Olivia at 13 months

Olivia is growing up so fast and is 30 inches tall and 23 lbs already! Aside from her eight front teeth, Olivia now has her two right molars and is soon to get her two left molars. Similar to Sofia, she's a pretty easy teether and as long as we give her Advil before bed she doesn't really have any problems. If we forget to give her Advil, she'll wake up at night and need some pain relief, but otherwise she doesn't show any discomfort.

Also like her big sister, Olivia LOVES books and will often disappear into her room and "read" her books while she can hear me in the kitchen or laundry room. Once she no longer hears me, she'll come and find me. She also loves going up to Sofia's room and looking at all her books, which she doesn't get a chance to do very often. One thing we've noticed about our little girl which is different is that she doesn't put very many non-food items into her mouth. Most toddlers her age put everything in their mouth but she will actually carry things around and play with small toys without any attempt to put it in her mouth. In fact, one of her favorite things to do is to play with the glass magnets in the laundry room and will take them off and put them back over and over before carrying two of them around the house trying to make them stick to things.

Olivia loves her food and often eats more than Sofia at a given meal. She doesn't enjoy milk or eat eggs - I've tried scrambled, hard boiled, and fried but she is completely uninterested. She does like french toast though. Otherwise, she will try anything and loves nearly everything. She also loves to blow on her food when she knows it's hot and is so pleased with herself when she does it.

Now that Olivia is mobile, she loves sleeping on her tummy with her head wedged into the corner of the crib. We added the crib bumper months ago because she'd wake up in the night because she would bonk her head sleeping in her little corner. She's really a great sleeper, when she isn't teething, and routinely sleeps 12 straight hours without a peep. She takes a nap at 10am routinely and then usually again around 4pm. She would be ready for one around 2:30 or 3pm, but given that we pick Sofia up from school at 2:45 she doesn't get the opportunity and once she sees her big sister she would prefer to play instead.

Olivia is such a fun little girl and we can't imagine life without her.

Such a big girl!

So pretty - I love her little round face

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