It's all you need...

A new way...

... to play with her exosaucer!

Daddy's Little Flower!

Daddy bought Olivia a bright orange Gerber Daisy today to brighten her day (he bought mommy flowers too)! I gave it to Livy to see what she would do with it. She tried to eat it of course but then thought it was a great new toy. Thanks for my flower daddy!

She thinks she's hot stuff...

Now that Olivia can pull herself to a standing position she thinks she is hot stuff! Her favorite thing to do is stand right where her mobile is and get her little sweet head lost amongst the butterflies. Funny little girl!

What a face!

Olivia has started to do this crazy spitting thing. There is really no way to describe it and do it justice. All I can say is it is hilarious. She does it all the time and once she starts she doesn't stop. The best is when she does it in public. I did manage to catch a picture of the face she makes... it is priceless!

First Pony Ride!

Today Olivia and I, along with our friend Erica, went to Melonfest in Howell. Sadly we gave the festival two thumbs down but Olivia did get to ride her very first pony. She loved it. She had a smile plastered on her face the entire time and she kept patting the pony. She seems to have a crazy love for animals already and gets so excited to see them and pet them. Here are a few pictures of her and the pony. By the way, she has already asked her Daddy for a pony for her birthday!

8 Months

Our little girl is now 8 MONTHS OLD!!! Only four more months to the big first birthday bash- I should really start planning now! This past month has been so fun with Olivia. Her personality is shining thru more and more and she is definetely showing off her independence more and more as well. She is a girl on the go and doesn't like to do the same thing for any extended period of time- which makes entertaining her very interesting. She is crawling all over the place, into everything and discovering her voice for the second time- very loudly I might add. She smiles all the time and is the most beautiful baby girl! Her first little tooth has poked through and this morning was standing in her crib when I went to get her up. She is growing up so fast! Happy 8 months sweetie!

Another trip to the zoo!

Tonight, despite the possibilty of rain, the Ballard's and Bologna's ventured off to spend some time with the animals at the zoo. We had a very relaxing time just walking around and exploring and enjoying time with "our girls." Here a few pictures of our evening:

The "GIRLS" hanging out in the polar bear exhibit.

Exploring the "COLD WALL"
Living the life of a prairie dog!

The next Picasso

Being the brave and super fun mommy that I am, I decided to finger paint with Olivia tonight. She actually really got into it and only managed to eat a tiny bit- gotta love nontoxic paint!

Proceeding with caution!

Two hands!!!!

Who can resist that face!

Our little Ballerina!

Saw it! Had to buy it! Enough said! Needs no explanation!

First Icecream Cone!

So Olivia and I shared an icecream cone today. It was super yummy- Livy thought so too! I think she ended up wearing more on her face then she actually ate but what she did get into her mouth she loved.

Family Pictures!

We had our first set of family pictures taken tonight! Here are some of our favorites!