Uncle Pauly Comes To Visit!

Olivia got to meet her "Uncie Pauly" for the first time!  At first she was a little bit standoffish, but she soon became a huge fan of his!  I am so glad!!!

 

Uncle Pauly drew Olivia a palm tree and she said "Awwwww cute bunny"! 
It was so cute!  Uncle Pauly got a good laugh.



Aunt Andrea ("Auntie A") got a good laugh out of it too!

Uncle Pauly drawing more pictures while Olivia introduces him to her princess Ariel.

Uncle Pauly playing with Olivia!  It melted my heart....I almost started to cry, but I held it in.

Olivia being tickled by Uncle Pauly!

Love this picture eventhough Olivia isn't smiling!

 



Olivia turns 2!

I can't believe that our little princess is 2 now!  It is so crazy to think that these first 2 years went by so fast!  She needs to slow down.

Olivia's cake this year was AWESOME!  Her Uncle Brooke and Aunt DiDi got it for her.

Our BIRTHDAY GIRL!

Aunt DiDi, Olivia, Aunt Judy, and Lilly.  Olivia loves Lilly, but doesn't like when she wants to play with her toys.  Especially her new birthday gifts.  They gave each other a kiss goodbye though so all is well.

Olivia with her suitcase from Nana (Rob's Mom).  She loves her new suitcase.  She can't wait to use it one night when she goes to stay at Nana's.

Olivia LOVED her cake, but was VERY afraid of the candles.

Nana and Aunt DiDi had to help blow out the candles.

Christmas 2013!

We had a really nice Christmas this year.  It was so fun watching Olivia open all her gifts.

 

This is the first year that Olivia went with us to pick out the tree.  She ran around the tree shop and looked at all the trees.  She was even entertaining the man that was helping us. 

Olivia got her Christmas card from Grammie (Kendra's Mom) and she had to use the stickers that Grammie sent right away. 

She put them all over the card.  

 

Olivia LOVED the Christmas tree this year.  She loved it so much we had to keep moving ornaments up the tree because she was pulling all of them off to show us them.  Everytime we came home from being away she would tell us "ON" so we would turn the lights on.  This would happen UNTIL Olivia decided that it would be fun to start taking out the bulbs.  Then we had to stop turning it on.



It was nice this year to have Olivia's Great Great Aunt Florence with us.  Olivia had to pile her up with all her stuffed animals and then had to climb up to sit on Aunt Florence's lap too.

Olivia was spreading the love around and piled up Great Grandma with her animals and wubbies.  I love this picture because Great Grandma doesn't smile often so this is the BEST picture.  I will treasure it always.  Olivia loves her Great Grandma...she calls her "Ma" because that is what Rob's Mom calls her.  It is SO cute!

Olivia in her wagon that was her big gift this year from Mommy and Daddy.  She loves it.  She puts all her animals in it and pulls it around.

Genie Marie (Rob's Aunt and Uncle's dog) decided to go for a ride too!



Kendra's Work Christmas Party

My work had a Christmas party so Rob, Olivia, Nana (Rob's Mom), and I all went.  We had a really nice time.

 

First we went to see Santa.  Olivia was NOT impressed with Santa at all, but she went to Mrs. Claus.  My friend's daughter said that Santa must be on a diet and not eating cookies this year.  He was QUITE skinny for Santa, but he is a super nice guy.

 

Then we went to decorate a cookie.  Olivia thought it was hilarious that she had some on her nose.  She even let Gruff the goat have a bite of her cookie.



 

 

Then we made our way to the photo prop area.  We had fun dressing up in the props.  In the second picture I don't think Nana was too impressed with the elf hat I had her wear.  :0)



We had a really nice time and was glad that Nana was able to come with us.

 



Trip to Virginia

First, I want to apologize for not posting in awhile.  The holidays were crazy and then I misplaced my memory chip reader and I just found it so now I can post.

 

A few months back Olivia and I made a trip to Virginia to see my sister Neala, brother-in-law Dave, niece Aubrey, and nephew Alex.  We had an AMAZING time!  Olivia still to this day thinks that everyone's name is "Aubeeeee".  :0)

 

Olivia did really good on the plane rides to and from.  I can't complain.  She got a little fussy, but what child wouldn't.  Nobody seemed bothered by her so I was happy about that.  Sippy, snacks, lollipop, Curious George, and wubbie all helped too!

 

 

While we were down there Aubrey had a dance recital.  She did an AWESOME job.  Olivia got to go up on stage after it was over with.

 

 

Olivia LOVES the zoo so one day we went to the zoo and the kids got to ride the carousel. 

She didn't mind it at all.

 

For some reason, Olivia was not too happy with Uncle Dave, but this day we went into Toys R' Us and Olivia was sleeping so Uncle Dave got to carry her around.  She woke up and was happy as can be.

We had a FANTASTIC time and can't wait to go back!

My sister Neala has some great pictures on her blog too. 

Check them out here...

 

Trip to the Zoo

Aubrey's Ballet Recital

 

Our Honeymoon!

We had an absolutely WONDERFUL time on our honeymoon in Mackinaw City!

On the way to Mackinaw City we stopped at 

Forty Mile Point Lighthouse.  

It was a nice break from driving.

We stayed in a log cabin in Mackinaw City.  We definitely plan on returning to the cabin.  It was so nice and quaint.

Our first full day there we took a trip up to Tahquamenon Falls.  It was absolutely beautiful!

The next day we took a day trip to the Island.  The boat ride over was bumpy and the ride back was HORRIBLE!  Let's just say that I am glad that we had such a nice time on the island to make up for the not so fun ride back.

While there we took a carriage ride around the island.

On our return trip home we stopped at an Elk Reserve.  

The Elk were amazing!

I am so glad that we decided on Mackinaw for our honeymoon.

Our Little Pumpkin!

Olivia absolutely LOVES pumpkins!

She was a little spoiled and we got her three pumpkins this year!

She had to lay on the hammock one more time before we put it away for the winter!