This is what happens when...

... you let daddy and Olivia decorate cookies for Santa.

No words needed!

Seriously... this picture makes me laugh really hard!

Ho Ho Ho

Well... it is official! Olivia does not like that Santa man. She cried a little but mostly just kept looking at him and then looking at me then back at him!

A Year in Review

One Month

Two Months

Three Months

Four Months

Five Months

Six Months
Seven Months

Eight Months

Nine Months

Ten Months

Eleven Months
ONE Year Old

The Big Day!

Olivia's first birthday party was an amazing day. Our family all gathered (crammed) into our home to help us celebrate the joy that Olivia has brought to us this past year. Of course I had to have a theme... Winter ONEderland! Snowflakes hung from the ceiling and the Snowman Soup (hot chocolate) was fully stocked.

The invitation. Although I would like to take credit for this I am going to have to say that Auntie Jen may have helped a teeny tiny bit.

Grab your hat and mittens

It's time for winter fun.

Snowflakes, sledding and presents

Olivia's turning ONE!

Some of the yummy food!

Snowflake cupcakes

The Penguin Cupcakes

The alien snowman cookies

Chocolate covered snowballs

Olivia's special cake for her to destroy.

And destroy it she did...

All in all in was a wonderful day! We can hardly believe that our baby will be ONE tomorrow!

Christmas and One Year Pictures

I can not believe how big she is getting!

More fun with the Bologna's

One of our favorite things to do is hang out with our friends the Bologna's. Our gilrs are only three months apart and we love watching them discovering new things together. So once again we embarked on an adventure to Holiday Nights at Greenfield Village. It was freezing and Olivia had a melt down that may be the worst melt down she has ever had but we still managed to have some fun... although the picture taking was a bit less than usual. The Ballard's can harly wait for our next Ballard/Bologna adventure!

The girls all bundled up.

Group Shot!

Fascinated!

Olivia is fascinated by the Christmas lights. If our tree is not lit up she will stand by it and clap her hands until we plug it in then she says "oooo...".

No words needed!