Splash Universe!

Today we went with some friends to Splash Universe- an indoor waterpark! It was a lot of fun and Olivia LOVED the water. It was her first time in a pool and it is evident she is going to be a little fishy! As the day went on she began to splash more and more. She constantly kicked her little legs and got mad if we took her out of the water. Looks like it is going to be a fun summer and I foresee lots of trips to the lake and pool!

Six Month Pictures!

Just had to share!

Sippy Cup Time

So I decided to give Olivia a sippy cup tonight to see what she would do with it. I figured she would just play with it and then throw it. Nope! She grabs it by the handles and puts the spout in her mouth and starts sucking. WHAT? There was only a tiny bit of water in the cup so I helped her tip it back and she started drinking away. She is so smart!

A Letter to Auntie Jen

Dear Auntie Jen-

You kept telling my mommy to put my hair in piggytails- well she finally listened. Then she decided she needed to take lots of pictures of me with piggys! I love you, Auntie Jen, but I blame you 100% for this! Love, Olivia

PS- These are the sunglasses you bought me for Easter. They look super cute on me Mommy says but I just like to eat them.

A Very Special Meeting

Last June our dear friends, The Milano Family, moved to Georgia to go to school. We were very sad to see them go... especially me since I was pregnant and really wanted Kelly around since she has 5 kids of her own! So through lots of emails, phone calls and texts we have stayed in touch and have been counting down the days until they could come home for a visit and meet our little Olivia. Well... the year actually flew by and they are now visiting for three weeks!!! YAH! We have lots of fun stuff planned while they are here. Tonight they came over for dinner and were able to love all over our baby and Ryan and I were able to love all over their five!

Tim and Livy

Kelly and Livy (Kelly hates this picture but I think it is cute)

A "Berry" Special Day

Today I decided to be adventurous and take Olivia strawberry picking. We pulled up to the strawberry field at 8:00 a.m.- nice and early. The field was already full of cute little old ladies picking their hearts out. It was so quite and peaceful... I almost felt bad taking Livy out of the car because I knew that the peace and quite was about to be interrupted. And sure enough I get Olivia into her stoller and she starts squealing a yelling with delight. Luckily all the ladies thought Livy was just a doll in her strawberry hat and they did not seem to mind the sudden disruption of silence. So we (and by "we" I mean "me") picked for about and hour and then headed home to make some yummy jam. Olivia was a big help and I am sure when we go next year she will be even more helpful (maybe I'll leave her with daddy next year!).

Watching mommy pick strawberries!

The sweetest berry in the field!

With the loot!

Adding a little extra love (drool) to the strawberries.

Mashing!

Adding the sugar!
Mixing it all up!
Yah! We did it!

Squeaky Clean!