
Olivia was ALL over Ethan, hugging him, laying on him, kissing him, rubbing his hair. It was hilarious!
Snuggling with Daddy
He got so much fun stuff
New tee-ball gear. He's signed up for this Spring
These two are best buddies!
The boys taking turns with his new toys
Aww cousin love!
Chocolate mint Coldstone ice cream cake!
Love him
We got him a full-size basketball hoop with adjustable height to get him started on some hoopin! I think I might be more excited than he is about this! I can't wait to start playing with him.
My nephew's girlfriend Jennica made these gorgeous picture frames on wood! I absolutely love them
They also got Olivia the cutest outfits for a belated b-day gift, including this adorable pea coat. I wish they had it in my size!
Peyton hasn't wanted me to take many pictures of him lately. I hope it's just a phase because I love his smiling face! I did however find this picture on my phone last night. He had been supposedly playing Angry Birds on my iPhone a few days ago in the car on the way back from the gym, but he was apparently taking pictures of himself, and the back of my head instead. :)
I love this face.
Also, I had the rare opportunity to get him on video singing one of his many songs that he learns at school. The fiddle part cracks me up everytime.
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.
This past Sunday/Super Bowl Sunday (Yes I know, but I could care less about football and that was the last thing on my mind when I picked the date and mailed out the invites. Whoopsie!) we celebrated Olivia turning ONE! I spent a lot of time browsing Pinterest for ideas and got my creative juices flowing. I went with Olivia the Pig colors. We had a huge spread of food: Pulled pork sliders (brought by my father-in-law..so so good!), pigs in a blanket, pastina w/peas & carrots (awesome Giada recipe for kids!), fruit kabobs, veggies, strawberries w/whipped cream dip, Oreo pops, and red velvet cupcakes. Good food for a birthday party AND for the Super Bowl! Now for some pictures...okay, a LOT of pictures.
I made these M&M party favors with Olivia's picture on them.
I made these tissue pom poms...so easy to make and so pretty!
I used one of her Olivia books and framed her party invitation for decoration.
Oreo pops!
Fruit kabobs
Olivia wasn't sure what to think of all of the people in our house...it was a FULL house!
She loved the Oreo pops...she freaked out when we took it away. She wanted the whole thing!
Opening gifts.
Love her smile
More gifts. Of course she got a pink vacuum. Peyt had to show her how it worked as he is the vacuum connoisseur!
This bear my brother Hughy and sis-in-law Sherri gave her was her favorite. She loved on it for so long and wasn't interested in opening more gifts.
Daddy and his girl
Practicing her walking...she's almost there!
Livs with Grammy Springer and Great Grandma Springer
Singing happy birthday to our girl.
She wasn't sure why everyone was looking at her and singing.
She had fun with the cake..she wasn't too messy until she started playing peek-a-boo!
Austin, Ethan and Peyton spent most of the time in his room building legos.
Tuckered out and laying with 'Big Bear' next to Grandpa Prazeau
Happy 1st Birthday Livs! Now on to planning Peyt's (5th!!!!!) birthday party that's in less than a couple weeks!
