This blog is a little late but here it goes...
Olivia is now two years old! She is a spunk and loves to be the center of attention. She is a very happy girl and loves to be with her mama. Olivia turned two and then went through major transition. Within the last week she is paci free and in a big girl bed. They were both pretty easy transitions. She talks so much more now that she has nothing in her mouth. Olivia loves to talk and in-between tangible speech she will have some jumbled words that no one can understand. Words that you will here daily are...more, cup, mama, night night, no, stop, dog, cow, come, dada. Common phrases are, stop it, come here, where's dada, Aidan coming, i want more, dog dog eat...stop...come, i wanna go, i wanna eat, what's that. She loves to try to sing and it's really cute. Her favorite song is the Barney song remade by Maw Maw. She is very interested in the potty but mommy is so not ready. She loves to go sit on the potty every time you change your diaper and has even gone a few times. Olivia is really into books right now and loves for you to ask her to find items on the page. She knows animals and most of the sounds they make. Hands down her favorite animal to find is a cow. If you ask her she can tell you how old she is and what her name is. She loves to play with kids and her sister, although we do have sibling rivalry. She loves to try to count with Grace and just the other day she counted out three items for me. Olivia enjoys coloring, watching tv, her baby dolls (which she know sleeps with every night), jumping on the trampoline, and trying to be a BIG kid. She gives the best hugs and kisses...when she wants to but doesn't seem to like daddy's facial hair. She is an ok eater. She loves goldfish and juice (water with a splash of juice). My favorite part of her personality is how funny she tries to be. For instances she tooted the other day, I looked at her and asked, "Livie did you toot?", she looked me right in the eye and said, "No paw paw did", while grinning ear to ear. And might I add it was just the two of us at Target...no paw paw around. Too funny!
I took Olivia to her two year check up yesterday. She did awesome. Her ears were clear and everything else looked great. She was a little anemic but the doctor wasn't worried she told me it may be because of all the milk she drinks during the day. She had her finger pricked and one shot. She cried a little during both but then got dressed and ran down the hall for candy. She weighed in at 27 lbs even and was exactly 36 inches long. Putting her into 50% for height and 90% for height. Almost right where Grace was at this age. And to make up for the shot I took her for ice cream afterwards.
I wanted to remember this memory...below is a message from Grace's teacher yesterday.
Yesterday, Chad, Grace and I went to find out the gender of baby #3. We found out it is another sweet girl. None of our were surprised, all assuming it was a girl. Grace was more excited about going then she was watching the baby. It is kind of hard to see all the parts. But on the way home she was screaming from excitement that it was a girl while holding the ultrasound picture the tech gave her. (And today she even took her picture of the baby to school) I feel very blessed to be able to be pregnant again while Grace is at this sweet age. She talks to the baby, kisses my belly and even watches what I eat or drink. The other day she told me to stop drinking a can coke because the baby does not like it. I tried to explain to her that it was caffeine free but she still didn't want me to drink it. 
Dear Paci - You have been good to Olivia the last two years but it is time for you to go! She is a big girl now and does not need you anymore. Thank you for all the times you were there for us from quieting down a crying baby to helping go to sleep to hushing a screaming toddler. I am sorry I had to cut the top off of you but a mom must do what needs to be done. Olivia so missed you during her first nap without out, crying for over an hour, but night time was much better. She only missed you for a few minutes and then slept all through the night. We will miss you but will see you again in August.
On March 3, an amazing lady passed away. Lena Maddox was Chad's mema and Grace & Olivia's great grandmother. She lived a wonderful life of 90 years and life an impact on many people hearts. We traveled to Warner Robins this past week to celebrate her life. The highlights of the trip were the girls spending time with family and staying in a hotel with a swimming pool. 
