if you look real close, you can see those teeth!

taking after Grandfather

This girl loves the broom... too funny. She spent a good 30 minutes playing with this yesterday, just pushing it around the living room. She comes by it honestly being Larry Wildfong's grand child. Don't worry, I didn't let her play with the dirty side.

But, I had to try again!!

Obviously, she didn't like it on!

had to try on the hat!

good times

These are the girls I watch in the afternoons... my awesome cousins! They are 10 and 8 and we have lots of fun together (after homework is done, of course). I purchased a stocking for Alivia for Christmas and decided to go ahead and put it up. Well, we all got in the Christmas spirit and decorated more while listening to Christmas music. We ended up being a little silly as you can see, actually using the stockings as stockings!

brushing teeth!

Yes, I said teeth! Alivia now has 2 of them, both on the bottom front. And she loves to brush them, thank goodness! It's a struggle to get the tooth brush back in it's holder every day and night. But, that's a good problem to have. I think soon there will be a third to brush. Don't worry... I take my turn so as to keep those teeth clean and white.

Play time

Meal time!

Grandfather and Alivia playing catch.

more pictures of when Dad was here

such an adorable little girl

what the?

So, my kid has a mohawk... hehe. I just had to take a snap shot of this cute bed head!!

Alivia's first boo-boo..

Don't you have to know how to spell boo-b0 to be a good mom? Just kidding... Erin, can you help me with this? Anyway, Alivia was crawling down the hall way and she decided to slap at the air vent on the wall... well, it resulted in a small cut on her finger. It took a few minutes to stop bleeding and because it wouldn't stop, of course, we paged the Doctor on Sunday morning and asked his oppinion. We kept a band-aid on it and today it's much, much better. Once the bleeding stopped and we got a good look, we could see that it really was very small. And, of course, Alivia is such a tough cookie..she didn't even notice she hurt herself..not one little cry. I love this little girl!! She is so amazing!

Lunch time

GrandDad and Grandma's visit...

My dad and Della are here this week! Yay! We're excited to have time with them. I'll be posting more pictures as the week goes on..here's a few for now...

a happy bumble bee

the cousins

Jordan, Chase and Alivia

Alivia with her Uncle Bryan... we are so blessed to have such awesome family!!

Alivia with Nana and Papa.

Could she Bee any cuter?

Well, her first Halloween and she's a cute little bumble bee. We didn't go trick or treating but my sister in law had a little party at her house and all the cousins dressed up. We sipped hot chocolate and sat around the fire.

A cute dinner picture

Even got green beans on the nose!

Burke's

Well, we really wanted to get into the heart of the city and really see Baltimore, not just the tourist sights... so, we asked a police man where we could go and get a home style breakfast and he directed us here to Burke's resaurant. It was a neat place. You step into a 30's style restaurant and it's nice and quiet...with a little jazz in the back ground. Much different sounds than the busy city streets (by the way I couldn't help it..I counted the amount of times I heard sirens go by.. 17!!). We ate our breakfast and it was very good..it hit the spot! We were ready to start a busy day of walking down town, sight seeing, and going to a wedding. I decided to use the facilities before we left and I was walked down the hall and was about to head down the steps to the rest rooms when what do I see?? A little mouse playing on the steps!! Needless to say I couldn't make it down the steps..I stood in shock for a moment... long enough to realize that this cute little mouse was quite at home here..with the noise of the people talking and dishes clanging in the kitchen.. that didn't seem to scare the mouse one bit, which leads me to believe that he stays there a lot and is used to that place!! Oh how I wish I would have taken those steps before I ate! Well, when you search out real city life, I guess that's what you get sometimes! It's surely something we laugh about now! If you are ever in Baltimore, do not eat at Burke's!

Oh, the beautiful city. What I wouldn't give to live in a big city like this!

On Federal Hill with a view in the back ground.

Trip to Baltimore

A good friend of mine who lives in Maryland got married last weekend. We were fortunate to be able to make it and had a great time. Our hotel was down town Baltimore and we saw a lot of the city. This is a view from the top of Federal Hill.

Alivia's smile