Dear Olivia,

Today in church you were walking around the room in Sunday school. Well we started to pray and you stopped and began looking around at everyone folding their arms. You then folded you little baby arms. It was adorable. You've been folding your hands but this is the first time you folded your arms. It was dang adorable. 

Today it was the first snow. First you just stood in the doorway and watched the snow, mesmerized. Eventually you walked out into it. You loved it. You giggled and laughed and ran around in it. It was all going well till Bently pushed you. Then it went downhill. ;) 

I would like to make note that you wake up from naps and sleeping cranky. I mean extremely cranky. Like can't put you down because you cry cranky. This was today.  

Notice your crazy curly hair? I love it!

 For a good forty five minutes you cri d. Finally I knew we had to leave and I set you on the table to get your shoes on. I walked away to grab them and when I came back you were eating pancakes that were on the table from that morning. I guess you were hungry. ;)

I love you beautiful! You are getting so big I can hardly believe it. I'm going to make a quick list of all the words you say. 

Mama

Dads

Hi

Dog

Duck

Brother

Bently

Baby

Elmo 

Grandma 

Papa 

Love 

Mom 

Dear Olivia,

Guess what? You decided to stop nursing. You just stopped asking for it. I don't know if you just became frustrated because there wasn't much coming out anymore or what. But you're done. We haven't nursed in days. The funny part is I was like, that happened so fast! Haha! I miss it a little bit now! I guess it just goes to show you better appreciate what you have! :)

You are such a little trooper when it comes to doing your hair! I sit you on the counter and mostly you just sit there and let me do it! It's amazing and I am so grateful for it! I really wanted bows to put in your hair so I spent 21 dollars on stupid bows! I only got like 10 or so for that much money! It was ridiculous! But luckily they look so cute on you! Now you don't touch them unless you are tired or in your car seat. I think you get bored in the car so you play with your hair and that's when you find your bows. I forgot one time to take your bow out when I put you in the carseat and you didn't touch it. So I got confident and didn't take it out for a second trip. You lost the bow. The weird part is I have looked all over around your carseat and cannot find your bow! Your carseat has ate 2 bows! They are seriously gone! I am more than a little frustrated and angry about the money your carseat just ate! ;)

I had a quiet morning alone with you this morning! Dad was at the doctors and Benlty was at preschool. We snuggled and played and I chased you around the house. There was a little of tickling involved and lot of giggling! :) I loved every minute of that hour and half we got together! :) I wish you could remember these moments! But I guess that's why I write them down for you!

Love,
Mom

Dear Olivia,

You my friend are getting so big! You walk like a champ. It's been so fun to see you improve! You are pretty much pro now! I was so worried about having two mobile kids but actually it's made life easier! You and Bently get along so much better now that you can follow him around, and more importantly, run away! ;) Seriously the relationship between you two is adorable! I'm planning on writing a letter to both of you on that subject! :)

Now lets talk about breast feeding. I love breastfeeding, I do. But I was never one that wanted to breastfeed after a year. Bently stopped at exactly 11 months and I was just fine with that. You however, are more than happy to still be breastfeeding. Honestly I shouldn't complain, because it could be a lot worse. We only breastfeed once a day in the morning. But that's not really your choice. I think if it was up to you we would breastfeed every two hours like a newborn! (Okay maybe I'm over exaggerating!) You love to breastfeed though. You see me start to get ready and you start laughing and smiling up a storm. You love it! And it's pretty adorable. I'm planning on breastfeeding you as long as you want now. As long as we keep it to once a day, K?

You have a new obsession with books. You love them! The problem is, you are not very gentle! The main draw is turning the pages. You have destroyed 2 board books and 2 paperback books in the past 2 weeks. I want to put the books up, but at the same time I love that you and Bently have access to them! I want you to love reading! I want you to always have books around and in your life. Lately you have us read "Brown Bear Brown Bear" or "Bear Hunt" over and over and over again! Every animal you point out and scream "dog dog!" Every animal you see lately is a dog! It's adorable how excited you get over seeing dogs! :)

Other than that I am just enjoying being your mom! I love making you giggle! It is the most adorable sound in the world! It makes me smile every single day!

Love,
Mom

Dear Olivia and Bently,

I forgot to mention one of the funny things that happened while we were trick or treating! We got to the house and Bently loved to knock! Livvy near the end got in on the knocking too! ;) Well Bently knocked and the door swung open. I guess it hadn't been shut all the way to begin with Bently and Olivia began to just walk inside there house! We're like "No no stop! Come back!" Hahaha! We pulled you out just as the owner of the home came walking up to the door! It was a little awkward to be standing there with their door wide open! Haha! Luckily it was someone we kinda knew! It was hilarious! You two are going to be partners in crime! I can see it already!

Love,
Mom

Dear Olivia,

The past couple days have been filled to the brim with my favorite sort of activities, Halloween activities! :) October was a busy month for us so we had to push a lot of fun into a couple days! :)

First we went to a Halloween Palooza. Unfortunately this one wasn't very much fun for you! I went with high hopes but it was basically just a bunch of booths with businesses trying to sell you things. And you really had a hard time because they had almost nothing for you to do! Thought you did meet Minnie and Mickey Mouse! Your face was hilarious! You weren't scared, you were more just trying to figure out what the heck was going on! You did give them a high five so that was pretty impressive! The rest of the time you basically sat there in the stroller. But you were in a good mood over all! And this was the first time we got to see you in your full costume! You were adorable! I was a little disappointed when we did the super hero theme! I'm like "I finally have a daughter I want to do something girly!' Luckily we found a superman costume with a tutu! I had a blast watching you walk around in that little tutu! Couldn't stop staring at you! :)

On the 30th we painted pumpkins! That was quite the adventure. I had convinced myself you were old enough to paint. Haha! I may have been fooling myself. You did alright for a second but the minute I turned my back (Dad was suppose to be watching you) you stuck a handful of paint into your mouth. Dad and I immediately scream "NO!" I'm not sure if that's what made you cry or the taste of paint but you lost it. We finally got you calmed down and painting again, then you took another big mouthful of paint! Haha! Again the tears! I think you ate 3 mouthfuls of paint in total! You would think you would of learned the first time, but no. Good thing I buy non-toxic! You pumpkin turned out super cute so it was worth it! :)

We had quite the crew over for dinner! Including us there were about 12 people involved. You enjoyed your dinner and smiled and laughed at everyone at the table! You were sure hamming it up! After dinner we were taking pictures and you just were not having it. I am so frustrated with the lack of a good picture! I know it's a small thing but costumes are expensive and I just want a good picture!

