Olivia - 18 Months

This little girl is a firecracker!  Out of the three kids, she definitely swings the farthest on either ends of the personality spectrum - so incredibly fun and full of life, and so crazy stubborn and hard. She keeps us on our toes for sure. She is a mischievous little thing and likes to get into everything and make big messes. She also loves to be silly and to make us laugh. 

Her speech is coming along awesome and she talks so much these days. She is like a little parrot and mimics what everyone else says which is pretty funny. For example, she likes to scream "mom, wipe my bum!" which she learned from Bentley. She also sings the tune to Star Wars any time she sees anything that has to do with that show. Her favorite song though is twinkle, twinkle little star and she sings it so cute and wants me to sing it to her every night before bed.

She transitioned into nursery at church like a champ. She is in the same class as Bentley, for now, which is super cute because he watches out for her. She is going through a bit of a mommy attachment phase though which is a little frustrating when I attempt to leave her at any other time.

She is little miss independent and needs to learn everything on her own. I can warn her about climbing on the table, but she will keep doing it and fall off a time or two before she decides that it isn't a good idea after all. This little feature may turn out to be a bit tricky when she is a teenager.  

She loves her siblings and wants to be big just like them. Seeing their relationships blossom is definitely one of the best parts of parenting.

She loves veggie/fruit smoothies which is a major plus since she is a horribly picky eater.

She LOVES shoes. Dress up shoes and anyone's regular shoes. She always tries on every shoe she comes across. A lot of visitors take their shoes off when they come over, and Olivia always ends up wearing every pair she finds. She also loves to raid my closet for my shoes too.

Sporting someone's flip flops.

And Eden's flip flops...

She's also going through a phase with these necklaces and wants as many on as she can find. She gets very mad if anyone tries to take them off.

And purses too.... I guess it's very safe to say she is an accessory girl.

She loves to play with the camera on our phones.

Her smiles are the best - and so is her crazy stringy hair.

Scowl when she sleeps....

A little nervous anticipation on the ride at Cliff's.

She is starting to like books more and more, but she is very inpatient and wants to flip through the pages really fast until she slams it shut and says, "the end!"

She loves to play airplane on daddy's feet.

And already borrowing her big sister's clothes.

Special date with daddy!

Oh man... these legs, and that hair - I love this girl to pieces.