15 Minutes of Olive's Day

This is a typical morning for Olive. She can go from admiring the dogs in the backyard to reading her favorite books to playing with (or torturing?) her favorite "cow" in just a matter of minutes.

P.S.- It really isn't cold in our house--Olive just insists on wearing her hat while she is playing.

Animal Sounds with Olive

Olive has been jabbering quite a bit lately and once in awhile an intelligible word or sound comes out.

P.S. Happy Birthday Grandma Thayer

Winter Sickness

Things have been busy around our house lately, including a sick little girl. Olive is feeling a lot better...and getting much busier. She is practically running around the house. She is very curious and loves to be in the middle of the action. Here are a few pics of the last week or so...

No Time Like Snow Time

We have been hit by Mr. Winter again (and again) this week! It has meant a lot of wet clothes and shoveling. It is hard to tell from the pictures but we have over 2 feet of snow in the yard and snowdrifts or piles that reach over 5 feet. It is all really pretty but there is a lot of it! The word on the street is that another storm is headed in this weekend...More snow!

Walkin'

Olive has been taking steps for about 6 weeks now, a couple here a couple there. In the last week or so she has actually been walking. It has been so much fun to watch her tentative little footsteps, she'll be running before long.

Hair is There

In all of the pictures we have of Olive, she looks bald. She does have hair and we can prove it when she takes a bath. Personally I think the Mohawk look suits her.

Grandma Visit!

Grandma Thayer is here for a visit! She brought Olive a sock monkey which you can see is her new little friend. He even got to eat lunch with Olive one day. Other than that we have been playing, taking baths, walking and just enjoying having Grandma around.

WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?

Sorry it has been soooo long since we have posted! Our computer is in the shop and we finally got a loner to use for a few days. As you can see, our lack of connectivity has not affected Olive in the least. We are going to try to get some things posted while we can.

Olive's Grandma Thayer is visiting so there will be lots of pics to share!

Catching up...

Playing catch up...Just thought we would post some random pictures from the past few weeks. We have been busy playing with Olive's Christmas and Birthday gifts and taking advantage of walking amongst (and shoveling) the mounds of snow that surround us.

Christmas in January

Sorry, we are a bit late on our Christmas photos due to an illness that claimed the whole house after the Holiday.

Santa made an appearance on Christmas Eve and Olive had quite a time opening presents on Christmas Day. She even took a nap midway through the presents. We had a wonderful Christmas despite the almost comical way the stomach virus took us all down one by one. For many reasons (almost all of them good), it's a Christmas we won't soon forget.