olive 12 months

oh little olive, you are now 1 year old and sweeter than ever. you had a strawberry themed birthday party and you had such a great time! you didn’t smash into your cake but you politely licked the frosting. here are some adorable things that you have been doing the last month:

• you started to walk! you aren’t 100% sure of it yet, but you get really excited and give it a try.
• your brother and sister fight over who you get to walk to next, you love every moment of it
• you got two new teeth! the top two little chompers
• you are sleeping through the night (well the last 3 nights…)
• you really loving the outdoor time with the nice weather
• you love pushing chairs and your push rider toy all over the house
• you are a climber, climbing chairs, ladders and whatever you can get your knee up on
• you love to rock in your mini rocking chair, sometimes stand up and rock too
• you have started to become more of a picky eater, you love cheese, bread and refuse to eat anything off my spoon or that i try to stick in your mouth
• at your one year check up, we confirmed you are a little peanut and are the smallest of the van bloom kids
• you smile and make everyone so happy when they are around you
• you love to laugh and make fake coughing noises
• when we hold you, you like to pat our backs with your sweet little hand

we love you so much olive! you are such a happy baby and so incredibly sweet. our lives are better with you in it and although i am sad a year has gone so quickly, i am excited for another year of your wonderful personality to bloom even more. we love you so much!!

olive 11 months

our sweet littlest girl is 11 months! well it was like two weeks ago but my excuse is that my computer crashed on me. anyways here are all her wonderful accomplishments the last month:

• she is cruising along the furniture but not walking yet
• she loves to push herself on carts, wheels things and push chairs all over the house
• she says dada, maybe mama in a blue moon, and I swear I heard her say wawa
• she loves to discreetly drop her food down into her high chair and loudly drop her water bottle on the floor during meals
• she isn’t sleeping through the night these days… she got sick and it’s set us back a bit. who am I kidding, my five year old still wakes me up
• she still only has two teeth. two… teeth…
• her hair is sloooowly growing
• do you think she is trying to stay my baby forever?
• she can go down the stairs like a champ and does it all herself!
• is deciding that not all food is equal. mac n’cheese >green beans

• her personality is really starting to come out and she’s a funny one. i joke that she will be silent but deadly, basically get away with a lot because she’s sneaking around in the background
• she loves to play with Tupperware and basically anything she can make a huge mess with!

olive you bring so much joy to our family. every single one of us can’t get enough of you. i can’t believe my little baby is going to be one in a few short weeks!!