Deer Farm

On Friday, Olivia and I went to a local deer farm. She had so much fun feeding the deer apple slices. She had no fear of these animals. She went right up to the fence and hollered "come here deer". It was really cute. We had fun!


Below was the only fawn that we saw. The momma kept the baby far away and didn't come close to get any apples.

This deer could not wait for Olivia to get the last apples out of the bag to feed her.


The even had swings at the deer farm. Olivia loves to swing!

Fun around the house!

Today Olivia was in a goofy mood! Here she is wearing my shoes!
Her hair was extra curly since we didn't give her a bath last night after the ride home from the game. I just thought that she looked extra cute here - and much bigger than the baby I still think she is.
One of my other babies!
And I couldn't leave Shadow out!
This is where the real goofiness begins! Here is Liv on her car. She got to laughing so much riding this today. She would ride and then dive of the front of it and fall to the ground. The first time it was by accident, but she kept doing it. Then when I got the camera out to catch her - she didn't want to do it anymore. But she did have quite the laugh as she would try to ride closer to the camera and then laugh hysterically as I pushed her away with my feet!

Go Tigers!

Yesterday we took Olivia to her first Tigers game. She was very well behaved and even seemed to enjoy some of it.



Here is Olivia with Travis outside Comerica Park before the game.

Olivia wasn't a big fan of "Paws". However, during the game - she would see him on the dug-out and call for him. It was pretty cute!
Then she wanted to ride the tigers (on the merry go round). However, once it started, she freaked out. She wouldn't let me go!

After it was all over - she was all smiles again! And was upset when we wouldn't let her ride it again! Maybe we'll try again next year!
We got to try out a few of the fun features on our new camera. Evidently I can zoom really close!

And I couldn't leave this guy out....
Yes, that's one of the finest tight ends in baseball. (I'm sorry - I realize this is a family blog - but I couldn't resist).
Olivia wasn't as impressed with Jeter as I was.

And here's Olivia getting down to the music during the game!

Miss blue eyes enjoying the game from the comfort of her Daddy's lap!
After the game was over - we go to the car and changed Olivia into her pajamas. We knew we didn't have long before she wilted. She is sporting the "Flock of Seagulls" hairstyle - which is often the case after the ponytail holder comes out!
As we hopped onto the highway - Olivia was jabbering one minute and then I turned around - and she was OUT! She slept the whole way home!

Backyardigans!

Olivia loves the Backyardigans! For those of you who don't know who they are - they are a Nickelodeon cartoon about 5 friends who live in a neighborhood together and play outside and have great adventures that turn their backyards into whatever their imagination dreams.

Last week, the LIVE show was in the area - so we took Olivia. We weren't too sure how she would react - since we've never taken her to anything like this before. She was pretty hesitant at first - just staring at them on stage, but after about 10 minutes she really got into it. I'm glad we went and will look forward to taking Liv to other shows.

You weren't allowed to take your cameras in, but here are a couple of pictures of Olivia right after the show! She was pretty excited still!

landscaping project

It seems that each year, we have another project for the house. This spring our projects are the landscaping and the basement. Below are the pictures of our landscaping. I really think it turned out well and exactly how I wanted it. I'll be adding in flowers once the weather is warmer.

We did the castle wall and most of the dirt last fall. Then, we had another 3 yards of dirt delivered and my dad brought over some of that great compost to mix in for our plants! Thank goodness that my dad has one of those John Deere tractors - he brought it right over and we had all the dirt moved in no time! Travis put the shutters up, and then we planted (mom & Aunt Marcy actually did the majority of the work). The following weekend, Travis and I put in the lighting, capstones and the mulch. We were really happy to finally have some curb appeal to our home.

You can probably tell from the clouds, that a storm was coming. We had over 20 mph winds that day and we put mulch down. Not the best time to do it unless you like little pieces of mulch in your eyes! :)

Happy Mother's Day!

Olivia's daycare did a Mother's Day brunch last week - and I went to have lunch with Olivia. She was pretty excited that I was there - not so excited when I had to leave. :(

Hot Dog!

Below is Olivia doing her "Hot Dog Dance" from the Mickey Mouse Playhouse cartoon. She loves the cartoon and can't wait until the end when they do the "Hot Dog Dance". She's also learning how to jump - so she is also trying to implement jumping into the dance. Enjoy!