We had a blast on Halloween! You are currently in a phase were you enjoy taking things from one place and putting them somewhere else. So you rocked at trick or treating. You had no fear walking up there and taking the candy then putting it in brother's bag. (We didn't bother carrying around 2 bags!) In fact if they left the candy tray down so someone else could take a piece, you would then take a 2nd piece! You did this every single chance you got. It was so adorable. I felt bad, but because you are so dang cute every single person would laugh and let you take another one! ;)

We had a blast Miss Olivia Beth! :) It was seriously one of my favorite Halloweens in White Family history! :) I can't wait till next one!

Love,
Mom

Dear Olivia,

Today I took Valerie's bridals up in the canyon! Originally you guys weren't going to come back then when Dad heard we were driving 30-40 minutes away, he decided you guys needed to come! I loved watching you and your brother play in the leaves and dance with Dad. I was taking picture pretty close to the road when I turned around and found all 3 of you dancing. I smiled and couldn't help but record some of it! I love that your Dad doesn't mind being goofy with you! He didn't care there were cars driving by, he just was having a blast with his children!

You loved having me sit in the back with you. You demanded my attention by telling me "ma ma!" over and over again. Then we played peak a boo and you laughed and laughed. I made funny faces and you laughed and laughed, and of course, I couldn't help but laugh with you! You are the cutest little thing! I realized the other day how old you've become. I keep treating you like a baby when you a toddler now! I can now play games with you like chasing you around the house or read you books. You love to be read to! It's amazing watching you grow and learn.

I love you so much my girl! Today I didn't bother with your hair and I just let it go crazy! It was pretty awesome! You have some crazy hair on that head of yours! Also while we were up in the mountains Bently laid down in the leaves and of course you immediately sat on him. Whenever one of us lays on the floor you think we become your personal chair. Luckily Bently didn't mind and we got some cute pictures of you two together! :) Then after we got home Dad caught you guys doing it again except this time you were watching Tv while sitting on top of Bently. It was pretty adorable!

Love,
Mom

Dear Olivia,

You are obsessed with shoes. Now I hadn't put shoes on you since you were born, but once you started walking I knew it was time to get some shoes on those baby feet. From the moment I put shoes on you, you were hooked. Now when we walk through the shoe department you start freaking out and trying to pull shoes off the shelf.



Then today, the shoe obsession went over the top. You kept going into your room and bringing shoes for Dad to put on. The drama started when you wanted more shoes on then you had feet! You threw the biggest fit because we couldn't put 3 different shoes one your 2 feet! It was quite comical!




I hope you are always obsessed with shoes! And then I hope we are the same shoe size! ;) I love you pretty girl!

Love,
Mom

Dear Olivia,

Yesterday we went to Aunt Jen's and Uncle Cole's house in Vernal. They have an upstairs and a downstairs and I immediately knew we were in trouble! You love stairs, but haven't had enough practice to be good at them. You did really well the first couple hours, then the inevitable happened, you fell down the stairs. And boy did you fall hard! You landed at the bottom on the tile, and you hit your face pretty hard. Your Dad and I both ran up to hold you. Your face was pretty swollen, your mouth was bleeding, and you had a bloody nose! I felt so badly. This is the first time you had been hurt to the point of bleeding up till now! You screamed for a good half an hour before you finally calmed down.

We also went to the park where you tried eating the wood chips. You tried 3 or 4 times! You kept spitting them out, yet you would keep trying to eat them! I kept putting my fingers in your mouth pulling yucky woods chips out! The good news is, while I was doing this, I found out another tooth on the bottom had poked through! You now have 5 teeth finally! I thought you might end up with just four for the rest of your life! ;) You loved the teeter totter at the park. You got so mad when my legs got to tired from squatting! Teeter Totters are a lot of work for the parents! :)

Today we went to the pumpkin patch! I feel bad because I keep calling things your first, but they're not! They just seem like first because the first time you did them, you were just a tiny baby! Now you actually participate in the fun! So it feels brand new again! :) You loved everything! You loved sitting on the tractors, you loved the petting zoo, you loved the little animal train, and the hay rides and of course the corn box! You smiled and laughed at everything! I don't know if it was the tooth popping through or what but you were in an exceptionally good mood! :) I loved watching you have fun! It made the whole experience so much fun! I can't wait till Halloween! I'm so grateful you'll be walking by then! I'm so excited to see you toddling around in your little costume! You're going to be adorable!

Love,
Mom

Dear Olivia,

I feel so badly I haven't written you more! I'm going to quickly write a few things down now while I am thinking about them! :)

You love music. And you love to dance! Your dancing is hilarious and your Dad and I are constantly mimicking you! You hold one hand in the air above your head and bounce up and down! It's seriously adorable! My favorite is you will do it standing up in the basket of the shopping cart! :) Any time there is music you will be dancing!

I think officially you now walk more than crawl! That is insane to me! You always seemed like my baby but now you are getting so big! I can't believe you are already 14 months old! It seems like two seconds ago it was July and we were celebrating your birthday! It has been so fun watching you walk! Bently just was pro from the start. You, we've got to watch you learn! You are constantly falling but you get back up and try again! :) It's seriously adorable! And of course you walk like a little drunk sailor! :) It's adorable and I almost dread the day when you are a pro walker! :)

You have so much more hair now! Annie Dickey mentioned to me that you have more hair but it's not longer! That's exactly right! I can tell there is more volume of hair but it's not necessarily all the much longer! I blame it on your beautiful perfect, incredibly gorgeous curls! I pray everyday you don't loose your beautiful curls! :)

Lately when we go to get you up from a nap, as soon as we open the door, you literally throw yourself down on your mattress. You just fall, straight down. And then when we go to pick you up you just smile like you are the most clever little girl to ever live. (Which of course you are!)

