The Dino Center

Today we went with the Mense's to the Science Center. If Bella asked, "Where are we going?" once, she asked it one hundred times!! We kept saying we are going to see the Dinosaurs at the Science Center. Well, by the time we FINALLY got there, she renamed it the Dino-Center...pretty fitting!



The kids had fun together and Grady and Olivia really "bonded" for the first time. Olivia had a lot to tell Grady (typical of a girl!) and he just listened intently.



Since I had already seen the dinosaur exhibit a couple of times, Olivia and I stayed back with the strollers while everyone else checked out the beasts. My girlie was ALL smiles as usual!



Finally tonight as I was showering, Bella told me her hands were chapped and she needed some lotion, I told her that she could do it by herself since mommy was in the shower...boy did she do it!!!

My gosh, where does the time go, I can't believe it has been so long since I blogged. Our days seem to fill up so quickly and usually by the time I think about it, sheer exhaustion has set in. Here is a brief update.

Christmas (yeah it's been that long since I wrote) was wonderful. The girls had a great time and we truly enjoyed spending time with family and friends. The girls cousin, Ben, was in town - it was so fun to see all three of them together!



The girls were really good this year, so St. Nick made a specail trip to our house. St. Nicked stuffed the stockings full, Bella thought it was pretty great to get lots of treasures...Liv could have cared less!



The weekend we wanted to get the tree this year was cold, windy and of course muddy (I guess pretty typical of the midwest in December) so Adam and I headed to Eckert's and found the perfect tree.



And it's not Christmas without telling Santa exactly what you want. Bella was not so sure of the jolly old guy, but Liv LOVED pulling his long white beard.



New Years just isn't quite the same now as it was pre-kids. We rang in the new year (a tiny exaggeration - we did our toast I think at 9 pm) at our friend's Kim & Casey's house. They have a little guy named Brennan that Bella loves!! They toasted each other with sparkling grape juice and had good times running around playing!

Soon after the new year, Adam headed to Australia for TWO weeks...it about killed me having him gone that long. My mom truly is my savior, I am pretty sure I would have not made it without her:) Thanks Mom!!!

Valentine's Day was celebrated at our friend's Kate and Chris, who have two little guys. Bella loves her boy friends!! It is so funny to see how different boys and girls are even at such a young age!! It was a LOVE filled night. Kate made them chicken in the shape of a heart, mac n cheese out of a hear dish, they iced heart cookies and ate heart shaped jello. They all play so good together, it is wonderful to watch them grow up and learn new things together. Olivia too has a friend, his name is Grady, he is about 4 months younger than her and A-dorable!



Olivia is turning NINE months old in just a few days. My little baby is getting to be so BIG!! She doesn't crawl yet, just rocks on all fours, but she does walk around everything. Toys, furniture, you name it...as long as she can hold onto it, she can walk around it! Yesterday we got her pictures taken. If you need a photographer, Five Petals Photography is AWESOME!! Click on the link below for a sneak peak at my chubba baby:)

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