Jumping and Big Shoes

Hello again! Ok, so I managed to upload my pictures/videos for you guys.

Here is a picture from when Grant took Olivia to surprise Grandmom for her birthday a couple weekends ago:

Look at all the hair she is getting! And it has some cute waves in it - definitely not from me!


Last night I found Olivia clomping around in my shoes! She has gotten quite a shoe fetish lately and she was so funny trying to maneuver around in my shoes. Here's a picture and a video of her:

This last video is from about a week ago when she first figured out how to jump and get lift off! She was jumping around all night!

No More Eye Tubes!

I have some big news about Olivia's eyes - we had her latest follow-up from her last eye surgery and we decided that the tubes should come out. My thoughts were, if they haven't healed in over 6 months, they probably won't. And I'd rather us find out now if the surgery didn't work (or that the ducts are going to close back up) and get it fixed again before the summertime so that she doesn't have to endure another miserable summer again! She couldn't hardly handle being outside last summer and we don't want to do that to her again - especially with her being so much more active now.

Olivia did pretty well when the doctor pulled the tubes out (with tweezers . . . in the office . . . while I was holding her . . . arg!). The tubes were longer than I had thought they were - about 2 inches! eek! Anyway, since then, she seems to be doing pretty well with her eyes. Still a little leaky at times, but mostly pretty good. We even went out a bunch this past weekend and the sun didn't bother her! Yeah! Another sign that the ducts are open is that she is now the snotty nosed kid that we never had! So, her tears must be running down into her nose like they are supposed to! Who ever thought we'd be happy to see a snotty nose! lol

Aside from that, Olivia has learned how to jump - and actually get off the ground. She figured it out at the little gym last Tuesday and has been jumping around like a crazy person ever since. We have some videos of her, but I forgot my camera cable to upload them - so I'll post the pics/videos later on. We've been going to the little gym twice a week lately - there's another class for her age on Tuesday nights, in addition to the Saturday morning class - and they've let us go to a second class for free this semester! She loves it!

I also signed her up for swim classes again this spring. Her little friends, Masyn and Logan have also signed up for the same class - so they'll be together again! It starts in April. I'll be sure to post pictures when we start the class again!

Aside from all of that, we have still been pretty busy. Grant and his business partner have hired some folks to help them out at the clinic and are looking to even hire some more. They have gotten pretty busy up there and are doing REALLY well, considering they have only been open almost a year. They are actually having an open house to celebrate the 1-year mark next Thursday, the 18th from 12-2pm. We would love to see some of our friends out there if you can make it. They are located in Wake Forest behind the new Shucker's restaurant. Olivia and I will be there, too!

It seems like babies are everywhere right now! I have so many friends that are preggars right now - Becca, Angela, Harmony (with twins!), Diane . . . Who's next??? Wow! How exciting! Even Olivia has been really into babies lately. They have some babies at her daycare now and ever since little Madison started coming there, Olivia would come home and play with her two baby-dolls. She burps them, feeds them (her milk!), and tucks them in with a blanket while telling them "night night." The baby dolls have also made appearances at restaurants with us and elsewhere as she won't leave the house without one of them sometimes. It is very funny!

Hopefully this coming weekend will be as nice as last weekend. We took Olivia to the park both Saturday and Sunday. (She LOVES the swings!) We also went for a walk Monday evening after I picked her up from daycare. I'm not sure what we are doing tonight - but if it's still nice out, we'll probably be out walking again!

Well, that's about all for now. I hope you all are doing well and I'll try to get my pics/videos uploaded soon to show you guys. Take care!

Playdates, Superbowl and Escaping

Hello everyone and Happy March! I have been VERY swamped at work lately - so I apologize for the delay in my blogging. Anyway, Here are some pics and stuff that has been going on around our place.

We had a fun play date with Masyn and Logan (friends from last year's swim class). Here are the girls - it took quite an effort to get them all together and this is the best we could get. They had a good time together and it is always nice to hang out with them and their mommies!

Olivia, Logan, & Masyn

We also had a small superbowl party/get-together at our house (on our new LCD TV that we got for each other for Christmas!). We had about 12 adults, Olivia, Gracie and our neighbor's daughter over. It was a nice group and we had a good time together.

The girls had a great time hanging out together too! Here's Olivia in her stylish little outfit and boots!

Whenever there is a box around, it either has a kid or a cat in it. In this case, it had TWO kids in it!

Olivia's cousin, Drew had his 2nd birthday party on Valentine's Day weekend and we drove out there for a day trip. Olivia and Drew had a fun time hanging out with the other kids.

Olivia LOVED the cake, too!

Here are the two little hams! You can definitely tell they are related!

Then, after the other kids left, they started racing around with Drew's two toy lawn-mowers. They were VERY loud, but had a ton of fun! (Needless to say, Olivia was passed out in the car before we left the neighborhood!)

Then, back on the home front, we had a fun time helping Olivia make a fort around her little table. She thought it was hilarious! We have a couple videos of her cracking up, but they came out too dark to really see. So, pictures will have to do:

Olivia has been teething really bad lately. She is getting all 4 of her eye teeth in and having a hard time with it. She's been running a fever off and on and having some tummy problems and won't eat much. Hopefully they will finish coming in soon so she can go back to normal!

She has also figured out how to climb out of her crib! The little stinker climbed out of it last week and I found her wondering around her room in the morning. SO . .. we decided to try her in the toddler bed (her crib converts). We had our first night in the toddler bed on Friday night . . . and let's just say that by about an hour after her normal nap time (which didn't go so well!) on Saturday, it was back to a crib again! Yep, she's not quite ready for it yet and was almost scared to lay down in it. And WE'RE not ready to deal with all that yet! So hopefully she won't climb out of her crib too much - we're just afraid she'll fall and hurt herself. However, she did it again this morning!

Yesterday (Sunday), Grant decided to take Olivia for a day trip out to see his family as a surprise birthday present for his mom. He said she did really well and everyone was excited to see them! I had my craft girls over and we had a good time scrapbooking and hanging out!

That's about all for now. I hope everyone is doing well and keep in touch!