Two and a Half.

Miss Alivia Brooke.  

Alivia is a sweet, independent, little miss.  She loves to do most things herself (except for brushing crumbs off of her hands.) She pretty much only wears dresses and hates getting her hair washed.  Loves greenie, finding Mabel's car, and ice cream.  

Liv loves her room and her bed.  She also loves greenie (her green pacifier that she got day 1 in the hospital) and her blue blanket.  She would take them every where if she could.. but is only allowed them right when she wakes up and after she says her prayers and is laying in bed.  

We've been told she talks well for her age.  We'll take it.  She is pretty polite too.  And in many cases says please twice in her sentence.  Figure that twice is better than none.  One phrase we have continued to correct is "Will you carry you?" when she is asking if we can carry her.

She's a little singer.  And will sing her heart out in the car.  "Turn it louder please Mommy!!!"  Taylor Swift is one of her favorites.  She's a bit drama.  

She loves her brown car and her red car.  When Chad leaves for work most of the time we go somewhere too.  So we drive by him and she wants the windows rolled down so that she can yell "Bye Daddy! I love you! have a good day at work!" Pretty sweet.  

Speaking of Daddy... he is called Chad... or when he is swimming with her in the pool he is mommy...   

Liv loves going shopping.  Her favorite stores are the dog store (Old Navy), the Mickey store (The Disney Store), the pancake store (Kohls), the ice cream store (Carters), and Target.

She loves to read.  Liv will just go in and get books and read to herself a lot.  It is fun to listen to her.  She knows most of the lines well but if she doesn't know it she will make it up which always gets interesting.  She loves being read to as well.  Favorites include: Cupcake, anything Barbie, anything Biscuit, Amelia Bedilia books, The Prince and the Potty, and any of the If You Give a Mouse A Cookie series.

She loves the booty.  Pirates booty... actually White cheddar puffs from Trader Joes. and the 5 seed Almond bars.  Try them if you haven't.

Love cupcakes.  Pink cupcakes.  Do I need to say more?

She loves nursery.  Loves her friends... and likes to share most of the time.  It is funny to get little stories of when someone took her car at nursery or wanted to play with her when she didn't want to play with them.  She has this little bitter sad voice and get quiet when she tells us... because she knows we are going to tell her that she needs to be nice and share.  

Liv loves to be outside.  She loves going to the park- finding bunnies and birds and running.  She loves to jump off anything and everything.  Pushing her strollers.  Walking and thankfully holds hands now. 

The other night at our Ward Potluck, to every one that went by her she said, "Hey, I'm Alivia!" as if to say "I'm important pay attention to me!"

The girl's got style.  She knows what she wants and if she doesn't like it than she won't wear it.  I can ask her at the store if she likes it and usually the answer is for real... unless she has already found the perfect thing (like an Elsa dress or Ariel flip flops) and then the answer is always no.  It's no because she thinks that if she says no to it all then we will have to get whatever she has found that she is in love with.  Not the case.  She is a shoe girl... we have shoes for when she gets older and have to hide them or else she will wear them everywhere.  Also a very good walker in heels already.  A good talent to have.  

Liv is a lover of Daniel Tiger.  She gets Daniel Tiger's "dream house" aka treehouse when she is all potty trained (which will be really started next week).  We are all for bribing.  She loves to read the books and dance like Katerina Kitty Cat.  We were talking about babies and how Aunt Steph was going to have a baby and Liv starts talking about her baby and how she is going to have a baby sister named Margaret.  Daniel Tiger has a little sister named Margaret.  My Mom has since found other books with little sisters/brothers with better names... we get the hints too. ;)

We love our little girl.  Not enough to name a future sister Margaret though.