HAPPY BIRTHDAY OLIVIA!!!

Today we're celebrating 12 years of Olivia's life. She has always been a sun shiny,
happy go lucky, funny kind of girl. She was born 2 1/2 wks early and was my quickest, easiest labor. She came out with a squished over nose and bruises on her face...thankfully it's all straightened out now :) She and Ellie are 18 months apart. I remember Ellie coming to the hospital to see her new sister. She stared at Olivia's feet, held her for a few seconds and then pushed her back saying "all done"!

Every year I write a little summary of that child's year in their birthday card. (since I realized early on I would never keep a journal or updated baby book for each child!)

Here's a brief description of Olivia...She loves Irish Step dancing and has been in a troupe for about 5 yrs now. She loves taking pictures as you can tell if you visit her blog (jumpinferjoy.blogpost.com) She has an eye for the unusual!
She loves reading mystery books. She's usually reading in her bed in the morning when I go wake them up. She loves taking looooong baths, drinking tea or coffee drinks from Starbuck's. She's an animal lover...especially our dog, Charlie.
She hates to see anything suffering so will let all the fish go when we were fishing on vacation :0
She's loves to bake and recently perfected her double crust apple pie (it looks like it's from a magazine!) Her mother prefers to buy Pillsbury crusts...so not sure where she got that skill.
She requested a Reece's Peanut Butter Cup cheesecake for her b-day which she helped make. We also have beef stew cooking per her request.

Olivia is a joy! She's funny and almost always a happy camper. She's great at entertaining her brothers/sisters...and helps so much at home with cooking, cleaning or watching the kids. At one time she said she was going to open an orphanage in Africa. We are excited to see the plans the Lord has for her life.

We love you Olivia!!!
mom