Monday, October 13, 2008

Oregon Trip:

Just before Olivia's first birthday in June we traveled to Portland, Oregon where Leo had a conference on electronic literature.  Olivia perfected her walking on Oregon beaches and lush soft grassy park lawns.  We all had fun taking in the natural beauty of the area.

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Multnomah Falls in the Columbia River Gorge

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Growling at the bear at the Oregon Zoo

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Splashing around at the Oregon Children's Museum

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Enjoying her first fresh blueberries and strawberries--what better place to try them!

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The Portland Rose Garden

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The Asian Garden in Portland

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Olivia was determined to undo the grooming of the rock and sand garden

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Tuesday, May 20, 2008

First Trip to Playground

To slide or not to slide. . .

Let's go to the swings!
Faster, mommy, faster!

Ready, set, go!

Let's stretch our legs now.

Mommy, Daddy, look only one hand!


Saturday, April 19, 2008

December to April--crawling to cruising (6 - 10 months)

This is the second part of the update. Much has happened in the last few months. Olivia learned to stand on her own only a week after learning to crawl at 6 1/2 months. Now at 10 1/2 months she is on the brink of walking. Just yesterday she started to take several steps while hanging on with only one hand. She now has 6 teeth, which she loves to use on everything, especially chicken. And our legs. Yikes. In the past week she has developed a love affair with books. She has a favorite, which she will go to and communicate the wish for us to read it. She sits very still while being read to and fusses when it is over. She even helps to turn the pages when we ask her to. She has a repertoire of several words now, including Mama, Papa, Papaw, Dog, Woof, Duck, Tata, Nana and Boo. Sometimes she combines dog and woof---doof is a favorite word. Enjoy the pictures below.

Olivia learns to stand.

Sitting like a big girl eating cheerios.
Showing off her new walking shoes (only used for standing at this point of course).


Eating leaves with friend Mariana.


The kitchen and the bathroom provide endless entertainment. Everything goes in the mouth these days.

Little caged bird.

Olivia loves a good drumstick.




She lets Mama wear her necklace once in awhile.

She is fascinated with cooking--Papa likes to strap her on and give her a lesson


Titi Tiffany spoils me.

"I'm gonna getcha!"

One last shot of that gummy grin--now she has 6 teeth, 5 of which came in during her 2 week trip to Maryland.

Olivia and Tio Boo Boo.

Olivia discovers Toilet paper.


Olivia and Granny.

Olivia and Papaw watching cartoons.



She loves her cousins Angel Leonardo and Angel Luis.


With Titi Mari.

With Abuela Tata

Olivia's first cupcake.



She is a big fan of music and will even dance by bouncing up and down

Bath time is a favorite past time.