Our Little Miracle

Here are some pictures from Charlie's birthday party last weekend. Charlie is my nephew (Olivia's cousin). Hope you had a wonderful birthday bud. We love you bunches & your party was a blast! Charlie's Spongebob cake The castle jumper my sister rented. They loved this thing. Kloe, Jason & Olivia Uncle Ryan getting the pinata ready & some of the children anxiously awaiting. Olivia, Rylan & Kloe Sweet baby Drew (Olivia's cousin) Now we're ready!!! Charlie got first swing on the pinata. Cousins~ Madison & Olivia ;-) Olivia & Kloe playing Tarzan on the castle.. So cute. Look out everybody!!!! Here comes uncle Jason!!!! (Notice my sister Kim pulling Kloe out of the way) Teehee Go Olivia!! Charlie opening some gifts. Daddy & Olivia ~ Awww!! Layne, April, Paige & Patsy (my stepmom :-) Mea & Colton Lynette & Wiggy The "Birthday Boy"

Yes, she is sound asleep. I woke up one day last week & went into Olivia's room to check on her, (like I do every morning), and this is how I found her. Scared me at first until I heard her snoring. I guess she decided she could "hold it" afterall ;-)Teehee! Here's another funny one for ya. One night last week, Jason & I were sound asleep (and I "THOUGHT" Olivia was), and I hear Olivia quietly screaming "Mommy, my fingers stuck"! I got up out of bed (and out of a dead sleep) to see what in the world was going on, and Olivia was standing up in her room (while she was supposed to be sleeping) and had stuck her finger in a hole in her lamp that my grandmother gave her (too hard to explain) & had gotten it stuck in there. And when I say stuck, I mean stuck!! We had to break out the baby oil and work her finger out of the hole.It was funny the next morning, but I was so ill the night it happened. I remember asking her "Olivia, why in th...

Two posts in 2 days!! Wooo Hoooo! I'm on a roll! Here are some pictures of Olivia's, Jenna's & Victoria's birthday party at school last Monday. Their birthday's fall in the summer time, so the teachers let them celebrate their birthday's at school before school let out for the summer, so as to not leave anyone out. The other kids get to celebrate their birthday's during the school year at snack time or lunch time, but Olivia's, Jenna's & Victoria's are all in July when school is out. I thought it was great of the teachers to think of them too. Westwood School has been just fantastic & we love it there. The teachers told us that the kids were sick of cupcakes & just weren't eating them very well anymore, so we decided pizza & popsicles and it was a BIG hit. They loved it. They couldn't wait for the popsicles!!! Miss Tina & Miss Glenda also gave them kisses & a book for their birthday. So sweet!! Livie ~ B...

Well, I broke down & let Olivia enter another pageant. The first pageant she was in was the one at the fair 2 years ago. (Our very first blog post I think) She won in her age group (24-30 mon). I was content. She, on the other hand, was not. She talks about pageants all the time & walking around onstage in a pretty dress because she LOVED the first one she was in. I have ignored it (because I am just not the pageant type person), but I finally started feeling bad about it & entered her into another one. We entered the Dibrell pageant about 2 weeks ago and she won again!! Yippeee!! (There were 7 contestants ;-) Anyway, she had fun and that is all that matters. Before they went onstage, we were told that the parents could go onstage with the girls if we wanted to since they didn't get to practice & they were only 3 years in age. I asked Olivia if she wanted me to go up there with her, & she said "No, I want to go by myself". I was shocked. Afterall, I di...

Back in April, Jason, Olivia & I went camping at Rock Island with some family for a week. We had the best time! It was the first time Olivia had ever been camping and she had a blast. Ticks were HORRIBLE when we went, but Livie & I never seen the first one on us; her daddy did though. He found 2 on him and so did most of the rest of the family. I loathe ticks!! One of my worst fears.. Anyway, an overall wonderful and relaxing trip. Sorry about all the pictures, but as usual, I took A TON!! (By the way, for those of you who went, I will post all of them on fb when I get a chance so you can tag them) I have MANY, MANY updates to catch up on, so I will be doing several posts the next couple of weeks. Things around here have been really busy.Hope to update soon & hope everyone is having a fabulous spring! Livie & Aunt Betty smelling the flowers that were starting to bloom on our trip Brooke, Shelby, Layne, Hope & Rylan (Olivia's cousins) ~ Minus Olivia ~ she doesn...