February 1, 2011

Update: 16 Months

We love our little Liva-bug so much.
  • She's still climbing and can climb into her highchair (a feat considering this is her highchair)and loves to stand on the windowsills. 
  • She can open any door in our apartment, including the front door (suggestions? The frame of our door is metal so the typical chain lock/high locks failed even with a drill.  The adhesive locks didn't hold.)  
  • Her favorite location in our home is splashing in the bathroom sink.
  • She can say "book" and "ba-tu" (bathroom) and "tan-nu" (thank you) and "nigh-nigh Mama" and some others but her most versatile word is "more."  For example, we were sitting down to eat dinner, she jabs a finger toward Dustinn's fork and says "more" indicating that she would also like utensils.  (Sidenote: she is very good with a fork or spoon and can scape a bowl of yogurt/soup clean with minimal drips.)
  • Her favorite book is My Little People Busy Town
  • Bradshaw's a cuddler. When we are walking around in our building he wants to be holding Olivia's hand.  Sometimes she acquiesces other times she yanks her hand away and shakes an angry finger in his face. lol.  
  • She loves to color.
(we used to ask her where her eyes were 
but too many injuries were incurred.)

7 comments:

StefanieJinelle said...

HAHAHAHA @ "we used to ask her where her eyes were but too many injuries were incurred" Gosh. She's SO dang smart. She didn't even have to second guess.

Uh oh. Soon she's going to be unlocking doors like a champ. Sounds familiar to me. ;)

Jess said...

ooooh, front door opener? Whew. So sorry. Lukas isn't there yet. Thank you HF. She's so cute. Love the eyes thing. Ha! Lukas almost poked MY eyes out with that question. Ah, so SO glas we're past that now. Now I just worry about feet in my sockets when he crawls into our bed for Saturday morning snuggling. Ahhh THE SQUIRMING GYMNAST!

Que and Brittany's Adoption Journey said...

WOW! She is getting so big! Liam hasn't been able to open the doors yet... I guess that is right around the corner for us!!

V said...

Brittany, part of it may be that she is unusually tall (literally off the growth chart) so she's been able to reach for a long time. She was hanging from and exploring doorknobs for a couple months before turning and unlocking them.
I hope Liam and Olivia lose interest in doors.

V said...

@Jess lol
feet in your sockets! Sounds like he's doing some break-dancing moves while snuggling. What a cute boy.

V said...

@Stef
Either your mom or Erika told me you were the ultimate Houdini baby when it came to unlocking doors. lol

The Wildes said...

Oh Val, I miss that little lady. I really hope we can see you guys this summer. She sounds smart. And you may be in trouble with that climbing thing!! Miss you guys!