19 Months, Week 1

She's making a list and checking it twice...Livi Claus is coming to town!  It's been so warm this week, it hardly feels like December.  Which means we will probably get twice as much snow as usual next week!   If you ask Olivia if she had a fun week, she will probably tell you, "Yeah!" (since that is her answer to pretty much every question these days!)   Olivia has also been loving the Christmas lights Josh put on the outside of the house.  She especially loves a light-up "Happy Holidays" sign with snowmen and a penguin.  She runs and gives it a big hug every time we come home.

Last weekend, Auntie Carrie and Sharla came for a visit and brought lots of nice presents. We had a good time visiting with them and the Galyen family. Although, we ran into some rather grumpy folks when we went out to dinner with everyone. Regardless what those people thought, the three toddlers at our table were very well behaved!

I have been loving one of Olivia's new favorite activities.  She has started bringing us books to read to her.  In the past, she would usually only listen to stories while drinking her milk at bedtime so it's nice to see that she is actually enjoying reading!  Granted she won't sit for very long, but if you read fast enough, you can usually make it through most board books.  And if Olivia the pig and Fancy Nancy have taught us anything, sometimes you just have make a Tuesday a little bit more sparkly.

Olivia also had her first trip to the dentist this week. Let's just say it's a good thing she only has to go every 6 months because I don't think my ears or heart can take that kind of screaming too often!  I'm not sure why because the hygienist and dentist were very nice and were great with her!  Her 12 teeth look good and even better she shouldn't have any more teeth coming in for a while.

We wrapped our week up with a trip downtown to see the lights on Monument Circle. As we were walking up to the Circle, Olivia tipped her head back and said, "Oooooh!" as she took in the tree.  She insisted (of course) on climbing the steps of the Monument by herself (which of course made me a nervous wreck). Santa was even there on his Harley!