Happy Birthday Miss Olive!

Olive had a wonderful first birthday! She even decided to take some solo steps on her big day... and she's been practicing hard ever since! She's almost there! We took a picture by her tree, and I'll post one from last year too. Olive loved opening up gifts. Pat and Vance- she took FOREVER opening up yours because she LOVED the tissue paper! She would rip little bits and look each piece over carefully... it was killing me! (I'm not patient when it comes to gift unwrapping. But it was her day, and I kept it under control) The big party was on the 18th and we had lots of family in town. It was so fun! The weather held out, and she had a great time with all of her friends and family. The only time she got a little overwhelmed was when she was opening gifts and she had LOTS of little helpers!

My favorite part was when we all sang "happy birthday" to her. She was very quiet and looked in awe at everyone singing to her! So sweet! Thanks everyone for a great party!

Lucy and Olive got to take the Burley trailer out for a spin after the party. They loved it! After supper, Sarah and I thought it would be an awesome idea for the girls to finger paint!! Hopefully we have more pictures to capture that moment... I'm still trying to get that yellow paint off of Olive's toe, and out of my clothes! It was a mess, but a blast!!

Olive had such a great time hanging out with Grandma, Grandpa and Great Grandmother! And of course, Lucy and Auntie Sarah and Uncle Luke! It was such a fun weekend... THANK YOU ALL! We feel so blessed to have such a wonderful group of family and friends.