Olivia at 11 months: Her ever changing moods...

Here's a video that perfectly encapsulates the ups and downs of Olivia's typical day. As you can see, her satisfaction with the world changes from second to second. It's hard to be 11 months.

Nappin' & sleepin'

I think we may have figured out the whole napping and sleeping issue. The key: a schedule! Using the "positive routine" method, we had a rough idea of when she should be napping and then followed the routine every time to give cues that it was nap time. (Shades drawn, fan on, bottle given...)

It's funny that I can feel so much pride in such a simple thing as a nap! But I do.

Olivia's First Halloween

We had such a great Halloween! We didn't have a plan until the last minute, but we did end up carving pumpkins, buying candy, creating costumes, and going trick-or-treating on Saturday afternoon.

I sewed these little felt ears on Olivia's hat and voila! She's a puppy. Or a piglet.

Chris is dressed as "Oregon Dad":
I just happened to have this lemon yellow 1970s dress. I've never had occasion to wear it until now...
There's that cute crinkle face again:

The gang: