Growing up way to fast!!

It has been way too long since I have blogged about little Miss Olivia!! I am not even sure where to being. She is 19 months old and has turned into her own little person. She is very loving (always wants to hug her friends), very dramatic (will burst into tears even if she just trips and doesn't fall down), and sometimes tends to be very short tempered as well. I think that she has a little bit of the firey red headedness in her. Uh oh :) She is my little best friend and I just can't believe that I am about to have to of these little ones! But more on that later!

Her favorite toy still seems to be Elmo.....

(Elmo with a grape shoved in his mouth..... this is how I found Elmo when I walked back into the den one day)

She loves her baby dolls and always wants to make pallets for them on the floor for them to go night night. She likes to feed them her bottle and any snack that she is eating. Hints, the picture of Elmo. :) She is still my tall skinny girl. She is off the charts for height (people always ask me if she is about 2 1/2. years old.) I think she weighs about 23 lbs, so we have some catching up to do in that department. Olivia loves to eat, but only what she wants to eat. She loves raisins, ketchup, Chick fil a, chips, carrots, vegetable soup, COOKIES, suck suck (suckers), oatmeal, Life cereal, peanut butter, oranges, grapes, and pretty much anything else that has some kind of sweet flavor. :) We will have to work on this later, especially since daddy is a dentist....haha.

She is saying many many many things, most of which I can't figure out. :) She says everything from Elmo, Daddy, Mommy, Sissy (anna kayt), happy, NO, jewry (jewelry), cheese (camera), chardey (dog), baby, peez (please), shuck (stuck), uh oh, tutu (thank you) etc....... She has just started to put two words together at a time. She loves to put on chapstick, pretend to blow her nose, wink (but with two eyes), pretend to floss her teeth with dental floss, throw anything away, color on anything (including books, the couch, and her new mattress...uhhh), flush the toilet, play in my jewelry box, and dance. I have to say that most of these new talents are compliments of my mom :) She loves to teach her new things! It is fun coming home from work and seeing what Livi's new skills are :)

Sorry that I don't have many new pics of Olivia but here are a few pics of Olivia and her new friend Riley :)

So sweet! They loved to give lots of hugs and kisses :)

haha

Attempting to share a book :)

One of my favorite Christmas presents!

My new blog book!!! I am so happy with how it turned out and so glad that I did it. It was so easy and such a great way to keep up with all of the different things that happend over the past year. Hopefully, if I can keep up with blogging (I haven't been to great about it here lately) then I plan on making one each year, kind of like a little scrap book for Olivia and Anna Kayt. :) Hopefully, with two little ones running around I will still be able to find the time :)

The Millington's Big Adventure!

Last week JR and I headed out to Glendale, AZ for the big AU National Championship game! We had so much fun and enjoyed every minute of it! We started our trip out by going to the All In party right by the stadium the night before the game.

The next morning we headed to the stadium ready to watch the tigers play :)

However, we did not have tickets :( This is me waiting to buy tickets where all of the scalpers were. The tickets started out at about 2,500 a piece!!!!

And this is me still waiting!! Please notice that it is dark outside now

Here are out sad faces that tickets never went below about 1,900.00 a piece!! So luckily for us, we met up with some fun friends and watched the game on the jumbo tron outside the stadium. We watched it with about 10,000 other people. It was amazing to me how many people had come out to Glendale to support the tigers.

When Auburn won! 22-19 War Eagle!

We were supposed to be heading home on Tuesday and I was ready to see our little girl. But apparently that was not going to happen with the big snow storm in Atlanta. Our flights got canceled from Las Vegas to Atl. and the soonest they could fly us home was on Thurs. We decided to make lemonade out of lemons and got to spend and extra day and half walking around Las Vegas. Neither of us had ever been to Las Vegas before so we really enjoyed getting to see all the huge hotels and eating at the amazing restaurants. I have never seen such beautiful hotels with so much details. We were able to visit most of the hotels on the strip, see the fountain show at the Bellagio, do a little gambling at the slot machines (a whole $8 dollars ..haha), see a Cirque Du Soleil, and eat at several delicious restaurants. We really enjoyed this trip and it was a great opportunity for us to spend some quality time together before our second little one arrives. :)

One of my favorite hotels was the Venetian. It truly feels like you are outside when you are walking through it. It had nice shops, restaurants, and even a gondola ride through the hotel.

Funny pic.....This guy was stealing money out of the fountain (fully dressed, shoes and all) and when we saw him he busted a sprint out of there!! You have to really want to spend some money at the slot machines to get in freezing cold water for a few quarters!!

Even saw a few celebrities! This is Vienna from the Bachelor. Also saw Ann Curry at the AU, Charles Barkley, and some pro football player that I don't know his name?? JR pointed him out :)

Bellagio Hotel

Yummy

War Eagle!!

Merry Christmas from the Lide Family

Merry Christmas

Santa Clause came and left Olivia a few toys for Christmas this year!

She is starting to love sitting in her anywhere chair. This is by far, one of my favorite gifts that Ho Ho brought her.

Merry Christmas!

Christmas morning, we had both of our parents come over for a big Christmas breakfast. They got to spend a little time with Olivia and watch her play with a few of her toys. She even attempted to ride her new power wheels in the den. I think she will get the hang of this when it gets a little bit warmer outside. It was so nice to start our Christmas mornings off with both sets of parents! :) Those are the times that I realize how truly blessed we are with family.

After breakfast, showers, and getting ready, we headed to my parents house so that we could open presents with them. Olivia got a new table and chairs and a tea party set to go with it. She enjoyed having everyone sit around the table with her and drink tea and eat desserts! :)

There is nothing like a tea party with Daddy!

I love love love this picture!

One happy girl!

We then headed to my Aunt's house for our big family get together. We had a huge lunch, took a family picture (about 28 of us) in the snow, and then wrapped the day up with a little dirty santa game. Livi enjoyed getting to open her presents and when she was done, she kept signing 'more' and saying 'mo'. She was so excited to see lots of elmo presents and purses!!

My cousin Stephanie and I. I am 24 weeks and she is 35. Not much longer for her. :)

After this, we headed to the Millington's house to open presents with them. Olivia's cousin Kaley helped her open a few of her gifts. :)

Elmo DVD!!!!

She was pretty tired by the time we got to the Millingtons, so a big bowl full of mix helped us get through some of the present opening.

Our first ever snow on Christmas morning. The snow really made for such a beautiful Christmas and really helped me to remember and reflect on the true meaning of Christmas. Praise our Lord Jesus Christ for coming to this earth to save us. Happy Birthday Jesus!! One of my favorite Christmas songs is 'Winter Snow' and it was soo fitting for yesterday. Merry Christmas from our family to yours!

Not a Friend of Ho Ho's

This past Thursday we decided to finally go and get Olivia's picture taken with Ho Ho. We had just come from the pediatrics office and discovered that she had her very first ear infection so we knew that she probably wouldn't be in the best mood. Poor little girl! Here is her reaction to Santa.....

I don't think so!!!!

If no one is coming to get me, then I am going to get down myself!!

Other than Santa, she surprisingly had a good time. She loved looking at all the fish and looking around the store and we all had a great lunch at their too cute little pioneer cafe. All in all, we got a classic santa picture and had a fun little family outing!

A Day at the Park in December

Last week it was actually warm enough for us to go to the park! It was in the low 60's so we didn't even have to bundle up all that much! It was a beautiful day and I think that Olivia just enjoyed being able to get out of the house. The first thing she saw was the swing and went running to it. It was her long lost friend :)

Snack Time :)