A whole week with Grandmom!

Olivia had a real big treat this past week - she got to spend the WHOLE week with Grandmom! Our wonderful daycare ladies went off to Jamaica to visit with some family and go to a wedding so Grandmom came to help us out. (Thanks so much for the help, Susan!) It actually worked out pretty good because I was able to be home for some of the time due to having a light load at work and even got to go to the Marbles Kids Museum with them! (More about that in a minute)

First, let's show you guys some fun pictures from when Alan and Nana came up with Susan to *drop* her off for the week. (Really Alan just couldn't stand the idea of Susan getting to see Olivia for the whole week without him getting in on some of the Olivia lovin'!!) :)


Here's Nana playing "Horsey" with Olivia and she just loved it! Every time Nana would stop, Olivia would jump up and down on her knee to try to get her to go again . . .


Here's a video to show you guys what I'm talking about. It was so cute!

Here's Olivia with Granddad. I think she got his nose!


Here's a video of Granddad *boring a hole* into Olivia's tummy . . .

Ok, so as I mentioned earlier, I got to go to the Marbles Kids Museum with Susan and Olivia this past week and even though it is for kids a little older than her - she had a fun time checking everything out. I can't wait to go again when she gets just a little bit older and can do more on her own.


Here are some pictures of her in the part of the museum that has a miniature town with all sorts of fun stuff for kids to play dress up and pretend.

Check her out in her little red convertible!

Here's the little ballerina on stage for her dance debut!

Ok, so maybe the dress up was more for Mommy and Grandmom, but isn't she cute??

There was a little grocery area and she was playing make-believe that she was a cashier and checking out all the customers . . .

Look how cute she is at her first job!

Here's a little video of her at work:

Then she had to get a few groceries for the house when her shift ended! ha ha

Here she is playing with the trains in the little train section:

There was a water area with REALLY big water tables and she just had a blast splashing around in them. She was pretty upset when it was time to move on to something else.

Then we went to check out the outdoor garden and she got right to work. She grabbed a couple of trowels and headed off to do some gardening (Grandma Noreen would be so proud!)

And before we left, we had to check out the ball pit. There weren't very many balls in the little kid one (the bigger kid one was pretty big with tons of balls in it), but she still enjoyed it.

All in all we had a good time at the museum. It is pretty inexpensive to go and Olivia was pretty worn out by the time we were done. I think she'll REALLY enjoy it a lot more when she gets to be 2 or 3 and can understand a lot more of it, but it was fun to watch her explore and try everything out.

Here are some more cute pictures of Olivia hanging out with Grandmom. We managed to get another bow in her hair (only for a little while before she pulled it out - but long enough for a couple pictures!).

Thanks again for coming to help us out, Susan. I know you loved spending time with Olivia and we really appreciated you coming to hang out with her for the week.

On a side note - Olivia's eyes have looked pretty good today - but every time I think they are looking good, within the day or by the next day they look leaky again. So, although they looked good from the time I got home from work until bedtime - I hesitate on getting my hopes up that it has all cleared up - but my fingers are still crossed. We did get to go hang out with our friends Amy and Addison tonight for dinner (and Daniel too!) and Amy did say a prayer for her eyes tonight, so between that and everyone else's thoughts and prayers, maybe we will get our own little miracle after all!

Anyway, that's all for now - but I will be posting again shortly (getting a little backed up on my blogging - sorry about that!) I'll talk to you all again soon and keep you posted on how her eyes are doing.