Olive's Ninth Month

HOW DID WE GET HERE?!? i have no idea how Olive could possibly already be nine months old. it actually blows my mind. it's getting scary close to her first birthday which is even more insane. but, anyway, Olive had a pretty good month! she cut her second tooth, and is still actively teething. I wouldn't be surprised it a few more cutie little teeth make their appearance this upcoming month. she is getting so good at crawling, and standing--she can balance for 20 seconds and take one or two little steps before she falls over. She really wants to walk, I can tell. She is so cute and funny as ever. She makes this cute little face where she squints her eyes and smiles. It's definitely a fake smile, but it cracks us up and she knows it.

We didn't go on any crazy trips this month, because Joey started school. So it's been a lot of just me and Olive hanging out at home, since we only have one car. Most days that is just fine by me, but sometimes we both get a little stir crazy and have to go on a walk or something. Our sleep is a little more under control. I have tried to schedule our a morning and afternoon nap, and have olive in bed at 7 pm every most nights. I think that helps.

Olive has tried to eat a lot more things this month. She's tried chicken, bananas, sweet potatoes, celery, cooked carrots, applesauce, watermelon, cantaloupe, and egg yolks. she loved the yolks, but i think they plugged her up so we haven't eaten them since. These are all the solid foods, not the mushed up jar food. 

Olive went to her first BYU football game, and boy was it a crazy one! BYU won in a last minute hail mary pass from Tanner Mangum to Mitchell Juergens, and the crowd went nuts! It was a late night game, so she was up until we left the game almost at midnight. But, she did so well and actually slept decently that night too. We went with Grampoo and Gussy, and we just happened to sit by our friends Christian and Taylor Brown. It was a super fun game so it's a bummer Olive won't remember it :) it was a verrrry tiring day though, because Olive kept us up until 6 am the night before. She wouldn't sleep for some reason. She was wide awake and ready to party. I was up with her until about 1 am and then Joey took her for the rest of the night and tried to have her sleep on his chest on the couch.  Needless to say, it was very nice that she actually slept after the game for the rest of the night.

she liked cosmo!...until she actually looked at him. then, she was terrified.

everyone stormed the field!

Olive Loves Jesus!

two monkies!

we went to park city to celebrate my nine month birthday! but really, mom's friend Maryanne invited us to come hang out.

chillin at costco with grandma, grandpa and elizabeth!

riding Roman!

My second concert was Kaskade

We also got Olive to start waving goodbye and sometimes it's even accompanied with a, "bye bye." She will sometimes blow kisses or give you a kiss back. She does plenty of babbling and i can't wait til she says even more words.

she didn't want to touch the grass cos it was all wet.

this is a pretty good picture of her fake squinty eye'd smile

those little hand and pudgey wrists.