Olivia's Birthday Party - Part #1

Our little girl turned one on Friday, October 2nd. It's unbelievable to me how fast this year went by. I honestly don't know where the time went, but I do know that I am enjoying each and every day and savoring these moments at home with my little ones. They are so precious to me and I am so thankful for everything I have in my life. They bring me so much happiness 99% of the time (the other 1% they are driving me crazy, but that is all part of the journey of parenthood, right?)

We decided to have Olivia's birthday party in San Diego so that she could celebrate with family and friends, so that party is going to be on October 18th (stay tuned for pictures). So for her real birthday we decided to go out to eat and have a low key night. We took her to a local sushi restaraunt and here our little girl is, all dressed up!

Opening up her present from daddy saying, "Ohhhhhh!"



Daddy's little princess :-)


Enjoying her chocolate lava cake for dessert!


Getting a hug from brother Cole, or is that a choke hold? It's hard to tell.

Her "real" present should be delived today (we got her a play kitchen) but in the meantime, she got this baby doll set. And yes, Cole has had just as much fun playing with it. He loaded up the crib with all of his tools from his toolbench and wouldn't let Olivia come near it.

The Sullivans visit Sactown

Two weekends ago some good friends of ours from USD, the Sullivan's, made their first trip to come and visit us. Bryan and Jim were roommates freshman year and managed to survive living together for 4 years. Bryan and Dana have a son, Brennan who is exactly 6 months younger than Cole and baby #2 on the way. They flew in on Friday and stayed until Sunday. The boys had a great time hanging out and so did we! The parents even managed a "date night" and we left all 3 kids with the sitter (poor thing!) and we took them to one of our favorite restaurants, "Crush 29," but they treated us (thank you again Bryan and Dana!!!). On Saturday we all went up to Bishops Pumpkin Farm to let the kids each pick out a pumpkin. All in all, a great weekend and we hope they come back up and visit us soon. Maybe next time in the winter, so we can all go skiing.....?

The boys on their tractor




Cole hunting for the "perfect" pumpkin


Olivia trying to pick hers up!



The "men" loading the pumpkins into the wagon.



When Brennan got ready to go to the airport with his backpack, Cole decided he needed to wear his as well.