What Was I Thinking!!!

Well here is the big news!!! I decided after many months of consideration to donate my hair to Locks of Love! I had today off from work, so I decided to do it! I had so much hair that I was able to donate 2- 14 inch ponytails for wigs! I was really nervous, but once she got the first cut done, I knew that I had made the right decision and am very excited about my "short" do! When I picked up Liv from daycare...she wasn't sure what to think and hesitated coming to me. Once she figured out that it was still "mommy" then she gave me a big hug.

Winter & Birthday

Well it has been a while since we have posted, so I guess it is time to catch up. We have had a very busy winter so far this year. We had a welcomed visit from Uncle Steve, where Liv got to go swimming with him and show him just how "silly" she can be. GiGi & Bumpa came for a visit for Valentine's Day, she was so excited to see them and we all enjoyed our visit. GiGi got to come to gym class with us and see how brave Liv is. The following weekend was Olivia's 2nd birthday. Grandma & Grandpa came to visit and celebrate her birthday. She had a lot of fun with them at gym class. She LOVED opening her presents and played with all that she received. The big hit was the tea set she got from her cousins Alex & Elizabeth. She slept with the teapot for 3 days!!!

And now to the present...this week! It has been a CRAZY week in the weather for us. On Tuesday we had a beautiful 60 degree day....but never fear, by Tuesday night, we had 4 inches of sleet on our driveway. When we woke up on Wednesday morning, we had an additional 5 inches of snow! Needless to say, I had a snowday. On Friday (yesterday) they spoke of a storm that was coming in...how bad could it be...well as of the writing of this blog (Saturday evening) we have received about 15 inches of snow and it is still coming down pretty good! Thanks to Kath and Kirk for letting us "store" your snowblower! Dale was out yesterday, and already twice today.

Hope everyone stays warm!!!! And be on the look out for a SURPRISE post next weekend! And NO....it's not an addition to the family!!!!!!!!!!!!

Christmas with Dufon Family

After spending time with the Slivinski's, we headed up to the farm to spend time with Bumpa for his birthday (Happy Birthday Bumpa!) and then to celebrate Christmas with the Dufon Family. We were really lucky because everyone was able to make it to the farm....it was so nice seeing everyone. We had a white Christmas and Alex, Elizabeth, and Olivia built a snowman with Kirk. They also enjoyed snowmobiling with Bumpa...and Bumpa...he enjoyed his "little girls". We had a bowling trip which was a lot of fun. There are a lot of pics...sorry! We finally headed home on the 30th...it was a long trip, but well worth every minute of it for seeing our families. We hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season!

Christmas with The Slivinski's

After our Christmas at our house, we headed up to Michigan. Our first stop was in Flint at the Redwood Lodge to celebrate Dale's sister Debbie's birthday (we won't say how old she is, but Happy Birthday Deb!) Our next celebration was Christmas on the 23th with the Slivinski's at Dave and Sue's house. Sue made a great dinner, Dale and Deb had a great ping-pong battle, and everyone had an enjoyable time. Olivia got some really cool gifts...like a Dora the Explorer hot wheel/tricycle, a baby doll with high chair, bed, and stroller, and a Leap Pad Letters Magnet set (which she is quite fond of and plays with as I make dinner). We were able to spend a few more days with Grandma & Grandpa and we got to learn the secret to making Peanut Brittle from them which was a lot of fun.

Christmas at Our House

We were going to be on the road for the holidays, but we still wanted to get a tree and make things festive around our house. So, we took Olivia to the "Ludington" tree lot. It is a tree lot we found our first year here that is about 2 miles from our house and the trees actually come from Ludington, MI. So we have gone there every year and have always had a lot of luck getting good trees. Olivia loved looking at the trees and helped us pick out the "perfect" tree. She enjoyed decorating it, Tigger the cat loved hiding underneath it, and Buddy...well he was just good at knocking the ornaments off from it. What Olivia loved the most was sitting in her rocking chair everynight looking at the tree while I cooked dinner. She always wanted the lights on and made sure that she said goodnight to the tree each night when she went to bed. We opened a few presents before we left for Michigan and as you can see she got an art easel (this was from GiGi and Bumpa) and she loved it...so much so that she had to kiss it. She is quite the performer.

Thanksgiving

Well, it has been a while since we have posted. Here are a few updates since Thanksgiving. We spent Thanksgiving at the farm and as you can see from the pics, we had a little snow. We learned a few things about Olivia this weekend, first...she will find her thumb no matter what she has on it, second...she LOVES the snow. We tried her in "big girl" pants for the first time this weekend....Olivia 10, potty training 0! We will try again another time!

Elf's...

Well, Dale has had some "time" on his hands at work lately and this is what he has done with his free time. Please view the link below...enjoy!

http://www.elfyourself.com/?id=1223011337