Baling

Jaret & Olivia ready to unload another wagon.

Jaret & Olivia riding in the truck to pick up another wagon of bales.

Checking out an injuring little pigeon that was found in the elevator.

Olivia loves watching the bales go up the elevator.

Playing in the straw!

raspberries, puppies, gator, and a hog roast...

Although July is not over, it has been filled with friends, family, and fun! Olivia is officially a busy body! She loves to walk. You'll often find her just walking around the house just because she can! Aside from signing "all done" she now says "ah don". She can tell you where her toes, tongue, fingers, and hair are. She understands when I tell her to go get or go do many tasks. She continues to love having me (mom) grab her toes and do "This little piggie.." When I get done doing it she'll grab my hand and put it back on her toes and say "Dis" (for THIS..little piggie) and want me to do it again.

We went to Art & Donna's for lunch one Sunday and this is Olivia's face after eating raspberries.

Olivia loves having the blow dryer blown in her face!

We took a visit to Fred, Elaine & Katie's to see their puppies and cows. It took Olivia a little while to warm up to the puppy but she loved to tease them and by the end of the visit was rolling around on the floor letting them lick her face.


Who knew that a Kohl's magazine could be SO exciting?! "Great" Uncle Fred added a lot of excitement in his voice while showing it to her.



Olivia LOVED riding on the gator to go see the cows. She would squeal whenever they drove close to them.

We had a hog roast at the park and invited a lot of our friends. There were SO many little kids running around. They had a blast playing!

Where did June go?!

Father's Day

Where has June gone? So far this summer Terry has been busy packing up one classroom and moving into another. He will be teaching 4th grade this Fall. He also took a week long class (Multicultural Education) at Defiance College. We celebrated our 3rd Anniversary on June 17. We've been busy being with family, walking across the street and watching some baseball games, taking many bike rides and walks, playing outside, etc. My summer hobby is garage saling! Can you believe it?! It's SO addicting. I get my newspaper on Wednesdays and circle the ones I think I'll "find" something at. No...I'm not just picking up junk! I have been specifically looking for outdoor "big" toys. I have had some luck with it! Olivia is getting braver and walking some. She'll take about 10 steps to someone. Olivia also is using some sign language consistently now. She most frequently uses "more" and "all done". She loves to blow kisses, give kisses and now rock her baby. She particularly likes to play with the cow and horse out of her Little People barn and loves to say "moo" (quietly of course) and have the horse gallop. Olivia is successfully down to one nap a day and no longer needs that bottle at bedtime. Now to tackle the paci at naps and bedtime!! (I think I'll wait awhile for that one.) She definitely is no longer a baby! (sniff...sniff)

Olivia liked pretending to be a "bee".

Playing in the new children's discovery area, Nature's Neighboorhood, at the zoo.


#2 zoo trip, July 1, 2009



Taking a break from playing for some juice.



Being silly!

Swimming in her new pool.