Olivia can get on her little horse that is on wheels all by herself now but still prefers the more exciting ride on the big bouncy horse in her room
.It will be nice when she can get on and ride it by herself for as long as she wants and I don't have to keep it moving for her. When she is done riding and I get her off she pats her horse on the nose and pretends to brush him.
She also loves her dogs and they love her. As old and sore as Smokey is she is always very gentle around Olivia and seems to know she isn't any threat even when she pats her a little too hard on her arthritic back. Olivia has a blast trying to pick the little berries off of the tree by the house and feed them to the dogs, although she needs to learn how to let go so they can have them. She usually ends up squeezing them too hard and the dogs just lick up her fingers.
All the drooling she has been doing has been paying off. She is getting all kinds of teeth in. Looks like she is up to at least six on the top and six on the bottom now. We had to give up the bottle long ago when the last nipple finally ripped. She had no problem with it and learned very quickly how to use the sippy cups even before Mom was ready to give up feeding her with a bottle. She is 16 months old now and can hang on to cookies and crackers, biting off what she wants all by herself. She is pretty good with her plastic utensils too but makes a pretty big mess so we don't do that on a regular basis yet. Her hair is growing really fast too which is fun to do different things with it now and she doesn't complain too much while waiting for me to get done messing with it.
More words and sounds are slowly coming. She loves to go through all of her books everyday, all day and is beginning to give her own babbling version of some of the stories. Her concentration has really improved and she will sit through all kinds of books now.
