olive's one year old portraits

these are olive's one year photos that i took of her. she is just so beautiful. i cannot believe it has been a year with this little blessing.

the mcqueens!

are you crazy?! are you telling me the mcqueens are here for a visit?

yes, the lovely mcqueens came in for a visit and brought miss callie.

her and olive hadn't seen each other for like half their lives. and that is a long time.

callie was on the move and olive just kind of watched to see what she was up to.

they played with toys and had a great time while we ate thai with matt and sarah. it was so great to see them after such a long time!

ok, now we are sharing. this is a good thing!

um.... she is pretty cool mom.

hey callie, watch me play this little number.

we got to hang out in the sunroom a little which the girls thought was awesome.

it was great to get even a little bit of time with matt and sarah! and the girls had so much fun together too!

yum yum... love snack times

this girl loves to eat.

snack time is the best time.

aside from breakfast time, lunch time and dinner time. of course.

she got the cheerios box off the coffee table and...

figured out how to crack into it....

and help herself.

no don't worry mom, i have got it under control.

sharing fruit with dad is also one of her favorites.

daniel lets her try to chew on it. mainly she just gets off little shreds because she only has 2 teeth. but boy, is it cute.

you got to love the hands. eating an apple is a full-body sport.

sigh...the book game

yep. this is pretty much a daily occurance.

still loves going down shelves, picking off books, looking at them then putting them in the floor.

then sitting down and looking at her collection she has created.

love that special lady.

she is just cute

on our way to the second sr art show.

and she is just too cute.

had to get some pics!

what is olive up to?

when we first tried olive's sunnies on her months ago she would not keep them on. on this particularly sunny day we tried them again and she left them on.

we realized before she was inside and saw no need for them. this time she understood and kept them on the whole time. now any time we are outside on a sunny day she will wear them.

and i have to say, it is pretty much the cutest thing ever.

olive loves moving. she likes to cruise from object to object. and if there isn't anything to link her to where she wants to go she will ask for your hand to help her.

she is teething and is such a champ getting through it!

here she is holding onto my legs trying them out as a support.

yep...works!

thanks mom... you are sturdy!

there are two things she loves in the picture. lilly- her stuffed animal that gram got her and the rolly chair. lilly is her lovey and she squeals when she sees her and gets tickled by her. there is always a smile on olive's face when lilly is nearby.

one of her favorite things to do is spin this rolly chair. she will spin clover in it or lily and will crack up. olive will even spin that chair with nothing in it. i think it gives her a feeling of accomplishment for the balance it takes.

the other new thing she has just picked up recently is stacking these rings.

she has always played with them but never tried to put them back on.

the first few times she did it she beamed with excitement and laughed. she looked at us like "did you see that?! what do you think of that!" we were sure to clap for her and tell her what a good job she had done.

this girl is so smart.

she still also loves books. she loves ones that are funny- ones with sound effects or repetition. or when mom does funny voices. after all this girl has quite the sense of humor!

every day she surprises me with how wonderful she is. being a mom is the best job in the world. especially to a little lady like this!