Look who turned ONE!!

Our nephew, Dalton, turned one!! Man, the first year of a baby's life can go by so quickly. I remember the day Olivia and I were racing to the hospital in Memphis to meet this little guy. What a blessing he is and will continue to be. God has blessed our family beyond measure. We love you, baby Dalton!

Zoo Boo

Last week we met Uncle Matt, Aunt Leelee and Wil Franklin at the Jackson Zoo for a night of Halloween fun. They had lots of games, a magician, train and hayrides and carousel rides. Both Olivia and Wil Franklin had a great time despite the abnormal frigid temps. Olivia was a cute little bumble bee and Wil Franklin was Buzz Light year. We are all prepared for some more Halloween fun this week.

Pumpkin Patch

We were so excited to take Olivia to the pumpkin patch for the first time. She is at the age where everything is exciting and new which makes outings like these a lot of fun. They had a hayride, lots of animals to see and pet, pumpkins (of course) and corn in a sand box to play with. She had a ball and we did too watching her face and eyes light up with joy with everything going on around her. Love this girl and our little family outings. 

New Park

Olivia and Wil Franklin-too cute for words

A new park just opened in Flowood and we are soo excited about it. It is very nice and has three different stages of playgrounds for different age children. This summer a sprinkler and dog park will open right next to it. We were so thrilled that today we went twice to play! This will be our spot for the next several years, I am sure.

Isn't this how your supposed to sleep in a big girl bed???

I am guilty for going into Olivia's room a million times a night before I go to bed to check on her. It's just a habit now, I guess. Hays and I love to just stare at her sleeping and whispering about how cute, precious, pretty and adorable our little baby is. We have done that ever since she was a tiny baby, we just can't believe how blessed we are and are so thankful for this "little" one.

She's officially a BIG girl!

Eeeeeeek! Well, we bit the bullet. Ever since we found out we were having baby #2 I have worried about the bed situation. We paid quite a bit for Olivia's crib and really didn't want to buy another one. We really wanted the next baby to be able to use it. So, I asked around to see what other moms did and what kind of advice they would have. I think almost all the moms said to keep her in the crib as long as I could and that I would regret it if I didn't. I decided to just go ahead and do it. I would rather have sleepless nights NOW with one rather than sleepless night later with two.

Tonight is her second night in her big girl bed. It has been a breeze so far (knock on some wood for me). She has fallen right to sleep and did not wake up until 7 this morning. We have our fingers crossed that tonight will be much of the same. It does help that the bed is made for a little princess. :)

I think she is already in love (and maybe trying to go to sleep as well?).

When I put her down for her nap today I started feeling quite overwhelmed with emotion. She truly is growing up way too fast. I just wish I could keep her a sweet little girl forever. If time flies by this fast with the first child, what will it be like with the second?? I am little scared to find out.

2 things that are BIG in our household right now:

Ring around the rosie. You play once, you play a million times!

 Play-Doh. It comes out every morning right after breakfast and even sits and watches Barney with us.