Ahhgoo

Olivia is progressing in leaps and bounds. She is growing up so fast!

This is a typical day in the life of Olivia. She makes "oofing" noises and greets me around 8 or 9am with bright eyes when she decides it's time to wake up. "Good morning Beautiful" I say and she gives me a big smile. For the next few minutes I talk to her and she talks back along with smiles and giggles. After about an hour she's ready to sleep for a little while longer and does so, allowing me the opportunity to eat breakfast, shower, check my emails etc... Then she is up again and ready to play some more. Around now she is okay with playing on her own for a bit, kicking her blankets off, watching Mummy putting them back on, kicking them off again (it's a great game...). Sometimes she likes to chew her fingers, they taste so good! For the rest of the day she plays and she sleeps, sometimes needing Mummy or Daddy to cuddle her or talk to her. By the end of the day she's getting tired... around 7pm she's ready to start having little 10 minute naps readying herself for the big sleep that overcomes her around 10 or 11 pm... just in time for Mummy and Daddy to go to sleep.

To show a little snippit of her day, here is a video of some of her Daddy play time.




P.S. Ahhgoo = I love you.

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Welcome to 2009!
Olivia had her first Christmas.
Christmas was spent in Alabama with Kellie.
Matt is back in his language classes.
We have netflix!


Olivia's first Christmas was a hit! We were able to travel down to Alabama to spend it with Kellie and her parents. We had stockings and presents and a Christmas turkey, it was almost complete... all it lacked was Christmas Crackers. And roast potatoes. And Uncle Steven and Auntie Sue's house. And the family Christmas party... but I'm not complaining! It was wonderful, just different... and that's okay.

We had a lot of fun at Kellie's house. I got to be a little childish and wrap things that already belonged to the people I was giving them to. My favourite was Kellie's slipper... which mysteriously vanished until Kellie opened one of her presents and SURPRISE it was under the Christmas tree wrapped up in Christmas paper the whole time. It was a fun game that will probably start to happen every Christmas. Maybe I'll have rewards for whomever guesses what I wrapped of theirs before the grand opening! We'll have to see...

Matt started back at language class the week before Christmas and is enjoying learning Korean for the second time. He is very happy with the way his new teacher organises her lessons and is finding the experience a great deal more productive than the last one.

Matt and I decided that as we rent movies from the local store now and then, it would be more cost effective to sign up with netflix. That way we can watch as many movies as we want (or as time will allow), and feel no pressure to watch them at inconvenient times before they have to be returned to the shop.