Olivia’s Birthday Party

Olivia just turned 1! We had two celebrations for her this year. We had a family dinner on her actual dinner, complete with Cookie Monster and Elmo cupcakes. She was eyeing Cookie Monster all day, so she had a blast eating her cupcake. (It was super cute because she would go for the cookie without using her hands.)

On Saturday we had some friends come over to celebrate. For this party I made a ladybug cake. The cake itself was  neopolitan inspired, chocolate, strawberry and vanilla cake. It was overly sweet but fun to make.

One of my 30 before Thirty goals was to create an awesome first birthday cake for Olivia. I think I’ve accomplished that 🙂

Happy Birthday Olivia!

Today my sweet baby turns one year old! This year has flown by at an incredible rate! It’s amazing to watch my girls grow. They are learning new things everyday. Olivia is cautiously learning how to walk, I keep thinking it will be any day now but she’s taking it slow. She is still really little, only 16.3 pounds. She should be 18 pounds so most likely the doctor will have us do bloodwork. My poor Olivia!

We’re not doing anything grand for her first birthday but I will be making a cake. I’ll post the pictures later!

1 day old

1 year old

Bower’s Kidseum

On Sunday we visited the Bower’s Kidseum.  The first Sunday of every month is free so we went and let the girls explore. It’s a small little hands on museum that focuses on different cultures. Jillian had a great time playing in the museum. Oliva enjoyed playing with the musical instruments. For the Arts and Crafts activity Jillian and I made a clay mask. I shaped and she painted.

Olivia

A new picture of Olivia was chosen over at Parent’s Magazine. 🙂 http://photos.parents.com/category/vote/photo/495296

Please vote for her. Last time we got to number 9 in 3 days! Since I caught the e-mail early this time I’m sure that we can get at least top five. Only 1st place gets the prize however.

You can vote once everyday until Sunday, October 2nd. I also found that you can vote from different internet browsers as well as your phone (iphone or android).

If you are a little confused with the voting let me know. Sometimes the quote is right on the box and other times you have to watch the commercial to find the quoted text. I know it’s a pain sorry!