You are still using a binky which I don't like. I was talking to your Dad about trying to help you give it up and he said, "No she can have whatever she wants!" That man is going to spoil you rotten. You sure hold a special  place in his heart! Speaking of Binkies I have a theory. I theorize that before we get you up from nap you purposefully throw the binkies on the ground. Let me clarify, you now demand to go to bed with at least 2 binkies though you prefer 3. One in each hand and one in your mouth. You have become very glutinous when it comes to binkies. Anyways, I think you purposefully throw all the binkies out of the crib so you can crawl and get them later. You are only allowed to have binkies at nap time and bed time. But somehow I always catch you crawling/walking around with a binky or several. I just couldn't figure out where you were getting them from. But now I think I know! :)

You are a happy girl my Livvy! You are constantly smiling and jabbering away! You point at everything you want. You also have a mighty big attitude for someone so small. You sure do let us know if one us is doing something that bugs you. Especially Bently. I think you figured out your only defense it yelling. If Bently tries to take your toy, you hold on with dear life and yell in his face. I shouldn't think it's adorable, but I do! :)

I wish I could describe to you my love for you or how much happiness you bring into our family! You are so worth the wait it took to get you here! I love you more than you'll ever know!

Love,
Mom

Dear Olivia,

You started to show a desire to walk again today. All day long you have been trying and trying to take those steps. If you continue, I know you'll be walking in no time! :) I love seeing you walk around. Though it does make me realize you are quickly leaving babyhood and entering the crazy world of a toddler. I'm excited and nervous to see what it's like having two completely mobile children. I'll let you know how that goes! :)

Love,
Mom

Dear Olivia,

Can I tell you how ironic it is I talked about you walking in my last letter to you on 09-08-14?? So September 9th rolls around. I am sick. Your Dad is sick. We both have the flu, thus we both have to call out of work. Your Dad tells you "Livvy, today is the day to walk. We're all home." I guess you listen to your Dad because you walked! We were all lazing around on the couch watching a show. You were standing holding onto your little green chair. Suddenly your Dad starts saying "Kayla, Kayla!!" I look down and you just start walking. You took 3 steps before you fell down! We exploded into cheers! I couldn't believe it! Your Dad said he just had a feeling you were going to walk! My smart girl! :) It just goes to show you, God really does work in mysterious ways! I didn't think he was going to answer my prayer by giving me the flu, but because I did, and your Dad did, we both called out and were home to witness you walk! I didn't miss your first steps and I am so incredibly grateful! Seeing these little firsts happen mean so much to me! I love you baby girl! Thanks for waiting for us all to be home!

Love,
Mom

P.s. There has been no change on the walking front since that day. You have absolutely refused to even try. I have no idea what's going. Feel free to keep walking! :)

Dear Olivia,

You are getting so close to walking. I am so excited and pray every day I get the chance to witness those first few baby steps! It would be even better if your Dad and I could both be there, but beggers can't be choosers! ;) I thought you were going to do it today, but you chickened out last minute. You can stand forever on your own, so I know you have the balance. But you just don't have the courage to take that first step! Don't you worry baby girl, I know you'll do it. :)

You hair is getting so dang long. Okay so, it's still short, but it's long comparing where we started from. It's to the point now that I feel like I have to pull it up or something, otherwise you look like a little rag a muffin. I cute one, but still. You hate it when I do your hair! I wish you were more patient because I'm thinking I could probably do two tiny pony tails if you would just sit still. But if there is one thing I am learning about you, you are a stubborn girl. You know what you want and you will work till you get it.

Still no new words. I think you just like observing people. And you point to most things you want so that makes it pretty easy to figure out! :)

Still just 4 teeth. I think you might be teething because you sure have been wanting to nurse all the time. Yes we are still somewhat nursing. To be honest I don't know if I have much to give anymore. You nurse so sporadically I'm never sure when you are going to want it or not. Though you are my first child (I know I only have 2) that has asked to nurse. I mean you don't say the words but you'll tug on my shirt or hit my breasts. It's kind of strange. Bently never did that you and haven't till now. I honestly don't mind nursing, I just am getting ready to be done. I'm willing to go with the flow though! :)

I love you so much my beautiful girl. Today I was watching you crawl on the floor and I just kept thinking "I can't believe I have a daughter." It's so incredibly strange to me that I have a little girl. It seems more and more real as you get older. I love it when you cuddle your baby dolls, or when you let me put your hair in a tiny ponytail. I can't wait for all the memories and adventures we're going to share together! I love you more than anything!

Love,
Mom

Dear Olivia,

I just realized I never wrote to you about your very first camping experience! Okay Daddy always tells me you went camping with the White side of the family but I don't think sleeping in a cabin counts as camping! This was your very first in a tent camping trip! Let me tell you, I was nervous. Going camping with little kids is never easy. I was especially worried about you falling asleep, and your lack of walking. Both fears turned out to be true. You were so frustrated being in the playpen all the time but quite honestly, I didn't want you crawling on the dirt. There was bugs and sharp rocks and other nature type things! ;) You actually did better than expected at the sleeping part. You threw a fit for about 20 minutes but as soon as I nursed you, you conked straight out!

Camping was fun, and I think you enjoyed it over all. You loved all the food, but that was no surprise. Me and you, we like our food! :) I think the food was probably your favorite part! It was also fun watching you interact with your cousins! Henry was there and so was Gunner! You loved them, sometimes a little too much. At one point you and Gunner were in the playpen together and you started smacking him. He didn't seem to mind and you were laughing, so we let it continue! ;)

You fell asleep on your first hike and it was pretty adorable! I was worried you wouldn't like being in the hiking backpack but you didn't mind at all apparently!

I love you Olivia Beth! I love experiencing all these firsts with you! It's so much fun to watch you explore the world!

Love,
Mom

Dear Olivia,

You my dear, are getting more and more active by the day. You get into so much trouble! I swear it's at the point of craziness! Today you were getting into every drawer in the kitchen, dumped comet on my rug, pulled out ever cd case we have sitting on the computer desk, pulled out all the recycling, stuffed your toys in the kitchen drawer, threw your whole plate of food on the floor, and so on and so on. You definitely keep me on my toes kid! Every time I turn around you are into something else. I can't even begin to imagine what it's going to be like when you can walk!

Speaking of which, today we went to the splash pad. This August has been strangely rainy and cold and today was so nice I knew we had to go have some more summer fun before it was over! You loved it! At first you were hesitant and just wanted to sit on the bench by me. But then you started playing in the water and you had a blast! You giggled and laughed and splashed! I had a blast just watching you. I began to notice though, that your knees were getting all red from crawling on the hard floor. So I reached down took you by one hand and you walked around the splash pad. I think that is the most walking practice you've ever had! You did great! It was fun to see you on two feet walking around, even if you did have assistance! :)

We then went to the park and you loved it! You have no fear my darling! You climb up everything, go down all the slides, all without assistance. I basically just followed you around and prevented you from crawling on the VERY hot playground ground.

