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What's that??? & other Olivia funnies

What's that??? What's that??? What's that???

What's that is now Olivia's favorite words. I must say she is driving me a bit crazy with all of the questions. I will read her a book and she asks "What's that?" on every page. We will be watching PBS or Disney and she asks "What's that?"

Now on to the funny things she says. Last Sunday, Peter ran into the den laughing about something Olivia said.

Olivia got into his closet while he was putting his clothes away. He turns out all of lights and all of a sudden he hears, "Turn light on Daddy!" Peter just stands there for a second and she says again, "Turn light on Daddy!" So he turns the light on and then he hears, "Thank you!" He goes over to the closet and opens the door and she tells him to close the door back.

Later that afternoon, I cook us dinner so I tell Olivia to go tell Daddy that it is time to eat. So she runs off to find daddy. Peter comes into the kitchen and starts "beating" on me and saying, "Time eat, time eat, time eat." He told me that was what Olivia did when she found him. She started "beating" on him and saying, "Time eat time eat time eat".

Now here are a couple of things that will melt you heart. The week of Memorial Day she stayed with my Mom and Dad while Peter and I went to his conference. Mom was putting Olivia's stuff in the room she was going to be sleeping in and saw a picture of me and said, "Mommy!" That night while Olivia was sleeping in her little cot and my in the bed she(mom) heard Olivia whimpering and a strange noise. She looked down and saw that Olivia had taken my picture to bed and she was hitting her head on it while she was asleep. My heart melted when my mom told me that. Also the first time I talked to her on the phone that week the first thing Olivia said to me was "Hold me." She is such a sweet little girl. She tells Peter and I she loves us all the time and quite a few times without either one of us saying it first. Yesterday morning when I picked her up out of bed and walked down the stairs she patted my back and said "I yuv you mommy." Life doesn't getting any better than that!!

Brooke

Olivia at Mo & Poppy's house

Olivia's 2 year checkup

Olivia had her 2 year check up today. She is 32 1/2 inches tall; weighs 25 lbs and her head is 18 1/4 inches. She is in the 25% in weight for American kids and is in the 50% in height for American kids. The nurse also said she has a petite head. I always thought she had a big head. She is doing great!!! She has made all of her 24 month milestones and then some.

Olivia turns "2"

Olivia turned 2 yesterday and we had a little family party for her. My parents, my brother and his family and Peter's sister were here to celebrate Olivia's birthday. We had hamburgers, chips and cake. I ordered a Sesame Street cake on Friday and went to the party store and bought Elmo plates and hats. Then on Saturday I get a call from Randalls and they don't have anymore Sesame Street characters for the cake so I had to get a Mickey Mouse cake. Oh well. The cake was delicious and Olivia had a fun time!

Birthday Girl

Olivia's first major boo-boo!!

Yesterday Olivia scared the daylights out of me. I was in my closet getting clothes together to wash and all of a sudden I hear a loud cry. I run out of my closet and I find Olivia on her hands and knees at the base of the stairs. She didn't fall down the stairs but what I can tell she must of fell against the wooden base of the stairs. I was really afraid to look at her because I thought she would be bloody or her eyeball hanging out but none of that happened. She just has a nice egg on the corner of her eye. I put "dog dog" (a little ice pack) on her eye but she just screamed louder. It really upset me because it made me think what would I have done if she was bleeding badly. Would I have put her in the car and taken her to the emergency room or called an ambulance? I pray I never have to make that decision.

Brooke

The CheeseMeister

Everytime I want to take a picture of Olivia she will "cheese" me. She smiles real big and closes her eyes and says "cheese". I have tried to teach her to smile real big but to keep her eyes open. Here are just a few of my favorite "cheese" pictures. Enjoy!

Brooke

Birthday Party and Other Miscellaneous Info

I love cupcakes!!!

The Los Nino's Girls

Red Couch - 5/15/06

Red Couch - 6/2/07

Today we went to Brianna's (Olivia's orphanage mate)2nd birthday party and had a great time. Peter and I really don't get to see her interact with other children that much but today we had about 3 hours to watch her play with other children. She definitely sticks up for herself. If someone tries to take a toy she says, "NO!!!" and pulls the toy away but in the same respect she does try to take toys from other kids. She will play with other children but she tends to go off by herself and play. There was another little girl there that did the same thing. I wonder if it is just being an only child thing.

Well we are finally moved into the parsonage but of course we are not unpacked yet. I hope to be unpacked totally within the next week. The house is great but it tends to be a little damp. It has a flat roof so when it rains the roof holds water and plus there a lot of windows in this house. We have to keep the air conditioning quite low or it starts to get humid in the house. Thank goodness we don't have to pay the electricity bill. If we did we wouldn't be living here. Olivia and I walked to the park the other day and had fun. The neighborhood is great and I can't wait to start walking. Of course the best thing about living here is that the church is about 3 minutes away and so is my work. We are very blessed to be able to live in this house.

Olivia is talking up a storm. The minute either Peter or I leave the room she is asking, "Where did Mommy go?" or "Where did Daddy go?" One of my favorites things she asks for is food. She will say, "I want a cookie" and then I will say no then it is, "I want a biter bisquit" and then I will say no then it is, "I want a cracker" and then "I want a bar". I say no so she will go down her list of request. The other day we were at the mall and there was a dinosaur exhibit and she starts pointing to it and saying, "Dinosaur, dinosaur". Peter and I just look at each other because we have never talked about dinosaurs or even showed her pictures. I am sure it is from school but she just amazes us with the things she says. She is a little sponge.

She knows her name. I will ask her and she will tell me, "O wiv ia" It is so cute. Peter and I have been getting her ready for her second birthday by asking how old she is and to show her age. She will say, "I two" and try to show her two fingers. She is getting pretty good at it.

That is it for now. Mommy is tired. I will post pictures from her little family birthday party next week.

Take care!!
Peter, Brooke & Olivia