Miss Us?!

Sorry we have been so MIA from the blog. I've been working a lot on my other blog, Mom Machine, and between that and working full time, getting ready for Christmas, and just keeping things running, this definitely got put on the back burner. But it's one of my many New Year's resolutions to be better about keeping this blog updated, which might mean that Ryan is going to start doing some posting of his own (even though he may not know that yet!). Well, on to the updates, shall we?

Olivia is now:

• Walking (and I mean laps, not just a few steps)
• Stacking up to 8 blocks
• Saying "baby" and pointing to herself when you ask "Where's the baby?"
• Sporting 10 teeth (including 2 molars!)
• Saying "go," "baby," "mama," "daddy," "hi," "tay tay" (for Tater), "me me" (for milk), and "night night"
• "Blowing" her nose (aka holding a tissue to her nose and making the noise with her mouth)
• Loving books—she'll carry one over and monkey crawl into your lap so you can read to her
• Climbing up and down stairs
• Eating pretty much everything under the sun
• Scribbling with a crayon (sometimes even on paper!)

As you can see, things have been rather busy around here! We were so blessed to spend the holidays with both of our families and are looking forward to all the fun things 2012 will bring (including a new baby nephew/cousin in just a couple of months!). Here are a few videos of Olivia, enjoy!