You are so much fun Olivia. I'm sorry I'm so bad about writing to you. I just love every second I get with my beautiful little girl. You are so stinking adorable and you just melt my heart with your smile and giggles. I hope you always know how much your Mommy adores you!

Love,
Mom

Dear Olivia,

Your Dad called me at work on August 9th to tell me you did something amazing! You guys, Dad, You, and Bently were having a dance party in the kitchen. Suddenly you were standing there in the middle of the kitchen bouncing up and down on your feet! You got to standing all by yourself with out any help! I was so jealous I missed it! Later that night Grandma Kay Lynn came over and your Dad of course began to brag about your new found skill. Grandma then informed him while we were in the temple for Valerie's wedding (8/8/14) you did it like 3 times! She thought it was something you had done for awhile so she didn't mention it to us! So I guess your Dad and I both missed your first time that you got yourself to standing! ;) I love you beautiful girl! I cannot imagine you walking! I feel like you are getting so old so fast! I can hardly believe it!

I love you with all my heart!

Love,
Mom

Dear Olivia,

You are one year old. I can't believe the day came and went so fast! It was a great day! I'm not gonna lie! We woke up and took our beautiful birthday girl to breakfast! That was a little rough. You were impatient and for some reason IHOP was very busy! ;) We walked around until our food arrived. I think you enjoyed your eggs and pancakes! :)

We basically spent the rest of the day getting ready for your party. We really didn't want to have your party on your birthday but there was no other day to do it on. I spent the day baking and getting things organized and then finally it was time to head up to decorate. Let me note, when we planned your birthday we didn't even consider the Bountiful City Pioneer Day Parade. I assumed that the parade would take place on the 24th, but nope. It took place the 23rd exactly the same time as your party, 6 o'clock. It was crazy traffic at 5 when we headed up to the park. This caused many of our guests to either be very late or not come at all unfortunately. :(

You sat in your high chair while we decorated the park! It looked pretty good! You spent your party being passed around from person to person. Luckily, you are doing better with people who are not Mom and Dad. We had 2 games at your party, one was guess how old Olivia was in each picture and the other was a quiz about you! Valerie Eddings and Sue Hyer won the picture game and Ron Hyer won the quiz about you. We then opened presents. You weren't quite into this part. It was weird, every present that was given to you was in a bag. You didn't open a single wrapped gift. They were all in gift bags. You had a hard time when we would take the toys away. It was so sad, but adorable.

Then it was time for the cake smash. I had no idea how it was going to go. You love your food, but your brother barley touched his cake. We sang to you and I made it through with crying, though it was a close call! It's always my favorite part of any birthday and yours was no different. There I was, crouched down next to you holding your cake and thinking about all the beautiful and wonderful memories the past year had held for you and me. From you being a tiny infant to a crawling almost toddler. I loved looking around and seeing all the amazing people who love you! We are so lucky to have such an incredible support system! And of course I was looking at you. My incredibly smart and beautiful little girl who was leaving the baby years behind her. Birthdays are so bitter sweet but I sure do love celebrating them!

After singing I set the cake down in front of you and just watched. At first all you could get was frosting and you started to get done really fast. (It was VERY rich frosting) But then when you started getting to the cake you got so excited! Once you had enough cake and learned how fun it was to take both your hands, raise them above your head, and smash them down on the cake. You threw that cake every where. You literally had a cake smash! It was so cute and fun to watch! I love that you were so happy!

We used some of Sue's emergency water to wash you up. Luckily it was very warm since it had been in the car! You loved that almost as much as you loved the cake smash itself. Daddy washed you up and I loved getting to just watch your relationship with your Dad. He loves you so much! You guys just laughed at each other as he wipped all the cake off your face, tummy, arms, and legs!

Then we cleaned up and hauled everything home. By this time it was almost nine. As much as I knew you needed to get to bed, I wanted a moment to just sit, enjoy you, and have some quiet family time. So your Dad, Bently, me, and you all sat in our family room read some of your new books and played with some of your new toys. That was one of the top moments of the day. Just enjoying you and watching you interact with Bently and your new toys. There is something magical in little perfect moments like those. I hope you always keep your eyes open and notice them when they come around. Those are the moments that make life worthwhile.

I love you my beautiful one year old. I love watching your personality develop and I love watching your grow and learn. I am grateful to have you as my daughter.

I love you forever!
Mom

Dear Olivia,

I cannot believe we are 3 days away from your first birthday. I keep thinking, oh last year this time I was so miserable. Last year this time I was thinking, there is no way I am going to go latter than I did with Bently. But low and behold you had your own ideas. 5 days after your due date. I know five days doesn't sound like a long time, but wait till you have your own child one day. Five days is a lifetime.

You are getting so stinking big. I am constantly amazed with how much you can do now! You give hugs and kisses, dance, try singing to the radio, say lots of words, (bye, hi, Dad, Mom, Uh-oh, and whoa.) you smile at everything, and you climb and climb and climb. Girl you climb on everything. You are going to be my no fear child that gives me heart attacks. I just know it! You have been trying and trying for weeks to climb to the top of Bently's slide and yesterday or today you did it! You managed to climb all the way to the top, then you turn yourself around and go down. You love it and do it all day long.

You stood by yourself the other day. You have done it a couple times before, but I was never 100% sure you did it or if I imagined it. I mostly caught it out of the corner of my eye. 07/17/2014 though I held you by your hands and you stood there for a good 5 seconds before you sat down. You did it multiple times! I was so incredibly proud of my big girl! You are going to be walking so soon it's crazy!

Oh my dear Livvy, you turning one sure is bitter sweet for your mommy. I am so excited to see you grow and change but at the same time, I am sad. I don't' think 0-1 is as big of a change than 1 to 18 months. For some reason kids just seem to go from baby to toddler in those short six months. I cant' believe we're about to enter that stage! It's coming way too fast! I love you so so much my beautiful girl! I can't wait to celebrate your first birthday with you!

Love forever,
Mom

Dear Olivia,

You have started doing so many cute things! I feel so guilty for not writing them down! I'm already forgetting my mental checklist! I will try and remember them for you!

-You are obsessed with saying hi. You say hi all the time. It's pretty darn adorable! You'll look at me and say, "hi!" then turn and say "hi" to your Dad or anyone who is near. You are obsessed and I am so glad because I cannot get enough of your cute voice! You seem so old talking I can barley believe it!

-You still try and hold 5 items in your hands at one time. It's so funny. You do the same thing with food. You just will pick up as many as you can hold.

