2 Years

February 18th, 2011

Beautiful little Olivia--

Happy Birthday my brand new 2 year old babe! How lucky I feel to be your mommy and to have you in our family. Each morning you are the first one awake and call out for Daddy to come get you--but sometimes I come instead and you greet me so sweetly in the pale morning light. When Bentley finds us upstairs you say "Hi Bean!" with a huge smile, and you do the same for Cares--welcoming everyone to the day with your darling little voice.

You are growing so fast and learning so much. You follow Bentley and Cares in all they do: getting your own bowl for cereal or oatmeal like they do each morning, choosing out your own clothes whenever one of them gets dressed for the day, and coloring if they are coloring, organizing sea animals if they are, and playing dress-ups when you see Cares doing so (the Fifi costume from Halloween and the Cinderella dress being your favorites right now). You learn new words each day, fold your arms and squish up your face to help close your eyes for each prayer, sing many songs you make up on your own, and play independently with dollies and princesses when both the kids are at school.

Your bright blue eyes just seem to get bigger and more beautiful every day and your white-blonde stripe is hanging in there among your light soft curls. You are a silly girl who loves to laugh and it's easy to make you do so with tickles or playing tag or pulling funny faces (a trick Beans has mastered :) You have been such an easy and happy baby who is still quite attached to her mom and dad--which is actually pretty sweet. I love the days when you wake from your nap still feeling a little dazed and you just want to lay on my shoulder and cuddle for several minutes. It feels amazing and I love to sit still and drink up the feeling of holding your small toddler body.

Thank you for bringing so much joy to our home these past 2 years. I love you sweet girl--

--Mommy

February 18th, 2009

February 18th, 2010