Catch up

It seems like I have not blogged in awhile. Things are pretty much the same here. Casey took his final for summer school on Monday so that is nice to be done with. And he was pretty excited because today his birthday and father's day present finally came...



...we got him a laptop!! He has been complaining about his for awhile now so I broke down and got him one. It worked out well that I could combine father's day and birthday (his birthday was the 23rd). Of course I could not buy the right one so I just gave him the money so he HAD to buy one. Who knew shopping for a laptop could be so much fun for somebody?? He was like a little boy in a candy shop looking at all those laptops!!

A couple of weeks ago, my mom and I took Livie to the zoo. I had not been to the Pocatello zoo for so long, and I was kind of surprised, it was kind of nice. Yes, the animals are are from around here but it was still fun. I thought Liv would be so excited to see all the animals because she is a HUGE dog/horse/cat/any other animal fan, but she could have cared less. The two animals that sparked some interest for her was the mountain goats and the bears. She was really waving at the bears, it was pretty cute. Same with the big slide at the zoo, I thought she would really like it but, eh...as you can see.




Before we went to the zoo, we had a little picnic at Ross Park. My dad was able to come down from his office to join us. Of course, he had to take his little 'Olive Oil' to the swings. She loves her grandparents. And I think they kinda like her too!



And I had to put this picture on, too. A guy from Casey's work asked if we wanted this pony because his kids had outgrown it. Heck YES we wanted it!! So now we have this cute pony sitting in our living room and our little cowgirl absolutely loves it! Every morning she now says hi to Dexter first (of course, she loves that dog, he gets more loves and kisses than me) and then says hi to the pony. And you gotta love the hat, right? That was something she got a couple months ago when she happened to stop into Vickers Western with her Grandma and Grandpa Thompson ("she had to have it Kris...she wanted that hat and it looked so cute we had to get it!"). Anyways, it makes a good picture.



Olivia is now walking a bit, if we make her. She can walk across the room if we stand her up and tell her to walk but otherwise she still likes to get around with her awkward crawl. So I am sure pretty soon she will be running laps around our house. She is also talking a bit, she says uh-oh, hi, dad, Dexs (for Dexter, comes out Dek), and everyonce in awhile mom. And we have a pretty important date coming up...our little Olivia will be turning ONE on the 20th!! CRAZY!! I cannot believe it.

As for me, I have about 3 weeks left working for Clear Talk. They are merging with Syringa Wireless so as of July 25th, I will be working for them. Only one other person from my Pocatello store will be working with me at Syringa so it will be interesting. Kinda weird, hopefully good though. Well, that sums us up at the moment...Happy 4th of July everyone!!

This makes me happy

• listening to the rain against the roof

• watching my daughter, when she doesn't know I am watching, looking through her books

• the sound of my daughter's sweet laughter

• a wonderful husband that loves his family more than anything and is a wonderful daddy
  

• when my little puppy comes and snuggles against me

• wonderful parents that have always supported me and are amazing grandparents
  

• serving in my ward's Primary

• that I only have a year left of school

• that Casey only has a year left of school

• when Livie will crawl over to me just to sit on my lap or give me a love

• watching Olivia and Dexter play together

• that veggies are growing in our garden

• that the downstairs bathroom will be done soon
  

• knowing that I have an eternal family
  

One little monkey jumping in her bed...

Now that Olivia is able to stand up against things, this is usually how I find her in the mornings and she wakes up from her naps. She doesn't cry when she wakes up so I usually know she is up because I can hear her gabbering and jumping through the monitor. And she thinks she is pretty neat as she is jumping!!!


We had a BBQ the other day with a couple of friends. We always say we are going to have one so it was nice that we actually did. One of our friends, Kaylee, made an AMAZING dessert. It was a strawberry pound cake trifle and it was so good!! In case you don't know what that is, I found a picture online, doesn't it look delicious?? And hers actually looked BETTER than this! We decided that Kaylee was permanently in charge of dessert.

This is Olivia and Abby, our friends Casey and Mallory's little girl. These two are destined to be friends!! Abby is four months younger than Livie but puts Livie to shame in the size department. Abby might be a chunky monkey but she is a dang CUTE chunky monkey. You can say one word to that little girl and she is all smiles and giggles. So I had a ton of pictures of Abby looking ever so cute with big smiles and my daughter just staring at me. Not one smile. Oh well.


She might not smile for me but I can still get pictures of those pretty eyes!!!

Little Beggers

Now that Olivia is able to get herself around, we now have TWO little beggers every time we eat...
but how can you resist such an adorable face??Well, not too much has been going on at our little house. School is out so that is great but poor Casey is taking summer school. It is only one class two days a week so it shouldn't be too bad but it's still school...in the summer...not fun. Olivia is is going and going and going these days. She still crawls around like a goof ball but now she does it incredibly fast!! She is also pulling herself up on EVERYTHING, I don't think it will be too much longer until she is walking. Crazy, crazy. Casey is playing softball again this year but we haven't been able to go to any of his games yet. Hopefully within the next couple of weeks we will be able to go!!
Happy Livie with her Daddy before church

Olivia now thinks my toothbrush is her toy (but what isn't her toy?). She likes to help me brush my teeth in the morning and then go around sucking on my toothbrush. Oh well!

3/4 of a year!

I can't believe my little girl is 9 months old today!!! 3/4 of a year!!! Where has the time went?? Soon she will be 1!!! My little baby is growing up. She is so much fun though. Yes, she keeps us moving all day, but it's good for us, right? We absolutely love our little Livie and her funny little personality. Here are some tidbits about Liv and what she is doing at 9 months...

• loves to give loves to stuffed animals and Dexter
• thinks it is HILARIOUS when Mommy snaps her fingers and tries to do it too!
• LOVES LOVES LOVES books and will sit and look at them and read to herself
• enjoys jumping in her jumper
• very much DISLIKES being on her tummy and likes how she has figured out how to get up off it
• has the biggest, prettiest, blue eyes
• still has NO teeth
• loves to play patty cake, and will clap, roll it, and throw it away (it's pretty dang cute to watch!)
• LOVES her puppy Dexter; she shares her toys and he will share his and likes to pull his tail, feet (sometimes patty cake with them), face, and once his man parts (ouch!), and he takes it!! He's such a good boy
• will give you bites of her food or her toys if you say "can I have some?"
• is crawling!! A very nontraditional way but still crawling!
  
• loves being outside
• gets excited whenever she sees any kind of dog
• enjoys sucking the water out of the washcloth during bath time (I make sure it's clean)
• will "argue" with her daddy
• loves her grandparents (and will sometimes go to them over her Mommy!)
• is quite the pooping queen and has frequent blowouts!
• likes to "type" on the computer keyboard, we open a blank document and let her have at it)
• has 2 grandmas, 2 grandpas, 2 great grandmas, 1 great grandpa, 1 great great grandma, 2 aunts, 2 uncles, and 2 cousins
• still LOVES to suck her thumb
• still a happy, funny, and good natured little girl!! We love you Livie!!