- You do this new scrunchy smile. You smile so big that you're whole face scrunches up. You do it a lot when you are super happy or when you are being cheesy for a camera! It's stinking adorable and I kind of hope you never ever stop doing it.

Prime example from the 4th of July! :)

 

 

-You have become a Mama's girl and I am so happy. You. like your brother, have had a Daddy preference for the most part. I try not to take it personally but I thought I could just have one child who preferred me. Well now you do! You have started saying Ma ma ma all the time! You reach from your Dad so I'll hold you. You just love me and I love you too! You make your Mommy so happy when you want her! :)

 

I love you Miss Olivia Beth! You bring so much happiness and light into our family. You are my favorite little girl in the entire world!

 

Love,

Mom

Dear Olivia,

We celebrated your last first holiday! The 4th of July! I love the fourth! It's one of my most favorite holidays in the whole entire world! It was a bitter sweet celebrating your last first holiday. I can't believe you'll be one in less than a month. Where did my baby go!?!

Fourth of July was a little rough for you. We stayed up too late the night before and you were a wee bit cranky for the parade. Not horrible, but slightly cranky. Mostly you just crawled around while I kept pulling candy out of your mouth! You did clap and dance to the music. You love music! I loved watching you dance! You were just grinning from ear to ear!

Fireworks were really REALLY rough. You were done. Cranky beyond reason by this point. You really could've used a second nap, but you refused to nap at Aunt Shawna's. We got to the firework spot and you started doing what you normally do when you are overly tired. One second your smiling the next second you are arching your back screaming flailing around. I couldn't wait for the fireworks to start. I was hoping it would distract you. Your Dad and I took our customary lay down and watch the firework stance. We soon realized you didn't want to lay down and you didn't want to sit up. A couple minutes in, I realized if I wanted to see any fireworks, I was left with on option. With no cover available I silently prayed everyone would be too distracted by the fireworks and I nursed you right there in the middle of a huge crowd of people! It worked though. You would nurse and then stop and look up at the fireworks than nurse some more.

Unfortunately I ran dry before the fireworks were done. I was left with no choice but to give up our tradition and move to a lawn chair. Luckily your Dad and Bently joined us so I still got to watch the fireworks with my family. Mid firework show I couldn't help but cry just a little. Not because I was so, but because I was so incredibly happy. There I was celebrating my favorite holiday with my own little family. I felt so incredibly blessed because I am.

I love you so much Olivia Beth! I love celebrating holidays with you! I can't wait to start celebrating all our second holidays together! :)

Love,
Mom

Dear Olivia,

I feel like there is so much I haven't told you about! It's hard because the every day things don't seem special because I see them, every day. But then looking back a couple months from now, I know it'll be fascination because you probably won't be doing them anymore. You have a couple little quirks that I just absolutely adore!

The first is you always, I mean always, are holding on to a ridiculous amount of objects at one time. Whether that be food, or toys, or clothes, you are holding as many as you can. Mostly you are carrying around 4-5 little toys in your hands. I love watching you because you'll drop one and when you try and pick it up you'll drop another. You have throw many tantrums over the fact that you cannot hold all these toys at one time! ;) It is so stinking cute to watch you crawl around the house with the most random items. Your brother's shoes, or his underwear, or the remotes to the tv, and the list goes on and on. There is just something you love about having things in your hands!

You can be a little dramatic, you probably get that from me! ;) You love to be held. To this day you want to be held pretty much all the time. There are times when you are content on the ground, but mostly you just want to be in someone's arms. Honestly, I love cuddling with you, but sometimes I got to do the dishes, or take Bently potty, or get ready for work and you have to go on the ground. You immediately start the tantrum. It's hard to just get you on the ground because as soon as you see we're putting you down you start to arch your back and wail like a banshee. The best part of this whole situation is, you then start crawling around the house after us. I'm sorry to say but it's actually kind of funny. I'll be running from room to room and you bring your sobbing hysterical baby butt crawling after me, it look pretty dramatic to be honest! I love it! It's pretty stinking cute!

You recently have start to love peek-a-boo. You will hide behind something and then grin when you look back around. It's pretty darn adorable!

You also give big wet slobbery open mouth kisses now. I cherish every single one I get! I cannot get enough of those sweet baby kisses. You won't do them if we ask most of the time, we have to catch them randomly! :)

You are a climber already. It's been quite the change for me because Bently never climbed or did anything too crazy. He's always been pretty mellow. But you, you see something and you go for it. Today, for example, your dad was feeding you m&m's. (that sinker) I had you on my lap and we were reading a bed time story. But for some reason, you were having none of that. Finally I put you on the floor and finished reading the story with Bently. Suddenly I look around for you and find you eating M&M's. You had crawled on top of Bently's green plastic chair, and had reached up on the end stand for those M&M's. You looked so pleased with yourself and happy. I then had to wrestle a total of 5 M&M's from your baby hands. Let me tell you, there are some impressive grasping skills there! ;)

You are the most adorable baby and I love you more than words can describe. I can't believe you will be one next month! I have no idea where the time has gone! I'm going to relish in all the moments before you turn the big ONE!

Love,
Mom

Dear Olivia,

Today your Dad woke me up from my nap by throwing you on the bed with me. (Okay so he didn't physically throw you.) For the next 15 minutes or so it was Mommy and Olivia time! Seriously we spent so much time giggling together! You just thought I was hilarious and laughed at everything I did! I swung you around, threw you up in the air, kissed you, blew raspberries, and so much more. You are becoming more and more fun by the minute! (Not that you weren't fun before) I love watching you get older and grow and explore more! :)


You have started this thing where you HATE your car seat, high chair, and being changed or having your diaper changed. I think it's because now you can move and get yourself around that you hate to be in one place. You always want to be going! You also stand up all the time now! You will pull yourself up and it's adorable to watch how proud you get of yourself! :)


I love you beautiful little girl. I wish I could portray in these letters how much I love you! How adorable and funny you are! You are just the sweetest little baby and I love you more than I could ever put into words. I can't wait to watch you grow some more! I can't wait to teach you things and be able to do girly things like paint your toes! I'm totally planning on doing that this summer by the way! ;)


Love,
Mom

Dear Olivia,

You got a tooth! It actually came through on your Aunt Stacey's wedding, May 9, 2014! It's about time too! Just today I realized I am beginning to see it! Before I could just feel that it had cut through the gums but now there is physical proof it's there! :) It's a little bittersweet. You are getting older and it's hard to watch! But it's a great thing too!


