This is the one...

This is the one I want daddy! It's perfect!

Build a Bear

Grandma decided that it would be great fun to take all the grandkids to Build a Bear the day after Thanksgiving to make a cuddly friend. It was quite an adventure! Olivia choose a cute monkey to take home with her.

Olivia helping stuff her monkey- she did not like that loud machine!

Adding the heart!
Giving her Monkey a bath!

Helping mommy make her monkey's birth certificate. We named him BANANAS!

Grandma and the kiddos and their new friends! This was take like 50!
Thanks Grandma!!!

Kissing Cousins!

Simon goes in for the kill and Olivia give the classic "you gotta be kidding me" look.

A New Way to Ride

Well.. the big change has happend. No more sweet little baby car seat. We have moved on to the big car seat... the big girl car seat. I admit I got a bit misty eyed while putting her in it this morning.

Even Princesses Have Bad Days

First Taste of Winter

Literally! Olivia had her first taste of fresh Michigan snow today. Of course she loved being outside even if it was snowy and cold. Looks like we are going to have a fun winter with our little snow bunny!

11 Months Old!

Wow!!! Eleven months old already! Look at how big our girl is getting. She is changing so much and learning so many new things it is hard to keep our eyes off of her. She has 4 little teeth that are cute as be, her first steps are only days away and she is slowly taking herself off of baby food. She is growing up into a toddler! She has a great sense of humor and loves to play games. The magnets on the fridge are the current obsession so we spend lots of time on the kitchen floor taking magnets off and putting them back on the fridge. She absolutely LOVES other kids and has so much fun going to school everyday. Only one more month until we have a ONE YEAR OLD on our hands. Happy 11 months sweetie pie! We love you!

First Pistons Game

Tonight the Ballard's were invited by the Bologna's to a Piston's game. Of course we said YES and I admit all I could think about were the cute pictures I could take! Livy was decked out in her Pistons gear. She loved watching everything that was going on around her and of course made friends with the strangers sitting in back of us! And even the theough the Pistons got crushed we had a great time! Thanks Bologna's for inviting us.

Watching the game with daddy!

The family- look at the gummy little grin!

I am pretty sure she could be the Pistons mascot!

Livy and Mackenzie- cute as can be!

Gotta Love the Shirt!