Dear Olivia & Bently,

Sometimes I catch myself getting caught up in things that aren't important. I'll tell you no or later because I have to clean or do things on the computer. And while those things are important, I'm trying very hard to stop telling you later. You guys are going to be big and old and grown before I know it. I never want to look back and say I wish I would have played with them more. Or cuddled them more. So today I stopped what I was doing and made a very sad make shift tent in the family room. I don't know who came up with the idea, but I know both of you wanted to do it. Unfortunately, when it was done, Bently wanted to read books and not play with Olivia in the tent. So I suggested we read books in the tent! So that's what we did. We read our library books in our tent. It was magical. It was perfect. It was a moment straight out of my head of what being a Mom would be like. I wish you guys could remember these moments! They are fantastic and magical and hilarious! You both say things that make me laugh all the time. I was sad when Lincoln woke up! I love spending time with you guys! You make me smile and laugh every day. I couldn't ask for a better job than being your Mommy! :) Thank you for reminding me to slow down and appreciate the moments!

Love,
Mom

Dear Olivia,

You have your brother (Bently) and Bincoln Brother (Lincoln). I think it's super funny that you don't call either brother by their right names. Bently has always been brother. From the very beginning. It's very rare for you to call him anything besides brother. And now you have another brother. So he is Bincoln Brother! You also have your favorite doll that you carry around all the time. Her, yes her, name is Bincoln Baby! It's pretty adorable and hilarious to listen to you talk about all these people! :)

We kinda tried potty training, for a day. You told me you wanted to wear underwear so I let you. You actually did pretty good over all. You had 3 poopy accidents but I think that was only because you had diarrhea at the time. You went pee on the potty once. I then asked you if you had to go a hundred times that day. Including sitting on the toilet 3 times while we were at Walmart. But to no avail. You peed yourself at the dinner table! I gave up. You want to do it, but you don't at the same time. You have been wearing diapers again for the past couple days and you haven't mentioned underwear since.

You are becoming more and more independent. You are always saying, "No I do it myself!" It's very different then your older brother who still begs us to do everything for him! I love it, but again it is time consuming. You are learning and growing so fast! You half birthday is 4 days away and I can't believe pretty soon we'll be closer to 3 than 2! Three is old! I can't even believe that my second child is going to be 3. You're making your Mommy feel OLD! ;)

I love you beautiful. Even if you love your Dad more! ;)

Love,
Mom

Dear Olivia,

Yesterday when we went to the store and again today taking out the trash, you insisted on not only taking your doll. Oh no. You had to take your doll, her pillow, her rattle, and her bottle. It's a adorable and annoying. :) You walk really slow carrying all that stuff which  makes the store/taking out trash time consuming. But I do love looking back to see you carrying around your baby doll.

Love,
Mom