We gave Olivia a practice Christmas present to see if she's ready for her December 25th performance. Oh boy, was she ever! 

The package somehow leaped to a new location. Confused, Olivia paused briefly for redirection.  

She's learned to use her most developed tool to her advantage here. 

But she eventually gave in to Daddy's insistance that society will one day expect her to operate this way. 

These pictures really don't do her justice. You can't see the fury with which she is working here. 

"At last! I've freed the wrapping paper! Now I can eat it." 

Special delivery! Actually, the postage would have cost a fortune. So we decided to keep her. 

Olivia's first 'real' food. She had a love/hate relationship with it. She would have loved it... had she not hated it. 

Our very own Thanksgiving Turkey. (Anne Geddes has nothing on this!) 

So many good captions could go here... 

How to Roll Over in Four Easy Steps

Step One: Lie as pathetically as possible with face in carpet. If all goes well, someone will take pity on you and pick you up. If this happens, skip steps Two through Four. 

Step Two: Use arms to push face away from carpet. Don't forget to ham it up for the camera!