Olivia's best friend

Whenever Olivia comes into our bedroom she immediately walks over to the mirror. She laughs, points, and pounds on the mirror.

Books

One of your favorite things right now is to sit and read books. A lot of your presents this year were books. Between Mom & Dad, Andrea, and your Grandma's, you came away with 19 new books.

Ward Christmas Party

Tonight you went to the Ward Christmas Party. You got to sit by and play with your friend Elsie Cooper. You shared a plate of food with Mom and Dad. Your loved the potatoes, jello, and deviled eggs.

Festival of Lights

Tonight you got to stay up past your bed time and go out with Mom, Dad, Grandma, and Grandpa. You went to the Festival Lights in Spanish Fork. You sat up front with Grandma and loved all of the lights. You were also happy to be out of your car seat.

After, Grandpa took everyone to get frozen yogurt, which you loved. 

Dolly

Lately you like to walk around the house holding onto your doll. And your newest trick is sticking your tongue out at people. Today you combined both of these. 

Practicing for Christmas

Each morning you like to grab a few presents and pull off the tags. You even have some pretend Christmas presents that Mom will put your toys in for you to open. You love the tree, you pull at the strands of beads, and ornaments.

Walking

Look who started walking tonight :

Christmas Tree

Today Dad and Mom put the Christmas Tree up and decorated it, so that you can un decorate it. 

Dishwasher Buddy

You love the dishwasher. We didn't have one in our last apartment, so this is a new toy for you. As soon as you see Mom doing the dishes you crawl on over to see if you can help. You help by pulling everything out and throwing it on the floor. Mom can't wait until you can help load the dishwasher.

Chewing part 2

A few months ago you started chewing on your crib. Mom thought it was over, but today when she went to get you out of your crib, she found this. You were eating the wood from your crib, and apparently you really liked it.

Mom immediately went out and bought a cover that you can't take off. 

1 Year Later

You are now 1. Time has gone by quick, and you have learned so much. 

   November 14th, 2012                                                   November 14th, 2013

12 Months

Happy Birthday Olivia Faye! 

Olivia at 1 year:
Weight - 16 pounds 15 ounces, 10% (This is her exact same weight as her 9 month appointment.)
Height - 28.25 inches, 17%
Head - 18 Inches, 71%

You are getting so smart, when I ask you to come over so I can change your diaper you will look at me, laugh and then crawl away. You love to say hi to people and will wave and say "Hey." You also love to wave when it is time to go. Your favorite word is DaDa. And you say it all of the time. It melts my heart when you are looking at Dad when you say it. You say MaMa occasionally but it is usually when you are super tired or sad. You also say Uh Oh and Boo.

You are still obsessed with books, you love reading. We try to go to the library at least once a week and get new books. Right before we moved we checked out a few books from the Orem library. One of them was called Happy Birthday Pookie. After returning them, I got a call that the book had been returned chewed on and I had to buy it.  - Orem library's slogan for board books, "You bite it, you buy it."

I knew it was your bite, because you still are a Vampire with only 4 teeth. The teeth marks were spaced perfectly to show that you are missing your 2 front teeth.

You made the transition to your new room and our new house really well. I was worried about you sleeping at night and for the first week you slept through the night. Since you have had an ear infection, it is another story. You are up crying usually 2-3 times per night. You will cry for 20- 30 minutes. We have been spoiled with a great sleeper and not cranky baby. So the last week has been hard on Mom and Dad.

You don't seem too interested in walking on your own right now. You are great at walking along furniture or when holding our hands. Grandpa Hales likes to hold onto a pen and have you hold the other end while walking together. You love to zoom across the living room and kitchen behind your walker. The other day you were pushing our kitchen bench around while Mom was making dinner.

Occasionally you will crawl with both feet flat on the floor and your bum high up in the air.

Just this week your hand finally found it's way into the toilet bowl. You are curious about everything.

You love to throw things, toys, food, binky, cup... you name it,  you throw it.

You are just about weaned, with only nursing once at night before bed. You drink milk from your sippy cup and eat just about everything. You love to eat what Mom and Dad have on their plates.

