Happy Mother's Day

We celebrated my second Mother's Day on Sunday and it was pretty uneventful. I had to work in the morning (yuck.) but we spent the afternoon at Aunt Shell's house. Olivia played with her cousins, particularly Grayson who is only 1 month older than she. She was really cute. I receive several Mother's Day cards, but the one I liked the most was the one that Olivia "made" for me at daycare. The ladies at daycare put together cards for the babies to give their moms and they made a footprint in the card -- I cried when I received it! I am such a sap. But the worst present I received was that night -- Olivia decided to poop in the bathtub! I about died. She gets the funniest expressions on her face when she is "preparing" and she had that expression about the time that I was draining the bathwater. Before I had a chance to figure out what to do, I discovered my "present" in the bathtub. Not my favorite part of being a mom.

Good News, Bad News

The good news is that our Derby pool won almost $30,000 in the Derby on Saturday. Of course, our cut isn't that large, but it will be helpful considering what else happened to us on Saturday. Yes, the bad news is that a toilet leaked on us, causing considerable dry wall damage to our ceiling and wall. Perfect timing considering we are trying to sell the house. Ironically, someone wanted to look at it on Saturday -- we told our realtor that it was NOT a good time.

Spaghetti Dinner

Tell me again why I ever thought that Olivia should have spaghetti like Mommy and Daddy? At least I was smart enough to strip her down to her birthday suit!

New Tricks

Olivia is full of new tricks everyday. Recently she has really started mocking us and she is SO cute. She loves to play "So Big!" and she especially loves to hug her bear. In addition to being able to say "mama" and "dada" she can also say "bear" and "baba" (for her bottle) very clearly. I have posted a picture of her practicing "So Big!" and hugging her favorite Care Bear. Enjoy!

More Birthday Pictures

Grammie, Grandpa, and Uncle Randy stopped by on Wednesday, April 30 -- Olivia's actual birthday. I took a lot of heat from everyone that day because I scheduled Olivia's shots for that morning. I know -- shots on her birthday are not a very nice present, but we had other medical reasons for going on Wednesday. I will spare everyone the gory details. Olivia is 30 inches long and weighs approximately 20 pounds. She handled her shots very well and was a happy baby that night, much to my relief. She had a lot of fun playing with Grammie, Grandpa, and Uncle Randy, as you can tell. She even had a visit from Papaw, who was also in town. The little girl was tired when we went to bed that night!

A New Blog

As you are aware, I am retiring Olivia's baby blog as of April 30, 2008 -- her birthday! After all, Olivia is no longer a baby but a toddler (sob!), so I thought it only fitting that I begin the new blog with pictures from her first birthday party. I really enjoyed everyone's comments on Olivia's baby blog and thought this would be an appropriate way to continue the tradition. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoy posting on it!

Happy Birthday Olivia!

A birthday princess!

I think she likes her cake!