Monday, December 27, 2010

A Whole Lot Of Catching Up To Do

K so its been like 3 months since my last post and I have to admitt that's partly do to beeing busy, but honestly also because I've been lazy. But one of my new years resolutions is to be better. Even if its something short I want to post at least once a month. That seems like a realistic goal right? I don't want to write a novel about the last three months but I do want to hit a few highlights. Here we go....



Family pictures. It was hot, and Olivia was cranky but we had one shot to take them so we did our best. Luckily we were able to get few good ones..enough for my wall collage. These are just a couple that I liked.













Random picture of Olivia. She likes to dump out all of her toys and sit in the box sometimes.





The state fair comes in October and Jon and I usually try and go. We don't go on any rides, mostly just walk around, people watch , and eat some greasy but delicious food. This time we took Olivia to the petting zoo. She was a little nervous at first, but warmed up quickly to all of the animals. She liked the big fat goats the best. She could have spent the whole day in there petting and feeding the goats. Who knows, maybe Grampa Rees wil buy her one someday ;)















Halloween. Happy birthday to me. It was a good one this year. I celebrated for almost a whole week with different dinners and such. I decided though that 27 sounds too old. And even though sometimes I act old, I don't feel it. So I'm going remain 26. Yep that sounds much better. Unfortunatly I didn' get many pictures of Olivia in her costume. I think Kassi got most of the good ones. This is the best one I have. She's such a cute cheerleader.






Olivia loves books! One morning while I was getting her bath ready I came out of the bedroom to find this


That's Olivia reading a book...on Titan's bed! So gross..she isn't allowed to play on his bed, but she wanted to read him a story. And come on...that's pretty dang cute!






We don't get to see our niece and nephews too often. Olivia and I get to see them the most just because my mom has Olivia while I'm at work and somtimes the kids come over there. Ira, aka Fred, loves his Uncle Jon. He always wants to hang out with him and play video games. So we had him over one night so the two of them could hang out. This is him and Jon playing and Olivia telling them where to go or something.





He was very focused






In November we went to the pumpkin patch. I never knew we had one so close until Kassi told us about it. Olivia had a blast. She loved all of the animals especially the baby cow. That was my favorite too.

















I tried to give her a smaller pumpkin but she liked this bigger one better.






Thanksgiving. We hosted dinner this year so that we wouldn't have to split time with our families. Lucky we both have smaller families and we could all fit. I really liked it this way and I think everyone else did too.






My favorite picture of the day! GG and Olivia! Too cute!





Later that night we went over to Heather's house and Kassi had the great idea of roasting marshmellows and making smores in the back yard. She got the jumbo marshmellows and the girls loved them.









Every night at 7 and 8 it snowed at Desert Ridge. We took Olivia to see the "snow" one night for FHE. She liked it ok, but fake snow didn't impress her too much. I think it was bubbles or somthing like that.



She would rather dance on the stage with the other kids





Next up was Ari's wedding. She got married in Vegas because that is where her and her new hubby live. What can I say.. it was a crazy fast trip...emphasis on the crazy. But everything turned out beautiful and the bride was gorgeous. We love you Ari and are so happy we could be there for your special day!




We took pretty much the whole wedding with us. This is Marie's Taho filled to the ceiling. The seat on the right was holding our luggage and the one on the left was Heather's little spot. It was a cozy ride with lots of laughs, interesting discussions,and Christmas music!





















I went to a Christmas cookie/goodie exchange at Shauna's house and got to see some friends that I dont' get to see very often. I didn't take any pictures that night but this is Olivia and Ava enjoying the chocolate covered marshmellows. Jon organized a white elephant poker game that we had at Heather's house. It was a lot of fun and may have become a new tradition for us.











Glendale Glitters is another thing we like to go to every year. This year the weather was perfect. Just cold enough to feel like winter, but not so cold that didn't want to be outside. This year we went with Heather, Kassi, Ava and Addison. Again I think most of the pictures ended up on their cameras.












Last year Ari bought Olivia this white fleece outfit. Its so cute and has bear ears on the hood. When I put her in it she fell to the floor and started rolling around saying "Whoa whoa whoa" For some reason at first she thought she couldn't walk in it.. it was pretty funny.







Another tradition we have is the morning of Christmas Eve we go out to breakfast. No pictures of that either, but it was fun and yummy. That night we had dinner at Kassi and Scotts and exchanged gifts. It was fun spending Christmas Eve with our other family.


Ava trying on her mom's new shoes.



