I have been really really bad at taking pictures of Olive lately. Sorry about that. She made a real mess with her mac-and-cheese-mixed-with-squash lunch. I thought she looked like a clown and took some pictures. Apparently I forgot to do her hair. Sorry about that. She does clean up quite nicely.
Check out those bumpy gums!
Yes, a dish towel makes the best bib ever! You can't tell me that some little "cute" bib is going to keep this baby clean.
That Olive sure is stubborn! For her birthday, we got her a cute little walker toy to push around and help her get walking. We would prop her up and try to show her what to do but she would plop back down on her bum and refuse to push it.
Then, as always is with babies, she just decided one day that she would do it. (See video below.) I love how she looks like an old person pushing it. The video is a couple of weeks old, so she is already better at pushing it around now. She'll be walking before we know it and I'll be cursing the day she learned.
She finally has a bottom tooth cutting. I kind of figured because she has been chewing her fingers like crazy on one side of her mouth and then one day I caught a peek while she was doing her demon baby impression.
Kevin started school this week and is also still working at the law firm. Needless to say, he is very very busy. I just sent in another quilt for McCall's and have some interest in another by Better Homes & Gardens. I'm also doing a fun little "sew-along" on my crafty blog for a Halloween table runner. I cannot wait for it to cool down. Fall and winter in Florida is so lovely.
I'm sorry, but I really hate counting Olive's age in months. Anyway, here she is, just a little over one years old! Check out all that hair!
There is enough to do pigtails technically; however, there just isn't enough hair in front to make it cute. It makes her look like she has a mullet. So for now, it's still just hair clips and headbands.
I made a fun little menu board for our kitchen. I had bought the frame at Ikea and wasn't sure what to do with it. At different moments, it had been destined for just about every room in the house. I distressed it by painting it brown, rubbing petroleum jelly where I wanted the brown to show, and then painted cream over the top. After the paint dried, I just rubbed it with a paper towel to wipe all of the petroleum jelly off. Then, I covered the cardboard frame insert with chalk board contact paper. Ta da!
I think it is slightly classier than the index card on our fridge.
It is so amazing how much Olive changes every day and the things she picks up. I couldn't resist taking a video of her playing with her little car from Grandma Rawson. It is amazing to see how much she understands when I ask her questions.
And here is a nice picture of her eating spaghetti. I think every child has a messy "eating" picture like this. And isn't it strange how she looks so much more like a toddler now?
I have been too swamped to really write much this week so I apologize.
On a better note, I made a tutorial for Fairfield's website on how to make bumper pads. On my Lella Boutique blog, I am giving away a free set of the Nu-Foam pads used in the tutorial.
