Olivia is One!!! Pumpkin Party

On November 2nd we celebrated Olivia's 1st birthday with the cutest pumpkin party at a corn maze just north of Ocala. We had the BEST time.....the weather was perfect & everyone had a great time enjoying the activities. Their were hayrides, big tubs of corn & oats (which the kids loved to playing in), a small petting zoo, a corn maze to walk thru and other games. I made pumpkin shaped rice krispie treats as party favors which turned out so good! We put up our 10 by 10 tents & my sister hung up lights & made the CUTEST birthday banner to hang across the tents. Olivia really loved crawling around & watching the other kids play. I'm so happy to had made such wonderful memories of celebrating Olivia's first birthday!

The birthday girl!

Charles had flowers delivered for Olivia & I on the morning of her birthday. So sweet!!
Here's Olivia's flowers...so cute that its in a pumpkin jar (keeping with the theme of her party :)

Flowers for me

Sorry these next photos are out of order, they were on a different cd.

Such a cute picture of Cameron in the corn tub

Olivia loving her cake

Our friend took this adorable picture of Olivia

In the pumpkin patch

Family photo :)

The pumpkin cake & Olivia's smash cake

First touch of the cake....what is this????

Taking a family photo while Olivia is eating her cake.... I love how she is staring at the fork, waiting for more :)

Yum!!

My 93rd Papap giving Olivia a kiss

My Mimi & Olivia

Cameron doing a big jump into the tub

October Photos

Here are some cute photos from throughout the month of October. Olivia is 11 months and Cameron just 3 years, 1 month. Cameron and Olivia are starting to interact well together & Cameron really enjoys Olivia. I just have to keep a close eye on them since Cameron likes to be rough & often takes toys from her (she is old enough now that she gets upset when he takes her toy.)

Cameron feeding Olivia. I heard one conversation Cameron had with Olivia..... she was crying for more food & Cameron came over & said to her "would you like some more puffs? Here you go, open your mouth." Then he fed her some puffs & said "I'll be right back" as he ran off to play for a few minutes. It was so cute!

Cameron in the cupboard playing peek-a-boo with Olivia
Pushing her walker (she is still not walking by herself yet)

Riding the motorcycle together. Since this is Cameron's favorite toy Olivia loves to ride on it now too......she wants to be just like her big brother!

Eating cupcakes for Charles' 38th birthday!!

Playing in the box that Cameron's costume came in

At the pumpkin patch

Picking out a pumpkin

Here's a video of Cameron riding his bike......withOUT training wheels!! We took off his training wheels shortly after his 3rd birthday & he was riding by himself after only a few days. He learned how to stop by himself real quick but it took about 2 months for him to be able to start on his own. We are so proud that he is a big bike rider!!! Oh, and you can see him go over the ramp Charles built him......starting him early for BMX racing, LOL!!!

Halloween 2011

For Halloween this year Cameron was a dragon and Olivia a princess. We went trick-or-treating in our neighborhood Halloween night and even stopped by my grandparents apartment earlier in the day to show off their costumes. Cameron's school had a Halloween parade & singing but the parade got rained out & I forgot my camera to take pictures of all the kids singing. There's always next year :)

My Mimi & Papap with Cam & Olivia
Papap (94 years young!) with Olivia

Riding in the wagon trick-or-treating. Olivia loves to ride in the wagon!

Trip to NC Cabin

We took a long weekend in September & headed to our new cabin in Murphy, NC. This was our first time staying at the cabin & we really loved it. We spent the weekend purchasing a lot of house items (towels, sheets, cleaning supplies, dishes, etc) & working to get it all set up for us & any renters that we might have. Charles had fun making a fire pit in the yard & Cameron of course loved helping :) I am really looking forward to making a lot of great family memories there.

Visiting the Ocoee river, the site of the 1996 Olympic Whitewater Rafting

Sitting on the banks of the river


Watching for rafters (I can't wait until Cam & Olivia are old enough to do it!)

Charles & Cam preparing the place for the fire pit

Hauling the stones to the pit

The finished project :) It looked great!!

(And he made steps leading down to the pit)

We were in town just at the right time to attend a huge craft & vendor show at the Campbell Folk School which is just down the road from our cabin. We had a nice time walking around although it was freezing! Here are some cute pictures from a photo spot at the event.

Here are some pictures of the cabin....... (sorry I posted them out of order)

Guest bedroom2nd Guest Bedroom

Guest Bathroom

Master Bathroom

Master Bedroom

Kitchen

Kitchen Nook (door leads to back patio deck)

Family room (view from upstairs)

Mountain view from front deck