Babbling
Olivia is getting very close to moving from "pre-babbling", which is making a bunch of random noises, to "babbling", which as I understand it entails making the same sounds over and over. Among her favorites are the "L" sound, which usually sounds something like "Ooooh-LA" and the Spanish "en-ye" sound, you know the "n" with a funny squiggle above it!?!?!?! It's been so much fun talking with Olivia, she's getting really good at taking turns talking. Leslie or I will talk and then she'll talk, then we'll talk, then she'll talk, etc., etc. Her cochlear implant has been a miracle, there is no doubt about how well it's working. When that thing is on,she's a different person. Olivia is even starting to start talking to us just when we come into her view, something that's so great. She seems to get shy around Aunt Lisa for some reason...we'll work on that Lisa!
I hope she grows up to be like her dad, talking all the time and asking a ton of questions. I hope I'm like my dad and I have the patience to answer all of the questions!
Baby Bjorn
Among Olivia's newest possessions is a Baby Bjorn. For those of you who don't know what that is, it's the sling-like contraptions you see parents wearing with their children dangling in front of them. Honestly, I was extremely skeptical of this thing. In fact, I flat out refused to buy one for 15 months or so...man, what a mistake. I was totally wrong, this thing is awesome. Olivia loves it, we love it and it frees up our hands!
Olivia loves this thing, we've taken her the Greek Festival in it, on walks, to the new Market Square Park in downtown Houston (many times)...all over the place.
Bujos
For those of you that don't know the story, one of our favorite nicknames for Olivia is "bujo", which comes from the Spanish word "buho", which means "owl." We had a couple of nice ladies cleaning our house for a while (since gone, budget cuts) and one day Olivia was wearing a onesie with an owl on it and they taught us the term "buho", which we turned into "bujo"...OK, it's one of those stories where you have to be there for it to be funny, but it is to us. The best part of the whole story is that Gramma Mary made Olivia a owl/bujo outfit for Halloween so be on the lookout for those photos soon.
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