Ear Infection

For the last few days you have been super irritable and unhappy. You have had a fever, usually around 101 - 102. Mom finally took you to the doctor and found you had an ear infection. Hopefully your antibiotics kick in quickly so you can enjoy your 1st birthday!

Binky Love

You love your binky. Mom tries to only let you have it when you are in your crib sleeping. When you find a binky around the house, it's hard to get you to let it go.

Halloween

This is your last "first holiday" and you were busy all day long. You woke up wearing your pumpkin pajamas.

Then you had pumpkin pancakes for breakfast.

You went and got a cupcake from the Sweet Tooth Fairy.

Ate lunch at Vineyard Elementary with Mom's friends.

Went Trick or Treating with Tyler Sodja on Springville main street.

Attended the ward Trunk or Treat.

Visited Dad at work and got a hamburger for dinner at the pharmacy.

Went to Grandma and Grandpa Hales house and decorated sugar cookies.

And played with (or attacked) Jensen the mummy.

First Smoothie

Mom made you your first smoothie this morning for breakfast. You drank a little bit, but not too much. Next time, Mom won't add any spinach to yours.

Meeting the Princesses

A neighbor in your ward was having a party before she had a big surgery. You went to the party with Mom and Dad. While you were there you were able to meet Princess Aurora and Rapunzel. This almost makes up for the fact that you missed out on Disneyland this summer, right?

Pumpkin Patch

This afternoon Mom took you to the pumpkin patch in Springville, Dad had to work. Grandma and Grandpa Hales met us there. You played in the corn, and then picked out a pumpkin.

The cardigan and boots were passed on from your Henry cousins. 

11 Months

You pull yourself up on anything and everything. You then walk around the house using the furniture to get you there.

You don't seem too interested in walking on your own, but if we hold your hands you walk quickly.

Your top teeth, (3 & 4) have come in most of the way. We are still missing #'s 1 & 2.

We know you are happy when you are whistling.

You say Ma Ma, Da Da, Boo when we play peek a boo, hey and hi.

Wear size 3 diapers.

Wear clothes from 6-12 months, and have been wearing some 3-6 month cardigans and sweaters from last winter.

Love to eat! You will try anything we are eating. You just started eating yogurt and cheese and you love both of them. You can drink the pouches of baby food all by yourself now.

Still take 2 naps a day, but they vary in length. Sometimes they are an hour long and can be up to three hours long.

You love to play in the bathroom. You rarely go for the toilet or toilet paper. You like to play on the scale, or stand up by the tub and push the shampoo and conditioner into the tub.

Playing catch is your  new favorite game.

This month you got two new cousins. Jensen Staheli was born on the 10th and Crew Haslam on the 13th.

Met your cousin Brody Barber, and got a visit from Grandma and Grandpa Barber.

Love to read, chew, and sometimes lick books.

Always on the move.

You are drinking from a sippy cup and straw now.

Baby Jensen

Today you got your first cousin on the Hales side. Jensen Tanner Staheli was born this morning while you were napping. As soon as you woke up, we drove over to Payson Hospital to meet him.

He weighed the same as you 7 pounds 8 ounces, but was an inch longer at 21 inches.

Here you are meeting Jensen for the first time. 

You went back the next day to visit and then went to lunch with Grandma Sue and Mom. 

Playing Catch

Lately you have been throwing your binky and toys on the floor when you get tired of them. Mom gave you your ball and you threw the ball back and forth. Tonight you played with Grandma Sue.

Sick Baby

You have had a little cold lately but besides that you have been super happy. Today you threw up twice. It's always sad to see you sick, but we love being able to cuddle up with you. Here you are cuddling with Dad.

Farewell Ayrika

Tonight Aunt Ayrika was set apart as a Missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. She will be serving in the Indianapolis, Indiana Mission until March 2015. Ayrika was sad to say goodbye to the family, but she was really sad saying goodbye to you. We hope you have lots of hair when she gets home.

Golf Baby

Today you crawled into your bedroom to play. Usually when I find you in there you are reading your books. Today you were hanging onto Dad's golf clubs. Dad will love taking you golfing when you are old enough.

