Dear Olivia,

I feel so badly I haven't written you more! I'm going to quickly write a few things down now while I am thinking about them! :)

You love music. And you love to dance! Your dancing is hilarious and your Dad and I are constantly mimicking you! You hold one hand in the air above your head and bounce up and down! It's seriously adorable! My favorite is you will do it standing up in the basket of the shopping cart! :) Any time there is music you will be dancing!

I think officially you now walk more than crawl! That is insane to me! You always seemed like my baby but now you are getting so big! I can't believe you are already 14 months old! It seems like two seconds ago it was July and we were celebrating your birthday! It has been so fun watching you walk! Bently just was pro from the start. You, we've got to watch you learn! You are constantly falling but you get back up and try again! :) It's seriously adorable! And of course you walk like a little drunk sailor! :) It's adorable and I almost dread the day when you are a pro walker! :)

You have so much more hair now! Annie Dickey mentioned to me that you have more hair but it's not longer! That's exactly right! I can tell there is more volume of hair but it's not necessarily all the much longer! I blame it on your beautiful perfect, incredibly gorgeous curls! I pray everyday you don't loose your beautiful curls! :)

Lately when we go to get you up from a nap, as soon as we open the door, you literally throw yourself down on your mattress. You just fall, straight down. And then when we go to pick you up you just smile like you are the most clever little girl to ever live. (Which of course you are!)

You are still using a binky which I don't like. I was talking to your Dad about trying to help you give it up and he said, "No she can have whatever she wants!" That man is going to spoil you rotten. You sure hold a special  place in his heart! Speaking of Binkies I have a theory. I theorize that before we get you up from nap you purposefully throw the binkies on the ground. Let me clarify, you now demand to go to bed with at least 2 binkies though you prefer 3. One in each hand and one in your mouth. You have become very glutinous when it comes to binkies. Anyways, I think you purposefully throw all the binkies out of the crib so you can crawl and get them later. You are only allowed to have binkies at nap time and bed time. But somehow I always catch you crawling/walking around with a binky or several. I just couldn't figure out where you were getting them from. But now I think I know! :)

You are a happy girl my Livvy! You are constantly smiling and jabbering away! You point at everything you want. You also have a mighty big attitude for someone so small. You sure do let us know if one us is doing something that bugs you. Especially Bently. I think you figured out your only defense it yelling. If Bently tries to take your toy, you hold on with dear life and yell in his face. I shouldn't think it's adorable, but I do! :)

I wish I could describe to you my love for you or how much happiness you bring into our family! You are so worth the wait it took to get you here! I love you more than you'll ever know!

Love,
Mom