Better late than never!!!

I am still trying to wrap my head around the fact that it is mid November!! Seriously time seems to go by so quickly these days! It feels like I was just posting pictures for the to far away family, but that was two months ago!! Things here have been good and busy. After 6 months in the new house I can say for the most part we are all settled and moved in. Moving is by far the least fun thing to do so hopefully we won't be doing it again for a long while. I'm officially showing my age because I now drive a minivan!! But I am embracing it and actually its pretty darn nice and makes traveling so much easier, but it is a little funny that its just her chilling in the back!!

Olive reached a big milestone last month, she started walking. Although its not all that pretty at times it gets her around!! We started going to a play class where she gets to play around with other tykes her age and I think she enjoys showing off a bit!! Shes also is getting a mouthful of teeth. We are up to six now and shes figured out what they do so she makes sure to bite all her food with her little teeth like a rabbit. Its pretty scary to think that she is going to be one in just three short months!!! But in the meantime we have Grumps and Grams coming for Thanksgiving and of course our 1st Xmas!!

Olive is tugging on my hair as I type this and enticing me to go play with her. Sorry for the delayed posting. Ill do my best to do better for the family far and away!! Love you all!!

picutes pictures pictures

Hogging all the toys in class!!!

She was reading to us while we ate some dinner

At the RenFen

We were baking some cookies

Seriously not happy about these leaves!!

Lots-O-Ollie

Centuries have passed since I last wrote. Time seems to just be flying right out the window without a second thought. August!! Its August already!! Where the summer went I don't know nor do I really mind. The unnecessarily hot weather has worn out it's welcome. Olive is growing faster than I ever thought possible. She will be 7 months this month which just seems insane to me. As for the last couple months Jeremy and me haven't done a whole lot to talk about. Our trip to New York was a busy one, but it was fun 2 weeks. Olive loved being around all the people and her cousins. We enjoyed the time in the pool and being around that many friends and family was a nice change. We seem a bit lonely at times in Kansas City a little to far from family for our liking every now and then. We spent one day up in a place called Stony Brook, you can hike up a gorge, swim in the waterfalls, and just enjoy the mountains. Why I didn't bring my camera I don't know, but it was by far one of my favorite things we have done. We came home to Kansas City, but relaxation was not to be had. I came down with phenomena and was quite sickly. Jeremy was the next, he came down with the flu right about the time that I was starting to feel better, and poor little Olive was last getting a little stuffy. It was a strange thing having it be a million degrees outside and us inside with coughs and runny noises. But we are all better now and trying to make up for lost time. There is still much work to be done on the house. It just doesn't feel like home yet. Jeremy has big plans for the backyard replacing the deck, putting in a cement patio with a brick fireplace, finding a place for our big ole garden next year all exciting fun things. Ive still got some painting, refinishing, and decorating to do. Ive got too many ideas in my head and have been searching thrift stores and swap meets to find the things i need/want. But it will all come together soon enough when the time is found. For the longest time the center of everything I did essentially revolved around me, then I met Jeremy and it revolved around us, but I was still at the center of that circle with him. Now everything I do sleeping, showering, eating, exercising, reading, talking on the phone, writing an email, watching TV, spending time alone with Jeremy revolves around Olive. Its a crazy change that happens almost over night, but the craziest thing of all is that I don't even miss or really remember the way it was before. I mean what would be the alternative, no Olive? I can't even fathom. We are very lucky because Olive is such happy baby, so much so I'm hoping that we didn't use up all the happy baby genes on her. We took her out to a restaurant for the first time on Friday night. She did so good siting in the high chair and eating some beans and just enjoying looking around and staring at people, yes she stares like a crazy baby!! And she is quite the music lover!! Anytime a song comes on that she likes she stops whatever shes doing and stares at whatever the music is coming out of, the TV, radio, or my phone. She really digs deep voices shes a fan of Elvis, Johnny Cash and Tom Waits, but her favorite is the theme song to True Blood (no clue who sings it or what its called). Jeremy and I had got it from Netflix and as soon as she hears it she is memorized, its a thing to see!!

Sorry family for taking so long to update I will do better, but here are about a hundred pictures!!

Miss you all!!!

Her 1st time wearing shoes, they lasted about 3 mins!!

She crawls under and over and around everything!!!! Its craziness!! And shes already trying to stand up!!
Brocklee and her are the best friends ever!!

He really wants her to share her toys!!!!

He hasn't quite grasped the fact that she can't play fetch with him yet.

Grandpa put the towel on her head!!

Having fun at the store!!

Her favorite pass time, her bouncing chair

Way too many toys!!!! And yet of all the toys she seems to get the most pleasure in finding the things that shes not supposed to play with like power chords, shoes, the remote control, my phone anything and everything but her toys.

She loved the pool although it took 3 or 4 days to warm her up to it

She started on eating food!! So far sweet potatoes are her favorite. Shes not so picky but shes a messy one!!!

Beating up Jax!!!

Landon and Olive

Sitting in the airport!!

Her little hiking backpack!!

Go Huskers!!!!

Don't be fooled!!!!