Attempt at Video

Since our new camera takes video - I thought I'd try to post video and see how that goes. We had a much better video - but it was too big. So, now I have a better idea as to how big a video can be that I can post.

So, here is Olivia singing and being silly. She loves to sing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and the Wheels on the Bus. Enjoy!

Easter

Olivia had a great Easter (and so did we). We started off with Easter at Grammie and Poppi's house on Saturday. Uncle Kurt, Aunt Kate and cousins Julia and Jimmy were also there. Grammie spoiled the kids with great Easter baskets! The kids had fun running in Grammie's hallway and laughing together.

Then on Sunday morning we went to church. Olivia couldn't have been better - she just loves the music. She sat like a little angel during church - snacking on cheerios. Then we were off to Great Grammie C's place for dinner. After dinner Grandma Cindy gave out Easter baskets, and Olivia was thrilled with her new blanket and pillow. She dragged it all over the dining room showing everyone her new stuff - and then showing everyone how it worked! She was just such a ham! She must have been exhausted because she fell asleep on the way home and we ended up just laying her in bed - so we could get a few things done, and then we had to wake the sleeping princess! But it was the only still shot we got of her in her Easter dress. I never did get a picture of her with her hat on. She did wear it through church!





Olivia & Jimmy trying to decide who gets what in the baskets!
Julia sorting her bounty!
Olivia likes our new camera - because you can turn the view-finder around and see yourself for self portraits!
Julia enjoyed it too! The kids playing in Grammie's hallway!
Olivia's Easter Basket (I got the basket from Pottery Barn - too cute!)

Olivia was pretty excited about her new found treasures in her basket.
She really enjoyed the eggs filled with "Little People".
She even got crayons - but Rusty ate them while we were at church! And to think that we thought he was the good one! This is not the hat she wore to church - this hat matches another (2nd option) Easter dress.

Trying to blow bubbles!

Enjoying her new crayons and her new GIANT coloring pages!
Here is Olivia walking around the dining room at Great Grammie's with her new blanket and pillow.
Showing off!

And she finally rests. Isn't the dress cute? She also wore a little cream sweater over the dress - she looked very cute - too bad a toddler doesn't sit still long enough (while awake) to take a nice picture of her in her Easter dress! This is the best we could do! :)

Olivia's REAL trip to Florida

We finally caved and took Olivia on her first real plane ride. We went to Florida to visit Travis' family. Olivia did fantastic on the plane - she could not have been better - Travis did okay too!

We enjoyed time with family and even got to go to the beach - Olivia's first beach experience. She wasn't too thrilled with the crashing waves or the sand that stuck to her - but she enjoyed playing in the sand. We even were able to get in some shopping.

We really enjoyed a long weekend away from the cold North - the weather was perfect, mid 80's during our stay. It was wonderful - of course we came back to snow, snow and more snow!

Below are the pics from the trip!

Olivia all ready to go to the beach!

Enjoying the view - her first experience on the Gulf
Olivia enjoying the beach (you can tell this pasty white kid is from up North)
Lib & Travis
Olivia enjoying a refreshing beverage
Joel & Amy
Olivia trying to get her hat off
The gang out to dinner (Brooke is asleep in her stroller)

Look what my Grandma can do!
Daddy & Olivia
Family photo
Big Smile from Brooke
hugs for Brooke

Olivia loved this little chair that Grandma Betty had - yes, it was a VERY little chair
Coloring with cousin Brooke
Plugging her ears at the dinner table
Liv enjoying her new sunglasses

Random Pictures of Olivia in February

Since I have been horrible about posting pictures - here are a few from February!


Olivia and Pokey are trying to hide!
Kisses for Pokey (a bear that Libby got just before she turned 3)
Big Hugs!
Is this Yoda? Olivia likes to dress up and she got a hold of one of Travis' yard shirts and wore it around the house!

Showing us her new duds
In Daddy's gloves (another new favorite word)
High Five!
Checking out the people in the Holiday Inn (this was a Christmas gift from Kate - to Libby - we had one just like it growing up at our Grammie's house and we loved playing with it - and now Olivia does too)
Eating hot dogs with her toy fork & knife (I hear this is what they do at Grammie's house)

Enjoying Fazolli's
This girl likes spaghetti
Cutie
With Poppi on Libby's birthday
Olivia with Grandpa Fred (she started calling him Pepaw - I guess if she has a Papa and a Poppi, then Pepaw makes a lot of sense)

This is Olivia's "aren't I cute" pose
Oh No!
Cheese!
Cutie pie

Olivia in her PIMP hat

Helping Daddy with his cereal
Olivia got the flu just before our trip to Florida - she did NOT feel good.
Sleeping on the couch
Olivia loving on Pokey