I love you beautiful girl!


Love,
Mom

Dear Olivia,

Your vocabulary is pretty impressive. You say 4 words. Which for a 9 month old is pretty dang cool. You of course say Mama and Dada. I love watching you reach for me saying mama! :) You also say uh oh. And you now say bye bye. It's more like bah bah but it's pretty close! And you wave! So stinking adorable! I love watching you wave your little hand up and down!


Today I had you in the bath tub and you would stand up, purposely fall down, and say uh oh, laugh, and do it all again. It was the cutest thing ever! I just sat there and laughed right along with you! You are so stinking adorable I can barley stand it!


Love,
Mom

Dear Olivia and Bently,

Real Life. That is what I am living. Well I guess that's what we're all living. :) When I imagined growing up, getting married, having children, I expected the fairy tale. Adoring husband, perfectly behaved children, white picket fence, of course I would be a stay at home mom, and the house would be spotless and smell of chocolate chip cookies. This is not my reality. My reality right now, today, is as follows. Husband is sick, throwing up every hour or so. Livvy is teething and is crying and wanting to be held almost constantly. Also not napping. Bently is adorable and is such a trooper for taking the back seat. The house is a mess. Seriously. Dishes are stacked everywhere, the family room floor needs to be vaccumed, badly. The bathroom is starting to look like a public bathroom (eww), and the list could go on and on. The kia needs an oil change, but we're out of money for this pay period. I am trying to clean and cook and take care of 2 crying kids (yes one of those is daddy! ;) Plus working full time. I am currently living off of 4 hours of broken sleep and it's making me extra emotional! I sat here at work thinking of all the things I had to do and feeling very overwhelmed. I suffer with comparing my life to others. I want that picture perfect life I dreamed about as a child. I want to be home all the time with my babies, I want to buy a house and fill it to the brim with memories. As I sat, wallowing in self pity, I realized, this is real life. No one, NO ONE, has the perfect life. All lives are filled with trials and sorrows. I guess what I am trying to say, is when you grow up, get married, have babies, don't be surprised if it's not exactly how you pictured it. If you don't have the nicest furniture, or a full set of matching dishes, or a house. Don't feel overwhelmed when the dishes pile up in the sink and the children are screaming and you make waffles for dinner because frankly, you barley had time to do that. Because I learned today, I need to enjoy these moments. The moments when my kids are little, where I am a 911 dispatcher and have the opportunity, every single day to help someone. The time where your Dad gets to be home, to share in special memories with you. There is so much beauty in my life. Bently and Olivia, you guys are a big majority of that beauty. You and your Dad. You guys are my happiness, my happily ever after. You make every single day amazing. I have so much to be grateful for and I truly feel like I am living my fairy tale. Sure it has it's downs and twist and turns, but how boring would your story be if it was perfect? I guess this long rambling letter is just to tell you, life isn't always perfect. It hardly ever turns out how you plan, and that is ok. Because you can do hard things. You can overcome and move on, and become a better person because of what you've been through. Trust in the Lord and his plan and his timing and all will be okay in the end. I promise.


I love you both so much. Thank you for your smiles and endless hugs and kisses. I can't get enough of my adorable babies!


Love,
Your very tired and rambling Mom.

Dear Olivia,

Yesterday we were walking around Target when your naughty brother dropped something he shouldn't have been playing with and exclaimed, "uh oh!" Without missing a beat you copied him with your own cute little "uh oh". It may have been the most adorable thing I have ever heard in my entire life! The rest of Target we all took turns getting you to say "uh oh"! It was seriously too cute for words!

Love,
Mom

Dear Olivia,

We celebrated your very first Easter today! You missed the egg dying yesterday due to your napping through it. This morning we did the egg hunt and you were really too little to find eggs so you mostly played on the floor while Bently hunted. You loved chewing on the plastic eggs though! You looked so cute holding them in your hands gnawing away! ;) Speaking of which, I think your first tooth might finally be coming it! :) It's getting so close! I can actually feel the bump now! But back to Easter, you got a toy for your first Easter! You love it, and unfortunately so does your brother! He is constantly taking it away from you poor girl. We're still working on the sharing thing! ;)


You are getting so much closer to crawling on all fours. You can actually crawl on all fours, but you only do it for a short while before you drop to your tummy and army crawl. I always get excited when I see you crawling on all fours! It makes me realize how soon the day will come when you'll be walking! Your Dad and I were actually talking about it today! We both can't imagine it right now but I know it'll come soon enough! You are only 3 months away from being one which is completely crazy to me! Time has gone by too fast! You are so big! Where the heck did my baby go? To be honest I am excited as much as I am sad that you are growing up! I'm excited for summer where hopefully both you and Bently will be running around like crazy people. I have been secretly propping you up to standing so that you can gain the leg muscles required to walk. Bently walked at like 13-14 months and I really want you to walk sooner! Don't tell your Dad! He's dreading having 2 walkers! ;)


You have gotten so giggly lately! Seriously you laugh all the time and I love it! I cannot get enough of your adorable giggle!


Love,
Mom

Dear Olivia,

This is something I kept telling myself to write about and I kept forgetting. So here I am months later writing about it. Well technically it's still happening but whatever. So from probably about a month old and on you have been a gassy baby. Now that's not unusual for a baby but what was unusual I how badly your stunk! I mean they were doozies! Every single one of them! It was a little bit embarrassing. I mean, we can say it was you, but people just assume we're lying! ;) It's still a problem but the stink has definitely gone down.


I love you my stinky little girl! ;)

Love,
Mom

Dear Olivia,

You have been so close to standing. I kept waiting and waiting for you to do it! Well you finally did it! You were just sitting there in the bathtub and you pulled yourself up! To say I was proud was an understatement. I was ecstatic! My little girl is getting so big! Now walking is just around the corner! Okay not really because you haven't done it since. But you did it once so I'm counting on it! I only had my phone so the pictures are blurry and sorry our naked. I didn't tell you to stand up for the first time in the bathtub! ;) Love you Livvy!

