Olivia's First Cereal Experience

Why are you taking my picture? What's going on here? I'm getting worried...
Hey! That looks good. Mommy would never feed me something I wouldn't love!

Yum!

Somebody save me!

Well we tried it! She liked the idea of putting the spoon in her mouth but was not happy with the consistency nor the taste of the cereal. I had to try it myself and see what it tasted like. I gagged a little as well. We have been trying it every evening and she seems to have resigned herself to the fact that I will continue to come at her with a spoon full of sludge.

Couple more from the holidays

Here are a few more pictures from the holiday trip. It was great to see family and friends before we head out. We loved the chance to show Olivia off to our friends and have her meet Braden (not my future son in law, Chad.) Olivia loved looking at the Christmas tree, i think she likes the lights.


At Chad and Monica's place.


The magic of Christmas.

First Christmas

Olivia celebrated her first Christmas this year. Although she can't talk yet, we are sure Olivia was very excited! Well, at least her parents were. It was wonderful to be home for the holidays and see everybody. Here are a few pictures.

Olivia's bib says it all - you can see the anticipation on her face.

Cousins hanging out in front of the tree.


The family just back from church. Olivia was very excited to wear her new dress, not so excited about the little shoes.


Papa and Olivia before Christmas Eve dinner.


Christmas morning, Olivia receives her first present from Santa! Good thing she wasn't naughty this year.

A few hours later, Heather, Debbie and Lauren check out Olivia's new outfit...


... while Nana, Papa and Aunt Kim look on.

Lazy Bloggers

My parents and I at Colonial Williamsburg.

Me and Olivia at Colonial Williamsburg

Hey everyone! Sorry we have not posted in a while but it was a crazy month of November. The above picture is of Justin getting promoted to Lieutenant at the beginning of November. I was able to put his Lt. pin on! It was great:) Justin spent a week in San Diego training for his upcoming trip to Iraq. I was home alone with Olivia which proved to be exhausting! My parents came to Virginia for thanksgiving which was great. They were such a help with Olivia and the house chores. As you can tell, we all went to Colonial Williamsburg and had a fantastic time. We went the day before Thanksgiving-it was 75 degrees outside and sunny. You can't beat that.
Justin is currently in San Diego and I am back in Illinois for the duration of the holidays. Justin comes home on Dec. 20th for the holidays. We are hoping to update the blog with some x-mas pics with the family.
Hope all is well with everyone. We hope to see everyone soon. Happy holidays!!

Happy Halloween

I know, no posts for a couple of weeks and then 2 in a row. I'm working on my consistency, so please no comments. Here is Olivia and Heather ready to hand out candy on Halloween. Unfortunately, few people showed up at the door. Instead we walked around the neighborhood while Heather tracked down the local kids and forced candy upon them.


Olivia and Heather sport their Halloween duds.


Olivia naps on her play mat.


Mama, Papa & Olivia out for a fall stroll.

OK. I know it's been awhile but with all the traveling, yada yada yada. So here are a couple of new pictures taken on our recent trip home. Olivia met all her cousins, aunts and uncles for the first time. She traveled like a trooper considering we drove to New England, home and back.

Olivia and her cousin Lauren hanging out.


The first family photo, Olivia was not particularly pleased. I wanted to use this picture for our Christmas card, Heather said no.

First Haircut

Olivia visited her Aunt Kim today for the first time. While her Mother's hair was getting done, Olivia got her first haircut. As you can see from the pictures, I think the cut was a success.

Olivia and Aunt Kim.

Getting her hair cut.

The new do.