Thursday, July 09, 2009

Olivia's Birthday Party

Today we finally got to celebrate Olivia's 1st birthday. There are 3 babies in our Sunday fellowship that are all turning 1 in July. So we had a Teddy Bear Picnic for all the babies. It was really fun. What a joy Olivia is in our family. We are so grateful for her!



This was the end of the party - not so sure why Luke doesn't have a shirt on. But as you can see by the size of his belly, he thoroughly enjoyed the food!! Olivia enjoying her cake. She loved it , although I don't have any funny pictures of her smearing it in her hair. She just got down to business and ate every bite.


After we sang Happy Birthday, 2 of the babies were pretty excited to get their hands on the cake.




During the Baby race, Olivia (the only walker in the group) got distracted and let the lightning fast crawler beat her to the finish line. We gotta work on that speed!!


All the kids

What a sweetie !!



Last week was a rough week

Here is my poor baby last Friday. We had a rough week (including both Olivia and I being sick on her birthday) which ended in a scary Friday morning. We woke up to Olivia crying and her eye was huge and swollen shut. She had had pink eye and also flu-like symptoms but this was really scary. So that morning Olivia and I got on a plane and headed to the capital city to see an American doctor. Luckily we actually got to meet with an ophthalmologist , who was super kind to us and very helpful. And thankfully, as soon as she started the antibiotic , her eye started to look better. I'm so thankful for how God provided us a flight that morning, a place to stay, and 2 great doctors to look after her. But most of all, I'm so thankful that she is ALL better now !

Thursday, July 02, 2009

Happy Birthday , Olivia Ruth!

It's hard to believe a year has passed since Olivia Ruth came into our family. What a joy she has been and will continue to be. ( And I think as we learn more about her personality, a handful she might be!). Thank you God for choosing us to be parents to Olivia.

Unfortunately this has been a rough 2 weeks for us. Since we returned from our trip , we have all been sick. This week is has been Olivia and me, and both of us were still sick today on her birthday!! That is why she looks sad in her pictures. I think she's getting better, but she was definitely not at her best today. Good thing we didn't plan to have her party today! We will be celebrating on Monday, with 2 other babies born in July , so she'll just have to wait until then for her first taste of cake !







We had our family birthday breakfast outside , which Olivia and Luke always love. She was pretty excited about her special muffin, although it was hard to get her to smile for the camera.
There's a smile!


Hey, what about me? I think today was a character building day for Luke as it wasn't his birthday. He was just sure he was going to turn 3 on Olivia's birthday. His day is coming in a few months, and it will be all about him then.

Olivia was more interested in the muffin crumbs in her chair rather than opening her presents.