Olivia Rose turned 2!

Remember when I used to take like a photo shoot of this girl every month??  

Yeah not so much anymore.  Because she is squirmy and wild and crazy and then also because I'm lazy.

We had a simple little birthday celebration for Miss Livvy.  She loved her presents and her cupcakes and the video of us singing to her is SOOO cute.  She looks so proud that it's her special day.

Now when you ask her how old she is she will say proudly, "I TWO!"  Although sometimes she says, "I SIX!" first.  Then I have to say, no no no silly.

She loves her brothers and really has a special little bond with Coggy (Cameron) going strong.  She loves Jace, too.  But in small amounts.  Because he's Jace.  And his number one favorite thing to do is aggravate her.  

She talks nonstop.  Some of what she says is real stuff, and some is just nonsense words.  Although I think the "real stuff" is starting to take over the nonsense stuff.  She loves going places and she loves baths.  She does not really like taking the time to eat real food.  Although she will eat junk food at any time or place.

She's the best little two year old.  I love her an insane amount.  We all do. 

Half way normal

This little lady turned 2 yesterday.  Although these pictures were taken back at the beginning of October.  I attempted to feel normal and take random pictures and it lasted about two minutes and then I was back in my bed.  Then I got the camera out out of obligation for Halloween and then it has been sitting on the shelf up till yesterday.

I actually took pictures of Liv's birthday.  Yay me.  Although I repeat, these are just random pictures.

And also I took no pictures of Thanksgiving, Christmas, or New Years.  But they all happened.  And now I only have Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day, Easter, and Memorial Day to get through till this bun comes out of the oven and I feel like my normal self again. 

But I feel half way normal now at least.  So I'm hoping that those upcoming holidays will be documented.

Halloween

Halloween came and went.  It was bitter cold because of the wind.  Liv was going to be a cute little lady bug but then we decided to put her in this cute penguin suit Grandma made for Cam when he was her age.  It was much warmer.  I took these pictures and then went inside Sherri and Danny's house until they were all frozen from the wind and had baskets full of candy.

The boys sported store bought costumes all the way.  I was definitely not up for making their costumes AT ALL.  But they loved them so it was a win/win.

Catching up. . . kind of

Once upon a time we went to a pumpkin patch.  And then a week later I was five weeks pregnant and morning sickness hit and I put my camera away and curled up in a fetal position on my bed for a long long long time.

I've recently begun to uncurl.  And when I went looking for pictures so I could "catch up" it's sad to say that there are not very many.

And my fingers feel clumsy typing this.  Because they haven't done this typing thing in a long time.

This was Liv's first time at a pumpkin patch.  That's why most of the pictures are of her. . . :)

Also she loved her little pumpkin and carried it around with her for the next week until it had to be hidden and then trashed.  She called it her "monkey". 

Last day with the big camera

I took my big camera out after our treasure hunt for a little while on the last day.  Using my phone and the GoPro most of the time was so NICE.  Because I kind of love my camera.  Like a fourth child.  So I'm very protective of it, and sometimes that gets in the way of having fun.

But this year we were SO close to the beach, I took it out and when I was done, I went and put it back inside.  It was such a luxury to be so close.

Anyway, back to the pictures.

The ocean is so beautiful.  Have I mentioned I think I need to live by it ALL the time?

What a nice smile this Cam Spam has.  Oh wait.  What is that?  In the picture below, crushed into his teeth?

Candy?  Yes.  Ugh.  Making its way into cavities..  How lovely.

And all of Liv's pictures that are so beautiful have that darn blanky in.  But it was the only way she would be happy.  So oh well.