Bless Your Heart

Olivia spent the night with us the Thursday before Christmas. I met up with her and Will and we made the transfer. Then O & I came home and played with the “doddies” for a while. She “helped” me with some Christmas cards then we went to bed. When I told CSP that O was coming to stay he responded that he was working late so he wouldn’t be able to see her and he was bummed. I thought that was so sweet.

Friday we got up and had breakfast, played some more with the doddies, then got dressed and went to my Mom’s bank. Sara followed us with the boys in her car. My Mom came with us and we all went to lunch at McDonald’s. We dropped Mom off then went to Sara’s so the kids could play with each other and so O could meet Lucy.

Then unfortunately our day was over. Will had called a couple times but I didn’t hear the phone ring over all the squealing. We were all playing hide and seek. Except I’m always the one who has to hide. The kids would go into the kitchen and count “1, 3, 7…ready or not here I come!” O was the only one who would count all the numbers between 1 & 10 to give me long enough to hide. I could hear them all tip toeing through the house. I could hear O ask Sara “where’d Shanny go?” Then when they’d think they were getting close O would ask Sara to hold her hand. So sweet! They’d come find me and squeal in delight then immediately yell for me to hide again. HIDE!!!

I tried to remember all the cute things O said while she was with me. I swear that girl is so smart. She’s like a 20 year old trapped in a toddler’s body.

-I showed her a Christmas card that had come in the mail that day. It was her family. I said “Who’s this?”

Susan, Will, and Jia Jia. (O’s nickname)

I think it’s beautiful.

Don’t ya love it?

– While trying to get past me in the bathroom: Watch your body!

– We were listening to a radio station that was playing Christmas music and when they would do the station jingle she would sing along “K one oh four point seeeeveeeeen”

– While playing with my hair: Shanny, your hair’s jacked up.

I dropped her off with her dad and got back in the car. Just as I was driving my all too quiet car back home the most heart wrenching Christmas song came on the radio. I’d never heard it before and by the time I got home I was one hot mess with a face full of tears. I missed O already.