Before putting Olive to sleep (for her nap in the afternoon or in the evening), we always pray together as a family.  We each take a turn, starting with Olive, then me, and ending with Erik.  When Olive was younger, only Erik prayed but she has since desired to pipe up and share her own sweet words.  Her prayers used to be a pretty predictable formula.  She’d say, in her tiny voice: Dear Jesus, Thank you for Mama.  Thank you for Dada. Baby brother. Amen.  The prayer for a baby brother (her only request) has been around since the last time I told her I was pregnant and she still hasn’t stopped.  I’ll take all the prayers we can get.  😉

Love this candid snap from today: her left foot turned out, her funky expression.
I think she’s about to say, “Mooooom.  I don’t like to take a picture please.”

These days, Olive has been coming up with some pretty hilarious (and adorable) prayer requests so I thought I’d start sharing a running list here.  In the past week, Olive has thanked God for:

• Aunt Anna
• Uncle Sean
• “Ruby Puppy” (Anna and Sean’s miniature long-haired dachshund)
• Her grandparents
• Herself (she refers to herself as “baby” —  Thank you for baby.)
• Fries (oh brother)
• Perry (the platypus from Phineas and Ferb)
• The Very Hungry Caterpillar, from the beloved Eric Carle book
• Food (in general)
• Her crib
• Erik (actually referring to him as Erik rather than Dada! haha!)
• Mickey and Minnie
• Her blankets (in her crib), especially her “owl blankie”

I can’t wait to hear what’s next.  😉  Hope you’re having a great start to the week!