These past two days on our way to work I have sat up front with David! Like an adult. Dave has been our chauffeur for the past almost 15 months, but I'm slowly starting to transition to the front. Olivia does okay, on and off, but overall she dislikes the car seat. Whether I'm in the backseat with her or not she is antsy and wants to get out. I have found if I hold Olivia's hand from the front seat that will soothe her enough until she is fine with sitting back there; I love holding her little hand.
I haven't blogged as regularly as I would like, life has just been so busy! Our weeks are filled with work and the daily routine. Our weekends are spent with yard work, chores, shopping and visiting family and spending time together. I'm going to try and make a bigger effort to keep up to date.
Olivia is growing. Everything about her is growing, her hair, her teeth, her little body, her feet! The list of words that she can now say and repeat is also growing. Help, ball, bubbles, 'nana, nurse, Thor, Mama, Dada, yes, shoes. She also will mimic sounds and animal sounds like crazy. She knows how the dogs goes, horses, monkeys, elephants, and birds, too. I'm in constant amazement by how quick she picks things up. One of my favorite "tricks" to date is when she will throw something in the trash per our requests.
While Olivia just seems so grown up at times, I'm very happy with those times that she still seems so baby-like. Olivia is still my booby baby, and although she can now say nurse, pull down my shirt and ask for help if she doesn't have full access, she is still my booby baby. Nursing a toddler has definitely been a rewarding experience, and one I never imagined I would enjoy as much as I do. We take our nursing relationship one day at a time, but every day I'm grateful for another day that Olivia wants to breastfeed.
Olivia is silly, silly, silly. She and her Daddy love making faces to one another, and they do this silly little fake laugh back and forth. Olivia looks so much like David, and I love it. I also love it when people tell me that my beautiful little girl looks like me. My heart melts.
