Olivia's Tenth Month

The thought that in less than two months Olivia will be a year old just doesn't really process for me yet, but it is certainly undeniable how much she has grown and changed and developed during that time. We tell each other every day how intelligent she is and what a go-getter. She is very strong and totally without fear - a very curious baby. We're so lucky! At ten months, she waves when she sees someone or when they tell her "bye-bye", has started to imitate singing, can attempt almost any word, and is standing with more and more confidence.

 At Home Depot! (With Mom, believe it or not)

 First learning to stand

 Going on a walk with Mom on a chilly day

Sitting at the restaurant table like a big girl

 Children's church with Dad

 Looking for toys

 Hamming it up

10 months old

Kramer Christmas

We had our Kramer Christmas early this year on December 1 to accomodate everyone's schedules. Mom and I made dinner (just one week after Thanksgiving - aren't we amazing? ;) and Olivia was my helper as always. Here are the pictures:

 Daddy, Olivia and Uncle Richie

 Unwrapping her first presents

 Grammy and Opa unwrapping presents

 Olivia thinks her Daddy hung the moon - isn't that cute?

Bubela Family Reunion

Saturday we went to Nada to visit family and have a reunion. We hadn't taken Olivia on a long trip in a very long time, but she did great!

 Playing with Grandpa

 Meeting a cousin

 Kurt and Rachel :)

 Nana!

With her great-grandmother Bubela

Happy Thanksgiving

We have so much to be thankful for this year - top of the list is our happy, healthy and smart little girl. We were blessed to spend Thanksgiving weekend (and part of the week) together as a family. Wednesday we took some pictures for our Christmas card. She was getting two teeth that day or we would have gotten her usual big smiles:

Then Thursday was pretty much just cook and eat. Kenan is getting to be quite the photographer:

Olivia LOVES to hear her Daddy play the guitar

 

Olivia's Ninth Month

At nine months, Olivia claps when others do, waves hello and good-bye, is confident standing almost unassisted, and is so healthy! We got a good report at the doctor's office :)

Playing with Dad (Dad was out for the count)