Christmas Eve

Our little girl is nestled all snug in her bed and mama and dada are resting after a fun filled Christmas Eve at Gaga and Papa's. Grandma Pat Pat and Charlie were also there along with Aunt Stacy and cousins Riley and Emma. It was present mania!  All had a good time and Olivia is getting some much needed rest for another big day tomorrow!

New Seat

Olivia finally out grew her infant car seat, and after much research, trials and scouring for deals I found one on the car seat I really wanted!

Here she is in her new "big girl" car seat! She looks so proud!

Play, Play, Play!

Thanksgiving and First Christmas Tree!

On to a happier blog posting...

Olivia's first Thanksgiving was a lot of fun. All of her cousins were in town and she got to play with all of them!  She ate some turkey and mashed potatos.

 After Thanksgiving she also got her first cold and fever, she was down and out for about three days before her fever broke. The sniffles, sneezing and coughing lasted at least another week and she still has a bit of a cough every once in a while.







We also went out and got our Christmas tree. If you ask her where her Christmas tree is she will look at it and sometimes point. At first she was not too sure about touching the tree, but she soon got over that and thinks it is funny.

We think Olivia may be crawling by Christmas, we'll have to see. She still loves to roll every where but she is getting in the crawling position a bit more now.

Savannah... Our Beloved Puppy

It is with a heavy heart that we post this blog. We had to put our much loved Savannah to sleep last night. She was a loving companion and we miss her so. We had a wonder 12 years with her in our family and she provided much love and joy. We love you Savannah and you will always live in our hearts.

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Chicken & Stars and Standing

Olivia is growing up so fast, we can't believe she will be 1 in about 6 weeks! WOW time is flying!

She is starting to want to eat more on her own and is trying new foods at least once or twice a week. This week we gave her some chicken & stars soup minus the broth :-). She really enjoyed trying to use the spoon.


She is also wanting to stand more. She can't pull her self up yet, but has started to try on Jeff and I. Here she is leaning against the ottoman. She has 5 teeth now and I finally gave in and gave her bangs another trim. They were so long you couldn't see her eyes and she started to take out what ever I put in her hair.

She is starting to be a real chatter box and is pointing to things around the house and saying "that". She loves to look at the pictures of everyone we have around the house, especially herself! We are now working on giving hugs. She is such a joy, is a pretty happy girl and loves to play with daddy (and mommy)! But daddy has her most of the day and it is fun to listen to the games they play, he has even started to dance with her!

We are looking forward to Thanksgiving next week when cousins from both sides of the family will be in!

Visit with Great G&G

It had been a while since we went to see my grandparents, so last weekend we went for a visit. Olivia showed them how she can sit on her own, play patty cake and "give five".














Last weekend she also figured out how to use her straw cup. She couldn't seem to get the sippy cup down, had to tip it back to far to get anything. She was a wet mess, but figured it out and now drinks her water from it each day. Still can't get her to drink her milk from anything except her bottle, need to start figuring something out for that :-).


I've also included a picture of our old dog...she is getting stuck in various places now and needs help up (or in this case down). She was trying to get on the couch and gave up, laid on the ottoman for a while and then couldn't get down.

Poor girl, she will be 12 this year and has been living with diabetes for about 5 years. She gets around ok, but does have some really bad days.