Toe kisses!

Hey everybody let's touch toes!

Mommy's toes, Grandma's toes, and Scrappy's toes...

Click play below

MAH! Mah-mah!

UPDATED! Watch Olivia repeat Momma! tonight... (7-30-08)

(From 7-29-08)
About an hour ago, Olivia uttered for the first time MAH! Mah-mah! We were both so happy she said it, simultaneously Olivia and I started cheering and clapping. Olivia was very proud of herself, she now knows how to get her Momma's attention. Such a sweet surprise...

WWFF and the Sprinter

Olivia was very excited that Mommy and Daddy took her to the Wild West Frontier Fest on the Mississippi, she could hardly contain herself!

The Sprinter...hit play.

The Clapper and Cousins...

On Friday, Olivia must have learned to clap because she clapped all the way home from daycare in the car. Today, she was doing some clapping for us at the Family Golf Tournament. Check out Morgan's surprise when Olivia claps for her...click play.

Olivia and Morgan found fun in plastic...click play.

Ellie thought she better check on Olivia sleeping...

Uncle's C&C, Silver Spoons, and ooo...flashy!

Olivia meets Uncle Charlie and Uncle Chief

About two weeks ago, Olivia started some of her first attempts at crawling...trying to capture the blinky lights on the laptop.

Olivia's favorite new toy...and the closest she is going to get to a silver spoon.

Giggle Girl, Peek-A-Boo Baby, and First Pony Ride!

Check out the giggle fest in the car, Olivia's new game of peek-a-boo and her first pony ride today...click on play on the videos below.

Tickle Me Toodie!

Peek-A-Boo Mommy!

First Pony Ride on Windy...

Here are some photos from today...

Bareback Baby!

Olivia is her mother's daughter...

I am excited to say that we are very much looking forward to Olivia's 1st birthday party - mostly because there will be cake. TWO times now Toodie has taken the cake - LITERALLY.

#1: On MomWalk 2008 at our top secret mommy location, we brought a rhubarb cake to celebrate Auntie Alba's birthday and as soon as the pan was set on the table, Olivia lurched head first into the stalky, brown sugary goodness. Both hands were wrist deep into the rhubarb. Mmmm...so good.

#2: Upon discovering that there was a restaurant named Cupcake, it was my mission and duty to check it out. A selection of a half dozen or so cup shaped cakes later, I was on my way to daycare to share the goodies with Olivia's teachers - they deserve some sweetness, too! I pulled my "CocoLoco" out of the box. It was a moist, vanilla cake filled with lemon curd, topped with a gooey marshmallow frosting and doused in coconut. So, with Olivia in one arm and CocoLoco in the other, I was regaling my journey with the girls to Cupcake and with one swoop half my marshmallow topping was gone and Olivia's fist was in her mouth. She then proceeded to comb my hair with the ooey gooey, light n' fluffy goodness. Thank you punkin...Momma's so pretty now.

It turns out, that in addition to the love of all things cuppy and cakey, we both almost love/hate to enjoy things of the sour variety. One of my loves/addictions, is for dried cherries. I love the big, plump ones that when you bite them they are a bit sour and leave my palette begging for more. Olivia has the same craving with lemons. We discovered this love/hate with lemons as a joke because Mom wanted to see a cute pucker face. Well, little did we know that following the adorable ewww, yucky, sour, pucker face that Olivia would just want more and more and more. We have created a monster. Suck on the lemon, pucker, more! Suck on the lemon, eww pucker, but more! I wonder if she will share the same fondness when she grows older for brownie batter?

July 3rd Fireworks, "Hi!" and Olivia's Parade Wave

Toodie, Mom and Dad enjoyed July 3rd fireworks since Dad had to work on the 4th. Olivia was a hit at the party. She smiled, danced to the music, and hit the wall just as the fireworks began. After about 5 min of boom boom, Tooder's was out! Sound asleep.

A couple days ago, Olivia started practicing her Ms. America skills and learned a parade wave. Yesterday, we were slightly suspicious that she was saying "hi" at the same time. Today, both Dad and Mom confirmed their suspicions in a mutually exclusive scientific manner. Olivia's first official word is "Hi!" with a little wave on top.

Check out the photos below of the family waiting for the fireworks to start and the video of Tooder's waving hello to herself.

"I love you daddy!"

"What tha?"

"I know, I know, Uncle Lance did my hair today..."

Punk Babies

"Hi me!" (click play to watch)