Sunday, October 26, 2008

Happy 6 Months Olivia!

I can't believe my sweet baby Olivia is already 6 months old. We have had so much fun with her and I'm trying to figure out what happened to my "little" baby. She can now roll over, giggle, eat cereal and loves to play with toys (especially her exersaucer). I thought I'd share this sweet video of her laughing. Don't mind Addie in the video wanting equal time. She is a great big sister and loves Olivia but she still wants ALL of the attention. :)

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Our House In Erie

Several of my family and friends have asked me to post pictures of our house here in Erie. I have been really lazy about taking pictures because I'm not done decorating it - but my sister took some pictures while she was here so I thought I'd post those few.
Our front room with our new sectional that I love. People have a place to sit now when they come over. :)

Another view of our front room (and you can see into the "sun room")

I call this room the sun room because it has windows all around it and it's in the front of the house. We also have our computer desk on the other side against the wall.

The dining room. I love the table but we don't ever eat on it because I'm afraid it will get ruined. j/k But we can actually have people over to dinner now too. YEAH!

The kitchen

Kitchen nook for eating.

Our messy bedroom.

I'll post pictures of the girls rooms when they get decorated. They've only been painted for now. But this is our house that we love.

Monday, October 20, 2008

We Love Our Family

My mom and my sister Kristin came to visit us last week. We had so much fun checking out Erie, visiting Kirtland and going to Niagara Falls. We also ate WAY too much junk food and caught up on the latest movies. It was a blast. I was so glad that Kristin was able to sneak away from her five kids to come spend a few days with us (Thanks Haavard!). And as always, we had lots of fun with Grandma CoCo. Although Addie got some new squeaky shoes from Grandma and she wants to wear them everywhere. Thanks Grandma! :) Here are a few pictures from their trip.




Sunday, September 28, 2008

Don't Eat Dad!

We were eating dinner last night and I did something that I hate - I was picking food out of my teeth. Nick said to me "You'd eat me alive if I did that at the dinner table." I told him that I would eat him alive. Addie looked at me really concerned and said "Don't eat my dad, MOM! He's my favorite dad. I LOVE him." It was really funny. She didn't understand why I was laughing so hard at her. Oops I guess we'll have to watch what we say. She takes things a little too literally.

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

A Visit From Our Favorite Heather

Okay, so I hope I don't know any other Heather's who are going to send me hate mail but we did have a visit from our favorite Heather - just ask Addie. She told me the whole time we were driving to and from meeting Heather "Mom, Heather's my favorite!" And she is. We were so excited that she and Mike were so close to Erie and that she was willing to come and see us. So thanks Heather. It was so fun to see you. I'll still keep my fingers crossed that you might live close by us next year. We would love that!
And what's another post without a picture of Olivia and Addie. I bought this cute little outfit for Olivia when I was shopping with Heather. I think she looks so cute!
Last Saturday, Sister Beck came and spoke in Pittsburgh. I got to leave the girls with Nick and have a girls day out with some friends from the ward. Nick was so excited that he could stay home and that the University of Utah game was on TV. I came home to this picture and Addie now yelling Go Utes! I'm trying to train her back to Go Cougars! Thanks to Grandma CoCo, who didn't want to ruffle any feathers with Nick, she is fully stocked with Utah and BYU gear.

Sunday, September 14, 2008

Random Pictures

I thought I'd post some more random pictures of our girls. They are so much fun and keep us laughing all the time.

Olivia still has her big blue eyes. Maybe I might end up with a blue eyed girl. Her hair is also so much lighter than Addie's was at this age. She is getting so strong and can roll from her back to front now. How is she getting so big already?!

Okay, so another scary picture of Addie. What can I say - she's a girl and she likes to pose. She got a new outfit (which she'll tell you is from Old Navy if you ask her) and she wanted a picture specifically for her Aunt Kristin. Sorry - Aunt Kristin is the favorite right now since she's coming to see us.Olivia experienced her first bath with her big sister. I'm not sure if she'll ever be the same. Addie has a blast - Olivia wasn't sure what to think. At least she didn't cry.

Addie was so excited to wear her cheerleading outfit. Some of our friends had us over for the BYU football game. She looked so cute.

Okay, so this is Addie's new obsession lately. She has to bring down all of her stuffed animals and line them up on the couch and asks me to take a picture. It honestly happens a couple times a day.And then she'll grab whatever she can to make a "train" across the floor in the front room. If you look closely, you can see the phone, wipes and even Olivia's toys make up the train. It is the weirdest thing but it makes her happy.

Thursday, August 28, 2008

My Girls

Addie and Olivia have become so cute together. Olivia just lights up when Addie walks into the room. And Addie keeps us all entertained. Life is a party to her. It's all about having fun. I thought I'd post some pictures of both of them. Olivia is just getting too big too fast.

This is my sweet little Olivia just a few weeks ago.
This is Olivia just a few days ago. She is getting so chunky and so smiley. We just love her cute personality. We even get quite a few giggles from her already.Addie loves to sit and entertain Olivia. Olivia is already braving the bumbo chair. After a little while in it though her neck starts to get a little tired and she starts doing the roll on deodorant dance.
I tried to take pictures of the two of them wearing the same outfits (courtesy of Aunt Sheri) but decided it wasn't a good idea after Addie dropped Olivia on our front steps. Oops!
This couch is a much safer place to set them side by side. :)


Addie has become quite the fashion designer lately. Every day when I go in to get her from her nap/quiet time, I'm always curious to see what she's going to be wearing. I was a little nervous when I saw this the other day - it is the skirt to her Sleeping Beauty dress up but she had it hiked up with the sleeping beauty high heels. Am I in trouble or what?!