15 Months

Miss Olivia is 15 months old today. The last two weeks she has really started to talk. When I picked her up today she even said Momma, which she has refused to say until now. She knows what she wants and hows she wants it and is not afraid to use her loudest screaming voice to let you know that she does or doesn't want something. We have even gotten some full blown tantrums-I really hope the terrible two are starting early and this is not a precursor of things to come. She is very polite and says thank you to everyone. She still refuses to each much, but she continues to gain weight (23 pounds today at her doctor visit) so her doctor is not too worried about it. She likes to sing and has started to sing along with the kids in primary. She knows all of the actions to "five little monkeys swinging in a tree" and "five little ducks went out to play". For the most part she is a very happy little girl with the most contagious smile...

My amazingly talented friend Annie took the pictures above of Miss Olivia. See more of her work here.

Here are some random picture from Olivia this week.

"Helping" mommy in the kitchen.

Daddy's shaving cream got on my cheeks.

Everything is a hat these days. She puts anything on her head and says -"hat"

More fun on the slide-weeee.

Here is the bench I mentioned in a previous post:

The basement is done with the exception of the light fixtures, which are on a boat on their way from China, and the doorknobs, ect which will be finished tomorrow. We love how it turned out!