13 Months

Olivia is cruising like crazy. She has been practicing her walking skills by gliding along the floor with her little toy push car. It's so cute because a lot of times I'll see her on her little tippy toes trotting along. She has taken three to five steps on her own but quickly returns to her comfort zone of holding onto something. (Update: Today January 24, Olivia stood up and walked across the room. She went from mommy to daddy, taking about 8-10 steps. She then leaned down and back to the crawling/cruising she went...)Olivia is really starting to talk! Aside from saying mama, dada, daddy, baby, uh-oh, and what's that?, Olivia started to sign and say hi, doggie, bye, baba (her grandpa), Cia (one of her little Chihuahuas) and outside. It was the funniest thing, one morning I went into her room and she stood there greeting me and kept say over and over "hi". So cute!Well Olivia's little classes are officially over. I'm looking into signing us up for a more hands on music class. Olivia loves music! Anytime music is on, she gets so excited and starts to move back and forth and dance. She loves to play the piano with mommy for fun. She's also very into playing games-patty cake and peek a boo.Olivia had her first coloring experience. We went to a restaurant and the waitress placed some color crayons and a paper in front of her. She picked one of the crayons up and started to brush it back and forth on the paper. Once we showed her how to do it, she happily played and colored for a few minutes and had huge smiles all the while.