Get Well Cookies

Stephen had shoulder surgery on Wednesday and is still recovering. He is doing great and we are so grateful the surgery went well! Olive and I (well, I) decided to make his favorite cookies for him in an effort to make him feel a little better. And, I know everybody else makes homemade cookies, but here at the Link house...we rely on Pillsbury! 3 ingredients and you're done!

"Okay Mom, it says the butter needs to be softened."

Adding the box mix.

Ooey Gooey Eggs

The mixer was a little loud, so she opted for the "being held by Mom" view.
*Side note, I have a really nice stand mixer, but somehow I did something to it and it won't mix anymore,
so we used the handy dandy hand mixer.*

"Can I taste the batter, please?"
She got so mad at me when I wouldn't let her.

Waiting...waiting...waiting...

"Daddy! We made you cookies to help your arm feel better! "

Giving Daddy some love. I love how she is touching his face! Clearly he is loving it!

All done! Turn off the oven.

Then she had to sample one. She couldn't take her eyes off the Sooner game,
but really enjoyed the cookie!

We love you Daddy! We hope that your shoulder gets better soon!

Chick-Fil-A and Play!

We had a great play date today at Chick-Fil-A with some of our faves! Our original plan was to go to the First Baptist playground, but the weather did not cooperate. Anna, Bethany and Deanna all met us there with the kiddos. We were a site to be seen! We got their early enough to secure a couple of great tables and had a fun lunch together and then the kiddos got to play. Avery got the book "If You Give a Pig a Pancake" and loved reading to Molly and Nolan! Olive and Salyer playing with the puzzle.

Olive was the official "door monitor". She went in and out, in and out...

Here is the crew!

Grady, Luke, Molly, Avery, Salyer, Nolan and Olive

What a fun day! Thanks friends for the fun!

Baby Diamond

Olive has gotten very into taking care of her "babies". She has two baby dolls that are her favorites. Stella, who she pushes around in her stroller and gives her pacifier to, and Diamond who she carries around and gives her bottle to. Lately she has been on a "Diamond" kick. We can say, "Ollie, where is baby Diamond?" and she will search until she finds her. She has even figured out how to put her bottle on her mouth to make her make noise. Here are a few pics of her with baby Diamond.
Giving baby Diamond kisses.

Thank you Auntie M and Uncle Isaac for giving me baby Diamond! I love her!

Happy Birthday Gigi!!

Gigi 's birthday is coming up , so we had a special birthday dinner for her tonight! Olive loved helping Gigi open her cards and gifts.

After presents, we hit the back yard for some fun with bubbles!

Playing on the porchDaddy, Gigi, Mommy and Olive

Olive, Mommy, Gigi and Auntie M

Uncle Isaac, Gigi and Auntie M

We were laughing about how short Granny looks in this picture! :)

Dano, Gigi, Barney and Honey

Happy Birthday Gigi! We hope you have a great birthday week!

Miss Independent

Okay, so it is a well known fact that I may not exactly be the smartest Mom on the block. It just occurred to me the other day that maybe the reason Olive was having a hard time feeding herself was that her spoons were too big...so we got new silverware today and she thought it was pretty cool!
Please don't let these pictures fool you, she wouldn't eat the ravioli (she is her mother's child) but she loved the sauce. So, I mixed her veggies in the sauce and she gobbled them right down.
Looking forward to many more messy meals!

Bubbles!!

Saturday, Olive and I went to Dano and Honey's for the afternoon. Auntie M got out the bubbles and little miss could not have been happier! She was screaming and squealing like it was the greatest thing she had ever done! Thanks Auntie M for playing bubbles with me!

Without Further Adieu...The Leotard!

was having trouble logging onto our blog, but luckily I am a computer genius (HA!) and I figured it out. Actually I used the help section on the blogger site and figured it out. I told Stephen yesterday that I had to figure this out, I had missed documenting two weeks of Olive's life! So please excuse the posts to "catch up".
First up, the leotard!! I couldn't find one here that would fit her, so my sweet friend Anna found one in OKC for her.

"Thanks for the leotard Anna! I LOVE IT!!!"

Here she is proudly showing off her OU sticker on her leotard after class.

I am not sure that the leotard helped her to learn any new skills, but she sure looks adorable wearing it!