Mountain Trip ~Sept. 2010

We were so excited to meet up with NaNa and GrandDaddy at their cabin outside Helen! We LOVE visiting up there! That morning we headed out to a fun festival in a nearby town, then had a yummy lunch in Clarkesville! Of course, I don't have any pics from the afternoon, but we all had a great time! Mommy and NaNa got to go shopping while Livi and the men stayed home to nap!

Here is Livi monkeying around with her daddy!

It was really chilly the next morning when we decided to take pictures! It was so beautiful and relaxing.....mommy wanted to stay!!

Livi with NaNa, GrandDaddy, and Amber

Thanks for having us! We enjoyed it and look forward to our next visit!! Love ya'll!!

August 2010

Here are a few pictures of what Olivia was up to in August. Not too much going on, but fun was had by all!

Here is my sweet girl on the First Day of School! I can't get over how grown she looks here!! Check out the bracelets!

Dressing up and giving us a fashion show! Sweet dreams my angel! Olivia still LOVES her books! We read 2-3 each night. As you can see, she also still LOVES her paci!

GaGa came to visit! We always had a blast with our GaGa!

Having fun at Monkey Joe's. One of Liv's favorite places! She calls it Jumpy Joe's!

Playing with her new stylin vanity. This was a present from daddy because "she wanted it and said please!" Somebody is a little spoiled!


It is pretty cute though!!

Yes....we are still here!

We have been super busy since school has started. We enjoyed the end of summer and now we are having a great fall!! I plan to post a few things to catch everyone up!

28 months.....going on 13!!!

I can't believe that Olivia is 28 months old. It is so hard to believe that she is already almost 2 1/2!! My new name for her at the moment is Sassy. This is because there is this new side of her. Don't get me wrong, she can still be my sweet angel that LOVES to snuggle. But there are times that she turns into this other little girl that is a little too big for her britches. She tends to put up her hand and say, "No Mommy!" and proceeds to talk back! It is all I can do not to laugh and to discipline her. This is an area that I am not good at at all!! We work on this daily!

I absolutely adore Miss Olivia's personality. The older she gets, the more I see this little person with such imagination, spunk, and joy emerge. Here are a few of Olivia/Sassy's happenings:

Big Girl Bed~

Well, it's in her room....... Has she slept in it for an entire night? NO!! We are still working on it, but being gone so much this summer didn't help. I am hoping that once we get back on a schedule with school, it will become part of our daily routine!

Little Mommy~

Olivia is a very good mommy to her dolls. She loves to carry them, push them around in the stroller, feed them, cover them up, and my favorite....read to them!

Fashion~

Olivia is very into her jewelry and shoes....I have taught her well! (Although this may get me in trouble later on.) Wherever she goes, she must have her bracelets and necklaces on. Now she has some dress up heels and would wear them all of the time if I let her! Needless to say, between her parents and grandmothers.......this little girl is STYLIN'!

Tiny Dancer~

As always, she continues to dance, dance, dance. Doesn't matter what type of music, this girl will dance! We recently practiced some new moves! I can't wait to sign her up for dance classes!! I am hoping she can start this fall!

Sports~

Although Olivia is very girly, she still loves her sports! Her favorite thing to do at the moment is go to the golf store with daddy to play! She will even sit and watch golf with her daddy! TOO CUTE!

I love you so much my sweet Olivia. You are growing into such a wonderful and loving little girl. You light up the room even with your sassiness!! You are such a blessing to everyone and we couldn't ask for more!

Olivia's Big Girl Room

One of the things on my "To Do" list for the summer was to redo Olivia's room. I was planning on using our old double bed frame and go from there. After finding that the double bed mattresses were ruined.....I figured her room really wasn't big enough for it anyway.

So I decided to find a neat iron headboard or something like that. On a whim, I stopped by a new antique store, The Green Bean Exchange, and found this...

I was so excited because it was a steal!!! After I bought it, Livi and I made our 2nd trip of the week to Home Depot (one of my favorite stores) and purchased paint!

Since Matt was out of town, I had to do the refinishing during nap-time or after bedtime. I was going to paint flowers on it, but after I painted the trim, I liked it simple.

We then went searching for the right spread. I brought a couple home, but we both liked the flowers!! Here is Olivia testing the bed out before I had slats in it! :)

Now I have put the slats in, re-hung her alphabet picture, and hung the flowers above her bed. Now that I look at it, I will be tweaking a few things (flowers are too high), but wanted to share Olivia's new room!! We will add the boxspring later and I may even raise the bed. Now, we just need her to SLEEP in there. She is still in our bed, so pray that this will SOON end!! She is very excited about HER bed and room.....too bad she doesn't want to sleep in there!

