I cannot believe I missed the WHOLE month of December! Olivia started walking on 12/17 and within a couple days was walking all over the place! She's loving the new found freedom and is exploring everywhere. We love seeing how proud she is of herself!
Gosh, where to even begin? We had a lovely time at the Academy of Sciences with Annie and Walter, the kiddos were good for about an hour and then we had lunch and headed home for nap time.
Kevin has been spending every spare moment on the pergola, and the final bolt was installed on 12/31, so it was technically finished in 2014! All that remains now is tying the pergola into the house for extra support and staining it (or deciding not to). The pergola is beautiful! It really completes the patio and the backyard. Over break, I also transplanted 10 plants to clear the back corner for an Olivia playhouse (built by Charlie) and to make the rest of the yard look better. Now I'm super excited for Spring and seeing how everything fills in!
Christmas was lovely. We remained in Cali, which took some of the pressure off, and hosted Christmas Eve. Everyone was quite relaxed and Olivia was loving all the attention. She was up until 9:30, and in a good mood the whole time! The little girl received all sorts of fantastic gifts, including the rocking chair, a giant plush bear, a balloon in a box, a lady bug nightlight, books, tool boxes, ornaments, all sorts of fun stuff!!! I've been working on a scrapbook for Olivia reflecting the first year and a half. It's pretty cute, and I'll be glad I did it.
New Years was at home, mellow. I'm honestly distracted by the TV. My new job starts sometime in the next month (we have to settle on a transition plan). I'm excited and nervous about it a bit.
I should probably get ready for beddie bye and try to clip Olivia's nails on the other hand (she won't allow it at all when awake!) Tomorrow I'll work on taking down the tree perhaps.
Lame entry, especially after a month, but maybe after looking at photos this week I'll update it more!
Nightly Night.
Kate
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