another birthday girl....

this weekend we headed down to grammy's house to celebrate olivia's birthday!!

friday started off with a bang, or should i say belch....big man was sick with stomach virus!...yuck...and even worse, he was in our bed when he started....yuck, YUCK!...but i will say cleaning our sheets was a lot easier than if he had christened all his stuffed animals in his bed :)

by that evening he was feeling a little better and by saturday he was totally well & rip roaring around like a wild man! and thank goodness, we had a busy day of celebrating my niece ...

the kids waiting *patiently* on the arrival of the birthday girl's present....

meet sammy!! she is so cute & sweet....

the kids LOVED her to say the least....

olivia was quite excited!

my kids warmed up to her too....though they were still a little timid...this frustrates me so much!!....i know i have to be patient with them (well it is mostly miss priss, big man just copies everything his sissy does...he is now afraid because she is!) and not be mad....but ugh!....i really think we will be getting a dog soon, they have to get over this fear......i am not saying they have to go around loving on every dog they see....actually i am glad they don't.....but the squealing, screaming & crying is crazy!....i just want them to be acustomed to dogs and realize they are not spawns of the devil and are not here to harm them....and to learn about dogs and how to approach them, when not to approach them and the basic respect you should have with other people's dogs....ok, soapbox over....moving on to more pics of sweet sammy & the birthday girl!

i mean honestly.....who couldn't love this face?!?! she is so sweet too!!

happy birthday livie lou!!

enjoying some cake!!

grams & olivia!!

LOVE these kids!!

the boys....how sweet!!

after the cookout, cake & gifts we were able to go watch olivia cheer!! i promise you, that girl was BORN to cheer....she is adorable!

after the game with our little cheerleading birthday girl!!

grammy's gang!

i LOVE this pic of the girls....just had to add one more :)

it was a fun weekend!! we were so glad to finally be welcoming in some fall temps too!!

hello fall, so glad to see you again :)