Wintery Weather in Cinti

Not much new - we do have new pictures though!

Olivia wanted to blow out the candles on her cake again. This was actually on her birthday. We had cake and ice cream for almost four nights in a row. Olivia was in heaven. And who am I kidding? I was too:)

His first baseball cap finally fits!
(Does this look like a "Blue Steel" pose to anyone else?)

Last Sunday (21st), church got cancelled from a snow storm we had. So, Olivia & Aaron made the best of it! I didn't even make it out to snap a few pictures...it was too, too cold for Carter!

When Olivia was done playing in the snow, she enjoyed her first cup of hot chocolate with marshmallows.

And enjoyed it, she did!

I can hardly believe that Carter will be 6 months old this week. He is getting pretty good at sitting up. He didn't even want to relax in his rocker while he watched his favorite movie - Baby Einstein!

What a pose! Olivia loves her Valentine dress!
It seems she grew a few inches over night because, all of the sudden, her fall and winter dresses no longer fit!

OUR PRINCESS TURNED 3!

I can hardly believe that we have a 3 year old! I would go back and share some of our most memorable old photos of Olivia, but I have lots to share this time as it is...
We'll get to the birthday celebrations in a bit...

Olivia wanted to see things from Carter's perspective.

All stickered up!

Carter loves real food!

And now for the birthday celebrations!!! First on the agenda - OPEN PRESENTS...

& open more presents...

and then eat pancakes!

There wasn't any surprising Olivia with a birthday cake, because she loves to be in the kitchen. So, she got to help make it! Licking the beater is her favorite part (of course)!

Hooray! I can finally put Olivia's hair in a pony tail!

Carter has already had too much excitement for one day (and it's just begun).

This picture reminds me of when I was in college. I used to take a 15 minute power nap at around midnight so that I could keep up with my roommates the rest of the night.

Olivia's birthday celebrations continued at Chuck-E-Cheese's. (Note to parents: NOT a good idea on a rainy Saturday evening!) It was a steamy 80+ degrees in there.

Olivia didn't mind the temp's.

Olivia rode in & on every car-like ride there. That is probably why our friends got 5x as many tickets as us (she couldn't catch on to skeeball).

Our Chuck-E-Cheese birthday girl on the way home for some pizza (c'mon - I've had Chucky's pizza and it's not good.)

We had friends over for cake & icecream - & look! More presents!

Maybe when she's 4, she'll have caught on to the blowing thing.

Uhm, no, she didn't need any help to blow out her candles (or at least, she didn't think so).

One last dress up before heading off to bed!
Goodnight Princess Olivia!

Earlier in the week I got Olivia all prettied up and took some pictures of her as "Cinderella!" She had so much fun!

Thank you for making our lives so much fun Princess Olivia! We love you!

ps Yes, her birthday is the 14th (today), we just had all our celebrations on Saturday.