Love,

Mom

 

 

Dear Olivia,

I have SO much to catch up on. Let me start with I believe it was Saturday night the 5th. You were fussy all night long. You just weren't sleeping very well. You had a runny nose and I think you had swallowed a lot of the mucus into your stomach. As I was patting your back and you suddenly threw up all over my shoulder. It smelled like adult throw up. You didn't get any on you so I quietly laid you down and threw my shirt on the floor as quickly as possible. Later that same night I was nursing you in bed when you threw up a TON of breast milk all over the bed. Now I was extremely lazy and exhausted at this point. I decided instead of making Greg get up and change the sheets I would just put a towel over it. (It didn't smell)


The next night I got into bed, found a towel in my way, threw it on the floor and went to sleep. You screamed and cried and fussed. It was a long and awful night. About half way through I remembered what the towel had been on the bed for but once again I was just plain too tired to care and I kept on trying to sleep. After being away from 5 am to 8 am I decided to get up. We weren't getting any sleep anyways. As I was walking you around I noticed you would tense up and push then cry. It finally dawned on me you were probably constipated since you hadn't pooped recently. I called up Aunt Shawna, who is a constipation expert, and asked what to do. She informed me to stick a bulb syringe up your little bum and squeeze warm water up there to help loosen things up. I laid you down and got to work. You didn't seem to mind it too much but nothing was happening. I kept putting more and more water in there. Finally I decided to do it one more time. Well as I pushed the water in you decided to push. Thus causing me to get sprayed from my chin to my stomach in butt water. I was so exhausted there was only one thing to do, laugh. I laughed and laughed. It was pretty hilarious.


I then realized I needed a shower and you probably did too. So I scooped you up and took you in the bath with me. As I was filling it up I happened to glance back at you and see you surrounded by poopy water. You pooped! That was the good news. The bad news was now I had to get rid of the poop. Most of it went down the drain but there was some chunks that couldn't fit. We were out of toilet paper so I couldn't just scoop it up and dump it. So I grabbed the closest bath toy and began to smash that poop down the drain. It took a good bit of time but finally all the poop was gone!


It was quite an eventful couple of days to say the least! I love you silly girl!


Love,
Mom

Dear Olivia,

For the past couple days your Dad and I keep catching your crawling on all fours. You only do it for about 10 seconds before you lay flat on your tummy and army crawl again, but I think you're getting close! Then twice today you tried to stand up while holding on to something. I wouldn't be surprised if you started doing both those things within the next couple days! It's so exciting to watch you grow and change! You'll be walking before we know it! Ahh!

Love,
Mom

Dear Olivia Beth,

We went to the zoo for Bently's birthday! I was so excited to go with my kiddos! I LOVE the zoo! :) You had been to the zoo before when you were a little tiny baby! I hate to admit but I was so excited to watch Bently at the zoo I forgot that you notice things around you now! You loved it! You watched all the animals with the cutest look of wonder on your face! It was the cutest thing I have ever seen! The best part is when we went to the giraffes. You were just watching them and smiling and clapping and doing the cutest little noises! You were just star struck by those giraffes! :) I love you beautiful girl! You are my most favorite daughter! :)

Love,
Mom

Dear Olivia,

My sweet sweet girl! Guess what you started doing? Clapping! You are months ahead of your brother in this department. I think the first time you did it it was an accident. Dad actually caught it on video! But now you do it a lot! Sometimes you'll even clap with us! I love watching your little hands com together and how excited you get! You also dance to music. Which is hilarious! You shake your head and clap your hands and wiggle your arms. I love watching you go crazy as you dance to whatever is on!

Love,
Mom

Dear Olivia,

Yesterday you finally did it! You army crawled. And much to my dismay, it happened just like it did with your brother. You're even the same age as he was when he crawled! I tried so hard on my days off to get you to do it, but you are not one to be rushed. I walked in the house last night and your Dad said "You better get in here your daughter is crawling." I was happy and sad at the same time. I ran in the family room and watched as you scooted your way across the floor. Your army crawling was very impressive to your Mom. I wish you could remember the pride on my face. Little moments like this are so magical and I treasure them. I am so proud of my little crawler! Proud and scared! I'm sure you'll be getting into lots more trouble now! Let the fun begin!


I love you with all my heart beautiful!


Love,
Mom

Dear Olivia,

I feel like I have been neglecting to write you. I am sorry for that. Your Mom has been extremely busy as of late. I'm hoping some big changes will be happening to our family! :)

You are still not crawling. Here you are almost 8 months old and no sign of crawling. I think it's because you've gotten so good at rolling yourself everywhere. I am seriously in awe of how you get places simply by rolling around. You are quite mobile that way! ;) I am anxious for you to crawl though. Hopefully it happens sometime soon! :)

You are such a happy baby Miss Olivia. Everywhere we go people comment on how happy you are. You smile all the time! You have made so many hard days better by just smiling at me. :) I love getting you to smile and do many ridiculous things to get you to! Today, I did nothing. You were watching me do dishes in your high chair and every time I looked at you your face lit up. I can't even tell you how happy that made me!

I love you so much my darling Livvy! I promise to be better at writing!

Love,
Mom

Dear Olivia,

You seem so big to me now. Today I was looking at you and marveling on how much you've grown. I was dancing with you in the kitchen to the song "I Loved Her First" and the line "From the first breath she breathed, when she first smiled at me" I couldn't help but think back to those moments. Think back to the day you were born. When you were just a tiny squirming thing with that little baby cry! You are now at least double that size! You smile, you sit up, and roll! Pretty soon you'll be crawling! I just can't believe how quickly time is going by! I got to hold you a lot today and I couldn't help but marvel at how truly beautiful you are! You are the happiest baby and I am so grateful I have the chance to be your mom! You make me so incredibly happy! I love you pretty girl!

Love,
Mom

Dear Olivia,

Monday 02/17/2014 you got your first ride on a park swing. Your brother and I hiked over to the park and I was letting him play when it hit me that you've never been on the swing before. Your Dad was on his way so of course we had to wait for him! Once he was there we plopped you down in the swing and gave you a tiny little push. You loved it! You smiled and smiled. And laughed as Bently went "Weee Weee" over and over again!!! I loved watching you so happy! I also loved that it was February and we could be at the park! :) I love watching you experience new things little girl! :) You are adorable!


Love,
Mom

Dear Olivia,

You are sick. With a cold. Well we all have it except Dad. Which is strange because your father has the worst immune system. Usually he is the one sick. Anyways, the point is, you can't breath through your nose. For a baby who usually falls asleep sucking on a binky, this is a BIG problem. You were up pretty much every 30 minutes to an hour last night. It was a long long night! I remember half way through I was wishing nighttime was over already. I was so done waking up all the time. I don't blame you sweet heart, but it is exhausting. Mostly I feel bad for you. You're little cry is so pathetic and you look so dang cute with your little red nose. I love you and I hope, for your sake and mine, you get better really soon! :)

On a side note, you love solids! You get so excited when you see food coming your way. It actually freaks me out a little bit because you are starting to nurse quite a bit less. Well maybe I should talk about nursing. I have a hard time accepting that you are growing up. I was nursing you every 2-3 hours and you were hardly eating. I was getting worried till I read online that a six month old should be nursing every 6 hours! Now we don't go that long but I pushed it back to every 4-5 hours and your nursing is so much better. I guess I really just didn't want you to grow up!

