Here are a few videos of Olivia that I've taken over the past couple of weeks.

Olivia dancing to the music coming from the icecream truck.

Olivia trying to drink from the hose.

Olivia's First Boat Ride

Olivia and I drove to the beach with Cassie to visit Ashleigh and Leslie at thier beach house in Orange Beach. Leslie's husband, Jimmy, was kind enough to take us out on the boat. Olivia had a great time, especially when the boat went faster. She looked so cute in her lifejacket!

Micaiah's Third Birthday

My friend and coworker, Amy, was kind enough to take Olivia to a birthday party while I was at work so Peter could et some things done outside. I hear Olivia had a great time playing with the big girls. Peter did a great job getting her ready. He dressed her in what I put out, sent the birthday gift I had ready, strapped her car seat in Amy's car and even remembered to send the diaper bag I had packed. The only thing that was unplanned was... Peter putting Olivia's dress on backwards. The pictures are pretty funny. Thanks again Amy for taking her!

Note the backwards dress.

Thank you Amy for turning her dress around!

Landscaping By Andrew

In the spirit of increasing the value of our home, my borther, Andrew, was gracious enough to help me landscape the front yard. He put in three flower beds and edging stones. We have plans of putting sod down to cover spots where we had trees removed in May 2006. I placed some stake lights down to accent his hard work and I think it looks great.

I got the topiaries for Mother's Day.

Home Improvements

So, now that we had been in the house almost three years, we have decided to make some improvements. The first project I have decided to undertake is the kitchen. The kitchen has a linoleum floor and wallpaper and border above a chair rail and wallpaper below the chair rail. I removed the wallpaper and border only to find a second layer of the same thing. DEPRESSING!I've removed about 3/4 of the second layer and have been putting off the rest but I plan to get back in there soon. In removing the second layer, I found out the hard way that the walls weren't prepared and therefore some of the wall has come with the wall paper in spots. I also found a segment of water damaged sheetrock behind the fridge that has to be replaced. So there will be lots of patching and sanding before the painting can begin. I hope to be able to put down tile and replace the countertops and sink. I'll keep you updated on the progresss...

The first layer - removed already.

The second layer. I HATE wallpaper.

Olivia Day to Day

Here are some pictures of Olivia in her day to day activities.

These didn't really fit under any other category.

This is our redneck set up in the front yard to keep her from getting burmed.

Olivia playing with Ella.

Drinking her big girl drink Ella brought over.
Trying to watch TV through the window.

This is one of my favorites. I had some laundry on the couch and she found 2 of my bathing suits and put them. She was very proud of herself.
Sporting her new Speedo.
Trying to drink from the hose.

Brianna's Birthday Party

Here are the pictures from Brianna's 3rd birthday party at the Eastern Shore Center fountain.

Hugging daddy!

Daphne City Park

We went to Daphne's Park with Amy, Ella & Morgan.

All three girls swinging.Olivia checking out the artwork on the fence.

Olivia on a dinosaur with Morgan.

Thinks she's such a big girl!

Michigan or Bust!

Here are the pictures from our road trip to Michigan.

Olivia's first night in a hotel.

One week to late to see the race.

Home of the Bengals!

Touchdown Jesus!

The mosque outside of Ann Arbor.

The bears outside of Cabela's.

Checking out "Dumbo" in Cabela's.

Riding a moose in Cabela's.

Outside Zingerman's on our first night in Ann Arbor.

Outside the Big House.

The geese at Andrew and Kate's apartment complex.

Eatting mac n cheese at IKEA.

Kate, J.D.

Playing on the luggage cart.

Enjoying the air coming out of the vent.