Jake, Amy, Ashlyn, & Olivia: December 2007

Thursday, December 27, 2007

Happy 1st Birthday Olivia!

This Picture is Day 3 of Olivia's life at the hospital. The first 2 days she was not able to be held and live outside of an oxygen tent. In this picture she was about 5 lbs 12oz.

This is Olivia now right at 20 lbs. She is amazing!

Look who took her first step tonight! Olivia decided to humor us and take a step on her own a couple of times tonight. She was standing for a while and we were coaxing her along.

Trying to clap while standing is not an easy job for a new walker.

She decided she was all done for the night with the standing business.

Ashlyn taking Olivia on a ride. Of course this is Olivia's bike, but Ashlyn thinks it should belong to her.

First PBJ ever. She ate an entire sandwhich!

After a long day she had decided to go to bed before it was really bedtime. We cannot believe how far she has come in one year. We are so thankful.

Tuesday, December 25, 2007

No wonder Seahawk's fans have a problem with their fan base.....They all seem very confused on who to root for. Maybe someone can give my Mom some help.

Jake is very loyal to his team, but they are the Patriots so you won't catch him sporting Steelers Gear.

Christmas Day with Amy's family

Thank you Donna and Aunt Carol for the cute outfit for Olivia along with the other gifts. Olivia looked adorable in this.

Alicia (my sister), Jan (my mom), and Me

Daddy helping Olivia with some of her gifts

Jennifer (my sister's friend)

Mom and Brad

Brenda (my brother's friend) and Jim (my brother)

Family Picture

Christmas Eve with Jake's Family

Uncle Steve and Auntie Melinda with Olivia

Ashlyn with her gift from the kids' name exchange. This year Olivia had Ashlyn's name.

Grandpa Matt reading the Christmas Story

Megan, Ashlyn, and Kailey listening to the story. Kailey was called on and answered right when asked why do we celebrate Christmas. Of course, because it is the celebration of Jesus' birth.

This turned our a little blurry, but is does say My First Christmas.

Merry Christmas from our family to yours

Bag 'O Baby

Thursday, December 20, 2007

Christmas Cookies

Now that Ashlyn is 4 she is a big help when we work on special things in the kitchen. We made Christmas cookies from scratch this morning. The recipe was my great-grandmother's that my grandma and mom used to make when I was young. I let Ashlyn do a lot of the work because she wanted to help so bad.

Sprinkles are her favorite!

Here is her finished product. Not too bad!

Wednesday, December 19, 2007

My Mom's tree...Partly full.

My mom emailed me this photo of her tree with some of the Christmas presents out and waiting for Christmas morning. This is crazy......You can't even see the bottom half of her tree......( Normally she doesn't have a fence, but this year she got one because her her pug.)

Skagit Gardens Tradition

My Mom and Ashlyn have a tradition of going to Skagit Garden's and looking at all the Christmas decorations and this year was Olivia's first year to go too.

The girls had a great time! Thanks Mom!!!!

One of Ashlyn's Best Buds in the World.

I thought this pic was too cute not to post. Ashlyn loves Jeff and Leah, but I could only find one of her and Jeff so she wanted this to be posted so everyone could see her friend. Jeff and Leah are long time friends of ours and the girls just love when we all spend time together.

Destruction

Last Saturday I went shopping with a group of friends and the girls stayed home with Jake. While he was on the couch playing XBox, Olivia was destroying her crib drawer. She is way too heavy to stand in it. As you can tell this drawer has about had it.