Happy Birthday Olivia

My baby is 1. How does this happen? She has been so much fun that the time has flown by like crazy. I have enjoyed every second of my little Olivia. She is such a great baby who is fun with a little fiesty-ness. She's my kind of girl. And I love her beautiful blue eyes. My girls couldn't look more different from each other. I'll have to do another posts of all of her firsts throughout this last year. But I wanted to get a few pictures up. We had a fun party for Olivia yesterday - BBQ, cake and ice cream, a pinata, and 80 degree weather. Does it get any better than this? I don't think so.

A little Oedipus Complex, Anyone?

Okay, so I've mopped myself into a corner and thought that I'd get this story down on the blog so I have it for later. I always think I will remember things and I never do. So Addie is a major daddy's girl (major understatement). This was the conversation that we had the other day.

Addie: Mom, my baby Olivia (her doll) can say mama and dada. Isn't that so good?!
Me: That's great. Who's her mama?
Addie: Well, me.
Me: (now curious): Who's her dada?
Addie: Dad. (sounding as though I should know.) Do you know who her sister is?
Me: No. Who?
Addie: Olivia.
Me: Well then who am I?
Addie: (saying this while laughing and almost falling off of the chair) The Dog.

Hmm. . . should I be a little worried? She cracks me up lately.

Addie (4 weeks old)

Happy Easter!

We had a great Easter! We had a fun easter egg hunt over at Tessa's house (thanks Laura), colored easter eggs, had yummy food and went to our neighbors for dessert. We miss family but love that we have such good friends close by. We also are loving that the weather is warming up a little bit. We're taking every advantage to get outside. The sad thing is that warm to me in Erie is cold and wouldn't leave the house weather in North Carolina. Things definitely have changed. :) But we love where we live and wanted to share a few pictures.

Pittsburgh Zoo and Aquarium

I know, I know. I am terrible at this whole blog thing. I haven't posted in forever and have several requests for some updates. So here we go. Nick had a couple of days off and while we love our Erie zoo we decided to head down to Pittsburgh on Friday and try out their zoo and aquarium. We had so much fun! So here are a few pictures that we took while we were there. The best part of the trip though was stopping for mexican food at On the Border in Cranberry. We should have taken some pictures there since I was in HEAVEN! I think I gained 10 pounds from that one meal. It was a great trip.

Grosgrain: Blushing Buttercream Pettiskirt GIVEAWAY!!!!

How cute is this skirt?!

Grosgrain: Blushing Buttercream Pettiskirt GIVEAWAY!!!!

Jesus Wants Me For a Sunbeam. . .

I can't believe it. My little girl is officially a sunbeam. And she couldn't be happier about it. She loves every second of Primary. She tells me every Sunday what she learns in both classes (sharing time and class time) and she loves singing time. I love hearing the new songs that she learns each week. I guess I'm the only one who thinks she's too little to be in Primary. She can't wait to get bigger and I just want to keep her small.

Christmas 2008

Okay, it's time to finally get it together and get caught up with at least our Christmas trip. I'm too cold freezing in Erie to accomplish anything else. :) We spent Christmas this year in Utah with our families. It was so much fun. 4 of my 5 siblings were all in town (which is a near miracle to get us all together at the same time since 4 of us live out of state). We spent Christmas Eve with my family and had our traditional meal and program. And we spent Christmas Day with Nick's family and had their traditional brunch. Time flew by way too fast and we just had too much fun with everyone there. Addie was in heaven and so were we. Thanks mom and dad and Shauna and Randy for everything. We miss living by family.

Santa came to visit my mom's street this year. It was magical. There was so much snow and they pulled him on a sled (trailer) behind a truck. We were so happy he had time to stop by. Here's a little bit of the excitement. Oh, and for those of you who don't know, my brother in-law Greg for some weird reason started calling me Dina a few years ago. I'm not sure how it started but that's what he and his kids call me. :)