Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Our big (I mean little) girl


Two days after Olivia's actual birthday, we took her to the doctor for her two year well-check. She may be a smart cookie, but she's a tiny cookie. Weighing in at 23.4 lbs. and measuring 32.25 in., Olivia is in the 1%(!!!) for weight and 14% for height. No one is too worried about her little size though. The doctor said that if Yusaku and I were small when we were her age, which we were, then it's to be expected.



Here are some things she does/says lately:

-Uses words like amazing, beautiful, delicious, disgusting, actually, and most recently - holy mackerel.

-Pretends about everything. She is always pretending to go places (Kroger, Trader Joes's, Yoga), be animals, etc.

-Often tells me she is "finkin" about things...mostly animals.

-Can name a ton of animals...to name a few, meerkat, rhinoceros, hippopotamus, bald eagle, water buffalo, whooping crane, spider monkey, etc.

-Knows and can sing at least a part of LOTS of songs (Happy and You Know It, Hokey Pokey, Ring Around the Rosey, Wheels on the Bus, Baby Beluga, the list goes on and on).

-Puts puzzles together on her own very well.

-Jumps with both feet off the ground.

-Has become a very good tower-builder.


Fall Fun

We've been enjoying doing things outside in the beautiful fall weather we've had lately.  The first set of pictures are from the weekend of Olivia's birthday party. Before everyone had to head back home, we took some time to explore a park close to where we live. 








The next set of pictures is from this past weekend. We went to both Hidden Valley Fruit Farm and Windmill Farm. They're both on the same road, not far from one another.





Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Olivia turns 2!

Our big girl turned two recently and a few weekends ago we had a big celebration with family and friends. A great time was had by all. Here are some pictures from the party.

Cutie pie getting her chocolate paw cupcake
(that she's talked about for weeks) :)
so proud of herself after she blew her candle out

The best thing about this birthday is that Olivia could open all her presents by herself and was truly excited about each and everything she opened. She would say things like "Yay!" or "Woo hoo!" It was so fun to watch!

Opening presents (with some help from her friend and I)
Checking out her new tent her cousin Kaitlyn made for her
My dad, Sarah, and I having fun with Olivia's new toys
Enjoying some tea from her cool new tea set from
Leslee, Jon, and Quinn
Riding on her new donkey from Linden :)
Thanks to Daniel for blowing it up

Some of our party guests. :) 







A few more pics from the party.





had to include this picture because it cracks me up