Mother's Day 2010

Olivia and I headed to Columbia for Mother's day this year. As always, it was a quick trip, but we had a great time! We had so much fun with GaGa and the rest of the Carter clan. We missed cousin Hannah (and the rest of the Ingram family), but we will see them soon! Here are some pictures from our trip!

Our first trip to Cupcake in the Vista. YUMMY!!! This was the best cupcake I ever had!! We all enjoyed our tasty treat. As we were leaving the shop, we had another treat. We ran into Aunt Karen and Uncle Sandy who were in town for graduation. Looking forward to seeing them this summer in Bluffton!!

After our cupcakes, we went to the park to swing and slide! Olivia LOVES to swing and is fearless sliding and climbing!!


After a busy day, Olivia enjoyed a picnic in GaGa's den!
Mother's Day and Jan's house. Olivia helped "Carter" open her gives. She calls my grandmother Carter instead of GaGa Carter. It is so sweet!

Mommy wants a dress or skirt to match her dress!!

Looking at pictures with Aunt Jan ans swinging

Showing Carter her pictures from her trip to Beaufort

Mommy & Livi

4 Generations

Carter, Olivia, Mommy, & GaGa!

What a special treat it was to spend Mother's Day with the wonderful women in our lives. We love each of you so much and thank you for everything you do for us. Love you all!!!

Spring Break 2010

Olivia and I headed to S.C. to visit during our break. Our first stop was Columbia. We had a great time visiting our GaGa, GaGa Carter, cousins Hannah, Emilie, Annette, Aunt Jan, and Uncle Kirk!

Olivia had so much fun with Hannah. They played with their dolls and got to go to the park. Hannah isn't walking yet, but as soon as she is, these two will be all over the place. We can't wait to visit longer this summer!!

Sweet Cousins! Aunt Jan bought them matching outfits! They were so cute!!

Playing at the park!

One of Olivia's favorite things to do!

Hannah and Emilie!

Mommy, Livi, and GaGa!

Performing for her GaGa Carter. Olivia sat there and sang all of her songs! She was quite the performer! The cutest part was she kept calling GaGa C "Carter"! So sweet!

I LOVE this picture!!

After a few days in Columbia, we headed down to Beaufort! Olivia had a great time with her cousins Duncan and Grace. We didn't get enough pictures, but Pop got some good ones of the cousins when we all went out to dinner. Here a few of what we did while in Beaufort!

Olivia and I were so excited to finally get out on the water! Rain came in the night before, so it was chillier while we were out cruising. Pop got sandwiches and we had a cruise around Beaufort and a picnic on the boat. As you can see, Olivia was ready roll!

Showing mommy how to drive the boat!

Chillin with Pop Frank on the Miss Fripp!

Sitting with her cousin Grace on "My Time Out." Olivia was so sweet by taking a long nap inside while mommy got to get some sun (a little too much I might add, but I needed it!!). We had a great day relaxing on the boat! Nothing better than the fresh, salty air and sunshine to make you feel great!

Here are the girls getting ready to go to bed.....

Sweet angels......until they started jumping on the bed like little monkeys. Let's just say, they didn't end up sleeping together! I think we will have our hands full when these girls get older!!

Mom was able to come join us for a wedding for one of our friends. Olivia didn't take a nap all day and the wedding was at 2:30. I wasn't sure how she would do. She was great during the service, so that was a relief! She only made a sound when the music stopped by saying, "More!". It was too cute!!
Then once we got to the reception, we got a table next to the dance floor and this was where Olivia spent the rest of the night. Did I mention she never napped (except for 10 minutes in the car on the way to the ceremony)? This little girl was a DANCING QUEEN! She danced the entire night!! She finally slowed down about 8:30, so we headed home. Again, this makes me think that I am going to have my hands full! I sure did enjoy every minute with her though!!

Dancing with David!

Dancing with her GaGa! I will be signing her up for dance classes this summer!!

As you can see, we had a great time over Spring Break. Of course, it wasn't long enough and we didn't get to visit all of our friends. We can't wait for the summer so we can visit some more!! I know that we will have a great time no matter where we are or what we do! Olivia is such a joy and I am so thankful for her! The Lord has blessed me with this wonderful little girl. She is full of life and love! Each day with her brings more joy to my life!!