The Ohio State Fair!

Last Thursday we had an awesome time at The Ohio State Fair with our friends Meryn and Danny (they got us in for free! Sweet!) Olive wasn't feeling too great and it was HOT but we still had a great time!

Olive and Papa waiting for the pig races to start!
She started to get a little impatient....

But she sure loved to chew on the lemonade straw! This isn't a great pic but check out the sculptures behind us made from 2,000 lbs of butter!

This cup is as big as me!

Here is one tired girl trying to entertain herself!! We had a great time even though Olive was a little under the weather :( Thanks to our awesome friends! ;)

A walk in the park

After church we stopped for a little walk in the park! Now that she can walk, Olivia never wants to sit down! We chased her all through sacrament so we thought it would be nice to let her be a free little bird and explore. She loved it! Enjoy!

Birthday Girl

It was party time on Sunday! We had a little birthday celebration for Olive! We played some games like pin the tail on the monkey, and a baby monitor treasure hunt. We ate yummy cupcakes too! Here are the highlights...in pictures!

I worked really hard to make Olive this gigantic cupcake...

She loved the candles!

But she didn't love to eat it!

Jason tried to show her how it's done!

thanks but no thanks mom...

all done!

Great Grandma came down to join the party!

We had a wonderful time celebrating Olive's first year of life!

July craft

I hosted craft group this month and we painted President Hinckley's Six "Be"s on a piece of plywood. Such a great addition in our home!

We had a great time as usual! Thanks girls!

A tale of her first cookie...

A couple of days ago, we were visiting with Linda, Adam, Mark, and Rachel (aunt and cousins!) who were here visiting from Philly. Grandma Gay had baked some chocolate chip cookies which were sitting on the counter. Olive decided it was time for her first cookie and grabbed one! Just days before her first birthdayI figured....why not?

JUst grabbeD! Is mom going to let me have it?
Guess I'll take a bite and find out!

Delicious!

In between bites, Olive made lots of "mmmm" sounds!

And she even tried to share with everyone who was watching!

I love this little girl! She is such a joy and can always put a smile on my face! Its so fun to see her be so excited over something as simple as a cookie! P.S. This is also her first ponytail!

We have an announcement....

We would like all to know that we are now the proud owners of a One year old! We no longer have a baby....we have a one year old! I cannot believe it- this year has flown by. We attribute the survival of parents and baby to all the love and support we have received from friends and family, and the fact that Olive is an extremely affable baby! Happy Birthday our little love!
-Cute pics to come from her upcoming celebration on Sunday!

An Olive in the Onion patch!

Sunday, we went to Grandma Gay's and decided to help her in the garden. Olive was still in her sunday dress and we just couldnt keep her away from the dirt! So we stripped her down and let her explore.

" What is this?"

Lots of onions just pulled up!

"I'm helping too!"

Olive loved to dig her feet in the dirt and pick it up in her hands!

Not sure why we kept the white onesie on.... oh well!

Olive found a green bean, pulled it and tried to eat it!

Then she picked up a clump of dirt and seconds after this pic was taken, ate that too!

Ok, all done for now!

Post bath checking out the harvest!

We had a great time getting dirty! And we picked at least 200 beans, 40 onions, a bell pepper, jalapenos, and some chives! I love getting to do all these "firsts" with Olive. Every kid loves to play in the dirt, right? I love to see Olive being a kid!