Olivia babbles in complete sentences; no one-word utterances here. She has a lot to say, but very little of it is understandable. Eschewing the usual "mama" and "dada," Olivia has opted to perfect more useful phrases. Our days are now filled with choruses of "What's that?" and "Right there!", which sound remarkably similar, leaving interpretation up to the listener. I hear "What's that?" and Bryan hears "Right there!" This makes sense, since I'm usually walking with a destination in mind, leaving Olivia to frantically demand the name of every tree, bush, house, and telephone pole that we pass on our way. Bryan, on the other hand, simply stands holding her and waits for her to determine the destination. The newest phrase to be added is "Uh-oh!", which Olivia says whenever it suits her, whether it makes sense or not.
Two more teeth came in recently, so Olivia is up to eight. Fortunately, the two that came in are not some random molars but are instead the matches to her previous teeth, so her symmetry is restored. Bryan and I have the normal number (28 for me and 32 for Bryan, since I had my wisdom teeth removed a few years ago), thanks for asking. :)
Wednesday our official pictures came in, so Olivia and I field-tripped out to Sears to pick them up. I sliced apart all of the little ones and hung our two 8x10s. They're in the great room next to the violin picture from Italy that Grandma and Grandpa A. gave me one year for Christmas. ...I just realized that my description does absolutely nothing for those of you who have not been to our house, as I have been remiss in putting up pictures. Someday.
Immediately after the audition, we headed up to Toledo so that Bryan would be on time for his cousin's wedding rehearsal. Wedding Saturday, church at my parents' house Sunday, and back home we went.
When I first saw the picture of your fingers, I thought they might be bruised from all the preparation for the audition. I was happy to hear that it was just color rubbing off of your strings. Sure hope the audition went well!
ReplyDeletePlease let me know if you have a small,family picture that we might have...and what size it might be. We would like to add it to our picture wall.If you do not have one, I will order one from Sears.
Love you all, Grandma
We have a picture for you. It's slightly smaller than 4x6 (I think the official size is 3.5x5). We'll give it to you when you come to visit next month.
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