Daddy

Livy Lou loves her daddy. All morning she kept saying,

"I just love my daddy. I want to see him. I just want my daddy."

"Daddy's at work, baby."

"But I love him!"

"You'll see him tonight, OK?"

"But I just want my daddy."

How sweet and pitiful is that??

Then during breakfast she actually broke down and cried because she missed him. So, like any good mom would do, I tried to comfort her and tell her everything was OK I snapped a picture...

Just kidding! OK, I did take her picture, but I held her through the rest of breakfast and even bought her a toy!
 

Drew went fishing in a tournament tonight. He had just messaged me to say he was on his way home when Livy came in the living room and said,

"I need to get my daddy back so he can kiss my cheek cause my cheek hurts!"

"Daddy's on his way home."

"He is?? That'll be so fun!"

She does have the best daddy. 

 

 

Redneck Pot Club

We spent Memorial day on the lake with friends. It was the first time we've been on the water all year, and let me just say...

 

It. Was. Freezing.

 

But that didn't stop us from getting in! Livy had fun swimming, but she really loved riding in the tube. The girl has no fear! She likes to stand up, sway from side to side, lean over the edge, lick the water off her hands, and even jump up and down while we're gliding across the water. She loves it, and I love that she loves it! We'll have her knee boarding by the end of the summer! ;)

 

 

This is what we like to call the "Redneck Pot Club"

This one seriously makes me giggle!

Fingernail Polish & Lawn Mowers

Olivia wanted me to paint her fingernails tonight, so I painted them pink just like she requested. Then she said,
"I need to dry 'em with the lawn mower."

"You mean the blow dryer?"

"Yea, the dry blower."

 

Then a little later, she was sitting with me in the recliner and said,

"Somenayou (someday you) will get little like a baby and I will rock you, and I will call you Baby Mama, and I will say don't cry Baby Mama!"
 

She is always coming up with "somenayou" situations... Her most common one is someday I'll get little and fit under the table to play with her. Haha!
 

Best Friends

Yesterday, Livy told me,

"Mama, you're my bessssst friend! Just like Gaspard and Lisa!"

I just love to hear her say that!

Finale Cha-Cha Slide

Here's the finale...

I Wuv A Rabbit

Here it is... the grand performance!

Forever Dance Recital

Well, the recital came and went. I feel like I've been talking about it for weeks (probably because I have). So I'm a little sad that it's over because I enjoyed everything about it! We had so much fun getting ready. She got to wear lots of make-up and glitter in her hair... she loved it all! Her daddy wasn't so much a fan of all the make-up, but I explained it was all for the stage. And men just don't understand how much fun make-up is to a girl! :)

 

When the recital was about to start, I had to leave her backstage when she was lining up for her dance. I knelt down and told her that I had to leave, but I was going to go sit in the audience to watch her. I'm not gonna lie... I sort of wanted her to be sad that I was leaving her, but she just said,
"Okay!!!!!!"
with a huge smile on her face and ran off with her friends. Then, to start off the show, Tara played a slide show of pictures throughout this dance year, and of course there was music to go with it all about how little girls grow up too fast. It was killing me! I fought back tears the whole time! Especially when pictures of my sweet girl were up on the screen, like this one:

Finally, it was the moment we had all been waiting for! It was her time to shine! And she did just that.

 

 

 

 

Immediately after she danced, I rushed backstage to get her changed for the finale. I got her dressed in her Forever Dance t-shirt, and then she got to come sit in the audience with us and watch the rest of the dancers. She loved it. She sat in her Pappy's lap and tried to do every move she saw the other dancers make. I asked her if she was ready for the finale, and she said,

"Yes! I not gonna shake my hiney, I gonna shake my bunny tail!"

The girl loves shaking her "bunny tail!"

 

 

Then right before the last few dances, I dropped her off backstage again to get lined up for the finale. Tara brought all the dancers out at the same time and let them do the Cha-Cha Slide. That was pretty funny! She tried to keep up with all the big girls!

We were so proud of her! She did such a great job, especially for only being 2 years old. Can't wait for next year... who knows, we may even add a tap class! :)

 

 

 

 

 

**I'll post the videos in a different post. I couldn't quite figure out how to add them to this one because they were too long. I'm still learning this whole blogging stuff! :)