Olivia Turns 2!

 OK, so I'm realizing that no one is going to come along and record the recent events of our lives for me, so I'd better get to it! On June 16th Olivia turned two. That morning she opened one of her presents, and then she and I went over to Grandma's house to do a baby shower for Aunt Melissa. Of course, she had to wear her party dress from Aunt Heather.

 When we got home that night she was able to open the rest of her presnts. This year her main present was a doll house. She enjoys playing with it, that is, when the boys let her!

That night I had some cupcakes for her, and she was even able to blow out the candles herself. It was a pretty low key evening. I was pretty worn out from the baby shower prep work.
At two years old, Olivia is still very sweet and loving. (And awfully cute!) She is starting to get that little independent streak in her that 2 year olds are so well know to have. She says "mine," and "no wanit" quite a bit. This morning though as we were getting dressed she said "pink" when asking for her shirt. She sure loves pink and all things girly. I often get asked if she is a tomboy having 2 older brothers, and that is really not the case. She can hold her own against her rough and tumble older brothers, and she loves to wrestle, but underneath it all, she's all girl. She loves to do puzzles, and color. Those are probably her two favorite past times. This summer we go swimming quite a bit, and she is my little fish. She has her vest on, and she just owns the baby pool. It's deep enough that she can put her little feet back and swim a bit. She doesn't like the bigger pool, because she likes to be able to walk around still. It's the quickest form of transportation for her.
We sure love having this little girl in our family, and I think that both boys like her more than each other! We hope that she stays sweet as she enters 2 and 3. It's what makes up for the busyness that is a toddler!