Bubela Christmas

We had a great Bubela Christmas this year too! Everyone came to stay with us for the weekend and Olivia had a blast with all of our guests :)

 Hanging with Uncle Kevin

 Had to really tempt her to come inside with presents. She loves to be outside.

 Helping Mommy with a gift for her little brother :)

 Grandpa!

 Christmas Eve before church

 She absolutely loved her dress. Such a girly girl :)

Hamming it up with Opa at church

Misc Stuff

Olivia's Daddy made her a creative little house out of a shipping box and drew all kinds of fun stuff on it. She LOVES it. He also made some awesome bookshelves for the nursery:

Olivia's First Santa Visit

We didn't even attempt Santa last year but this year we thought we'd give it a whirl and it went so much better than we ever expected. Santa was a dear man and you could tell he's done this many, many times.

Kramer Christmas

We had our Kramer Christmas a little early this year to accommodate everyone's schedule, and we had a great time - and got a few great pictures!

 Hamming it up with Mommy

 Opening presents with Opa

 Daddy's shoes and Olivia's shoes :)

Thanksgiving

We did manage to get a couple of pictures in on Thanksgiving - as you can see, I had already put up the Christmas decorations. I like to get ahead :)

 Playing guitar with Daddy

Being silly with Nana and Grandpa

Halloween

I've gotten an appreciation over the last year of how hard it is to get decent pictures out of toddlers. Olivia never met a camera she didn't like, but if she sits still for five seconds running she is either asleep or sick. So we just grin and try our best! Can't wait to try it with two :)

Hay ride!!

Assorted Stuff

 Giving her little brother a hug :)

 Trying on her Cinderella Halloween costume

 Happy 8th Anniversary to us - 11/19

Hanging out with Dad while he waits to get a haircut

Nana And Grandpa Visit

Olivia got to see her Nana and Grandpa in October for a visit and had such a good time:

Painting the Nursery

We found out in late August that we were expecting a little boy (due January 20) so Kenan painted the new nursery accordingly with the help of one delightful little assistant:

Kendall County Fair

We took Olivia to the fair this year and she enjoyed the petting zoo! She wasn't really even scared after a few minutes and walked around by herself with all the animals all around her. 

 She does that blink when she sees the camera and we tell her to smile :)

 She loved the miniature pig

 Feeding the goats with Daddy

She's really into ducks so she was so excited to see the real thing

Olivia's 18 Month Pictures

 We got her to look at the camera maybe once the entire time. Sigh.

Misc Olivia Stuff

See what I mean about sticks?

 Spaghetti and meatballs make for a happy girl at our house :)

 Believe it or not she is really into brushing her teeth

 Last story time of the summer

More Truck Work

Kenan and my Daddy worked on the truck together. I think they were mounting something on the motor (I know more than the average bear, but lots of the specifics are lost on me). All I really remember about that one is that it was a two-man job.