We also were lucky enough to have Uncle Drew in town for a few days and he spent one afternoon with us. Olivia took to him immediately and they got along famously. I think I see a trip to Nashville in our future...
Olivia has said/done a couple of cute things lately that I wanted to record for the memory book:
1. No way! This is Olivia's new favorite thing to say and its pretty funny to hear that phrase come out of that mouth in her baby voice. A few weeks ago she woke up at 5:30 and refused to go back to bed. I asked her if she would sleep if I let her come in our bed. She said yes. So I brought her in and, of course, she was being silly and loud and wouldn't sleep. I reminded her, "Olivia, you said you'd sleep if you came in mamma's bed, right?" She replied "No way mommy!" To which Matt and I burst out laughing. So now, it is a constant phrase in our house and gets a laugh pretty much every time!
2. The other day I took Olivia to Wonder Wild and when it was time to leave she was very said (who wouldn't be?!). Unfortunately, she expressed her anger in a less than optimal way -- by hitting mommy. I was completely shocked by this and frankly stammered for the right words to say. Despite my lack of clear words, I guess she got the message that mommy was NOT pleased. We had been home about 30 minutes when I called her over to eat dinner. I picked her up to put her in the highchair and I wasn't really looking at her because I was fumbling with the straps. But I noticed that as I was holding her, she started rubbing my back. Then as I put her in the seat she said "hug mommy" and gave me a huge hug. Now Olivia's "hugs" usually entail her leaning in close to you and you hugging her. Not this time. That little cutie put her little arms around my neck and HUGGED IT! If that wasn't enough, she then said "kissy" and pulled me close and kissed my lips. As I fought back tears and tried to buckle her in, she said "you a nice mommy." I mean, seriously??!!! This kid!!
3. Singing. Over the past few weeks, Olivia has become quite the music lover. She insists on certain songs from her CD in the car and will randomly bust out a song no matter where we are. Twinkle, Twinkle is a fan favorite and can be heard often. She also likes "I'm Bringing Home A Baby Bumblebee" - which I didn't even know she knew until she sang it at the top of her lungs at a Chinese restaurant the other night! And a few times we have heard "Shoo Fly" and "Skip to My Lou." Here she is doing the ABCs..
4. My toes!! Ever since she was a baby, Olivia has hated to have her toes covered at night by blankets. Lately, she has been hyper-vigilant about making sure that Matt and I don't cover her toes at night by yelling "My toes! Not my toes!" every night when we put her in the crib. Trust us, we know.....we will not cover those toes!
5. Matt was going to take out the trash the other day and she said "See ya later, alligator!" Another phrase she must have picked up from school....
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