Haylee Lunt

Olivia's big news

Okay, so this isn't exactly a birth announcement, but I was pretty excited about this...Olivia is learning to ride a two-wheeler!

She's been wanting to learn how for the past few months now, but I've not been the biggest help since I can hardly run along side of her. So she's been patient to wait until Aaron has time to go out and work with her. Last night was her night though. She caught on quick and was so excited to know that she's got it!

Thank goodness for the soft grass on both sides of the sidewalk to crash onto.

Way to go Liv's! I'm so excited for you!

Random Pics

Since I'm hoping that our next post will be a birth announcement, here are the random pictures that I haven't gotten around to posting for the past few months. (Don't expect that birth announcement for at least another week though ;)

Olivia started soccer a few months ago. Being the smallest one on her team (but not the youngest), she had a hard time keeping up with the ball, but she's improved and most importantly, she really enjoyed playing.

We let Carter play in the rain last month. He had a blast splashing in a big puddle that collects by one of our down spouts. I was afraid I had started something, but we haven't had any problems of him trying to sneak out during rain storms to play.

I took the kids to Parky's Farm one Friday in May and it was lots of fun. We got to watch them shear a sheep, the kids got to pet and brush the goats,

and they got to catch a fish. Olivia was most excited for this and it happened so quickly that she was a bit disappointed it was all over so fast.

Olivia has been wanting to do her own hair in the mornings. Luckily, she still let's me do it before we go into public. She also made this shirt for her baby sister. One side is fabric and the other side is paper.

I told Carter to go and get some socks from his drawer last Saturday. I had a feeling that I should have gotten them myself...should have followed that feeling. He was so excited about his "Halloween socks find" that we just let it be for the day.
(Wow, I must be almost 10 months pregnant or something with all the stuff my kids are getting away with lately ;)

Olivia picked this song...she loves to sing along with the chorus.

Our "Staycation" Day

Since I'm pretty much planning on being home all summer and not being to do a whole lot with the kids, Aaron and I decided to let them have some fun on Friday. Aaron took the day off and it was a beautiful day to visit the Cincinnati Zoo.

Carter really wanted to ride the Lion (seriously).
Take note of Carter's hat and sunglasses...he wants to do EVERYTHING that Aaron does.

And here you have it! Me...38 weeks along. Now stop bugging me to post a picture of myself, okay? I feel a bit like the size of that polar bear, but not nearly as agile.

A highlight was feeding the giraffe's. Carter didn't realize how long those tongues were!

After watching Carter get licked, Olivia was a little timid.

All the excitement wore Carter out, so he missed out on a few animals (shhhh...he doesn't know that yet).

The carousel ride was very exciting.

Until the two minutes were over. Then, Olivia felt cheated.

After 5 1/2 hours at the zoo, and on our way out of the gate, we stopped to pet a python.

I think Olivia enjoyed every minute of the zoo. She's at a great age for all that stuff!

After stopping at Arby's for a curly fry dinner, Aaron camped out in the basement with the kids. (Remember, Carter has been banned from the real thing.) I couldn't bear to think of losing even more sleep than I already do and so I happily slept in my own bed ;) Great camping experience.