So cute..

Happy Valentine's Day

Hey! Happy Valentine's Day!!!

Sisterly love....

They are unstoppable!

My brother-in-law created this photo.

I think it's hilarious!

Baby love

Welcome to the world, Emma Grace.

January 24, 2007

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday to you!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!

Bye, bye pacifiers!

We finally did it -- we managed to get Olivia to give up her pacifier (or, as she
calls it, her "mimi").

I was tired of listening to her say "Mommy, I need my mimi"....and so, on Friday night, we told her that we needed her to put them all in a box and wrap them up for baby Emma.

She was all for it. We found a pretty gold box, filled it will all her mimis and wrapped it up in Disney Princess wrapping paper...and put it under the Xmas tree for baby Emma. Then we told her that when Emma is born she can bring the present to the hospital.

It seems to have worked. She went to bed Friday night without asking for the mimi. And since then she's only asked for it twice -- much less of a fight than Kevin and I thought it would be.

Now, we must work on potty training. I would LOVE to have that somewhat mastered by the time Emma arrives -- it would be nice to only have 1 kid in diapers. :)

Happy Halloween!

Off to trick-or-treat with Daddy!

By the end of the night,

Olivia's bucket was filled to

the top with candy!

Olivia dressed up as

Sleeping Beauty.

And what a beauty she was!

A visit to the pumpkin patch

Looking for the right pumpkin!

A day at the salon

Olivia had her bangs trimmed today...but one would have thought she was going in for a full day of salon services. She is such a girly-girl...I love it!

She had to show off her very blue tongue, having just enjoyed a blue raspberry Dum-Dum sucker.

I just love the shot of her looking in the mirror. What a girl.

Fall!

Olivia loves the falling leaves!

Tickle me elmo....or not

Olivia has decided on yet another potential name for baby.

Elmo.

Yep, that's right. She wants to name her new baby sister after the very cute Sesame Street character. We aren't sure why.

First it was 'Rella (short for Cinderella). Now it's Elmo.

I don't think either of those names are on the short list.

Olivia checks out the ultrasound photos

Olivia wanted to see photos of her baby sister...so we gave her the ultrasound photos. We aren't sure if she knew what she was looking at - she has a rather puzzled look on her face.

"Um, mama...what exactly is this?"

The Wiggles!

We took Olivia to see The Wiggles live in concert. She had a great time. Here are a few pics.

Pretty as a princess, part 2

All dressed up and ready to go...with flower in hand. Olivia is growing up SO fast!!!!

Olivia's first E.R. visit

Olivia made her first trip to the E.R. this morning. She is proudly displaying her injury in the photo.

Here's the scoop: She was brushing her teeth (and hates to be helped) and slipped off her step stool and BAM! -- hit her chin on the countertop and her top teeth went into her bottom lip. Instant hole in the lip.

The ever-so-unhelpful ped's office said "if she needs stiches, we don't do that here, so you might as well take her to the emergency room."

And so, we did. Olivia thought her admittance "bracelet" was rather cool...for a short time. And she freaked out when the doctor came in. But we came out of it OK - no stitches required and only 5 days on amoxocillin.

Pretty as a princess

Look at me!

I'm in my new dress, ready for church!

Bath time paparazzi

Hey lady! I said NO photographs during

bath time! Geez, can't a girl get a break?

Potty time with Olivia

No, this isn't about potty training...we haven't yet ventured down that road.

However, Olivia's fascination with the toilet continues....

Yesterday morning we put her down for an early nap and went outside to do yardwork. We thought (incorrectly) that she was sleeping.

When we finished the mulching and went upstairs we discovered what our little darling had really been doing. Playing in the toilet. The bowl was filled with toilet paper and the walls were dripping wet. And Olivia was very impressed with her work.

I caught her in the act today. I thought I heard her get out of her bed, but when I came upstairs her door was shut. Ok, I thought, I'm hearing things. And then I walked into the master bathroom just as my little darling was walking out...with wet hands and a guilty smile. Real cute.

Very tricky, this one. She shuts her door to make me think she's still in there....and all the while, she's in my bathroom.

Yeah, laugh all you want. My mom thinks it's hilarious.

We're buying locks for the toilets ASAP.