Yay for just a bunch of random pictures!!

The bumbo. She loves it most of the time, however sometimes she tries to fling herself out. She's getting pretty close, yikes!

Walked into the room to find these two cuties chatting it up. Michael was just talking away in Spanish and she was just calmly listening. (She usually won't just lay there when she is awake.)

Olivia loves to feel Grandpa's beard:)

Making progress on catching her smile! She is wearing a little jacket my dad and brothers brought her back from Nepal.

Watching mom and dad play basketball!

Thanks guys for her cute way warm jacket!

I finally got the Olivia letters up! Thanks to my best friend Leslie for making them! Not a fan of the blue walls but since it will be my dad's office when we move out he got to pick the color. So I guess for now it will have to do!

Playing in her crib with some of her ribbons. A girl can never have to many bows. I'm just saying!

Teddy Bear:

Little Olivia in her little teddy bear bunting.
Oh my gosh I just want to squish her!
She had her 6 month appointment the other day.
Here are her stats:
Height: 25 inches- 21st percentile
Weight: 14 lbs 4 ounces-15th percentile
She's a little thing but definitely has her rolls.
We love her so much!

Just an extra cute picture I found on my camera:

Conference Weekend:

We had an amazing weekend with family as we celebrated Sophia's birthday, watched conference, and just spent time together.
Here are a few pictures:

Olivia is getting so good at holding herself up. Sometimes she will even stand up next to the couch all by herself!

Yay for sitting up by herself!

On Friday night, Michael and I went to Olive Garden. When we got home and went to get Olivia out we found her asleep holding on to her little toy with her headband around her neck. So cute. But as soon as I pulled my camera out to take a picture she popped open her eyes.

Olivia and Daddy watching conference. Having them sitting next to each other like that made me realize how much she looks like him!

Emerson and Olivia watching conference. Olivia actually seemed to enjoy watching conference. She would get all serious whenever they started speaking.
I'm not going to lie that little girl is spoiled. She gets so much attention from her grandparents, aunts, and uncles. We are in for it when we move away for law school.

Auntie Sophie letting Olivia suck on a small piece of pepperoni. She loved it.

What a cutie!

The family at The Pizza Factory for Sophia's 20th Birthday!

Michael and I were loving the warm weather. So sad it is cold now. But we were able to play a lot of basketball and go on walks. Olivia loves sitting in her stroller and watching us play.

P..s. Wishing my boy luck these next couple of weeks as he finishes up all his final projects and papers and prepares for finals. Yay for summer break!

Our crazy week:

Things have been a bit crazy in our little family the past week or so.
Lots and lots of drama, sickness, and unpacking.
Here's a little update of what's been going on:
We are finally moved into my parents basement. Well mostly... there is still some work to do.
Olivia got her first ear infection, cold, and sore bum (Details to come)
Pulled my first all-nighter with a screaming baby. (Not fun)
I got my first cold of the year.
Finally bought a new mattress and head board. Oh how I love my new headboard. (Pictures to come)
Found out that my boy is smarter than I thought he was...seriously. Excited for him to take the real LSAT on June 6th.
Olivia has decided that she likes to fall asleep by herself in her crib. (Now we just got to get her sleeping through the night.)
She's also decided that she is going to be a bit more friendly and not start screaming everytime someone other than her mom and dad hold her.

Anyway, here are a few pictures and videos I somehow managed to take despite all the craziness.

Found this little cutie like this in her swing. I should probably take her bows off before naps!

Emerson turned 17 on March 20th. For dinner the night before we went to Mi Rancherito.
I just love that crazy boy.

At dinner with Auntie Sophie. She's doing the crazy eyes haha!

On Sunday we had another little birthday party. Well Emerson's real birthday party. My grandpa Brown came over and cooked steaks and then we played speed outside. Olivia loved being outside watching all the action.

There she is!

Our little Olivia can be a smiley little thing but whenever I try to get her smiling on the camera she gets all serious. We finally were able to get a shot, probably because we tricked her!

