I strongly dislike computers...

Hi there everyone! I am sorry it has been so long since I have been able to post anything. We have been having internet problems and computer problems. Hence why there hasn't been any new postings in quite some time. Well I am happy to say our problems have been fixed and I should be back to posting soon. So check back in a few days and you should see some new pictures and stories. Hope you Thanksgiving was happy!

Crawling along!

About a week and a half ago, Olivia started crawling! What an exciting moment and I was thrilled that Chris was home to experience it too! She had been trying to do so for awhile, but then all of a sudden she just got it. Now there is no stopping her. All of the latches are on the cabinets and drawers around the house, the outlet covers are in place, and we even bought a play yard fence to go around Smokey Joe's cage. We're ready for her to start exploring! Or so we thought...

Hmm...shiney toys!

Look what I found mom!

These don't taste like any toys I have.

Okay, I have had enough of that. What's this way?

If I could only reach a little higher!

Happy (Belated) Halloween!!

Olivia ended up having a very busy Halloween. As you can see, she was an adorable little flower. She did great in the costume, but since it was so beautiful outside (temps were in the 70's) she got warm rather quickly. Therefore, her time in the costume was pretty limited. I knew everyone would want to see Olivia in her first Halloween costume, so I had to figure out how to visit everyone, but still be back for our own Halloween tradition at home. (We set the fire pit out in the driveway, invite our neighbors over, and pass out candy to whatever trick-or-treaters show up. We may partake in an adult beverage or two as well and usually some friends end up showing up too.) Well we made the rounds to all of the grandparents and got some great pictures!

Our first stop was to see Great-Grandma and G-pa.

Next we headed over to Grandpa's house where we got to see the whole gang: Grandpa, cousins Aurora and Annabella, Aunt Jennie, and Uncle Vern. When I tried to take this picture of the girls with Grandpa, Liv was already roasting in her costume and had quite enough. Hence the look on her face!

Our last stop was trick-or-treating with Grandma at her work: Gordon Food Service.

Olivia really liked the lite up ghost that decorated Grandma's department.

Another department had giant inflatable Halloween decorations. Olivia really loved these!

Aunt Anne decided Olivia needed to sample her first sucker. :) Actually, she really seemed to like it. She sucked on it for awhile, but when she started playing with it we knew it was time to throw the sucker out!

As you can see, Olivia really did have a busy day. However despite very little napping, she really was a happy girl on her first Halloween.

Better late than never...

Okay, so this announcement is about 2 weeks late, but we were having some internet problems (thanks to me!!) and I couldn't get this posted sooner. So here we go....

We would like to welcome to our extended family Annabella Hope Goss. Chris' sister had her second child on October 22 around 4 in the morning. The family is doing well and Aurora is slowly adjusting to being a big sister. Now we will have three girls who will hopefully grow up really close and another cousin who may enjoy babysitting them as they get older!

Here Chris is holding his new niece, Annabella.

Olivia wants to check out who this new person is that she needs to share her Grandpa with.