Olivia Ruth Eng

After daddy put Olivia down for a little nap in her crib, Gabriella decided she wanted to get in too and give Olivia a little company.

Two in a crib:

Sisters and friends:

Olivia says Hi:

Mama takes a quick catnap, with Olivia:

And plays Play-Doh with Gabriella:

Gabriella gets a bath:

We all snuggled up in the Nona & Papa’s bedroom and watched movies tonight.

Gabriella and Mama:

Olivia, with Uncle G and Aunt Jacinda:

DVD: The Holiday

Papa takes Gabriella on a ride in the wagon:

Gabriella and Olivia, ready to go to dinner:

Olivia snoozes during dinner at Tavin’s:

Gabriella, on the way home:

Papa stokes the fire:

Gabriella and Jacinda play with the new kitchen toys:

Cracking eggs:

Nona watches from the couch:

Gabriella washes the dishes:

Annie stays warm by the fire:

Gabriella plays with her new dolly:

and feeds her a bottle:

Olivia gets a bath:

Gabriella watches a movie, while we play cards:

Uncle Gregory holds Olivia:

Aunt Jacinda’s turn:

We woke up at home and had our tree, then it was to Owasso to see Nona and Papa, and finally to Aunt Melanie’s.

Still too many pictures to put in the blog, so click here to view the photo album.

We spent the morning at home, the afternoon at Aunt Becky’s and the evening at Gammie and Daddy Cool’s.

There are too many pictures to put in the blog, so click here to view the photo album.

Tonight we watched How The Grinch Stole Christmas. Gabriella loved it. She wanted to watch it again, as soon as it was over. I have the feeling we’ll be watching this one a LOT in the next week or two…

The girls and the Grinch:

This is what happens after a Christmas shopping marathon.

Gabriella helps Mama make the cookies:

Then she helps Mama sample the cookies:

Olivia and the final product:

Annie gets the SpongeBob sticker treatment:

Please take these off of me:

Gabriella adds some ornaments to her tree:

She’s pretty excited about Christmas:

Two girls, two little hams:

We took the girls to see Dr. Mayberry this afternoon.
This evening, was daddy’s company Christmas party.
Gammie and Daddy Cool came over and stayed with the girls.

Hmmm:

The brain split is healing up nicely:

Gabriella hits the 30 lb mark:

I’m the princess:

Mama and O:

Daddy and O:

11 lbs, 5 oz:

Gammie and a comfy Olivia:

Daddy Cool and a comfy Olivia:

Tonight for dinner, daddy brought home Ri Le. Gabriella loves the chicken soup.
After we ate, mommy ran to the grocery store and brought home a big box of clementines.

Happy about clementines:

Not so happy about clementines:

Happy about sleeping:

Olivia got to go to Annie’s birthday party at the gym today, but Gabriella wasn’t feeling too good so she and daddy stayed home and watched some movies. Nona and Papa stopped by afterwards though, and that made both girls happy.

Annie, the superstar:

Annie, Olivia and Aunt Jacinda:

Gabriella clutches Papa’s hand:

Nona holds Olivia:

Nona & Papa Stop By To See The Girls:

Power Christmas Shopping At The Mall:

Gabriella, while waiting in the ER room, after drinking about 20 ounces of water:

“I’m like a hungry camel”

(We still have no idea where she got that)

This evening, while we were putting up the Christmas tree, Gabriella fell off a chair and hit her head on a bookshelf. She opened up an inch wide gap in the back of her head. After a couple of phone calls, Gammie and Daddy Cool were on the way to our house and Nona and Papa were on the way to Saint Francis ER to meet us. Gammie and Daddy Cool arrived at the house to stay with Olivia, and we were off the hospital.

Gabriella was unbelievably brave. She barely cried and she acted like nothing was wrong in the waiting room of the ER. So much so that it took us LONGER to see a doctor because she was so happy and playful.

At one point, Nona and Daddy tried to complain about the wait and the fact that Gabriella was only two years old. The plot was foiled when, during our conversation with the people at the desk, Gabriella stood up in her chair across the room and yelled, “Hi Daddy!” “Is that her,” said the lady at the desk…

While we waited, Gabriella drank her entire sippy cup of water. We got a bottle of water from the vending machine and she started in on that one too. After almost three hours, we finally got to go back to a room. Gabriella was bored, and tired and in pain. It was close to 1:00AM.

Nona came back to check on us and ended up staying with us to help entertain Gabriella. After another hour, they finally got down to business and put the staples in. Gabriella ended up getting four. She was perfectly still, just holding on to daddy, with her face nuzzled in to his shoulder. The doctor said that she had never seen any child stay as still as Gabriella did.

We finally got to leave the hospital around 3:15AM. Nona and Papa headed home and we went back to the house. Gabriella was excited to see Gammie and Daddy Cool and Olivia too. Olivia was very content in Gammie arms, but was happy and ready for something to eat, as soon as she saw her Mama.

After Daddy Cool inspected the staples and Gabriella ate some sugar cookies (we promised her she could have all she wanted), everyone was ready to go to sleep. It was amazing how Gabriella handled her first major accident. She was quite a trooper.

Gammie, with a content Olivia:

Daddy Cool checks out the hardware:

One, Two, Three and Four: