One year!

At the risk of sounding cliche, has it really been a year since Olivia joined us?

At age one Olivia can: babble things that sound like mom and dad, crawl really fast, go up the stairs, eat a variety of mashed foods and join us at the table for some real food too, pull her self to stand and cruise around furniture, stand independently for a few seconds.

She stil has slightly reddish hair that curls in the back, same 2 goofy bottom teeth, mellow attitude, and always a smile for her admirers.

Olivia likes: family, most foods, other babies, dolls, paper, teething rings, drinking out of big people cups, Holly the cat. And as evidenced by this picture, cupcakes!

Olivia has a hard time when her sisters get a little crazy, when mom cuts her off from another helping of food, when she climbs up the stairs and realizes she can't get back down, and when she is tired but not ready to go to bed.