Well, Owen turn one on Friday, so I will save his blog post until I have some 1 year birthday pictures of him, but in the meantime lets catch up on Olivia.
Olivia, Olivia, Olivia.. that girl! She is hilarious, challenging, energetic, stubborn, smart and sweet all in the same package.
Let me start with some of her funny sayings that I don't want to forget.
1. Turn the wind off (air conditioning, heat or windows open in the car.. she hates all three of these.. says it bothers her sleep)
2. Mommy (or anyone else's name) I have a question. (She says this over and over and often is not followed by any questions, but sometimes she asks real quietly if she can have a cookie.. like if she says it softly I'm more likely to say yes)
3. Are you happy? (She usually asks this after she has been in trouble)
I know there is more.. see I need to blog more often.
Also I want to capture a favorite moment I had with her (and Owen) the other day. The three of us were all in my sister's hammock waiting for my sister (Auntie) to be ready to go walk on the Monon. She puts her arms around both Owen and I and says "I love you guys" Then she puts Owen face between her two hands and says "You're the best" kisses on the nose and then says "you are such a sweet boy" My heart was melting. It was one of those wonderful family moments, it was beautiful outside, the tree above us was gorgeous and she clearly felt that. It was awesome, my heart was melting listening to her be so sweet.
She isn't always so sweet.. as Owen has learned to walk we have had some quite scary moments. His biggest threat isn't himself and his wobbly walk, it is the threat of danger from Olivia. One time she just came up behind him and pushed him to the ground and the other day she, with a running start, just face forward tackled him to the ground. I don't see such aggressive moves from the Colts offensive line.
On the opposite side of the spectrum I have seen these moments of compassion out of her too though. When Owen is crying or upset she often brings him his paci or a toy for him to play with to try and calm him down. Sometimes it even works!
Since I posted last she has has a sleepover. Since Olivia is so tough at bedtime, she really hasn't stayed many places (she is crying right now and I have already been in there about four times). Sam and I had a staycation and Olivia and Owen went to stay at family's houses. I think both nights went well. She even got new jammies at Aunt Jan's house.
Sam has been gone and Olivia is going through a very clingy phase. She says I want you "I want choo" over and over and over again. This has gotten a little bit better, but I think it has been hard on her. We have tried some picture schedules and setting timers for snuggle time. This has had some success.
Potty training is going no where and I haven't worked on it at all. Occasionally she asks to go and we take her, but usually this is maybe on average once a day. I will work on this over the summer when I'm home all summer.
Likes/Dislikes
Food: Likes.. granola bars, cereal (cheerios), pancakes, pb and j (usually almond butter.. don't tell her), anything sweet like cookies, cupcakes, juice, milk, spaghetti, chicken with ketchup, broccoli, bread, cheese
Dislikes: getting picky, most anything that is not on the above list, veggies, lasagna, sloppy joes, chicken salad... you name it.
Books: love books, favorites right now.. Dark Night (we rented this from the library and she didn't want to ever return it), Dooby Dooby Moo, Olivia books, Sesame Street books
Shows: Sesame Street! (we turned off our cable so her choices are kinda limited) she also likes the Care Bears movie and Wonder Pets on Netflix.
Clothes: Olivia really doesn't like clothes, we have an agreement at home that she can take off her clothes but she leaves her diaper on, she does however likes to dress up.. go figure. She loves hats, mommy's shoes, and jewelry.
Education: She doesn't like to show you what she knows, but if you read a book to her a couple times she usually has it memorized, she can ID 9o% of her letters, and we are working on counting and 1 to 1 correspondence. The girl has an incredible memory... it is a little scary at times, I have to watch what I say!
Toys: she loves to color and paint, play with play-doh, play with Owen, sand box outside, and play with her dollhouse.
Well that is my little Snuggle Bug in a nut shell right now. More on Owen to come.
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