Now for the sad part of this update. Our precious little girl got her first real cold. (She's had a few runny noses and tiny coughs but nothing like this.) I still hardly take her out and I am not kidding when I say we haven't been to church to September. (Except Sacrament Meeting for her blessing.) I know I might be a little over protective but seriously I just did not want her getting sick. Sadly this little cold came from her dad who probably got it from Winston. Well it started off as a runny nose and pretty bad cough and then on our first night in our new home she got her first ear infection. She was up all night screaming. Seriously it was so sad. I really did not know how to help her. My sweet mom heard her crying and would come down and rock her and help us out. (She's pretty experienced in the ear infection department because 4 of us 7 kids got them quite frequently). At the time we weren't 100% percent sure if it was her ears or if it was a tummy ache so we decided we would take her up to the doctor that next morning. Well it turned out she had an infection in her left ear and of course a pretty bad cold but not RSV thankfully. So we got her started on antibiotics and she has been fine ever since. Poor little Olivia. Seriously, I don't know what I would do without my mom. Michael helps as much as he can but with school all day I wanted him to get sleep so he went upstairs and of course he couldn't come up to the doctor because of classes. My mom stayed up most of the night with me and Olivia and continued to help that next day. I think sweet little Olivia realized how much her grandma loves her and decided that she better let her hold her. Ever since that night she has let my mom hold her without crying or fussing for me. So cute! I am pleased to say that Olivia is pretty much completely better! Although, she did get her first sore bum because of the antibiotics and then on top of her cold and ear infection she is teething. Yes, her 2 little bottom teeth are barely visible! Oh and I forgot to mention that after the horrible all nighter I came down with the cold. Sad. Luckily we are all making a speedy recovery and should be back to normal soon!

The day of the move...with all her little medicines lined up.

She actually fell asleep on my mom. Let me just say that that is rare. I love the little drool puddle on my mom's shoulder.

Here are just a few videos of family playing with Olivia:

Happy St. Patricks Day!

Happy St. Patricks Day!
Today was an interesting day to say the least.
Believe it or not, I lit my hair on fire.
No joke.
I accidentally leaned over a candle and one side of my hair got singed.
Haha. But not really.
Luckily my hair was half way up so only the underneath layer is burned.
It isn't horrible but it's still bad.
Since my hair is curly/wavy it is harder to tell. So probably won't be straightening it for a while!
Thank goodness I have this cutie pie to look at and play with when I start to feel bad about my hair!

Johnny Jump-up

So we hooked this little Johnny Jump-up up. I was thinking that she was ready for it. But she's a bit too short haha. So she kind of just swung there. When I started to help her bounce she would move her legs up and down like she was jumping. So cute. And, so smart! Poor little thing wants to jump so badly by herself. She tries so hard to stretch her little legs down, but sadly she still has about 1 1/2 inches to go.

Little Harrison's birthday:

Harrison's 8th Birthday:
I just have to tell a cute story about this little boy. On the night Olivia was born he of course came up to visit. He seemed so excited about his new little niece. Well when he got home, my dad was making dinner and Harrison was sitting at the table with his head down. My dad of course asked him what was wrong and this is what he said, "I am sad that I am not going to be the baby of the family anymore dad, Olivia is now." Isn't that just so cute? My dad of course told him that he would always be their baby and that Olivia would be Isabella's baby. I just love little Harrison so much and I am so glad he is my brother.
P.s. I can't believe he is already 8, I still remember the day he was born!

Michael, me, and baby Olivia went over to my parents house around 5:00 pm. I was planning on making Harrison's cake since when my mom makes cakes they never turn out. Well, when I got there I saw 2 baked cakes in their pans sitting on the stove. I of course went to go check them out...and guess what? There was something wrong. I could tell they were just not going to come out of the pan easily. But I tried anyway, and it wouldn't. Seriously the cake was stuck to the bottom. My mom claims that she sprays the pan but I don't know. Anyway, I decided just to throw that cake out and completely start over. Luckily, this time it turned out! Little Olivia thoroughly enjoyed herself sitting in her bumbo on the counter watching all the action!

Harrison decided that he wanted to go to Pizza Pie Cafe for dinner. So here is the whole crew minus my mom who is taking the picture.

She of course sat on the table occasionally having a little sip of water!

My boy and me. (And Winston in the back) My boy seriously struggles when it comes to picture taking. He really doesn't take them seriously. It takes a lot begging on my part and sometimes I am just not in the mood:)

With the birthday boy. Oh my gosh, I just love that little turtle.

What we've been up to:

I've had quite the busy week as far as scrapbooking goes. I finally finished a scrapbook for Michael and I that has notes and cards and just things we've done in it. It was quite the process especially with a cute as can be clingy baby. But it's done so on to the next one. I swear the journaling and scrapbooking never ends. Anyways, I of course still managed to get some pictures of our sweet one.

