Grassy-hopper

Olivia talks almost non-stop!  A lot of what she says is still gibberish, but she is also getting really good at expressing herself, and telling us what she wants.  Most of her sentences start with 'I want...' but she is quickly gaining a lot more variety.  She also loves to sing, and if there is a piano available she's probably going to try to play it.  Her favorites right now are 'Twinkle Twinkle Little Star' and 'Once There was a Snowman'.  She serenades us quite often.

Bubbles Bubbles

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Update

We have had a busy last few months.  We moved at the very end of March to a new house, which we LOVE!!  So most of March was spent packing and preparing for the move.  Since then we've been unpacking, organizing, and trying to get used to the new place.  It has been a nice adjustment getting used to a two car garage again, a one story place, more cabinet and closet space, our own driveway, a bigger yard, and larger rooms.  I have to admit...these are the kinds of changes I can get used to quite easily!  Not all of the houses on our street are completed, so there has still been some construction.  This in itself really hasn't been bad.  Olivia enjoys watching the trucks drive by and has spent the past 15 minutes looking out the front window at what's going on with the houses across the street.  Not a bad distraction!  Pictures to come soon...if I can get blogger to upload them correctly...

Watering

We found a new job for Olivia, although she hesitated about it at first.  She was cute...Bobby would move her body from one spot to the next, and she would stand as still as possible watering that one spot.

For ME?!

On Valentine's Day, Bobby came home with a dozen roses to surprise me after school.  He was greeted by a chipper little Olivia at the door.  As soon as she saw the flowers she promptly said, "For ME?!?"  He couldn't resist.  My dozen roses became eleven and Olivia got her very own.  We showed her how to smell it, and she walked around the house waving it about, sniffing it, and holding it out for everyone else to smell (or rather shoving it in everyone's faces).  Regardless, she was pretty darn happy!

 

Pig Tails

Olivia has been able to successfully wear pig tails...a pretty important milestone in any girl's life!