Olivia: Eighteen Months Old

My sweet Olivia Ann,

     Happy half birthday my love, you are eighteen months today! Having you in our life has been more wonderful than I could have ever dreamed! You are my mini and still completely attached to me. Today we have also hit a big milestone: eighteen months of breastfeeding.  After all the struggles I had with your brother, I never in a million years thought I could do it! It has created such a sweet bond between us, and I will never forget it! Even though I am ready to get better sleep and have you sleep all night, I know that I am going to miss it when you eventually decide to wean. I love you so much beautiful girl. I hope the next 6 months go by really slow because I am not ready for you to be a toddler.

XOXO,

Mama

Olivia: Eleven Months

Olivia Ann,

     Happy ELEVEN months beautiful girl. You have grown so much over the last month. It seems like everyday you are doing something new. You have developed quite the little attitude, and you love to show it! You get MAD when you don't get what you want and make sure everyone knows it. We like to blame it on your red hair. ;) We love you so very much and can't wait to celebrate you for your birthday {I'm lying. I can wait because I don't want for you to turn one!}. We have some fun stuff planned for you and you will finally get to try cake for the first time! I promise you will love it!

XOXO,

Mama

Olivia: Ten Months Old

Livie,

Happy TEN months beautiful! It has been a month + 4 days since daddy has been gone, and he has already missed seeing your grow so much. You have gone from always wanting to be held, to wanting to crawl around and get into things you  shouldn't {like the kitchen cabinets}. Don't get me wrong, you still love to be held, by me especially. I think in the next month you will be walking, or close to it. Slow down little one, you don't want your daddy to miss too much. Love you sweet pea!

XOXO,

Mama

Olivia: Nine Months Old

Olivia Ann,

    Happy NINE months my love. You are 3/4 of a year old today! That means that in just three short months you will be able to eat your very own cake! Let's not rush it though because I want you to stay little forever! You have grown so much developmentally over the last month, it's crazy. It seems like everyday you are doing something new. You are mobile now, so you get into everything, especially big brothers toys. All I hear from him when you're around him is "Olivia Ann! No!" It's pretty funny. He loves you so much though, and so do I! 

XOXO,

Mama

Olivia: Eight Months Old

Hi pretty girl,

     That's right, you are so unbelievably pretty with your bright blue eyes and strawberry blonde hair. Everyone who sees you loves those two things about you. Oh, and I can't forget about your beautiful smile and little tongue that you always have sticking out. It's the cutest! You are EIGHT months old today and I can't believe it. I say that every month, but I really can't. You have grown so much in the last month too. I am so lucky to be your mama and see you grow everyday. 

XOXO,

Mama

Olivia: Seven Months Old

My Beautiful Olivia,

      Happy SEVEN months my sweet girl. You have reached so many milestones this past month and are growing so fast! You still haven't had your six month check-up because the doctors office was booked, but you will go next Friday and we will find out all of your stats. I think you have surely put on some weight and *fingers crossed* your head is still growing at a normal rate. You are such a happy baby, especially in the morning, or anytime we are out and you are being carried by me. People see you and can't help but tell me how beautiful your hair and eyes are. They are right though, you are a beauty! I love you so much, and can't wait to see what new things you are going to learn this month.  

XOXO,

Mama

Olivia: Six Months Old

Olivia Ann,

     Happy Half Birthday my beautiful girl. I cannot believe you are S I X months old today! You are growing so fast, yet are still tiny. When we took you to the doctors last week, you weighed 14 lbs 6 oz {23%} and were 63.5 cm long {29%}. You are also a little mini-me! You have my hair, my eyes, my cheeks, and my light complexion. I don't know where you get your sassy attitude from, but surely it isn't from me. ;) These last six months have been an adjustment, especially for your brother, but I wouldn't have traded them for anything. We love you SOOOO much Livie!

XOXO,

Mommy

Olivia: Five Months Old

My beautiful girl,

    You are F I V E months old today. That means you are one month away from your half birthday, and I don't know how that's possible. You are such a sweet and loving baby. You love when I hold you {what's new?} and enjoy grabbing onto my hair and trying to eat it. My favorite thing you do is when you try to suck on my cheeks. Usually it's when your hungry, but it is just the sweetest. Everyone who has seen you do it thinks its just precious. I love you so much sweet girl and enjoy every day, minute, and second that we share together. 

XOXO,

Mommy

Olivia: Four Months Old

Olivia,

     Today you are F O U R months old my little princess.  I love you so much, and I show you by giving you a million kisses everyday! I can't help myself because your chubby cheeks are so kissable. You have developed quite a little personality this month. You love to smile and talk to anybody that will listen! Your brother is starting to finally pay attention to you and interact with you. He swears you are saying words when you are cooing and he makes sure I am listening to you. One day you two are going to be best friends, I'm calling it!

XOXO,

Your Mama

{Photos taken on December 21}

Olivia: Three Months Old {+ 13 Days}

My Little Livie,

    Happy {late} T H R E E month birthday. You, my love, are such a mamas girl and everyone who has met you has seen it. I absolutely love how much you love me. You love to stare at me and are happy as long as you can see me, and are in my arms. Haha! I am super late writing this because you turned three months on Thanksgiving and we were out of town, and then we came home and our internet has been down for over a week. So here I am at Starbuck's writing your monthly birthday blog because I can’t put it off any longer. I love you so much beautiful girl!

