Welcome to Stephanie Oliva Forever

Stephanie Anne Oliva was born on April 9, 1987 at St. Mary’s Hospital to Nick and Cindy. She already had her two crazy older brothers, Nicholas age 4 and John sixteen months.  We were all truly ecstatic as we finally have a little girl. She weighed 6 lb. 2 oz. and was 20” long with beautiful blue eyes and lots of hair. She was so beautiful and so tiny!!

Stephanie started smiling at five weeks and making bubbles at two months. At three months all we had to do to make her smile and laugh was to kiss her precious face. She started picking up objects at five months and was sitting up on her own at six and a half months. Steph started to crawl at ten months as was able to crawl down our stairs. Finally, at fourteen months she started walking. She was such a happy baby with a very bright personality. 

At three years old she really started to show how theatrical she was and displayed a vivid imagination. She loved to watch herself in the mirror while singing our acting as if she was a reporter. At the age of three she also started taking dance lessons at Danc’letics. Any time we passed the school she would announce “Dancing School, Tuesdays, in the back!” It was so cute!!! She would never miss a lesson.

Stephanie also was involved with sports. She started playing soccer, softball, and basketball in the third grade. She continued to play through middle school. She always seemed to have fun but she really liked socializing more than competing. She also was in brownies with her friends from St. John’s school as well as being an altar server from fourth till eighth grade. We were so proud especially the years that Steph and her brother John served together.

Steph graduated from Arcadia on June 28th, 2005. She had very little time off as she started on July 11 attending Shear Ego School of Hair Design. She wanted to become a famous stylist and make-up artist. By the time she made it to the second out of four levels she was already showing her skill as she had the highest grade on the sample board test. She had already impressed Peter Webb, who called her phenomenal and wanted her to work with him upon graduation. He only picked the best of the best. Hearing the praise from Peter Webb made her so proud. She was on cloud nine! Stephanie really loved her friends and teacher at Shear Ego and left them with many funny memories and stories. Again she was the center of attention and had the entire school wrapped around her finger. She had a way of touching people.

Stephanie was basically a homebody. She would spend lots of time in her room fussing with herself. Everything had to be perfect. Her hair, makeup, drawers, and closet were taken care of meticulously. She also loved to go out and have fun with her friends.