Olivia is 17 months!

 She's 17 months and the happiest little girl on the planet! She's pretty much perfect in all ways and we are smitten.  Olivia loves sleep first and foremost.  She naps with zero resistance no matter what time we put her down. She's super easy going.  Loves Preston to death.  Loves all her siblings of course but gets a kick out of Presto and he loves entertaining her.  She can say "uh oh" "no" "yes" "baba" "purple" "noon"(for balloon) still says "bye Nana" to everyone.  She has her signature squishy face when she smiles and now has added "CHEEEEESE" to her vocabulary when she smiles.  She comes to mommy's exercise class some mornings and the girls in the play area always say she's so mellow.  Just today she spent the hour sitting on the girls lap(didn't move at all) while she rocked in the rocking chair watching Barney.  Love it!! She definitely knows what she wants.  Loves taking baths, climbing on anything, gives the best hugs, and has the cutest dimples. She does not like shoes or her getting hair done...boooo.  She immediately takes out anything we put in her hair.

She's very unlike her sister in that way.  Phia LOVED shoes and her hair done when she was Olivia's age.  We love you just the way you are Libby Lou!!

Bentley Owen turns 3!

We had an amazing day at Underwood Farm celebrating Bentley's 3rd Birthday. It's the BEST time of year to have a party there since the Harvest Festival is going on at the same time.  All Bentley talked about for weeks was the wagon ride we'd be taking and he loved every minute! The kids loved feeding the animal, riding the train and trikes, and going through the corn maze.  We loved seeing B's face as we sang him Happy Birthday.  What an amazing 3 years this has been.  We love you to pieces B-bear.  You are so very smart and catch on so quickly to things around you.  You've adapted to school seamlessly and are so wonderful and careful with your baby sister. You are so obviously a member of our family as you are so very outgoing and friendly but ever so slightly more reserved than your big brother and sister.  Thank you for being our giggle monkey and keeping mommy and daddy on our toes always.  You still love Mickey and Dora(thanks to big sis!).  We love you!!! Oh and we have the BEST friends and family in the world who always help us celebrate our kiddies birthday's!!!