I love you so much Miss Olivia. You are the cutest baby a Mommy could ask for! I seriously love you so dang much!

Love,
Mom

Dear Olivia,

Yesterday you got to do another first! We went swimming! I wanted to go so bad but your Dad wasn't very into the idea. I then I asked Bently if he wanted to go swimming. I figured I get your stubborn 2 year old brother on board and Dad will have no choice but to go or face the consequences of cranky Bently. To my surprise he said "No swimmins stay home." I thought all hope was lost but then not 5 minutes later Bently decided he did want to go swimming! So we all got dressed and off we went! I was so excited! We hadn't been swimming for probably 6-8 months!

You looked pretty darn cute in your pink swimsuit! I was dying over the cuteness! I especially loved that we could see your cute chunky legs! :) You were pretty adorable in the water. You at first seemed pretty indifferent. But pretty soon you started kicking and splashing. There weren't very many smiles but I could tell you liked it! :) I was sitting there with you and suddenly I was remembering things I hadn't thought about in a long time. Like I went to that very swimming pool right after we found out you were a girl! That's where I told your Aunt Shawna and Aunt Janaye you were a girl! :) I was so excited that day! Knowing the little thing inside me was a tiny beautiful girl! :) I also remember your Dad and I went later on and we talked about how fun it will be when we have a tiny little girl with us in her pink swimsuit! (It was ironic you were wearing a pink swimsuit last night!) It was a great chance to reminisce about that time. The time where we had nothing but wonder and speculation at to what you would be like. It was truly exciting! With that said I am so grateful to not have to wonder anymore. To know you, to be able to kiss your sweet cheeks every day and snuggle you! I love you so incredibly much! :)

Love,
Mom

P.s. I have been cosleeping you still but I think it's finally time to stop. You fell out of bed again today. This was your 3rd time. I just love sleeping with you! :( I'm going to miss having my little snuggle buddy next to me! But I don't want to risk you getting seriously hurt! Our bed is really high! So it's crib time for you beautiful! Wish me luck! It's not going to be easy!

Dear Olivia,

You turned six months old 2 days ago! Six whole months darling! I can't believe it was 6 months ago that I had you! You got to start solid foods!!! I decided to try and make most of your baby food so I whipped you up some sweet potatoes! You loved it! You have been reaching for food and watching us eat like a hawk! You seriously were so ready! You aren't that great at swallowing it. You probably swallow only like 25% of each bite. The rest you manage to spit right back out! It was adorable watching you eat! You smiled after pretty much every single bite! :) It was pretty adorable!

You are still improving every day on sitting up! It amazes me watching you sit by yourself! when I took your 6 months photos you sat for a long time! You have also started doing this thing where you shake your head back and forth like you are saying no. I don't know why you do it but it's adorable!

I love watching your relationship with Bently just get better and better! He now calls you "sister" some times and it melts my Mommy heart! Boy oh boy! I can't wait to continue to watch you two learn and grow together! You smile and laugh more for him than any one else! You are always watching him!

I love you my dear Olivia Beth! You filled an empty space in my heart I didn't know exsisited! You are my little girl and I am so blessed and incredibly grateful for the chance to be your Mom! I love you more than anything!

Love,

Mom

P.s. I included some pictures I've taken on my phone the past couple of weeks! I love watching you grow! :)

Dear Olivia,

Oh my beautiful baby girl you are getting so incredibly big! I can't believe in a few short days you'll be 6 months old! 6 months! How did that happen! You will start solids soon. I can't decide if I'm excited for sad. I was so ready to start solids with your brother. In fact we started them a couple of days before he was six months. With you though, it's more bitter sweet. I really do love breast feeding. And once you start solids it's all down hill from here. Only 6 more months and you'll be a year.


You are quite the roller now! You can pretty much get anywhere by rolling! I can tell you want to crawl so badly but you aren't quite there yet. You'll figure it out eventually. It's fun watching you get around everywhere. You always get so happy when you reach a toy you want! Now we just got to get your brother to stop stealing them from you! :)


We took you to California and you were so mad during that car ride. You hated it. You screamed and screamed and screamed! You lasted about 6 hours and then you were so done. You hated every second of that car ride! Lol. I felt so bad. We would stop and you would grin and grin and laugh while you were out of your carseat. As soon as we set you back in it the screaming began again! I felt so bad for you!


It was worth it though! I got to introduce you to your Great Grandma and Grandpa Stetson! I love Grandma and Grandpa Stetson. I don't think I have ever met kinder more generous people in my life! I'm pretty sure they are going straight to heaven when they die. They are so amazing! You smiled for them and I just loved watching you interact. You rolled your baby bum over to Grandpa Stetson's chair and laid their on the floor looking up at him just smiling. It made his day! And Grandma loved holding you! She always wanted you in her arms and constantly commented on how beautiful you are! :)


We also got to go see my Dad's grave, your Papa Tim! You sat there with me the whole time. It was so nice to be able to hold you in my arms. You brought a lot of comfort to your Mom. Going to his grave is good and hard. It always is such a cruel reminder of what I lost. But I'm always grateful for the opportunity to feel closer to him! I know with all my heart we will be with him again one day Olivia. If there is one thing I've learned from the trial of not having my father on this earth it's a testimony of the next life. I'm so grateful for eternal families!


We also went to San Francisco. You mostly just hung out the whole time. And screamed when you go hungry! lol! We had a blast though! We'll have to go again when you and your brother are old enough to remember it!


We came home all of us sick. That wasn't very fun. But guess what? A couple days ago you did something amazing. I put you in your crib in a feeble attempt to have you fall asleep and to my great and utter shock you did! You didn't even cry! You slept for three hours! I was for sure it was a fluke. A one time occurrence but since then I have gotten you to sleep in your crib almost every nap time! True sometimes you don't sleep more than 30 minutes but heck, it's a start! :)


I love you Miss Olivia. You have brought so much incredible happiness to my life and I love you more than you'll ever know!


Love,
Mom