Dressing up in Mommy's things!

Olivia sporting a pair of mommy's granny panties!

Look at me! Future super model!

Here's attempt number two at putting these photos on. Hopefully they show up this time.

Fall fun!

Camouflage Queen! Can you find me?

Fall fun!

Olivia had a ball playing in the leaves with daddy the other day. She is much happier in these pictures than she was earlier in the week. On Monday, October 22nd, she had a doctor's appointment and had to get some shots. Daddy took her and said she only cried for a short moment. She weighed in at 21 pounds 4 ounces, which put her in the 3rd percentile. Her height was 34 inches, which put her in the 75th percentile. I don't know where she gets that from? The following day we had to go to the lab at the hospital and have blood drawn. Mommy was on duty for this endeavor and it wasn't a fun experience. She had blood curdling screams for what seemed like ten minutes while they were drawing her blood. She then continued to cry for the entire ride home, and wanted nothing to do with me. She wanted daddy so we went and found him at work. He managed to calm her down a bit. She is still going around showing everyone where her boo-boos are from having all the needles poking at her poor little body. She is getting so into putting on all of mommy's things. The other day daddy found her rummaging through laundry baskets in our bedroom trying on all of my clothes. She loves wearing my bras and underwear. She had to put on my tall boots today and pose for us. She was trying to walk around, but would fall with almost every step. They were so huge on her. I don't think her feet even went to the bottom because they were too tall for her to even play in. Oh well, she had fun and we were able to snap some cute pictures to remember it by. It was a fun and relaxing day together as a family.

Flashback to Winter Fun (Jan. 2007)

Andy hooked Molasses up to Olivia's sled and she pulled her around the neighborhood. Olivia had a ball, and I don't think Molasses even noticed there was any extra weight she was pulling. We can't wait until sledding season starts again.

Slower than Molasses

Most of you know we have a very large, but wonderful dog named Molasses. For those of you who haven't had the pleasure of meeting her I have decided to put on some of my favorite pictures of her. She is great with Olivia and lets her climb all over her. Olivia used to use her as a stepping stool to get up to places she couldn't reach. We couldn't ask for a sweeter and more gentle dog than our Molasses.

Sleeping Beauty!

I have my eye on you!

Pictures from Olivia's 2nd birthday!

Titus, Olivia, Jadon holding Gavyn, Asher, and Zsolt all at Olivia's birthday! Can you tell we need to get some more girl friends?

Olivia jumping on her bum! She loves to do this at home to on the hard floor and laugh. We can't help but laugh when she does it, but we're sure it can't be good for her so we won't let her. She was thrilled to have a place that she was allowed to do it as often as she wanted.

Zsolt and Olivia knocking each other over!

Ride 'em cowgirl!

Olivia Turns 2!

The big day has finally arrived and Olivia is now 2! She was very excited and couldn't wait for everyone to come over for her party today! She showed a lot of patients for a 2 year old waiting to eat cake and open presents, although it was difficult. We started the day by heading over to the Nazarene Church because they were having a free family fall festival. Nana and Papa, Csaba, Kristian, and Zsolt all came along too. Olivia loved riding the horses and jumping in the giant bouncer. She got her hand painted, made a bracelet and a pumpkin and also got to take one home. She was a sticky mess when we returned from eating cotton candy. When we did arrive back everyone started showing up for the party! Aunt Jen, Libby and the boys, Aunt Joan and Scott, Aaron, Jamie, and baby Gavyn all came, as well as those at the fall festival. She got way too many presents, but she enjoyed them all and will continue to do so. She was even nice and let her cousins help open them up for her. After the presents we had cupcakes, ice cream, and an ice cream cake! Olivia literally licked her plate clean. Olivia, Zsolt, and Gavyn headed to the backyard to play at the end. I do believe a good time was had by all. After everyone went home Olivia settled in our bed watching Peter Pan and taking a well overdue long nap. Mommy and daddy need one too. It was a great day and has been so much fun watching our little one grow up. We look forward to the coming year with her and all that she will teach us as she grows. Thank you to all who came and sent well wishes her way. She as well as Andy and myself are all grateful for each and everyone of you in our lives.

Tomboy or Girly Girl?

I definitely thought I would have a tomboy for a daughter. I was a tomboy and didn't care about all the girly things in life. Why would Olivia care about them? She spent most of her days with her three rough and tumble boy cousins and wasn't really exposed to girly girl things at home or elsewhere. All her friends are mainly boys as well. I have learned (and accepted) that some of the girly girl traits are just naturally born in girls.

She was given a tutu from Nana and loves to wear it and dance around. Her favorite movie is Cinderella and now she wants to wear Cinderella pull-ups all the time. A few aunts have influenced her in the make-up department too. She now loves to wear lipstick, (mommy doesn't own any so she has to settle for lip gloss) and she loves to have her fingernails and toenails painted. She gets in my jewelry box all the time to put on jewelry and wants to wear earrings now. She also has a few dolls given to her as gifts in the past. They were just buried in the basket, but she found them on her own and quickly knew how to mother them. She still has some tomboy traits in her, but I am afraid we have a little princess on our hands.

She has a few friends that are boys that are into the fufu stuff that I blame for influencing all of this on her. As you will see her good friend Zsolt loves to wear her tutu also.

The count down to Olivia's 2nd birthday is on. She is so excited and is telling everyone she is going to be "two." Well, sometimes. She often confuses it with Halloween rapidly approaching and says "frog" instead, which is what she is going to be for Halloween. She looks so adorable in her frog costume and hops around and says "Ribbit, ribbit."

Thankfully, Olivia is healthy again. We battled the flu, fevers, colds, and we believe croup for about 2 weeks. We even popped into the ER in Alpena when we were up for Uncle Patrick's surprise 60th birthday party. She was a trooper through it all, and nothing too serious came out of it. She was thrilled to get stickers from the ER nurses and put them on her face which you can see in the picture of her worn out lying in bed. She had a great time up there and loved seeing all the aunts and uncles. She went swimming with daddy in the pool every chance she got, which was great to help get her fever down. We even checked out some hunting properties in Presque Isle while up there. Who knows, maybe we'll buy some property? Here's a picture of the Mighty Doyle Clan all together (Uncle Steve was unable to attend).