Olivia at 18 Months

I took Olivia to her 18 month Dr. Appointment today. She passed with flying colors! I really love her pediatrician, I think it has a lot to do with him always telling me that I'm doing a great job with her.  Who doesn't love a good pat on the back?  It's especially reassuring to hear right now since Olivia is at a point where she fights me on everything! I'm not kidding, this 18 month old has got some teenagers beat with her attitude! 

Here are her stats:

Weight-21.61 lbs (33%)

Height-30.25 in (7%) still a shortie!

Head circumference-18.25 in (51%)

Olivia is saying all kinds of words and learning more every day! One of her newest is "mine."  She says this most frequently when she is trying to run away with my phone.  She also apparently picked up on me calling her daddy, Nate, which is another one she's been saying a lot. We're trying to encourage her to go back to "da" for that one....  She has also become a very frustratingly picky eater! She eats great when other people are feeding her, but when she's home with me, she seems to think she can do whatever she wants. Little miss Olivia is also quite the social butterfly! She makes friends with every child she meets and doesn't seem nervous about it at all! She does take her time deciding whether she likes adults though. It's funny to me that she will run right up to a small person without hesitation but grown ups need to win her over first.  Since it is finally getting warm here we've been going to the park more often too, which is one of her favorite things! She has mastered the playground and knows exactly how to get up to the biggest slide and loves to go down it over and over and over! 

Anyways, I could go on about Olivia for days because she is my pride and joy :) but I'll just leave it at that. She is a very happy and healthy girl and from what I've seen of her playing with my neighbor's baby, she's going to make a fantastic big sister! 

P.s. I am almost 14 weeks along in case you like you keep track of these things