Olivia's new talents!

Olivia figured out how to put her shirt on and take it off. So, she practiced taking it off a lot yesterday! She kept telling me she was hot!

Proud of her accomplishment!

This is how she wore it most of the evening! You'd think we just watched Flashdance!

And always a favorite.....ending the evening cuddling with Daddy! She is such a Daddy's girl!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

On Friday we decorated our Christmas tree. We didn't go out and do any shopping, but I did hit a few online sales early that morning! :) The crowds in the stores are a little too much for me.

Olivia started her day watching Tinkerbell (possibly for the 10th time this weekend)! She enjoyed a little picnic of ovals (Townhouse crackers), a leftover donut and some water! Of course whenever she has a snack, the dogs aren't too far away. They know that she is likely to drop something....or at least they hope!

Here is Olivia helping us decorate our tree. We made sure to put all the fun decorations she can play with at the bottom! She really likes to take them all off the tree and play with them.

Here is Daddy & Olivia!

She was even good enough to pose in front of the tree for me to take a few shots! She is such a ham and definitely our daughter!

The below picture is of her "excited" face. She does all the emotions for us! We didn't even have to ask her to show us this one! She loves the tree!

Before we got the decorating going, we decided to invite Great-Grammie over to watch us decorate. I always have such great memories of decorating at Grammie's house! When Grammie moved into her new place, she gave a lot of her Christmas decorations away to her family (she had a TON). I was fortunate enough to get a LOT of them! I think that she enjoyed seeing so many of her ornaments as they went onto our tree! She is always so glad to see others enjoying things that she enjoyed for so many years!

Here is a picture of Olivia pulling the string on the musical ball. This is a favorite of my childhood from Grammie's house. She received it as a gift from her friends, the Masters' while they were on vacation in Japan. It plays the First Noel. Olivia likes to pull the cord to make the music!

And a picture of Olivia with her Great Grammie! I think that they both had fun seeing one another!

Here is Olivia wearing the door bells on her ankles, walking through the house. And she's carrying the mistletoe, just so she gets kissed everywhere she goes!

Below is Olivia and Grammie, with the doll that Grammie got her for her birthday. It giggles - which is funny and creepy at the same time.

sick days

Last week Olivia and I were both sick! UGH!

We lounged around the house together and rested. Here is a pic of Liv in her "sick clothes" (aka, comfy clothes, pj bottoms and unmatching top).

She was having an apple party. My Grammie used to throw "apple parties" all the time and we always looked forward to them. Nothing much about an apple party, just eating an apple that is all cut up. Grammie did it best, she would sit with a bowl and apples and give them to you as she cut them. Here at lazy mom's house, we use the apple slicer and are done in 5 seconds flat!

This IS what it's all about!

Sorry for the lack of posting - my camera's batteries were dead, and a post without pictures just isn't as much fun!

Olivia has been fighting a cold for the last week. And is now running a temp. But on Sunday, we had a fun day playing around the house. Here she is singing the Hokey Pokey and dancing for us. She is so funny! She has worn her princess crown, sparkle shoes and carried her wand around a lot these last few days.

In the video she gets upset because Shadow's ear is flopped around - and she can't stand that - she thinks it's broken when it does that and we have to fix it right away! She's funny! Well, enjoy the little song and dance!

It snowed today!

UGH! Fall is officially over! It snowed today - YUCK!!! I hate winter....fall is my favorite, but it always turns into winter and that means snow. So, in order to help me live out my fall a little longer, I'm going to share pictures I took this week, when it was 70 degrees (almost all week). It was great - we played outside a bunch!

Here is Olivia talking on the phone with her dad!

Happy Halloween!!

Olivia had a full day today, so Travis and I decided to take the whole day off so we didn't miss anything! She went to school this morning and had a parade at 10am.

This is what she wore to school - she was so cute! She had this cute orange dress from this summer (that she didn't get to wear too much) so I put it on with black pants and a black turtleneck (also required for her Halloween costume). I thought she looked pretty cute! Here she is posing in the morning in her cute outfit! I'm not sure if she's practicing her Heisman trophy pose, or what!

Here she is at school, ready for the parade with her Daddy!

And with her mommy!

Olivia and her friend Ava - they're only 1 week apart and have been together since Olivia was 13 weeks old and Ava was 12 weeks old!

Olivia's teacher, Miss Aimee - Olivia loves her teachers!

Olivia also loves to read in the book corner at school!

Olivia in the parade with her daddy!

She is looking SO big!

Olivia and Meris! Olivia thinks that Meris is pretty cool!

Grandma Cindy also came to Olivia's parade (but I don't have a pic of them together), but she also brought her some goodies! Olivia got a princess balloon, and a box of goodies (including Papa's chex mix)! Olivia was so excited about the balloon, we had to leave it at school for the rest of the day! Surprisingly it was still there at the end of the day!

After school, I took Olivia over to see Great Grandma & Great Grandpa F and Great Grammie, to show off her costume - she was a BIG hit - of course! And I didn't take my camera in (oops!). Great Grammie was very happy to have Olivia over and of course wanted some of Grammie's cereal as soon as she got into her apartment! Silly girl! Grammie even gave her a baggie of it for her to take home!

Jeff & Rachel brought Joshua over to see his cousin, Olivia. She thinks he's pretty funny....and I'm not sure what Joshua thinks of Olivia! :)

The kids in their costumes!

Olivia with the kids from across the street! The angel is Miranda, and Olivia LOVES Miranda - she is our babysitter in training!

Grandma Sue & Grandpa Fred came over to hand out candy while we went around to the neighbors and to my mom's house. Of course I didn't get any pics of them togehter, but they had a good time handing out treats to all the kids! We actually had a good turnout this year and were able to hand out ALL of our candy!

And of course, Grandma Sue & Grandpa Fred had to bring Olivia some goodies too! They got her a new bath toy - and she LOVES it!

Olivia has wonderful Grandparents and they all spoil her rotten!

Olivia's Halloween Bounty!

Olivia got a lot of treats from our family! My mom dropped off a goodie bag (thankfully, not full of candy)! Here is Olivia checking out her goods! Olivia also got a card from Grandma Betty! She was very excited about it! Here is a video of Liv showing off her card and goods! We miss you Grandma Betty!

And here is Liv trying to get the pumpkins off the new straw. It was pretty funny because of Olivia's expression - this kid is SO funny! :) I love her!