I try and go into work at least once a week for a few hours to help my dad with all the secretary stuff. It's so nice because my mom will usually come with me and help out with Olivia so I can get some stuff done. Sometimes this works, but most of the time I end up holding her. She really only wants me. Little stinker. It used to be easy to hold her while I worked but it's getting to the point now where she reaches out and grabs anything in front of her and either rips it up or puts it in her mouth. Well lately, we have discovered Olivia's love for books. Seriously she will sit on your lap and listen to you read for a good amount of time. I think she enjoys the books so much she forgets that mommy isn't holding her!

Watching the Bachelor together. Well Olivia doesn't really watch. Right now she is just looking at her dad. (Her hair looks kind of blonde in this picture..weird cause it's not.)
P.s. Finale on Monday. Yay! Even though I already know who he picks.

So we decided to give the bath another chance since sometimes it is a little bit more convenient than the shower. Well she loved it! Yay for baths! I posted a video of her below. She really started enjoying it when we incorporated a bit of the shower!

So we finally got around to getting mine and Olivia's passports. It was quite the adventure especially because we had to have Michael there with us. (Apparently some people try and leave the country with their kids without the other parent knowing.) We had to walk back and forth from building to building filling out info and taking pictures. But we have them! Olivia loved the walks outside. Seriously, she couldn't have been happier.

After the whole passport ordeal we were hungry so we decided to go to a Salvadorian restaurant we spotted on the way to the County Building. By the way there are lots of good restaurants in downtown Provo. Anyway we ordered pupusas which are tortillas filled with cheese, beans, pork, or combinations of these things. Michael talks about them all the time so I was really excited to try them. They were really good and the fact that they were only $1.60 made them even better. My family was there also, and they loved them too! Olivia loves loves being the center of attention as long as mommy or daddy are holding her...so much so that she skips naps and sometimes get so tired she can hardly keep her eyes open. She fights so hard to keep those little eyes open so she can be apart of the excitement. Well today with so much going on she was of course awake but towards the end of lunch she just put her little head down on my shoulder and closed her eyes. Never seen anything like that from her. It was glorious and so so cute.

Our little one.

Going for a little walk in the buggy.

Love her so much!


Here is the video of her in the tub:

Our first walk:

Yesterday, Olivia and I decided to go on a short walk (to the mailbox) to see if Michael's phone had come. I put together her stroller, bundled her up, and out we went.
She LOVED it!
We don't get out much so I can't even begin to explain how much we both enjoyed it.
It made me so excited for warm weather. I am just sure we will be doing these walks everyday!

Our future golfer:

To be honest, I am not a fan of golfing. (No offense golf lovers out there)
But seriously I hate it.
I think it is:
#1: Way too time consuming. Seriously if you want to play 18 holes it is like goodbye 6 hours.
#2: Costs a lot of money. I mean by the time you buy a golf glove, towel, covers for your clubs, clubs, a bag, golf balls, tees, buckets of balls, rounds of golf (or passes) etc you're pretty much broke. Plus it's like 30 bucks down the drain at the very least every time you play a round. And during the summer golf lovers really could go multiple times a week. Personally I'd rather have a cute shirt.
#3: It's boring. Really, what is so exciting about whacking a golf ball? Oh and even worse than playing is watching it. Oh my gosh so boring. However, I will admit that I do like to play Tiger Woods golf on Play Station, especially when I beat Michael.
Anyway, sadly my boy is a one of those golf lovers.
Seriously, he loves it.
So even though I really do not like it, I still think it is cute that he wants to teach little Olivia how to play. So I bought her her very first set of golf clubs. Luckily this set was only 5 bucks! Hopefully in the next year she will be swinging these things.

We got it!

We finally were able to get Olivia laughing on camera. Let me tell you this has been quite the process. Seriously she has been laughing quite a bit now, but whenever I take out the camera she stops. Little stinker! I hate how the blog limits the size of video I can upload. This video is too big so I posted it on facebook!

Also, one year ago today we found out we were going to have our little Olivia! I can't believe it has been 1 whole year. Crazy. We are so glad she decided to join our family. We just love her!

Phone:

I think little Olivia loves talking to her daddy on the phone almost as much as me!