Happy "Golden" Birthday Liv-a-love

Today is Olivia's 9th Birthday..... hence the "golden" birthday.... 9 on the 9th.... She has been talking about her golden birthday for years.... I guess it is your special birthday where you get lots of money etc.... I don't know where my kids heard of this but Liv is our first one to celebrate it..... She didn't get a lot of money but we tried to make it special..... She is such a poser..... It is hard to find a normal smiley picture of her.. but it is part of her fun personality which we love!!

She was born on a Monday October 9th... She was our tiniest baby weighing 6lbs 13 oz... and only 18 inches tall. We had been wanting a baby sister for a long time, Madz had talked about her sister Olivia since she was two.... so when she was born we knew we had to name her Olivia..

At around 9months she became the grumpiest little person, this is the face she would give everyone all the time! I was shopping one day and a lady said to me "excuse me ma am your baby is giving me crusties.." Ok..... We laughed she had this face all the time.

She has always been so fearless, and full of passion for life! She loves people like no body I know and is so intense about everything. I think she is much wiser then the rest of us, she loves people for who they are and I so admire that in her! She loved to wear these goggles when she swam etc... this is actually a make do picture I couldn't find the best picture ever of her... it is right before this one was taken, she is on the top of a water slide coming off the houseboat (Nat if you have a copy of it can I have one??) My dad (Grandad) calls her Pecos... for Pecos Bill if he gives you a nick name it sticks and that is all he calls you.... one day he was out at our house when she was only 1 and we were trying to put in our yard.... she would walk around in just her diaper, ride her little bike down the drive way falling into trenches etc... He decided she was just like Pecos someone raised by wolves!! It is so fitting.... she could totally take care of herself... we laugh at her at dance competitions because she comes in the morning and happens to somehow be where she needs to be when it is her time to perform and there when its time to go home.... I don't know what happens in the mean time but she is very self sufficient!! (We call her stinky Pete so she has lots of nick names)

Here she is on her 3rd birthday...

She is such a good big sister and Canyon just loves her~~

This is a typical smile of Olivia's...

She has very many "stupid human tricks" This is her Kiss tongue which she can stick inside her nose....She also can wiggle her ears without touching them and roll her belly just like on "South Pacific" She is amazing!

She loves her friends... this is her with her friend Megan.... she would rather be with her friends than anything... we have to fight her every time we go somewhere over bringing friends... we don't mind most the time but once in awhile we have to get mad and tell her whether she likes it or not we are her family and she will have to live with it!!

Like I said such a poser!! It so shows her personality though and I just love every bit of her!! I wish I could keep her this age forever!!

She loves her American Girl Dolls"

Another thing about Olivia is she always always gets lost everywhere we go.... We lost her right after this picture was taken in Disney World.... we were so scared me and Hayden especially we thought she was kidnapped and she was just out in the parking lot like what is the big deal, I knew where I was.... Another time at Disney World we were with our friends the Reiers, we stopped to take a picture in front of the castle... she kept going, we did not notice we had lost her until Matt was checking the picture on the camera and noticed she wasn't there.... Can you say great parents!! I know she probably needs one of those terrible leashes!!

This is her dance picture from last year... She did her first solo last year and she did a great job I was so proud of her... we don't have a picture in that costume because she wouldn't come up to the studio she wanted to "play".....

Anyway Happy Birthday stinky Pete!! I hope it was "Golden" enough for you!! We are so so lucky to have you in our family and love you!!!