Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Olivia's 1st Birthday

Olivia turned 1 on January 2nd. Since the sick bug was still hanging around with some family members, we postponed the party. I couldn't let the day go uncelebrated so I made up some cupcakes and we did a little birthday for her. I'm pretty sure she enjoyed it...the cupcake, the candle, the song, the attention. I can't believe this little girl is 1 already. Dad got this shot.....she is so cute!!! We had a family celebration later in the week when everyone was on the mend.
We got a nice picture of Olivia and Great Granny. She got lots of "girl toys" and had fun opening her presents. Thank you to everyone that came to the celebration.
Happy Birthday Olivia!

Thursday, January 22, 2009

An Oat Ordeal

I was doing the daily rountine of trying to accomplish/complete some work in the office today. I could hear SpongeBob SquarePants in the background so I knew what Damon was up to. The Olivia and Joel sounds were in the norm (squeals of glee and grunts of frustration). I came to a stopping point in my work and decided to check on my 3 perfect little angels.
This was the scene.
I should have known this was coming, just minutes before I saw Olivia walk past the office doors with one barrel of oats. I was unaware that Joel had the other barrel and he was more than willing to help Olivia get the lid off of hers. What do you do?!? I laughed because they both seemed to be having a good time. Joel was making motor sounds and bulldozing the oats so a larger area of the floor could be covered. Then he laid down and tried to make "Oat Angels." Olivia enjoyed the taste testing aspect of the whole Oat ordeal. Joel must have realized what kind of mess he had participated in making because he brought the broom to the scene of the crime.
So the wood floor got a treatment of Old Fashioned Oats & Quick Oats. Luckily no fluids were involved...........that would have been much worse.
The whole thing must have taken quite a lot out of Joel because he quit on the second stair and decided to just take a nap. One leg was holding up his body weight and as he fell into a deeper sleep it would relax. Then his body would start to slip off the stair and so his leg would tense back up. I watched his little body do that for a minute or two and then moved him someplace much more comfortable with a blanket. I love my "Roly-Poly Joel-y!" Or as Damon likes to call him, "Joel Bo." (No clue why, but that's what Damon likes to call him).

Damon said......

Damon has been saying intersting things lately. Here are some more gems:

He went to his friends house today. When they came to drop him off, she let me know that he did pretty good and was well behaved. (sigh of relief) She then said, "Oh he said something that was really funny." (oh no....oh no) "Owen's mom, you're looking good today!" "Oh well thank you Damon."

He enjoys singing the Free Credit Report (dot) Com song from the commercials on TV.
"free credit repot dot com"
"so why am I dressed up in here like some notted bomb"
"its all because some packer stole my identity"
"now I'm in here saying"
"free credit report dot com"
(I guess that song is pretty catchy. The real version should play on the PlayList down below).
We got Kung Fu Panda for Christmas. Damon has only watched it 2 or 3 times, but that's all it takes. I was in the kitchen asking Damon what he wanted for lunch. His reponse was, "Mom, do you really want to make noodles all your life?" (In the movie, Po the Panda wants to "Kung Fu" instead of make noodles at the restaurant with his dad).