Vivian and Me

One reason I was excited to have Christian start school is because I’ve never been able to spend much one-on-one time with Vivian.  Aside from the times I was in school, Christian basically got to have one-on-one time ALL the time.  Vivian and I have honestly had very little time alone together.  She was very upset the first few days without her brother but after that she’s seemed to enjoy being able to pick what we do.  It’s kind of leaking into the times when Christian is home because she now doesn’t want to just go along with whatever his ideas are so now he’d learning to compromise with her which is good.  I’ve gotten some very darling photos of Vivian from the past three weeks of her “doing her own thing” that I thought I’d share.

I love these of her scribbling in my book…

Last week we got a special treat, my friend Claudia came for a play date with her scrumptious boy Greyson (who’s exactly 11 months younger than Vivian). 

I just LOVE his cheeks!   Vivian my ham

         The other day while I was sewing Vivian and Ginger decided to hang out…along with some play dough…     

      

Poor Ginger, on Wednesday I was cleaning and I heard this funny thumping noise, come to find out it was Vivian’s foot hitting the wall as she was trying to hitch a ride on Ginger’s back…

This is the same day…just a different outfit (since that’s one of our specialties around here, getting messy and changing clothes)  She was being such a ham with her facial expressions, I just had to take a series of photos:

The Faces of Vivian 

  

She’s such a fun girl.  She’s starting to say words now and her top words are: Mama, Dad, Brao (brother), Doggie, Woof, Whoa, Apple, Uh-Oh, Oh dear, and no (in a very high-pitched sassy way).  She’s so fun to be with and her little personality is really coming out now that she isn’t playing shadow all the time.  So much fun.  I’m glad that I can spend some special time with her though I’m getting less done than I used to. ;)