The things that come out of her mouth!

No pictures this time. Olivia was at my mom's all weekend with her cousins and had a great time! We also had a great time and got a few things done at home.

Sometimes Liv will say things to me, that I just can't believe that a 2 1/2 year old should be able to say.

Last night as we were approaching bath time, I told her that she had to pick up her Polly Pockets and get ready for her bath - she then said to me "Chill mom" - yeah, she's 2 1/2! I told her that wasn't a nice thing to say! And if she said it again, she'd have a time out. She said "Sorry Mom, I won't say that again". So cute!

Then as we were approaching the bath - I asked her to take her socks off, and she said "relax". Yeah, so we had the conversation again - don't say that or you'll get a time out - and again, she said "Sorry Mom, I won't say that again".

She is a trip! Of course, my parents would be glad that I have a child that speaks to me this way. But honestly, she's 2 1/2 and she's already sassy...what is 13 going to look like?

Grannie's birthday!

Sunday was my mom's birthday. The kids like to call her Grannie, and when they do, Mom gives the kids new names, Olivia is Tallulah, Julia is Beulah and Jimmy is Buster. They crack up when she calls them those names and they say "okay, Grannie"! It's so cute!
Olivia loves having Julia over to play! They played really good with the doll house. Jimmy was not allowed to play in the dollhouse with the girls. The picture below was taken shortly before Olivia karate chopped Jimmy in the neck - pushing him away from the fun! So, Jimmy decided to teach Olivia a lesson - he took her Polly car and kept breaking the doors off! He was pretty proud of himself.

He kept having Kate fix it so he could tear them off again!

Livvy was being cute!

Kate & Jimmy

Kate with Jimmy & Olivia

Happy Birthday Mom!

Liv loves to hug her cousins!

Olivia enjoying some cake.

As the evening was winding down, the girls put on their jammies and then wanted to play dress-up in Liv's fairy costumes! They ran through the house and were having a great time!

Jimmy was happy driving around in the scooter!

And Mom couldn't end the night without a picture with her grandkids!

Olivia Soprano

Olivia had a great day playing, and got so warm, she wanted her sweatshirt taken off. So, she was walking around with sweatpants and her undershirt. We thought she looked like a cute, young Tony Soprano. Having her Olivia necklace on, just topped off the mob look!

Giving us her cranky face!

And there's that cute little girl!

Olivia's new playroom!

Since we moved Olivia to her big girl room, we decided to modify her old room into a playroom (until we need it for a baby again). We put her Rose Petal cottage in there, and all of the accessories that she got for it for Christmas. She loves playing with her babies and now she has a changing table for them!

This is Olivia mimicking her teachers at daycare. They sit between a couple of kids at nap time and pat their backs. When I asked her what she was doing - she said "patting them". It was really cute.

Putting the playroom together was a great idea and she really enjoys it too! I like the fact that in our family room, we have less toys!

Disney Fairies!

If you've looked at the pictures of Olivia's new room, you'd know that she LOVES Tinkerbell and the other Disney Fairies. Her Grandpa Fred & Grandma Sue are definitely feeding this passion of Liv's. Below is Olivia in her Tinkerbell costume! She LOVES it! She runs around like she is a true fairy in it!

She never wants to take it off! She even threw a nice fit for Papa & Grandma Cindy to see!

After Grandma Sue & Grandpa Fred saw how much she loved her Tinkerbell outfit, they decided to get her a Silvermist outfit! This was a great choice, as Silvermist is Olivia's next favorite fairy! She loves these outfits and especially the wings and the slippers.

And here is our little one playing "fairies"! She is too funny!

Christmas with Grandma Betty & Aunt Cole

Travis' mom and sister came to visit after Christmas and spent a few days with us. Betty hadn't seen Olivia since her birthday in July, and Nichole hadn't seen Olivia since last February when we visited Florida. Olivia warmed right up to them both right away! Here are some pictures of us opening presents together.

As always, Olivia got spoiled!

Here Olivia is helping Aunt Cole (as Olivia calls her) open her present. Yes, Olivia has underwear on the outside of her outfit! Grandma Betty got her a bunch of big girl panties for Christmas, and Olivia insisted in putting them ALL on! :)

Someday, Olivia will learn that sometimes the best presents are in the small packages! :)And below is the video of Olivia opening up her new big girl panties! So cute!

CHRISTMAS

We had a great Christmas! Olivia was totally into it and that made it so much fun!

Here is a picture of our family room tree with all the gifts (after Santa left of course!)

And this is our front tree with the rest of the gifts!

Here is Olivia playing with her new dollhouse! She was so excited to see it!

Liv playing with her new Groovy Girls and their bed

We also got her a flash light - and she is completely obsessed with it!

Liv using her flashlight to find more presents (in her new boots)

Olivia in her new Little Mermaid bath towel

Olivia with her daddy and his new Tigers mouse pad

This is my present from Travis. Can you guess what it is? Yeah, it was a purse! He gets very crafty with his wrapping! :)

And more presents

At my dad & Cindy's house in front of all the presents

Olivia & Julia think that Travis is a jungle gym!

Julia & Olivia having fun in Papa's chair.

After Christmas at my dad's house, Olivia fell asleep in the car on the 10 minute drive over to my mom's house. :) She was too cute to not take a picture!

Aunt Kate helping the kids to find presents under the tree

Olivia LOVED her new Tinkerbell dolls from Grammie

Aunt Marcy read the girls the "Enchanted" book

We had a great Christmas - but we were EXHAUSTED!!!