Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy (late) Thanksgiving everyone! We had a whirlwind of a holiday! We visited with my family thurs-friday and had a good time hanging out. We (Grant and I) even got a good night's sleep at Grant's brother's house while Olivia stayed overnight with Grandma and Papa. She slept really good overnight (not so good for her naps, though!). We had a good time hanging out and seeing everyone. My brother's dog, Ozzy, really took to Olivia - he became quite mesmerized by her and would not let her out of his sight. He wanted to protect her from all of us and follow her around constantly. Which wouldn't have been an issue, except that he is a 90 lb puppy! And VERY clumsy! She'll have a friend for life with him!

Then we drove up to Grant's parent's house for the weekend and had a nice time visiting with them. We even got to see NC State beat Carolina while we were there, which made the trip even better! :) (sorry Sara and Scottie!) I didn't get any pictures while we were at my parent's house (we were so busy I forgot about the camera!), but we did get some while we were at Grant's parent's house.

Here's Olivia hanging out with Nana:


Sitting with Granddad:

Then, for a special treat, Granddad took Olivia and cousin Drew out on the four-wheeler! Olivia was a bit scared when she first got on it, but was screaming for more when they came back! She LOVED it! She truly is a little dare-devil!

Here's a nice little family shot:

Then we let Olivia run around out there until it got too cold out and we had to go in:

She LOVES leaves - always has to collect them every where we go!

Then she played a little basketball with Da-deeee before we went in.

Here is Granddad with Olivia and cousin Drew:

Then, once we were back in town, I got to babysit Gracie so that Randy and Sara could go to the hospital to see her brandy-new little cousin. The girls had a blast together, but my house looked like a tornado had hit! Gracie even taught Olivia a new trick - how to use the water dispenser on the outside of the fridge! Only problem - they weren't filling anything up - just squirting it all over themselves and the floor - so they were both soaked, as well as the floor. This was about the time that Grant got home from work so we had to wrangle them both and change them into pajamas!


Then here is just a little video of Olivia running around like a little crazy person a couple weeks ago. Grant loves to watch her run - "she runs like a girl!" - yup, she sure does!

Other than all of that - she has been really starting to talk a lot more lately. Over the last couple of weeks she has started really repeating all sorts of things and really trying to learn all that she can! Her favorite words right now are:

no or no no - she will DEFINITELY tell you if she doesn't want something!

"happy happy" - if you ask her if she is happy, she'll say happy happy! It came from he little book of opposites - happy vs. sad

out - if she wants out of the crib, down from being held, or out of the car seat - she'll repeat "out" until she is free!

bye bye - she is very good about saying bye bye now - but sometimes it is after someone has already left!

jeeeuuusss - (juice) - she loves her juice!

moy - lately instead of saying "more," which she used to say very clearly - she say moy! (like soy sauce) - even if we say "more" she'll repeat "moy"

graygsheee - or something like that - she now know's Gracie's name. It comes out a little different, but she gets the point across (she even knows how to say Livi now, too!)

on-gie and memur - (Angie and Mur Mur (Muriel)) - she definitely knows how to say her daycare ladies' names!

She still LOVES to talk about kitty and doggy's too!

She also knows Handy Manny (ME!) and mickey mouse (mou!), too! But they have both become one-syllable!

That's all I can think of for right now, but she is learning more each day!