Olivia's Second Birthday

Dear Olivia,

     You are TWO today, and I can hardly believe it! It feels like I just wrote your birthday letter for your first birthday. You have grown so much over the last year. Your vocabulary has soared, you are potty trained, and you are sleeping in a big bed {for part of the night anyway}! You are a very strong willed girl, and I know the future holds great things for you. I really think you have the potential to be the first female president. You are smart, determined, and really good at getting what you want. If you don't, you will more than likely throw a huge fit and scream louder than any child I have ever heard. Hopefully that will stop by your third birthday. ;) I love you so much and can't wait to see how you grow over the next year. 

XOXO,

Mama

All about you:

You love music and dancing.

You like singing nursery rhymes and doing hand motions to them.

You are stubborn. When you are arguing with your brother you have to say the last word.

You fight with Connor a lot. You pick on him and instigate fights all the time.

You go to timeout often.

You hate getting your hair washed. You tell me to stop every time.

You say "yuck" when you don't like something.

You like brushing your own teeth, but hate when we do it. Every night is a struggle. 

You love shoes, especially your jellies.
You like for me to paint your toenails.
You like to get your fingernails and toenails trimmed.
You're obsessed with lip gloss. When you want some, you tell me "lip" and imitate putting it on your lips.

You like to count, but always forget numbers 1,4, and 7.

You love the colors "peep" {pink} and "boo" {blue}.

You like drawing circles and lines. 

You're a lefty.

You love when we trace your hands.

You like to color.

You're really good at puzzles.

When Connor is doing homework, you have to do work too.

You love gummies and candy.

You don't like to sleep with a blanket covering you.

You started potty training on 7/3. You still have an occasional accident during the day and have to sleep in a diaper. 

You love getting "money" {buddy bucks} when we go to H-E-B.

You love to play hide and seek. You are really good at hiding from us.

You love to ride your scooter.  

 You request gas drops daily. 

You constantly push our dining room chairs around so you can climb onto the counters. 

You love snacks.

You're a daredevil and like to jump off things. 

You're very competitive, especially with your brother.

You get jealous really easily. 

You still fall asleep holding onto my hair.

You end up in our bed every night.

You like to climb into your car seat yourself and without any help.

You're really good at ignoring people if you don't want to talk to them or if you don't like what they are saying. 

Your favorite word is "no!"

     Today has been a pretty laid back day. Anytime your birthday was mentioned, you replied with "two cupcakes" and held out two fingers because your Tia Lisa told you that you can have two for your birthday. It was the cutest thing. Since we are having your party tomorrow, I decided to just make you a special cake for today. We sang Happy Birthday to you when Connor got out of school. You loved it, especially when we told you to blow out your candles!  

    You ended your day by talking to your bestie on the phone! This was the third year in a row that you two talked on your birthday and had a special chat! I love this tradition that we started with you beautiful girls!