Fall Fun

Fall fun

Things have been very busy around here as of late. Olivia is growing up faster than we would like. At daycare, she make the move from the baby room to the toddler room. Although Dale and I were not thrilled, Olivia was and she has not looked back since. We have started to work on potty training. We are letting her sit at her own leisure and she has successfully gone 3 times. Now we are going to start putting her on more of a schedule.

We had a very busy weekend this past weekend. We started out Saturday morning by going to the homecoming parade. Olivia loved waving at all of the people, but she didn't care for the loud sirens. After the parade, we made our way to a fruit farm where she played in the hay, went on a wagon ride, and tried apple cider for her first time (she loves it)! We also went on a small hike. On Sunday, we participated in a Walk for Autism. It was amazing to see how many people came out to support the cause.

Dale has been very busy with work and has been traveling a lot! I continue to be busy with work and grad school...only 1 more class after this semester and I will have finally completed my masters! Olivia started swim classes for the fall and in early winter is going to start gymnastics/climbing/tumbling classes since she loves to climb and do summersaults.

We hope everyone is doing well and we will try to be better at updating this more regularly.

Dog Days of Summer

Dog Days of Summer

Olivia continues to grow and do silly things each and every day. This post however is more about our dog Buddy. At the end of every summer, our community pool closes the pool with the Dog Days of Summer. This is the time when dog owners can take their dogs swimming in the pool. Dale, Olivia, and I, along with our friends Craig, Sandra, and their dog Sammy joined in the fun. Buddy loves to swim and this year he even learned that he can stand on his hind two legs in the shallow end and rest his front legs and head on the side of the pool. Olivia was pretty upset that Buddy was in the pool and she wasn't...but mommy was glad that she wasn't in the pool because it was pretty gross with all of the dog hair.