Olivia is a YEAR OLD!

Can you believe it, this girl is a whole year old!

At one year old, she has 8 lovely teeth (with a huge gap between the two front ones!) and says Mama, Dada, Please (but only for her mom), and Hi.

She has blondish reddish brownish hair and bluish greenish eyes. Her skin is milky white, but she did pick up a little tan this summer. The rolls of fat on her arms have tan lines!

She is incredibly affectionate.  She loves hugging, giving kisses, and being cuddled.  But of course only on her schedule.  If you try and hug her when she doesn't want it, she will let you know right away you're bugging her.

She weighs 26 pounds, 8 ounces and is 31.5 inches long, totally off the charts!

Olivia loves danger.  Her dad is her favorite as he is always the one to dangle her upside down, play blast-off, bed spaz and other wild games of their own making.  Her giggle is so precious.

We love our beautiful baby girl and can't believe how fast this past year has flown by!

To celebrate Olivia's great one year, we threw her a Teddy Bear Picnic party.  She loves stuffed animals, especially her giant teddy bear, so it seemed especially appropriate.

Olivia saw lots of friends and people she hadn't seen in a while.

She was very spoiled, everyone gave her lots of presents.  She made sure to give them all a hug, even this pair of pants.

She was not all that interested in her personal giant cupcake, she would prefer the gummy bear on top of Papa's cupcake!

On her actual birthday, she had a special dinner with her favorite foods (meat, berries - she's like a bear!) and opened a few more presents.  She had finally got the hang of the present-opening.  Henry wanted to play too!

All of the festivities made Olivia tired.  It's a good thing birthdays only come once a year!

Over Labor Day we went on a scenic drive and hike with the Hulsbergs (not pictured, Cassandra and Henry).  Olivia and Grant, buddies forever!

This week, we had to say goodbye to some of our favorite family members!  Uncle Carter set off for his mission in Tonga.  See you in two years!

Grandpa Chris and Grandma Christa also headed out this week to Washington D.C.  We'll miss you!

Olivia Has a Surgery :(

Olivia's been having lots of ear infections this summer, and the specialist we saw recommended that she get tubes put in her ears to help her out.  It was very sad, but we took Olivia to the hospital this week and sent her into her first surgery!  The nurses and doctors were all super nice to her, and she got her own surgery dolly and blanket.  She was very brave and everything went very well.  She looked so cute in her little hospital gown, but we were glad to have it all over and to get her home and happy!

A couple of weeks ago, we needed a couple's weekend alone so we sent the kids off for a sleepover at Nana and Papa's house!  They had a great time, but we were very glad to go and pick them up at the end of the weekend.

Henry and Olivia had a blast.  They jumped on the tramp, splashed in the pool, played with the dogs and chickens, and Olivia bossed everyone around!

Uncle Chet taught her how to play the guitar.

Olivia rode around with Papa on Great-Grandpa Owen's 4-wheeler.

Olivia likes her second cousins, but doesn't like riding scary horses with them!

Olivia has mastered Dada and Mama, and usually uses them appropriately.

She is looking forward to her first birthday!  She hasn't yet mastered the art of sharing, and she'll be glad to have a party all to herself.

Olivia is obsessed with all electronic things.  Here she is trying to grab the camera, but she's equally as fascinated with computers, phones, remotes, and anything with a button or screen!

Here is a beautiful picture that she took on a cell phone.  Such artistic talent at a young age.

She still loves eating anything and everything she can find.  Here she is eating her first sushi!  That California roll is super great.

We are also still enjoying the good weather!  Olivia enjoyed going on a hike (according to Grant) around the lake with some of her buddies.

Olivia in front, Avery in the rear.  Olivia?  Less than thrilled for some reason.  The whole enterprise was bugging her.

Olivia is 11 months!

Olivia is nearly a year old, we can't believe it!  She has seven teeth and a wild personality.  She loves cruising along furniture and is painfully close to walking.

Her first word is Dada, which she says all the time.  When Bob leaves for work in the morning, she crawls towards the door crying and yelling, "Dada!  Dada!"

Action shot.  You really don't get any other kind of shot with Olivia around.

Aunt Didi came to visit from California for some party times before law school starts.  Olivia loved playing the piano with her, hanging out, and we even went to the pool with Aunt Didi and Nana.

Bob loves taking Olivia out mountain biking.  Now that she's gotten a little bigger, she really enjoys long rides in the bike trailer.

You can sort of see her leaning forward.  She loves going for rides in the stroller as well.  She sits calmly back and watches the world go by, which is really rare for her!

She has fallen in love with the kids show Yo Gabba Gabba.  It is weird, but it's full of awesome music she loves to dance to.

Summer Fun

Olivia, eating toilet paper.

We have been loving summer and just having a blast!  While Bob was in Europe, Cassandra took Henry and Olivia to Park City to hang out with her side of the family.  Olivia enjoyed floating and splashing in the pool.

She loves hanging out with her Grandpa Dean...

...Especially if he's got some ice cream to share!

Olivia loves swimming and water.  We like going to the splash pad with friends.

You can see Olivia in the pink hat sitting on the ground.  She's hanging out with her friends Grant and Mason and their mom Jamey.

We also picked up a blow-up pool for our backyard so we can go splashing whenever we want!

We recently went to the Ogden Dinosaur Park with a bunch of Bob's family.  Uncle Carter enjoyed pushing the kids around to see the various dinosaurs.  (Pictured behind: Cousin Logan, Grandpa Chris, Aunt Michelle, Grandma Christa, and Aunt Arla)

Aunt Anna pulled the whole thing together, and here she is showing Olivia a raptor.

Aunt Arla tried on Olivia's hat, and it fit perfectly.

Grandpa Chris and Olivia hanging at the playground.

Olivia hanging out with Anna after running through the sprinklers and getting a bottle of water poured on her head.  She's very wet!

Olivia's loving her mobility.  She stands up on everything she can reach, and you can just tell how excited she is to walk.  She also enjoys standing on her tiptoes.

She loves her brother!  She doesn't like him to play with toys and rips anything Henry has out of his hands.  He thinks she is hilarious!

 Everything she picks up, immediately goes in her mouth for inspection and chewing.  She loves eating paper and any "food" she can find on the ground.  Needless to say, we spend a lot of time fishing things out of her mouth, much to her chagrin!

Her favorite food right now?  Meat.  Here she is eating pulled pork, but she's not picky as to meat type.  Her favorite is meat from the smoker, as it is tender and juicy, and easy to chew.

 Olivia is a real handful right now!  She loves the stairs and can climb a flight of stairs in less than thirty seconds.  Every time you turn your head, she's at the top of the stairs, or splashing in the dogs' water bowl, or eating something she's found off the ground.  But for every difficult moment, there's at least one sweet one in return when she wants to sit on your lap and read stories, or give you a hug, or hide behind the couch so she can crawl out and giggle at you playing her own form of peek-a-boo.  We adore her!