Sunday, March 23, 2008

Happy Easter!!!

Thank you, Grandma!
As usual, it has been a very busy few weeks for the OG. She was very excited to have Grandma Auriol in town to play with her for a whole week! Unfortunately, Grandma and the OG took turns being sick...but, thankfully everyone is better now.

The OG took advantage of every minute of the visit...she quickly learned that as soon as she let out any sort of "squeak" Grandma would immediately go to pick her up (whereas, we usually ignore her). Ever since Grandma returned to Las Vegas, the OG has had to re-learn that the world doesn't revolve around her! (In Grandma's defense, though, it IS hard to resist that smile...)



Aunties Cori and Tamra are NOT much better at resisting the OG's charms. Auntie Cori is just as bad as Grandma (she and Uncle Trav bought OG an adorable, yellow spring dress...to celebrate her first steps)...

...and Auntie Tamra has learned to space out her visits so that she doesn't over-spoil the OG, too much!

Charmed
The OG spent St. Paddy's Day a little under the weather...but that certainly didn't stop her from donning her
festive, green shirt!

Lately, the OG has taken to putting both her hands up on her head. We can't decide whether she is practicing getting arrested or posing as a swimsuit model...and, we're not quite sure which one we'd prefer...

Like Father, Like Daughter
Uncle Huey met us out for lunch...and we discovered that the OG LOVES her sweet potato fries! If we had let her, she probably would have eaten the entire skillet of fries! Yipes!

Little Bunny Foo-Foo
Olivia missed Easter by just a few weeks last year...so, she wanted to be sure to make the most out of it this year.

We had a lot of fun coloring Easter eggs. The OG took extra time to decorate eggs to look like Uncle Huey, Uncle Travis and Daddy (in the picture, from left to right). She picked out the colors, the eyes and the smiles. I'm not sure what her logic was, but I don't think she was too far off...do you?

The Easter Bunny must have thought that the OG was a very good girl because she received quite an Easter basket! She received all sorts of art supplies and paper, some new books and bubbles, a set of flashcards that teach French...but, her two favorite presents were...


her toothbrush...

...and her stuffed globe with velcro "children of the
world."


HAPPY EASTER TO ALL!!








Wednesday, March 5, 2008

Game Changed


Well...it's been done. the OG has officially walked it out. That's right...the baby girl started walking this week. On Monday, when I went to Ah-ma's to pick the OG up...my mom told me to sit on the floor in the kitchen. The OG was holding onto a stool about 3 feet away. All of the sudden, the OG walked all the way to me and fell into my arms! She was so proud of herself - she screamed in joy and clapped her hands. Oh baby girl!!!

Unfortunately, we don't have video of her "walks" yet...but, once we do, I will figure out how to post the video - don't worry!

Meanwhile, hopefully these pictures from the past few days will satiate you -

Waving bye-bye


In her spare time, the OG LOVES climbing stairs...
...and playing with bubbles......and rockin' it.

one thing that the OG does NOT enjoy is dogs
baby girl is TERRIFIED of them!

kisses to everyone!