Love,

Your Mama

{Photo taken on 11/26. You were 3 months and 3 days old.}

Olivia: Two Months Old

Olivia Ann,

      Happy T W O month birthday my littlest love. You have been super fussy today, so I had a little bit of a hard time getting your pictures, but that's how life is so we will just roll with it. You are a little bit of a fussier baby compared to your brother, and that's okay. We just have lots of snuggles  and I hold you a lot. Since you are our last baby, I am enjoying every minute because I know how fast you're going to grow. I love you so much Livie!

XOXO,

Mommy

Olivia: One Month Old

Olivia,

       You are O N E month old today. I really hope the next month goes by slower than this one because it went by way too fast. We spend all day, every day together and it is wonderful. We like to cuddle and takes naps together while your brother is at school and daddy is at work. Speaking of your daddy, we are quite sleep deprived, but we are surviving off naps and coffee. We love you so, so much and are so lucky to call you ours.

XOXO,

Your Mama

Connor: Eighteen Months Old

Connor Andrew,

Happy 1/2 birthday baby. I can't believe your are 1 1/2 years old! You have grown so much over the last few months. You are very much a mommas boy, and I love it! Daddy, not so much. I keep telling him that in a year or two that's going to change. You are so much fun to be around and always put a smile on my face. I love you so much! It would be great if you would stop growing so fast and stay little for a while longer.

XOXO,

Mommy

All boy!

Connor: Seventeen Months Old

*Favorite foods: Bananas, blueberries, grapes, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches {without crust}, and pancakes. I have started letting you eat your snacks either on the stairs or at your small table in the living room.

Connor: Sixteen Months Old

*What you eat: You drink about 15-20 oz of milk a day. You love clementines, bananas, eggs, chicken, Annie's cheddar bunnies, and french fries. "Mmmmmm" is one of your favorite things to say.

*Size clothes: 18-24 months and size 6.5-7 shoes. 

*Favorite toy: Cooking spoons, straws, and megablocks.

You stacked them all by yourself!

Connor: Fifteen Months Old

*What you eat: You have been eating really well lately. I have been cooking a lot more, and you seem to really like what I make. You love chicken, cookies, bananas, and sauce (usually ketchup) to dip your food into. Sometimes when you are hungry you help yourself to food in the pantry. Other times you move your high chair closer to the table and stand by it until I sit you in it. When your food is hot, you copy me and blow on it to cool it down. You drink from a sippy cup all day, and at night you have a bedtime bottle... always followed by brushing your teeth. 

*Size clothes: 18-24 months and size 5 1/2 wide - 6 wide shoes. You like wearing your shoes even when we aren't going anywhere. Sometimes you bring them to us so we can put them on you.

Your water shoes are your favorite.

Connor: Fourteen Months Old

(I apologize, there aren't any pictures because we were busy moving into our house)

*What you eat: Everything, except veggies. I have to sneak those in. You seem to throw them on the floor a lot these days. You do like veggie chips though. You drink a bottle in the morning and at night, but sip on milk from your sippy cup throughout the day. When you eat your lunch and dinner well, we sometimes give you a cookie for dessert. You really love them. You also really like fettuccine alfredo, muffins, nuggets, bananas, and  cherries. When you eat something you like, you say "Mmmmmmm."

*Size clothes: 18-24 months and size 5 1/2 shoes.

*Favorite toy: Sand shovel, big legos, any type of ball, and card game you got from your kids meal at Chick-fil-A before we moved.

Connor: Thirteen Months Old

*What you eat: You drink 4 bottles a day of cows milk and really like apple juice. Mommy hasn't been cooking for you very much because we have been living in a hotel, but you like most of the food we eat. We just share ours with you.You have started throwing your food on the ground when you don't want it and you like to feed Kylie.

Connor: Twelve Months {One Year} Old

Dear Connor,

    Wow! You are 365 days old/ 12 months/ 1 year old today... no matter which way we put it, you aren't a tiny little baby anymore. You are now a precious little boy. We have loved watching you grow, develop a strong personality, and reach so many milestones. You are so much fun to play with and chase around the house. You are going to have so many adventures coming up this year and so much to learn. We have so many hope and dreams for you in the many years ahead. We will always be here for you, no matter what! You will always be our baby and we will never forget the first time we met you just 1 year ago:)

We love you more than you'll ever know,

Mommy and Daddy

Connor: Eleven Months Old

This is how our photo shoot started!

Dear Connor,

     How have you already turned 11 months old?  People say that your babies grow up so fast, and they really aren't joking. You look like such a handsome little boy and not so much like a little baby. You are starting to become more independent and are all over the place! Some of your favorite things to do are bang on the front door while you are looking outside, take baths/showers, and try to get into Kylie's food and water bowl. As you can see in the pictures from this month, you have started to really show us when you are not happy... you throw tantrums and they are not very fun! We hope this is just a phase, but know it's only the beginning of many, many more ;) We are very excited to celebrate your first birthday next month, but will also be happy if this last month before you turn one goes by slowly. We love you more than you can ever imagine!
             

 XOXO,

Mommy and Daddy