You've Got Mail

Olive got a package in the mail from Aunt Sharon this weekend! She couldn't wait to see what was inside!

It was the cutest hat and she loved it!

Thank you Aunt Sharon! Daddy appreciated that you thought to get in crimson so it would match my OU gear! We know that is exactly what you were thinking, right?!

So Thankful

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving filled with family and fun! Olive made special handprint turkey cards for everyone and I thought they were too cute not to share!

Olive was content to spend most of the day like this...

or this...

or this...

she also had fun jumping and jumping and jumping...

and jumping some more!

Our sweet friends Hannah and Ava even stopped by for some fun!

We are counting our blessings this Thanksgiving!

Dear Santa,

Dear Santa,

I don't need any toys. I am perfectly content playing with diaper boxes. Thanks! Love, Olive Kay

2 Little Monkeys!

We are so lucky to get to leave Olive with Miss Terri while we are at work. Olive loves it there and she has sweet friends to play with. Lillian is Olive's partner in crime. Once Lil starts walking, I have a feeling Miss Terri is going to have her hands full. Olive loves playing with Lil and she crawls around next to her and will try to "ride her" by holding on to Lillian's shirt and making Lillian drag her around. Lil is always so sweet and never seems to be bothered by Olive constantly getting in her face and trying to hug and play with her. Audrey (Lil's Mom) and I decided they needed to have "Twinkie Day" yesterday! Could they be any cuter in their monkey shirts?!

I am so glad they are buddies and can't wait for them to grow this friendship through the years! We love you sweet Lil!

Rock-A-Bye Baby!

When I was a kid, we did the most amazing "Vacation Bible School" crafts. My friend, Kara's mom was always in charge and she didn't do your average order and cut craft...we did amazing projects, like this cradle that I made in third grade!
My Dad found it in the attic and thought that as much as Olive loves her babies, she would love having a cradle to rock them in. Mom and Gigi brought it down last week, and she loves it!

Putting Baby Diamond to bed. (She is maybe a little rough)

Getting Baby Diamond's bed time story ready!

Happy Birthday Daddy!

Today was Stephen's birthday and we did our best to make him feel special this evening! He had to work all day, but when he got home we celebrated! We had Outback for dinner and then yummy cake and presents. Olive ran into her room and came out with her pin wheel, I guess she knew it was a party! "Here Daddy, let me help you with this."

Make a wish...

Olive enjoyed a few crumbs of cake too!

Birthday love

Blowing kisses for Daddy.

Happy Birthday Stephen! We love you the most!

The Coffee Shuffle

Olive discovered a new toy in the kitchen! Behold, the newest "dance craze" for toddlers! You've heard of the cupid shuffle, but have you seen the Coffee Shuffle?

First, you find your Daddy's coffee container. Then you squat to sit on it. Then you bounce up and down.
Then you scoot!
There is supposed to be a video, but it won't load! Ugh!

15 months old!

Olive turned 15 months old today! I can't believe it has already been 3 months since her birthday! She is growing and changing so much these days. We are loving watching her grow and trying to soak it all in! Here are a few "highlights" on our girl:
*She weighs 19.5 pounds
*She currently has 5 teeth, with a new one poking through today and another trying to, hence the drool soaked shirt.
*She is running everywhere she goes.
*She loves bouncing on things, and has turned pillows into bouncing toys.
*She loves to sit in your lap. She will "back in" to anyone sitting on the ground...this includes sweet little Lillian at Miss Terri's house.
*She has learned how to scowl and is using this face frequently. It is pretty funny when she does it, but we are trying to discourage it.
*She is OBSESSED with technology. Phones, remotes, computers, anything with buttons is her favortie.
*She is now responding to questions with a "uh huh" with the proper enunciation to imply yes or no.
*Her vocabulary now includes: Hi, Bye-Bye, Momma, Daddy, Tede (Terri), Tank to (Thank you), Peas (Please), Here go (Here you go), Ball, Mimi, More, Boo!, Eat, Bre-Bre (Wrigley), bubble, bible and a few more.
*She likes to read her books and will sit on the floor and turn the pages while saying words that she knows.
*She loves to play with her babies and give them hugs and kisses.
*She has decided she likes to wear shoes and will find shoes in the house and insist that we put them on for her. She will also find our shoes, and insist that we put them on.
*She still likes to be outside and loves going for rides in her car.
She is a bundle of fun and the brightest part of every day.

Happy 15 month birthday sweet girl! We love you more than you can imagine!

Cutest Pumpkin in the Patch

Sunday afternoon we headed out to Newcastle to the TG Farms Pumpkin Patch. It was a beautiful day and it wasn't very crowded. We had a great time!

"These don't look quite right."

Our little farmer LOVED the animals. Her Mommy not so much! Checking out the bunnies.

She kept saying "Hi go!"

We even got to go into the goat pen.

"Hi goat!"

She liked checking out the guineas.

The pig came from across his yard to come over to the fence. At first, she wasn't sure what to think about him.

And then she liked him.

We did a very thorough hand scrubbing before moving on to the playground.

She loved playing on the slides and the tricycles.
The tricycle was a bit of a work out for Mommy!

Then we got to sit in the stand to watch the "Pig Races". They really were cute all running around the track! Olive liked clapping for them. Then we loaded up in the wagon to go find the perfect pumpkins.

We had a great day, and we got to take home the cutest pumpkin of them all!

Spiderman!

This afternoon, I got this text from Terri: "Your little girl is coming home as Spiderman. She just had a party with Spencer's juice box before I could stop her. All I had here were Spiderman PJ's. She has her bow in though and looks pretty stinkin' cute!"

I couldn't wait to see her! She LOVED her spiderman jammies!

Showing off her "Spidey" moves!