Olivia is now officially walking! She has been at this point for probably two weeks. The two weeks prior to that she was taking 1-5 steps before falling over. whilst she still crawls a lot, she will always walk away from an object, and only crawl when she falls over. So, walking at about 10 1/2 months. When I was pregnant with her she used to kick like crazy and I always thought to myself 'she will come out running'. Well, she is not far behind.

I think she thinks she is two and a half, just contained in an 11 month old body. She tries to ride the kids bikes, tries to climb on chairs. I caught her the other day climbing onto Annabelles bed (which is only a childs size bed - not too far off the ground) and so pleased with herself when she got up and managed to jump up and down holding the foot of the bed. She also gets extremely frustrated when she cant do something - eg, when she is in her pj's, her feet slip a lot so whilst she knows she can get up on the beds, the pj's makes in much harder. She stands at the bed, yelling at it in frustration. Very funny to watch from an 11 month old baby.

She also gives 'high fives' and blows some of the best raspberries. Although, cheeky little monkey, goes in for a raspberry and then bites like a trooper. Sigh, the older two have taught her well! I have no doubt she will be able to hold her own as she grows up as, if Annabelle and Matilda take something away from her, or if I take something away from her she lets me know by yelling until she gets it back. Once she has it back she smiles very smuggly and quietly goes on playing.