Almost 16 months- milestones!!!

Grandma & Grandpa Revitz watched Olivia last night. She slept in the play-yard with no problems!! Thanks to grandma and grandpa, Olivia went to sleep like a perfect little angel and went to sleep in the play-yard after reading lots of stories and rocking back and forth. Olivia is trying so hard to make sentences. She will pick up the phone and babble...and then at the end of her 'conversation', she says "yeah". LOL! Maybe she is copying mommy!! She also says "hi" every time the phone rings. She is learning her animal sounds and we practice them every day. She knows monkey, cat, owl and lion so far :) Keep you posted...Olivia has her 16 month check-up on Tuesday with Dr.Kraft.

Muah! (15 months)

Olivia can now sing "e-i-e-i-o" from the Old MacDonald song! She likes to feed herself with the spoon. She has not had a bottle during the daytime since my last post. We are only doing bottles at night time(3-4 oz.)...but are waking with full diapers at 2AM! (even with the Huggies Overnites!!!) My little angelface loves attention from mommy! She does not like when mommy tries to cook dinner or do something that does not involve her! She gets very upset and the whole neighborhood can hear :) Olivia can blow kisses! She imitates mommy and daddy and says "MUAH!"

So I think we curbed the full diaper episodes in the early AM hrs by only giving Olivia 2.5 oz of milk before bedtime.

Bye Bye BaBa

Olivia is about 15 mos and I feel like now is the time to drop the baba. I don't like seeing toddlers still drinking from a bottle. I know this isn't going to be easy..but I am trying my best to not give in to the baba. Olivia basically refuses the milk from a sippy cup.. I even bought her a new sippy (Nuby) only for milk but she just won't have it! I am willing to try another sippy (Nuby) with the straw but I really don't want to go nuts with the sippy cup (like I did with the bottles!) LOL
Happy New Year! Next blog will be in 2009!!!

Happy Chanukah!

Olivia is now 14 1/2 mos and she celebrated her 2nd Chanukah with the family at Grandma and Grandpa Revitz's house. We all ate some yummy potato pancakes and brisket and lit the menorah. Even Olivia lit her own menorah and said the prayers!

Olivia @ 14 mos

Olivia is certainly a very smart cookie! She inspects everything that comes her way and she knows exactly what she wants when she wants it...the only problem is that she can't make out the words just yet. She has said a few words lately like 'tree' and 'dog'. We recently heard Olivia say "whoo whoo" when we ask her what sounds an owl makes...thanks to the $1 book that I bought at Johannes. More to come...

My toddler

Olivia is now walking and talking up a storm! She loves to say "hi" to everyone...Olivia is fascinated by toys that she can interact with like Elmo Live. Elmo talks and dances and even when he falls, he asks if you will pick him up! (and thanks you when you pick him up) She is getting more teeth in and it has been a rough couple of nights. Olivia wakes up screaming and does not want to be in her crib at all! Once she settles down with some TLC from momma and dada, she will go back to bed. Olivia is drinking whole milk now which means no more formula..yeah!!! We are working on getting rid of the bottles. It is going to be VERY tough. Olivia still hasn't gotten comfortable with the sippy cup yet. She coughs from taking in too much at once. Well, that is pretty much it for now...

Pumpkin Patch

It is hard to believe that this was Olivia one year ago! We went to a pumpkin patch on Friday and got some great pictures of Olivia!