Two (and a half)

Olivia,

Your half birthday is this month! So, what are you up to?

- You weighed in at 22 pounds and 12 ounces at your doctor's appointment last week. 33.8 inches tall. Still petite. :)



- You are wearing 18-24 month clothes, although some of your shirts are 2t.



- Your vocabulary is awesome! Sometimes you are shy around people you don't know, but you can carry on a conversation with anyone. There are some words you've said recently that I'm surprised you know: diamond (the shape, ha!), helicopter, janitor, screen (on the window), and place mat (I'm sure there are more, but those are the ones I remember off the top of my head).



- You know most of your colors, but think it's really funny to tell Mommy the wrong color when she asks. You can sing the ABC's and count to 20, skipping a few numbers. We sing a song with the letters of your name and you almost have it memorized. You also know simple shapes (square, circle, triangle, rectangle, star, heart).



- You love playing dress up. You and your friend Renya at daycare love putting on princess dresses and trying to make all the boys play princess.



- You really like puzzles, "cooking" in your kitchen, and singing. You have so many songs memorized! We love hearing you sing.



- You are a sensitive soul and get your feelings hurt easily. You aren't too sure how to express that, so you tend to say "_____________ hit me." Example: Daddy wouldn't turn the TV to Mickey a few nights ago and you ran to me and said he hit you. We are currently working on the phrase: "____________ hurt my feelings."



- You take naps about half the time. Some are 30 minutes and some (like today!) are almost 3 hours! You're always in a better mood when you take a nap and it doesn't seem to affect your bedtime either way. You are a night owl. :)

- You've recently become interested in pirates and love to say "Argh, Matey!" Example:



- Daddy and I love you more than you'll ever know!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Wow, Valentine's Day snuck up on us! Wasn't it just Christmas?! We've been busy and didn't even get a Valentine's card made, but we'll be ready for Easter!
Olivia and I made cupcakes for the daycare party today. She is quite the little helper in the kitchen.





She loves dumping the ingredients and stirring. Strawberry cupcakes with pink icing, her favorite!



I let her pick out a Valentine box of candy for Michael at the grocery store today. She took it very seriously, going back and forth between Hershey kisses and Reece cups, finally settling on the kisses and a heart shaped balloon. Just what he wanted, I'm sure! Daddy brought flowers home and she thought it was just the best thing. Cute!





I've been working on re-decorating a little and recently got new curtains and sheers for the den. After finally getting the curtain rod hung (I had to spackle, sand, re-texture, and re-paint the first holes I drilled in the wall), I hung the curtains, only to realize one of the sheers was backwards. I kind of sighed and said something like "Shoot!" Olivia was playing beside me and asked what was wrong, and I said "just a little accident," instead of trying to explain a backwards curtain to a 2 year old. She looked at me and said; "Do you need some dry panties?" Ha!

A little message from Olivia: