Olivia Eats a Turkey

We have had a great couple of weeks since we last blogged!

Olivia loved Thanksgiving.  It combines some of her favorite things: stirring, hanging out with her peeps, and EATING!  Here she is with the Garlick girls and their matching aprons.  Get back to cooking, time's a wasting.

While at Nana and Papa's she was able to do some more of her favorite things like watching tv with Papa.  She will spontaneously crawl onto his lap while gesturing and babbling at the tv until Papa turns on Yo Gabba Gabba. 

She also enjoyed sitting on Henry.  He's got to learn to crawl faster!

Here Olivia is eating her Thanksgiving feast.  She pounded down the food and we barely heard a peep out of her.  She couldn't get enough!

After hanging out with family and stuffing ourselves silly, we headed out on a road trip to Las Vegas.  It was Olivia's biggest road trip yet and we were a little anxious how she would fare.  However, we hooked up a double screened dvd player, and she looked like this for the majority of the trip.  Fittingly, she watched Cars for part of it!

Just off the strip with the kids.  Don't be fooled by Bob's smiling face, Las Vegas is not equipped for children!  We were only there a day or so, but we had a hard time finding kid-friendly activities.

We did stop by the local mall and there was a Santa and elf-ette dance routine going on.  Olivia couldn't get enough of it.  She wouldn't even look at the camera!

And now for the reason for our trip, a Yo Gabba Gabba Live concert!  They came to Salt Lake a few weeks ago, but Bob was out of town, and he really wanted to attend. 

Basically, the show was like a baby rave.  Olivia was startled at first by the bright lights and loud music, but quickly became enthralled.  During intermission, she babbled at Bob and promptly ran back inside after a bathroom break.  (The bathroom break was for Bob; Olivia wears a diaper and every moment is a potential bathroom break.)

It was a crazy crazy concert, Olivia had a blast, and we're definitely going back!  We picked up some merch there, a few t-shirts, and Olivia's new favorite item: a Brobee backpack.

We thought she would like putting stuff inside him, but she would rather just carry him around on her back.

It makes her even more unsteady than normal, but she looks so adorable toddling around with her new backpack.  It makes her seem so old, wearing a backpack, even though it's just a glorified stuffed animal.

She wears it while reading books, sitting in her old Bumbo chair (which she is currently in love with).

And she likes to wear it as soon as she wakes up from her nap, even if she's too grumpy to have pictures taken of her...

...and will throw a fit if you do take a picture of her.

Now that she's toddling around, she loves going to the park.

Swings are still her favorite, but the slide comes in a close second.

She climbs up to the top of the slide...

... and hurls herself forward, assuming that someone will catch her.  Thanks, Daddy!

Olivia walks like a baby zombie, especially when wearing shoes.  It's very cute and not very steady.

Other park hobbies are climbing on and through things.

A standard finding on your phone if you leave it unattended around Olivia, pictures she's taken!  We especially enjoy this creepy self-portrait.  

Olivia is so much fun right now.  We love the walking, though she's getting into more trouble than ever.  This is what most of our photos look like.  She's just too busy to stay still.