Conversations

Olivia has been having some great conversations. The funny part is that they are with herself. She will ask, "Watch this movie?"

"Ok."

"Is funny?"

"Oh, yes."

"Who is here?"

"Mommy, Daddy, Zachary, Livi, Speckles."

"Good movie."

"Ok."

She likes to get to Zach when he wakes up from a nap. We'll be walking to the door to the stairs and she'll run in front and push us back and say, "Livi do it."

She will rush downstairs and entertain him for a few minutes. There is a nylon cylinder toy bag frog with a cover that she hides in. She climbs inside and plays peek-a-boo with him. He just hangs out in his crib and laughs at her.

Language

Olivia has really getting better with her speaking. She was very delayed and had a very hard time picking up words. She is talking more and more in sentences and putting new words together and using them correctly. She is so much happier that she can communicate effectively.

She really likes watching Dora the Explorer and Lazytown on the TV and her Scooby-Doo tapes. She still doesn't like to sleep at all. No time for napping, just running around tormenting Zach and Speckles and trying to get away with everything.

Riding the horse

Today we were reading a book on the couch. It was a book about going to bed and how different animals fell asleep. Well, we got to the page on how the horse falls asleep and how it stays standing up. Olivia became very excited and started saying, "Ride the horse! Ride the horse!"

She then stood up and tried to straddle the book to ride the horse like she does her wooden rocking one. She was so insistent on that she had pages bent and I'm sure that the binding took a good beating. Goofy kid.