Happy Birthday Olive

My sweet Olive turned three on Monday!  I cannot believe three years have gone by since the day she graced us with her presence!   And while she just now turned three, it seems like she has been three forever. She is so busy keeping up with her big brother, I think she skipped the two's altogether.   Olive was a wonderful two year old, I don't think she ever threw a "two year old tantrum" (come to think of it, neither did Logan), so we will see what the three's have in store for us.  

We moved Olive out of her crib on Sunday night and moved her into a big girl bed.  She loves her bed and her new found freedom.  She comes out of her room several times before falling asleep for random things such as "more guys" (stuffed animals) to blow her nose or go potty.  She even came out in the middle of the night once to go potty even though she is still in pull-ups during the night.  I love having her in her big girl bed because instead of not being able to reach her due to the crib bars, I can actually smother her with kisses when I go in the room to check on her.   She looks so small in her big girl bed too.

Olive really is a sweet girl.  She loves to take care of her baby dolls, her baby brother and loves to be held and cuddled (for a minute or two anyway).   She LOVES to talk, but what girl doesn't right?  She also loves to sing and loves it when Mommy and Daddy dance with her.   She is overall just a great, fun girl and I am so blessed to have her as my daughter!

Happy birthday Olive!

Mobility

With each one of my babies I have looked forward to the day they learned how to crawl.   I always thought that with new found mobility I would find myself with a little more freedom.   In my naive mind I thought that if I could put my baby down on the floor (and trust that they wouldn't fall over backwards) then I could get a lot more done with my free hands.   In my mind, I could also walk away to do something and if my baby needed me, then they could just follow me.   Simple, right?   Not so, in fact my experience has been just the opposite, as I am sure it is for most parents.   When my babies need me they don't crawl after me, instead they sit in one place immobilized and crying.  When my babies don't need me, rather than peacefully playing with the safe, age appropriate toy I have provided for them they instead go exploring.   And, in the case of Axl, he goes exploring all of the places that are beyond dangerous.   This boy is persistent, more so than Logan and Olive were.  He LOVES to play with nightlights, the DVD player, the TV and the TOILET.  I have never had a baby who liked the toilet before.

I remember the day that each of my babies started crawling because it was such a big milestone for me.   Logan started crawling on January 14, 2009.   Olive started crawling on August 3, 2010 and Axl started crawling on October 7, 2012.  I have no pictures for this blog because Scott has stolen my computer and I am forced to work on his Mac, perhaps someday I will come back and update with pictures.