May

May was a big learning month for Olivia. She learned so many words last month. She is such a talker. Still not a walker though, lol. She will get up and stand all alone in the middle of a room and make you think she is fixing to just take off walking but she never takes any steps. I guess she will when she's good and ready. I can't believe she is coming up on 15 months old! She is still hilarious and makes us laugh so hard every day. She repeats EVERYTHING we say now so we have to be conscious of that now. Her newest words are milk, juice, cookie, Kylie (which she pronounces Heidi, LOL), Nathan, Preston, Lindsey, Gabba (she loves Yo Gabba Gabba!), Dora, backpack, Olivia, meat, egg, pie, hair tie, collar, dog food, hot, piggy, penny, balloon, star, Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, diaper, wipe, Manny, hungry, shoe, trash, Elmo, Abby, comb, bath, bubble, cheese (not the food, she says it when she sees my camera), Mer (short for Meredith), Scotty, water, pillow, blanket, night night, chair, book, flower, bug, light, on, off, hair, ear, nose, mouth, teeth, doggy, tractor, horse (and she says naaaay), bear, deer, she doesn't say cow but she DOES say mooooooo! even when she sees an empty pasture. She has also started putting 2 words together like, "Hi Paw Paw." I will post pictures soon of all of our May adventures but here are a few of her emptying her diaper bag, one of her favorite past times. She loves wearing sunglasses and hats so that is why she has this hat on in a lot of pics.

Banana bread - YUM!

I got a slice of banana loaf the other day at Starbucks and made the mistake of giving Olivia a bite. Speaking of "bite", it is one of her top 3 words right now. Anytime she sees anyone eating anything she reaches for it and yells "BITE!" Anyway she LOVED the banana bread and I ended up giving her the entire slice. She couldn't stop smiling about it so I figured I should take a pic.

More Lakehouse Fun

Nana saved this little table from when Johnnie was little so the grandkids could use it and it has worked out great at the lakehouse. Olivia is still kinda small for it though, after I took this pic she started sliding over.

lunch at the lake usually takes place in the bumbo for Olivia

Olivia was the first one to take a bath in nana's huge tub and she loved it!

TWO piggy tails

Olivia got more hair and has graduated to TWO piggy tails instead of one and she looks so cute! Here are her very first ones...

Easter

This was Olivia's second Easter and we had so much more fun since she could hunt easter eggs.

Olivia's 1st Easter

And now...

Here she is wanting my cousin Shannon to blow one of those dandelion weeds.

all gone

Olivia with her Aunt Shannon

Johnnie had so much fun helping Olivia hunt Easter eggs - like it was a sport, lol.

Kynslee Grace Knight

Kynslee was born on April 6th and Johnnie and I drove out to Slidell to see her a few days later. She is super cute and so lucky to have such great parents. Dave and Bridget both acted like they had done it a hundred times before, they are just naturals at being parents. Congrats to all the Knights and the Fletchers - Kynslee has already brought so much more joy to both families!

Meredith and I made these cookies for all Kynslee's visitors and they turned out really cute

the new Knight family - love them!!!

Ronnie McDonald

I know its bad but I love McDonalds, always have. I don't eat it that often but every once in a while I want it. I always just go through the drive thru at fast food places but now that Olivia is eating solid foods, I decided to take her into McDonalds one day when we were out. She surprised me by wanting bites of my cheeseburger and of course she ate fries too. Then when we were leaving she got all excited when she saw the statue of Ronald McDonald so I took their pic together, lol.