Olivia loved her new baby from the Andrus's




Sweet little Addi






Christmas morning! We got to relax at home for a while before going to visit our families





Titan got some goodies from Santa too






Olivia's favorite present was her doll stoller. She pushes it all over the place. She doesn't limit rides to just her dolls though. Her books, dishes, shoes and even Titan's new treats all get to go for a ride. Yes that's what is is the stoller in this picture..dog treats.



So that's it! We had some good times over the past few months and are looking forward to a great new year!


Tuesday, September 21, 2010

She's How Old?

Saturday was Olivia's 1st birthday. What?! That's crazy?! Jon and I can't believe she is already one. She's a big girl now and doing so much. I was going through some of her pictures so I could put some out for her party and it is seriously so crazy how much she has changed and grown. She did just what I told her..come out small I said and then get chunky later. We love our little girl so much! She makes everyday better and teaches us so much. She is, in my opinion, PERFECT. She's got such a little personality and makes me laugh everyday. Every stage so far has been "my favorite". Yes this 1year old stage is my new favorite. I love watching her learn and figure things out. I love so see what she thinks is funny and interesting. And I love love love to kiss and hug her! She gives the best kisses.. even if they are open mouth and very wet.. I'll take em! Some of her favorites right now:
Playing tug of war with Titan and his rope
Walking EVERYWHERE
Stuffed animals and her newest fav... her baby doll
Watching Backyardigans and Olivia
Waving bye bye
Reading books...especially with grandma
Favorite words are: dada, mama, Titan and uh oh she has also said bye, done, grandma, grandpa, Donna, Kassi, and silly
Favorite food: Cheese, pasta, bread and fruit. Unfortunatly she is starting to not like veggies :(
Yep she's growing up. A big 1 year old now.

Saturday we had her birthday party. Mostly family...actually all family :) Olivia had a lot of fun and enjoyed being the center of attention..wonder where she gets that from. Even her cousins were able to be there. They had fun helping her open her presents and watching her dive right into her cake. Thanks to everyone for all of your help and for coming to celebrate!



All out of order AGAIN!


































Friday, August 6, 2010

TWO dogs??

Two dogs. No we did not get another dog, but there is a slight chance that Olivia thinks that SHE is a dog. I know this sounds a little crazy. I mean what ten month old would think she is a dog? And what would make me think that she thinks that? Well I have a few reasons...

Reason #1
She is obsessed with Titan's food and water dish
( this is probably normal since it is on her level but wait there's more)

Reason #2
She recently discoverd his collar. Since it is so hot outside he spends alot of time indoors and we don't always have his collar on him. But when we do she sits next to him and plays with it. The other day when it was off of him she found it and was trying to put it on her neck.

Reason #3
She wimpers. Titan isn't a really whiny dog but sometimes when he gets excited or wants something and is being ignored he will whimper. She has started doing this too. Oh she also tries to bark.

Reason #4
She follows him everwhere and wants to be where he is. Upstairs, downstairs, outside, on his bed...you name it. If he is there she thinks that's where she needs to be too. Last week he was laying on the floor on his back and she crawled over right next to him and layed there too. For like 5 min just laying there staring at the wall.

Reason #5
LICKING!!! Yes that's right! Licking! She started licking almost everything but the main things she licks are the tile and the carpet! Who licks the floor? Dogs! And earlier this week instead of kissing Jon she licked him...twice. Forehead and cheek...just like who...the dog!

Ok so those are my reasons. Maybe this is all totally normal. Maybe she just loves her dog. Maybe its because she doesn't have any siblings to copy. Who knows..but for now I think she thinks she's a dog.

Sunday, July 25, 2010

Found!

I lost my camera over a month ago so I haven't been sticking to my goal of blogging more often. And honestly I'm more of a picture blogger. I love reading other peoples thought and insights. Maybe someday I'll be better at that. But for now its mostly pictures. And yes I realize that almost all of them are of Olivia, but lets be honest.. she is way more fun to look at. These are all out of order but oh well :)

Our trip to Sedona yesterday




Yes we are trash. We let our baby play in the creek in nothing but a diaper. I didn't think she would get in because its still pretty cold, but she loved it.



I leave for work pretty early and she rarely is already awake. So most mornings this is what I see. So sweet.





Swimming at Grandma's. The big pool is a little overwhelming when her cousins are over so she enjoys watching them from her own pool. They always come over and check on her and Tommy especially likes showing off for her.







She discovered the stairs a while ago. Don't worry! I was right behind her, although she didn't know it. I was just wondering how far she would go.



Titan. Yes I believe that Titan is the BEST dog ever. He lets Olivia do whatever she wants to him. This includes climbing on top of him, sitting on his face, pulling his ears and lips, etc.



It looks like he is biting her but actually she is just shoving her hand in his mouth trying to get his teeth and tongue. He NEVER even growls. What dog does this?!