Olivia's 1st Birthday Part 2

Olivia's real birthday was on October 16th. To celebrate we went to Red Robin for dinner with Great Grandma, Aunt Mel and Uncle Chris. They sang to Olivia and brought her a sundae. It was cute. The next day we had her birthday party. Thank you to everyone who came out to celebrate. I did a ladybug theme and went a little crazy. It was fun and I am glad I did. However, she will not be getting parties like that every year! She got some really fun toys and clothes, and a very special baby ring. Oh yeah, and a quad from Mom and Dad! She tore into the black part of her cake, and well you will see what happened. End result was a rash from the dye in the frosting!

On Monday she went for her 1 year checkup. She weighs 20 pounds, 2 ounces and is 19.5 inches long! (remember she started at 6 lbs, 8oz, 20.5 in.) so she has progressed good! She is still on the small side of the spectrum tho! She is hitting all of her milestones appropriately and doing well! She had two shots and did good with them.

Also this week Aunt Sara took Olivia's 1 year pics. They turned out soo well! Sara is really getting good at it! Check them out at:

http://saramckeephotography.wordpress.com/2009/10/21/cant-stop-editing/

Olivias Birthday Part 1

Olivia had her 1st of two birthday parties today at Grandpa J and Meme's house. Loris family came over to celebrate Olivias birthday with her. She had so much fun being the center of attention! She looked adorable in her tutu with her wand and all. She got lots of cool things to play with. She got a ride on Giraffe toy, 2 new babydolls, 2 supercute outfits, blocks, and diapers! Her favorite part I think was the cake! She didnt waste anytime eating it! She stayed pretty clean for the most part too. She still needed a bath for sure, but i have seen a lot worse damage done! She loved digging in and tearing that cake apart!! YUM! She was so cute. I cant wait for her big party next weekend. There will be lots of friends and family to share this special day with us! I cant believe that it has already been a year since she was born. Where does all the time go??

Relay for Life and Pumpkin Patch

This past weekend was a really busy one for us! We went to Relay for Life on Saturday. It was really cold but Olivia still made it around a couple of times. Afterwards she went to Grandpa's and Mimi's while I went back. I ended up staying the night and everything. We had a lot of fun and raised a lot of money for a cause that is dear to us. We are looking forward to next year!



The following day we were invited to go to Kreeger Farms to the Pumpkin Patch. This was a LOT of fun!! There was a lot for the kids to do. The wagon ride out to the patch was rainy but it let up and we were able to get some good pics and good pumpkins. Olivia loved all of the pumpkins and was excited watching all of the kids. We will be making that a tradition of ours each fall!

In other happenings we are just busy, busy, busy. I have been working a lot as well as keeping up with school. Olivia is now a full time walker!! She is into EVERYTHING!! And loves to be independent. She has developed such a funny little personality and is soo much fun to be around. I have been busy planning the perfect birthday and am really excited for her party that is coming up! I cant believe it has already been a year!