Dear Olivia,

Hello sweetheart! It's been awhile hasn't it? Well I made a list of random things I wanted to remember about you one day! So here we go!

 You are seriously at the most fun age imaginable! You turned two and out of no where you can talk. Like sentences and you say things every day that surprise me! With Bently it was very gradual increase of language skills. You just had this burst of words and all the sudden you can pretty much tell us anything and everything you want to! I still struggle with some words. Like thirsty sounds like horsey. :) But I'm catching on! Okay mostly your helping me by saying drink instead of thirsty! ;) But either way we communicate now! :)

You have actually stopped doing this as much since I wrote my list but you say Umm when you're trying to remember or think of something! It's really adorable! Especially because most of the time it ends in you not knowing. You'll say, "ummm... what?"

You are such a Daddy's girl! I try not to get too offended and most of the time I don't mind. But we went to California for a week and so you had a lot of Dad time! Boy did you never ever want me to hold you or help you, or do anything for you! It was actually a little sad for me. I do a lot for you Miss Thang! You better start showing me some love! ;)

You have the cutest hair! It's so crazy curly and I love it with all my heart! When I took your 2 year old pictures I didn't bother to do anything to it but put some gel stuff in it! I wanted to get the full extent of the crazy curly hair! Your top half is already a lot straighter and I'm already worried you are outgrowing it! I never want your hair to loose it's curl! Don't worry I'll still love you with straight hair! But I'm going to document it as much as possible while it's curly! Because I love it!

You have gotten obsessed with babies/stuffed animals. You constantly are holding them and playing with them and putting them down for naps! It's actually getting out of control. Currently as I'm typing this you are sleeping with 7 different dolls/stuffed animals! And you will notice if one is not there. I get very cranky having to run down stairs to grab a forgotten stuffed animal. I try and  not let you take them out of your bed because it has become such a hassle!

You love to read books! You love looking at them yourself and you love us to read to you! Bently has a few of our main books memorized so he will also read books to you! You are always coming up saying, "Read it! Read it!"

You are a much better looker than Bently. I don't mean you are prettier, I mean you find things easier. I will ask you to pick something up, tell you it's by the TV and you can find it! I'm impressed because Bently still has not managed this skill. :) My favorite part is you very enthusiastically exclaim "GOT IT!" when you find something! It's one of my favorite things you say!

You want to be held all. the. time. It's actually quite awful because I am rather largely pregnant currently and picking you up/holding you is no easy thing! :( We have had many a battles over my holding you. I will be on the couch and you will randomly fling yourself to the ground crying your eyes out while exclaiming, "Hold you! Hold You!" (I think you say hold you because we always ask if you want us to hold you! :) I will tell you "come here and I will hold you!" But no! Getting up and walking to me is just too much for you to handle! So instead you lay on the floor and scream and I sit on the couch trying to pretend like your screaming isn't bothering me. To be honest you win most often. I will come and get you after 10-15 minutes of this continuing. You are a stubborn girl!

I love you beautiful girl! You smile and laugh all the time! You are constantly telling me "I silly!" and you are! I need to take more videos of you! You are just too dang cute!


Love,
Mom