Little Olivia.

Our little Olivia is growing much too quickly.

And is learning new things everyday.

Some days are a bit rough (she can be a bit out of control) but her hilarious personality and cute little laughs make everything worth it! 

Here are a few things about her that I always want to remember:

* She is extremely loving and is always up for giving hugs and kisses. She also loves cuddling and will lay with me at any time of the day and just talk. Every morning when she wakes up she will call for either me or Michael and so we'll go get her and bring her in with us to cuddle for  a while. She will put her little arms around both of our necks and literally cuddle us both close. It's the sweetest and the absolute best way to start the morning. (Ta mom dad bed) (Cuddle mom and dad's bed) is what she says. I think she loves it just as much as we do!

*Her favorite movies are Winnie the Pooh's Heffalump movie, Finding Nemo, and Lion King. She really likes Simby. And will always say at the one part when Mufasa dies, "Simby da die. Simby soo sad."

*She has started naming her animals. She calls her little bunny "Fuffy", her little lamb"Betty," and her little kitty "pussies."

*She is obsessed with dinosaurs, sharks, and alligators. ("Di sors, sharts, ah ah dators."). She loves to watch videos of them and is constantly talking about them. She is obsessed with them biting toes and heads off. So sometimes she will throw one of her stuffed animals on the floor and yell out, " ah ah dators ta yiya's rooohhh, bite fuffy's toes head off. Bye bye ya ah ah dators."(In other words, alligators, come in Olivia's room and bite Fluffy's (her bunny) toes and head off. Bye bye alligators.) Ha oh my gosh you would think she is a boy or something. I of course blame Michael for all this.

*At the same time she does love puppies and horses. She's obsessed with my sister's horses River and Tinkerbell and Sissy. ("Riverbell Sissies"). We wish we lived so close so that she could ride more!

*She is extremely hyper and really is always running around like a wild banchee. Sometimes she gets so hyped out that she randomly runs face first into walls. 

*She loves being outside. Even in the pouring rain. She mostly loves to look for animals.

*She still loves dancing and singing. She is getting to be quite the dance and is super talented at getting low and shaking her little bum. She also loves to sing her famous "Money fall, saaad, die" song. (She saw the part from King Kong when the monkey falls and dies. She loves to sing "my ya po ahahahahahahah, dodedodedode." (My little pony song), and even loves to try and sing the hymns with us at church. It's mostly her ahahahahaing in a little high voice with a few occasional words! It's adorable.

*She loves her "pin tar" (pink car), "tards" (cards), puzzles (mostly just flinging the pieces everywhere), she loves to play "dottee" (doctor) and give shots and listen to our hearts.

*She loves to face time with my family almost everyday.

* Her favorite books to read before bed are: Chica Chica Boom Boom and The little crawler color book.
*She is such a good helper and loves helping me clean. All I have to do is give her a wipe and she begins scrubbing everything down.
*She is very excited to meet her baby sister Clara. If you ask her what her baby sister's name is she will say, "ta phophia moneya" (Clara Sophia Mickelson). She also will say, "see baby ta free (three) months!"
*She is kind of an interesting eater. Sometimes eating lots, other times eating hardly anything. Sort drives me crazy sometimes. But she loves icecream, m&ms, and her most recent favorite are the cadbury chocolate eggs. Oh and lets not forget pop. She loves that, but we rarely give her it.

All I can say is that Michael and I are very very blessed.

We love our little Olivia more than I can even begin to say.

She's our everything.

And being her parents definitely has to be the best thing ever!

(Stay tuned for more posts on our trip to Utah and other random things I need to catch up on.)