Visit to Hoosierland

We went North for a little family visit. On July 2, we all hopped on a plane to Louisville, KY. Olivia was an ANGEL on the flight. She played for a bit, ate a sandwich, and zonked out on me (K) until we landed. Perfect. We spent the first part of our trip at my sister's house in Jeffersonville. It was a blast. We took the girls to have their pictures taken, went to the zoo, and ate some really great food. :) Lisa and I even got pedicures! We celebrated Addy's 1st birthday while we were there. It was a really fun party! Eric flew back home on Monday, and I set out for my parent's house in Northern Indiana. My mom drove down to pick us up. We had a great time hanging out in good old Peru. Olivia got to see G'ma and G'pa Neeser and G'ma and G'pa Comerford. She got to see Aunt Andrea and Uncle Matt, and even her favorite person Sandy (my old neighbor). We had a really fun time. Her favorite things were my neighbor's cats, my mom and dad's TWO sets of stairs (that she went up and down a million times), Andrea and Matt's cats and dog, and climbing in and out of my Mom's car a gazillion times. I got to see my good friend Jenny and her new baby, Landon. So cute! Olivia and I headed back to TX and had the LONGEST flight on Earth. Olivia never fell asleep, and was fidgety the entire time. She kept trying to "beep" the nose of the man sitting next to me. Then she was rubbing his leg and his arm. Nice. Anyway, we had a great time, but are very glad to be home again with Daddy.

My good friend Jenny's new baby Landon Michael

Addy, are you ready? We're outta here!

Blowing bubbles at Addy's party!

My new favorite picture of us! Smile!

We haven't had a family shot in a long time!

Uncle Ju (he provided Olivia with juice) and Addy

Addy, are you ready for your bottle? She carried it around yelling "Addy!"

Cousins having some fun during bath time!

Happy Daddy's Day!

We love you Eric/Daddy! :) This Father's Day is a little different because we are celebrating with one child here and one on the way! Olivia let Eric sleep in a little this morning, but after listening to "where'd Daddy go?" for 30 minutes, I let her wake him up. She gave him the card she colored for him, made him coffee and chocolate chip and butterscotch pancakes, and then made a nice big present (poo-poo) for him. ;) I said, "I know it is Father's Day, but I have changed the last 200 poopies, so it is your turn." Nice, huh? Here is the conversation as I hear it from the other room:

Eric: Oh gosh.

Olivia: What?

Eric: Oh my.

Olivia: What say?

Eric: I could use some assistance.

Olivia: What?

Haha, Olivia is always asking us what we said. She is also obsessed with bugs. She doesn't like them at all. Those darn beetle things, June bugs I think, keep coming in the house on Lupe. Olivia will squat down next to it and yell "buggie!" until someone comes to get it. The other day she told Daddy to "get the buggie!" and we were dying laughing. It was so cute! They are quite a pair! We love you Daddy!

Reading a bedtime story with Daddy after her bath!

I want to be just like Daddy! I love to walk in his shoes!

I'd like to eat lunch on Daddy today. And she did just that.

Splish Splash

We borrowed our neighbor's little pool the other day to keep cool. :) I love Olivia's new bathing suit! I decided that she looks GREAT in orange, and I just happened to stumble upon this one the other day.

I Love Noodles (of any kind)

It is true. Olivia has a new obsession for noodles. Noodles of any kind. Oodles of noodles. :) If you don't believe me, take a look for yourself.

Mmm, I think I'll just drink a little milk.

Forget the milk, I want noodles.

I think this spoon is slowing me down...

...so forget the spoon too, I'm using my fingers.

Which way to the bath?

We are having a...

...BABY! What kind, you might ask? We don't know. ;( We went to my 20-week ultrasound today pumped up and ready to find out what baby #2 is going to be...only to be left still wondering. Long story short, the umbilical cord was between the legs making it impossible to tell. So, I guess we will just have to wait until Oct. 25 to find out. We had been going back and forth deciding whether or not to find out, but I guess God decided that one for us. We're sad, but we'll live. :)

Breakfast Photo Shoot

I love to smile for the camera now.

And I will copy whatever Mommy is doing.

I know I know, I'm super cute.  What can I say?

This modeling thing is so easy.  The camera loves me.

One word: Grandpa.

Ta Da!

I know what you are thinking..."It's about time!"  I agree.  To be honest, I have actually had a few blogs ready to go, but I was too cheap to spend the money to buy more "picture space" on here.  Seems as though we have run out of available space on our blog and our Picasa, so I finally caved in and bought more.  So, now I can continue with our regular weekly blog updates.  :)  

Not a lot new to report.  I am now 18.5 weeks pregnant with baby #2.  My belly is starting to poke out, causing my pants to fit a little more tightly.  Pretty soon they aren't going to fit anymore.  We can't decide whether to find out what we are having this time or not.  We go back and forth, weighing the pros/cons to knowing/not knowing.  :)  My guess is that we will find out, because we are both pretty impatient in that area.  

Olivia has been super funny lately, coming up with new words all the time.  She is putting words together for little "mini-sentences" and I love it!  She likes to say, "Mommy, Daddy go?" when she can't find Eric.  Last week, she said, "Thank you, Daddy."  It was precious.  Her latest thing is to point to all of her boo-boos and say "hurt" and beg us to kiss it.  It is SO CUTE!  Her favorite word is still "yeah!" which I will take over "NO!" any day.  Some close contenders are "what" and "why"...which are slowly starting to get very aggravating.  She has become very good at using a fork, but still not so great at using spoons.  She gets a huge kick out of flipping the food everywhere when using a spoon.  She does, however, love to say spoon, which comes out "poon!" every time.  Every utensil is a poon!  I have been trying to get her to answer "what does a kitty say?" for ages, but she won't do it.  However, she tooted once and I said, "Did you toot?"  She grabbed her bottom and immediately said "toot" and has said it ever since.  Geesh.  I can't get her to say "meow" but she learns "toot" after doing it ONCE.  

Lupe is combing the house looking for new hiding spots every day.  She can't seem to get away from Olivia, who loves to grab her by the collar and lead her around the house like a show dog.  It really is amusing.  

Eric and I are about to dive into a summer full of home updates.  We are getting the living room and kitchen area repainted a very light taupe color.  We are going to have an entertainment center built in to the little "cut out" we have in the living room.  Actually, I think Eric is going to try to build that himself.  We want to get our patio extended and put some kind of awning over it.  Bye bye tax refund!  :)

She calls peaches "bubbles" and LOVES to eat fresh ones!

Just helping Mommy take the seat off so we can reupholster it!

Cheese!  She actually looked at me and said "cheese!" BEFORE I told her to do it!

Mommy, pay no attention to the fact that I am climbing the ladder.  

My finger fits perfectly inside this little hole.  

Whatever it is you think I just did, I probably did it.  I'm guilty.

Olivia + Mommy = BFF

Did someone say belly?  Here it is!

Hamming it up for the camera early one morning!