Happy Thanksgiving!

This Thanksgiving we were able to spend some time with my dad's side of the family who we usually don't get to see very much. We ate lunch with them and then headed to the Millington's for dinner. We were Very full after a long day of eating but truly enjoyed every minute of getting to spend precious time with both of our families! Olivia got about a 20 minute nap all day but surprisingly she was in a great mood. I guess when you are the center of attention all day long, that helps. :) Now on to the Christmas festivities!! Sorry for not having any pictures, I am really getting worse at remembering to take my camera everywhere. This is the only picture that I took. It is JR on Thanksgiving morning hooking up his treasured Play Station 3 that we borrowed from his brother. He is drilling in the wall so that we could run some wires!! Ended up doing a great job!! ( He is going to kill me when he sees that I posted this) :)

Big 16 months old!!

I say this because I think that Olivia really does feel like she is a Big girl!! She wants to do everything that we do and will not have it any other way!! Her personality has definitly blossomed in the last few months. With that has come many tantrums and testing of our limits. (Ex. as I am typing this blog, she is looking at me as she is toughing the Christmas tree to see what I will do. Oh the joys of a 1 year old) I will have to say though, that when she is in a happy mood, I absolutely love this age!! She can be so sweet and soo loving. She is a big kiss giver and kiss blower! She will blow a kiss to anyone that she sees :) I love it when she runs to me to give her a hug and likes to play with her toys with me, and roll around on the floor and play chase with daddy. It really is such a sweet age.

As of right now, she can say several words like, Momie(mom), dada, momo (elmo), shush (shoes), tree, no, eat, choo choo (train), duck, and a few others that I just can't think of right now. She can repeat many different words when we say them to her but she doesn't repeat them yet over and over. She can point to her nose, ears, sticks out her tongue on que, feet, shoes, hair, hairbow, teeth, and belly button. :) She is doing please, more, and all done in sign language. Her favorite way to eat any kind of food is by dipping it in anything and loves to have her own big girl cup with a straw, which usually ends up making for a really big mess! She loves wearing her sunglasses all day long, loves to put on her Elmo slippers, and could be outside all day long.

War Eagle!!

Our favorite Elmo slippers! (and of course my cell phone)

She loves to help me vacuum the carpet. She likes to hold it all by herself. On a side note, the paci is our newest toy. She stopped taking one when she was about 3 months old but a few weeks ago she found them in her old diaper bag. She loves to walk around the house with it and loves it in the car. She still uses her lovey to go to sleep though. I would take it away but she just looks so cute :) and I figure that she will probably want one again in a few months when Anna Kayt gets here :)

20 weeks!

Well, after our second ultrasound, we have determined that it is definitely a girl!! Everything looked great with Anna Kaytlin and we couldn't be more excited! We got to see all of the little organs and even a sneak peak at her in 4d!! She kept those hands up by her face so there wasn't much to see but arms. The ultrasound tech said.. 'look at how long and skinny this baby is'. You know when they are amazed by something, it must be a big deal :) Looks like we are going to have another tall child, like Olivia :) Just by looking at the ultrasound pics, she really does look soooo long!! We will just have to wait until April to see. We are just now starting to think about getting ready to have two kids.... it sounds weird to even say it. It is almost time to start decorating and setting up Livi's big girl room in preparation for Anna Kayt to be in the nursery. :) Everything has been going great with the pregnancy so far....minus the fact that you show a lot earlier with the second :( Anyways, here are some pics of our new little girl!!!

Shutterfly Christmas Cards

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Happy Halloween!!

Sunday night we headed out to FBCT trunk or treat. This year Olivia went as a bumble bee and if I dont' say so myself, she looked pretty cute all dressed up :) I did have a great idea (well, I stole it from a friend) that Livi would be a bumble bee, I would be the queen bee, and JR would be the bee keeper. :) Somehow I never got mine and JR's outfits together so maybe we can try again next year! We can just have 2 bumble bees then. Here is Livi all dressed up and ready to eat lots of candy (or as you can see, all she wants are the suckers)

Olivia and Wisa headed to trunk or treat

Livi and Uncle Will

Trick or Treating

Sweet Cousins

Taking a walk with Grumps

A few of Olivia's Best Buddies

Here is her collections of candy, and notice that the only thing she goes for is the sucker! A dentists worst nightmare...haha

Happy Halloween!!! We are now getting ready to gear up for Thanksgiving and Christmas. The Christmas decorations may be making an appearance this year a little before Thanksgiving :) I just can't wait :)

Engagement Party

This past Friday we went to big town of Guin :) for Heather's engagement party. We had so much fun and really enjoyed getting to see everyone that we hadn't seen in a while. The party turned out great with LOTS of food and a fun 'How well do you know each other' game that Heather and Payton played. So glad that we got to share this special time with them!!

A new family picture with Payton

A few of the Bridesmaids. Yes, that is right, this is only a few of them. I think there are 18 or 19 of us total!! :)