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The OG took her first trip to Las Vegas to celebrate Mother’s Day with Grandma A. For some reason, Olivia loves to look at Grandma and laugh and laugh…she’s done this ever since she was a little baby. We’re not sure what she’s laughing about, but we certainly enjoy the sounds of her laughter.

The OG also loved spending time with her Papi…the two of them played in the pool and laughed at each other and even spent some time at the fencing academy together. Olivia was a little more tentative around Farnous, the family dog. Luckily for us, Farnous has mellowed a bit with age, and he seemed to enjoy spending time with Olivia. From the beginning, Olivia was very curious about him…and over the course of our visit, she warmed up quite a bit. By the end of the visit, she was even reaching out to pet him on the head.

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With the nice weather, Olivia is able to spend more time outside these days. She and Ah-ma often go to the park and play on the swings. The OG also loves to squat (yes – squat) by the sliding doors at Ah-ma’s house and look at the bunnies, squirrels, birds and ducks that play in the backyard.

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The OG LOVES her broccoli. We call them her "trees" and she can eat about 5-6 "trees" in one sitting! The funniest thing is that Olivia can tell the difference between fresh trees and frozen trees...she only likes the fresh ones.

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It is crazy how much Olivia must soak in on a daily basis. Each day, she shows us that she recognizes more and more. She points to the sky when you ask “where are the birds,” she points to the plants in Ah-ma’s house when you ask “where are the flowers?” and here she is answering the question, “Where’s Daddy’s nose?”

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The OG loves visiting the library with Ah-ma. She gets very excited and lets out a few scream/shrieks of enthusiasm. Among her favorite activities are watching the fish swim about in their extra large fish tank and pushing the train cars along on the winding railroads.

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Unfortunately, after we came back home from Las Vegas, we found out that the OG had had double ear infections the whole time. (Even so, she was a near-perfect little baby on the plane). We gave her a whole course of penicillin and went back to the doctor’s office to have her ears checked out. Sadly, she still had both ear infections! So now, we are trying a different medicine for the OG…it seems to be working, but it’s difficult to tell because Olivia is almost always in good spirits (except for when she’s hungry). While waiting for the doctor, we didn’t have much to do…so, we took lots of pictures.

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On Memorial Day, Olivia helped Ah-Ma and Ah-Gohng celebrate their coral wedding anniversary (that’s the 35^th)…it’s a good thing that Ah-Gohng didn’t forget this year or he would have been in big trouble.

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After posting a few pictures of the OG in her Duke onesie, we received many complaints from the Tar Heel faithful. Auntie EB gave the OG some UNC attire along with a very specific request to post new pictures on this blog.

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The OG had quite a weekend full of wedding showers. On Saturday, she came with me to a tea party in honor of Auntie Emmy. Olivia had great fun playing with all of the guests and running around Auntie Emmy’s new condo.

On Sunday, the OG went to a couple’s shower for Britt (Uncle Huey’s sister) and John (her fiancé).

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I LOVE CHOCOLATE.

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This weekend we had lots of outdoor fun, including a trip to the zoo with her cousins. The OG was very interested in looking at all of the

animals, especially the monkeys...sadly, we didn't see any ducks.

DUCK The OG has started learning more words. For now, the only words that she can say clearly and regularly are "ma" (for me), "da-da" (for steph), "mm-ma" (for Ah-ma), "pah" (for Grandpa) and "duck" (everthing is a "duck").

Remember when the OG look ed like this?