Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween from our little penguin!!!

Seriously... how cute is she???

Pumpkin Carving!

Tonight was pumpkin carving night... a favorite night around our house. We had some friends over, drank some apple cider, ate some apple pie and carved away... oh and took lots of pictures too. Olivia actually really got into it and LOVED the pumpkin guts.

Helping mommy scoop out the guts!

What is this???

No fears of yucky gunk here!

She loved squeezing the guts!

She just had to have one taste... and after one taste she did not try it again. Smart girl.

Even the tootsies had some fun!

Happy as can be with her pumpkins!

Closer and Closer

We are getting closer and closer to Olivia taking her first step (mommy is NOT happy about this by the way). She is standing and balancing great and moves her left foot out in front of her. She just can't quite figure out what comes next. She thinks it is great fun and loves how excited mommy and daddy get. We say "YAH" and she starts clapping her hands immediately.

Greenfield Village

Tonight we, along with our good friends the Bologna's, headed to Greenfield Village for some Halloween fun! Despite the rain we had a great time. The Bologna's little girl is 3 months younger than Olivia, so as you can imagine, we were very excited to dress our girls up in their Halloween costumes. Mackenze was a beautiful little flower and Olivia was a cutie pahtootie little penguin. 800 carved jack-o'lanterns lit our path as we went trick or treating. My question is this: How long does it take to gut and carve 800 pumpkins?

Seriously... how cute are they?


Our little pengiun was DONE with pictures at this point!

LEAVES!

So I have been counting down to the time when I could take pictures of Olivia playing in the autumn leaves. The time finally came and then I realized that we do not have any trees at our house. No trees = no leaves. So what would any good, picture taking obsessive mother do? Find the nearest park of course. Hey, at least I left the rake at home! While I did get some odd looks from spectators, Olivia and I had a great time playing, throwing and eating leaves (okay, only Olivia ate them).

Traverse City Time!

Every year Ryan and I go to Traverse City for our anniversary. This year we decided to take Olivia with us since she is still too little to leave (in other words, I couldn't bear leaving her)! So off we went for an adventure. Olivia actually did great. The hotel went better than expected and we had gorgeous weather so we spent lots of time outside. Happy 9 years, hubby!

Olivia checking out the view from our hotel balcony!

Hanging out with daddy on the beach!With mommy in the woods!
Playing in the sand at the dunes.
Olivia dreaming of what she will get to taste is the future.

Swinging with mommy on the beach

Daddy daughter time

Livy Lu... all she wanted to do was eat the rocks.

The Family.

Ten Months Old!

Olivia is already 10 months old! She is such a little sweetie and we are having so much fun watching her grow up and explore the world around her. She is learning so much so fast! She is cruising along furniture at lightning speed and it won't be long before she takes her first step. She has been taste testing lots of new foods with her two bottom teeth but cheese and kiwi are still her all time favorites. She gives kisses when we ask for them and claps when we say "YAH". She has the most hilarous belly laugh that keeps us laughing as well. She has begun to "play shy" when people she doesn't know talk to her but she warms up quickly. Her teddy bear is still her bestest friend and he goes EVERYWHERE with us. Outside time is still her favorite time of the day. She loves exploring (and by exploring I mean EAT) the grass, leaves and flowers. It is so hard to believe that 10 months have already gone by and are little baby is turning into a little lady. We love you punky! Happy 10 months!

Thanks Grandma and Grandpa!

I love my new wagon!

Apple Pickin' Time

Today we spent the day at Erwin Orchards with our friends, the Bologna's. We had a great time picking apples and exploring the orchard. Although if you ask Chrissy or I, the real reason we went to the orchard was to take pictures of our girls.

Olivia eating her first apple. She actually did manage to take a bite out of it with her two little bottom teeth and then enjoyed sucking the juice out of the apple.

Hanging out in the orchard.
Livy and Kenzie
Picking apples with Daddy.
The familyMommy and Olivia in an apple tree.

After a long day at the apple orchard...

Future Little Farmer!

Daddy...

... can I have one? PUH-LEASE????????

Stylish Baby!

Too bad the leg warmmers barely fit past those chunky little thighs!

Just stopping in...

... to say "HI"!!!!