7/17/007

Olivia is so sweet 95% of the time, but she throws some dozy tantrums when she doesn't get her way. Her behavior and maturity reminds me of about a 1-2 year old, not the 6 1/2 year old she is. However she was the oldest child and the orphanage and in a group with babies, many of which were mentally impaired. I can clearly see she mimics their behavior. We just don't respond to her tantrums, she is immediately put in a time out and they have lessoned substantially since we first brought her home. They are now only 10 minutes or so, when they were initially about a hour or more.

She seems to play more with our twin son Bennett then his twin Bailey. But she is a rough and tumble girl, and Bailey is very feminine and likes to stay clean. So Bennett is more her speed.

We had swimming lessons last week and Olivia LOVES swimming, she wants to jump off the high dive and go down the huge slides... She is definitely fearless. I am glad that she loves swimming as I think that it will be such great therapy for her muscles. Though currently with no arm muscles and very limited use of one of her legs I don't think she will be able to swim alone yet... but hopefully with therapy and practice she will be soon.
Olive also loves getting dressed every morning, she is excited to wear ANYTHING. She also loves having her hair and nails done and loves jewelry. She loves baths and having her hair washed.

She does have to go to the bathroom ALL THE TIME... I think this has to do with the potty training at the orphanage, they put them on the toilet every hour, so I think that she is used to peeing every hour... Ughhh Just in case it is a medical issue we will talk to her doctor about that one.