Go Cougars!

Mom and Dad really want you to be a BYU fan. Today you dressed up in support of the BYU football team. You love to clap and scream when you are excited. Too bad the game didn't start until after your bedtime.

Crib Chewing

This morning when you woke up you cried for a couple minutes and then you stopped. Mom didn't go get you right away since you stopped. When she found you, you were standing in your crib chewing on the rail, and had little specks of paint on your cheeks.

Morning Run

This morning when Mom went to run she had to bundle you up. The weather went from warm to cold in one quick day. Luckily your owl hat still fit you from last winter. One of your favorite things to do is make a "whoooo" sound.

Self Feeding

Life is getting easier for Mom because you are starting to get better at feeding yourself. Today Mom let you have the pouch of food after half of it was gone. You are working on lifting and drinking it on your own. You did a great job!

Shake Shake Shake

This morning you went to the ward music class. You love being around other babies and toddlers. Each week you get a little better at not sucking on the instruments and actually making music.

Napoleon

You went to visit Great Grandma and Grandpa Hales in Mapleton tonight. Ayrika took you outside to talk to Napoleon the llama. Mom and Dad are glad you like animals since you will be living by Great Grandma and Grandpa soon. Ayrika got a little nervous when Napoleon got close.

Aunt Andrea's Shower

Tonight was Aunt Andrea's baby shower. Soon you won't be the only grandchild and you will have your first cousin. Baby Jensen is coming sometime at the beginning of October. You love sitting on Andrea's belly.

A couple weeks later you went to one more of Andrea's showers.

10 Months

We are in the double digits now, you are 10 months today.

Lately you have been sleeping around 11-12 hours a night. Usually you will go down at 8 and wake up around 8. If you are cranky from your teeth coming in, you will wake up once to cry.

Naps this month have been here and there, lately you have been napping twice a day and usually for an an and a half to two hours each time.

This month you finally learned how to crawl. You crawl everywhere and you are fast! You still use your right leg to propel yourself. Occasionally you will crawl normal.

Mom went through your clothes and you are still in 9 month or 6-12 month clothes. Your shoes are all still too big for you. You can wear your smallest pairs, but they still have room in the toes.

Two of your favorite "toys" are the saline nose drops and the sunscreen face stick. Who needs a big bucket of baby toys when you have those to play with?

You just started making the cutest little whistle. When you get excited your close your lips into a little O and breathe in and out fast and it makes a little whistle sound.

When you go on walks with Mom, we stop and see the birds. A house down the road has a bunch of roosters, hens, swans, and other birds. The other day they came out to see us and you screamed with delight.

You went to Lake Powell for the 2nd time this summer. You crawled all over the houseboat, swam in the lake, slept in the ski boat, and enjoyed eating your first Oreo.

You have lots of friends in the ward. You enjoy playing with, sucking on, and stealing all of the other babies toys and binkies.

Mom set you on the scale the other day and you weighed 17.6 pounds with clothes.

You love to eat, and will eat anything put in front of you.

You are taking after your Mom and have a love for reading. You will sit and look at books by yourself for 10 - 15 minutes at a time. You will turn the pages and talk and laugh as you go.

2 more teeth broke through this month. Normally you should get your top middle teeth, but you skipped those and went to the two next to those. You are going to be a vampire baby for Halloween, that or a hillbilly.

If Mom sticks to the schedule your day looks like this: Wake up around 8, nurse and play until Mom is ready to go for a walk. Walk from 9 - 10, and then you come home and nap until 11:30 or so. Then you nurse and have some lunch in your high chair. You play with Mom until 2 or so. Playing includes pulling yourself up on any and all furniture, walking along the furniture, following Mom wherever she goes, playing with your toys, reading books, sucking on anything you can find, and laying on Mom's bed watching the fan. You nap for a couple hours and then play and eat until Dad gets home at 7:30. Say hello to Dad and then you nurse and go to bed.

You are nursing about 5 times a day, about every 3 hours and eat 2 solids meals with snacks throughout the day.