A new era!

Check out my new ride!

Not too sure what to do with her birthday cupcake. 

She ALWAYS looks at me when we are trying to take a picture! 

I'm so cute and I know it.  This is my new favorite picture of her!

Hi!  Hi!  Hi!

We have now come to a time where the blogs will be more frequent!  That's right, I have regained custody of our lovely, FAST laptop.  Expect blog updates on a regular basis! :)  YAY!  

What's new with us?  Well, we are STILL stuck in a stinky living situation.  Here is it for those of you who don't know...  We decided earlier this year we wanted to live closer to family so Olivia would know her grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, etc.  So, Eric found a job in Indianapolis and we put our house up for sale.  Unfortunately, it is STILL up for sale.  We cannot afford two mortgages, so I (and Olivia and Lupe) am living with my parents in Peru and Eric is living with a friend in Indianapolis (an hour and a half away).  He comes to Peru on the weekends.  This REALLY stinks.  We are DESPERATE to live together again as a family.  We have been doing this since late July.  YUCK!  We really could use some prayers!

On a brighter note, Olivia is getting sillier by the day.  She is not walking yet, but still manages to get herself into just about everything.  She can cruise along the furniture or walks while holding the walls.  She has stood by herself on multiple occasions, but she is just too scared to take the steps on her own.  She's taken a few steps by herself a couple of times, but she hasn't quite gotten the hang of it yet.  I think she's getting close.  She can say mama, dada, dog, duck, and "bapa" which is think is Lupe.  Just this week she started calling my mom "nana".  We have a very picky eater on our hands.  She WILL NOT eat meat.  I've tried everything...but she just won't have anything to do with it.  Thankfully she likes eggs and peanut butter, so she's still getting her protein.  She really likes milk, too.  Give her some bread, peas, and fruit and she's good to go.  :)  But they better be the tiny little peas, because she doesn't like the big ones.  What a stinker!

Lupe is being her usual self.  She loves to go on walks with my mom.  She has gotten into a terrible habit of jumping up on people when they come into the house, and she's getting really bad about sticking her nose in people's bottoms.  YUCK!  She is on the lookout for Olivia all day long, as O's favorite thing to do is chase her around the house and knock on her.  Yes, Olivia knocks on EVERYTHING!  :)   

Olivia's Birthday Party!

We celebrated O's birthday on Saturday, October 25th. We had a really fun party with family and friends. She was up every hour the night before having trouble with her teeth. Needless to say, she was exhausted by the time her party came. She slept through most of it and woke up during the last 30 minutes to open her presents and eat a cupcake. She just sat there confused as Eric opened the presents. Then she just sat there again looking at her cupcake like it was supposed to light up or make noise or something. It was a fun party!

Look at all my cool birthday presents! What should I play with first?

Catching a nap during her party! Silly girl.

Some fun decorations!

Olivia's "birthday cake"! These were caramel apple cupcakes! YUM!

Thanks for the gift card Beth! I can't wait to use it!

Yay! More money! Thanks Great G'ma Mavis!

Bowling with my cool cousin Megan! She's crazier than I am!

Olivia's new friend Alex, and her cousin Addy.

We just got back from a quick visit to TX! It was so much fun! Olivia loved playing with her old friends. She was a maniac the entire trip. The time change really threw her off, so I got to get up with her at 5:45 every day. Not fun! Now she is getting up at 6:45. Not too bad, but I wish she would go back to being an 8-8 baby!

Right now Olivia and I are in Jeffersonville visiting my sister. I am sick today, which is totally not cool. It started with my niece Addison, then Lisa, then JC, then Eric...now me. YUCK. We plan to head back tomorrow to Peru...a lovely 3 hour drive. We are getting Olivia's 1 year / family pictures on Saturday so stay tuned for those. Again, sorry about the lack of posting, but if you only knew how slow my mom's computer is...