Happy Birthday Bella, huh???

So everytime we have cake or cupcakes at our house, Bella INSISTS that we put candles in the cake/cupcakes and sing happy birthday to her.



She even makes us turn the lights off. She is really going to be a pro at this birthday thing by the time her real birthday rolls around in November. I didn't think it was fair to exclude Liv, so she tried cupcake (or rather icing) for the first time and LOVED it.



I am pretty sure she will dig into her first birthday cake...only 3 more months and we will see! This is just a random picture of the girls. We have been spending some time outside finally since the weather has been so nice. Come on spring!

Happy early 30th Adam!!!

In celebration of Adam's 30th birthday (man it's hard to believe we are that old!) the whole fam headed to the Ozarks. I don't think the Durango could have hauled one more thing...we were MAXED out and everyone was very thankful by the time we got there! I sat in the back with the girls most of the way with Olivia crying the majority of the time and Bella asking more questions than one can imagine! When we were there though we took advantage of Tan Tara's indoor water park. Bella was a tad apprehensive at first, but really did enjoy it and so did we.



This was really Olivia's first time in the pool, so initially she had a death grip on me, but after some time loosened up.



Besides that we just enjoyed each others company



and enjoyed not being bogged down with all the daily tasks one tends to get sidetracked with while at home. So in short...Happy early 30th Adam...your girls hope you had as much fun as we did!!!

Finally Crawling

YEAH!!! It finally happened. Olivia began crawling. We first became aware that she could crawl yesterday as we were bathing the girls. Usually when she gets on all fours she stays up on her knees for only seconds and then falls flat to her belly with her face burried in the carpet. Well yesterday, she saw a toy that she wanted while in the bath tub and she actually crawled for it!! I guess she knew the alternative was that her face would be under water:) Well today, the crawling has gotten to be more and more. I must say that she certainly does NOT love crawling and it is typically associated with crying, but she can do it!