19 months and goin strong...

Olivia with GRANDMA BEAR
from the Hwy-X Darby cabin.
Grandma Darby gave me this original Care Bear,
from 1983, when they moved back to Illinois!
Thanks Grandma!!!
It's still getting lots of LoVe!!!

From start to finish...the month has really only began. We've been busy with work and life but doing our best to keep up with every moment. I've decided to start taking more pictures of Olivia, again, and to do my best to update this blog at least once a week so nobody misses out on anything. Hopefully I keep this promise to myself. LOL

Liv and her Aunt Ashley gigglin' on the couch

Olivia is 19 months old now and running around like crazy. Saying so many words that it's getting ridiculous enough that we seem to hear a new one every day. It's unbelieveable to see how much she changes overnight.

She loves to ride around in the backyard in her "RADIO FLYER" that Papa G got her in the Spring. She really enjoys trying to get it movin' on her own, too...her favorite thing to do these days is "HELP" and she thinks that she can make things go on her own, even though they take a second person's assistance.

Her biggest word is "NO", as it is probably for most at this age, but she really lets us know when she's thirsty by saying "MILK" and when she's really gettin' sleepy by saying "NIGHT NIGHT" as a cue. So we're all learning together. On top of everything else, we're starting to introduce potty training into the mix. We have bought a potty, but she's much more interested in taking it apart and standing in it, than actually sitting on it...guess we'll see how is unfolds.

Will post more soon....

XOXOXOXOX