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Olivia Grace Brown

I've been tagged a few times now and not yet replied. Well, instead of learning about me today for the tag, I'm going to cheat a little and do a tag about Liv! So here's
Ten Reasons Olivia is The Joy of my Life:
1.She's so enthusiastic about life: She started walking at one years old, and now that the waddle has warn off (sniff, sniff) she runs enthusiastically almost everywhere she goes.
2. She is an expert at making me laugh daily. The latest funny thing that she does is stomp on the ground when she is frustrated. Its so cute. I hate to laugh when I know she's frustrated, but its just so cute.

3. She jabbers all day long. I know that one day she'll just start making sense, but at the rate that words (well her words) come out of her mouth, sometimes I think she should write a baby novel. Lucky for me, I know her little language for the most part, and usually can understand what she wants.
4. She is so good at just chilling in the running stroller three times a week for 40 minutes a session. She is one of the only babies I have ever met that is so content to be in a stroller for so long.
5. She wastes Jaron. Olivia used to get scared when Jaron and I would wrestle, now she joins with me in attacking him. Her latest move was pulling his eyelid up with her left hand and firmly poking him in the eye with her right hand. Good one Liv!

6. She's the center of the world. Or at least she thinks so. Everywhere we go she thinks everybody is there for her, kind of like the Truman Show. When we leave the check out stand at the grocery store she turns around and waves at every one who is behind her in the store, smiling and twinkling her eyes all the way. Its the same story at Restaurants, church, etc.

7. She Loves her Daddy! I know that Olivia loves me so much, but really truly she is a daddy's girl. When he gets home, its all eyes on him, and as far as she's concerned nothing, not even me, is coming in between her and him. When strangers come over, its him she goes to to shy her little head into as she clings onto his leg. When she has a pretty new clip in her hair, its daddy she wants to show. When she looks around behind her and starts to run forward, its daddy she wants to chase her. When her bum is stinky, its daddy she wants to change her. . . ( ok so I just through that one in).

8. She has the best eyelashes. One of the most common compliments Olivia receives is that she has such beautiful dark, long, eyelashes. I seriously didn't know that eyelashes like that existed. They are like an inch long!

9.She is already a good example to me. About a month ago I taught Olivia how to fold her arms and clothes her eyes to say a prayer. Sometimes when I am about to feed her breakfast, lunch, or even a snack, if I forget to say a blessing on the food she gently reminds me by folding her arms and looking at me patiently. These have been some of the most precious and humbling moments for me as a mother.

10. She is so observant of everything around her. Just like her Daddy, Olivia is so aware when something in the sky or on the ground is moving. Jaron has often been known to spot many a conspicuous deer on the mountainside hundreds of feet away, while driving, out of his peripheral vision. Olivia is the same way, but not only does she notice moving animals, she waves and acknowledges them. When Jaron and I take her on walks she tries her hardest not to miss waving to a single bird in the sky.