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Am I two yet?

We are officially discharged from therapy! No more physical or speech therapy. We had our evaluation and both therapists said that she is not only on track for her age but in some ways ahead of her age group. Especially when it comes to asserting her independance, otherwise known as "the terrible twos," even though she's only 22 months. She wants everything her way, when, where, and how she says! And if you dare to defy her she will let you know how unhappy she is. At the same time, she's adorably cute and lovable! =)

Shoe shopping with my BFF

You can never have too many boots!

Pumpkin time!

Such a big girl!

Little Livvy-Lu thinks she's a big girl now, and so she's been peeing on the potty! She's only one year and nine months old! Having done this once before, I'm SOOOOO not ready to potty train. But I will, if that's what she wants. =) When she tells me she wants to sit on the potty, I let her, and she's done it three times in two days!

Farm Fun

We went to Remlinger Farms and Livvy had fun on some of the rides, but cried on others. We had to turn the pony around after only five steps! Jake had the time of his life and asked if we can go there EVERY DAY!

It's raining, it's pouring...

And the kids love it!

"I wuv you Wivia."

Sand in the city!

240 tons of sand are brought in for this annual event. A sandbox, a boat ride, and some ice cream...what more could you ask for?

NW Trek

We had a fun outing with Jake's birthmom at the Northwest Trek Wildlife Park. Jake was so excited to be there that he actually let me take his picture a few times! Livvy did really well staying in the stroller when we walked around looking at the exhibits, but the one hour tram ride was a bit too long for her. Thank goodness for snacks!

Sitting with Jake's birthmom.

boating!

Here are some pics of Jake and Livvy's first time on a boat. Grandma and Grandpa Grady were so nice to take us out on their boat and have a lovely picnic on a little island near Olympia. It was a great first boat ride for the both of them!

Daahhhling...

Visit with birthgrandparents

We had a fun five days in Oregon visiting with Olivia's birthgrandparents! We also got to meet her almost four year old half sister! Here are some of the highlights:

Gotta love Summer!

Parks and playdates everyday, she is one happy little girl!

A Day at the Park

Park and sushi for Mother's Day, perfect!

yoga babies

I've recently started taking yoga and the kids love to play on my mat. I've never done it in front of them, but somehow they knew one of the poses! Kids love to be upside down so I guess it just comes naturally.

bye-bye highchair

When it was time to get in the highchair, she would kick her legs making it impossible to get her in. Once in, she would whine, refuse to eat, and say "down." Then after I got her down, she would come over to me and say "Up, up!" I put two and two together (okay, it took me a few weeks) and realized that she wanted to be a big girl and sit at the table with us! The highchair pulled up to the table was not good enough, so now she sits in a booster seat. Whenever she sees a chair, no matter how big, she tries to climb up and sit in it! Whatever makes you happy, little one!

She also loves to sit in the little chairs at Jake's preschool!

Back on the charts!

Even though she's only 18 lbs 13 oz, she's back on the growth charts at the 3rd percentile! She's 75-90 percentile in height so a real string bean! The doctor is happy with her growth so I'm going to stop stressing out (yeah, right!) about her eating

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pudding

In an effort to get her to eat more, we gave her the spoon to feed herself. Maybe pudding was not the best choice...

first REAL day of Spring!

This is more like it!

Craig is in the background building our new deck!

First museum

I'm so excited that Olivia is old enough now to enjoy a children's museum! It's so much fun now that she's a full time walker. This particular museum is the Hands On Children's Museum in Olympia which Jake's birth-grandparents are members of.