Thursday, October 27, 2011

Fall Fun

Olivia is doing wonderful and is walking everywhere now! She is still very much enjoying school on Thursdays and so am I!!!! It's so nice to get some time to catch up on house work without my little ankle biter helping me ;)) Whatever did I do before her???? I should have had all kinds of time to do stuff!! She loves to say.."that!" and point at objects waiting to be told what it is. She knows what "Hot" means and points at mommy's coffee cup, the stove, and sometimes food if she sees me blowing on it.. so cute! She is learning what "yes" and "no!" mean...and uses the shake and nod of her head to make sure we know what she means too!!! LOL ;-) Oh the joys of toddlerhood...here we come! She is definitely into using the "uh oh" word as much as possible so the other day she threw her travel size baby powder out our third floor window only to quickly follow up with "uh-oh!"...We aren't experiencing too many temper tantrums yet...but they are definitely hidden in there! She has a little red head in her! This weekend we are going to visit with some friends and go to a fall festival. I'm so excited to see her in her Halloween costume. She is going as a Baby Elephant this year. Here's to apple cider, caramel apples, and lots of family fun!

PuMpKiN PaTcH FuN!




Olivia had so much fun riding in the wagon and picking out her pumpkin!

Monday, October 17, 2011

Wow! It's so true what "they" say... A year with your child flies by!!!!

I can't believe a year ago Max and I were fumbling through sleepless nights, nursing, and overwhelming feelings of love! We were so blessed to welcome Olivia Grace Torrence into our lives. She makes me want to be better and do better every day and has brought such joy to Max and I. I look forward to the ups and downs our next year of parenting will surely bring...I think...hahahaha!

Smash cake time!





Being a girl...she didn't get after the cake like we thought she would...but once we got her started she had lots of fun! Happy Birthday Olivia Grace! Mommy and Daddy love you more than you will ever know.

Walking, presents, and birthday fun!





Olivia has been "Knee Walking" for about a month and finally the weekend of her birthday she started walking on her own! Her favorite gift was a Disney Princess car her Granddaddy gave her! She loves this toy ;) Good job Granddaddy!

Sunday, October 16, 2011

Olivia's First Birthday Party





I was so pleased with how pretty her party turned out! I love the picture of Livi with her daddy ;)) She was a sweet little birthday princess!...but I'm not biased right??

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Our little girl is almost 1!!!


I can't believe Olivia will be 1 next week!!!! This year has absolutely flown by...It's amazing how much change and growth takes place their first year and she has had a pretty busy one! She has been to the beach, on a plane, had an MRI (long story but she is totally healthy!), an ultrasound, 8 teeth!, says Mama...Hot..Yeahyeah...and Hi!, loves knee-walking but knows how to walk when and if she decides she's ready, met her granddaddy and both her great grandmother's, goes to preschool one day week and loves it!, went to a UGA football game, loves to go for walks and swinging, loves to play in the "dancing fountains" in our neighborhood, Dinosaur Train and Elmo are all the rage in our house, and bathtime makes her cackle out loud with excitement! All in all I'd say we stay pretty busy and our little Livi makes life so much sweeter ;) Mommy and daddy love you peanut!

Torrence Family



Olivia took her first plane ride this past weekend to visit her great grandmother Hazel and to meet all of her daddy's family! Grandma Hazel celebrated her 90th birthday and Olivia loved playing with all the cousins!

Olivia with her great grandmother we call "MawMaw"

Elliott Family Reunion

Wednesday, October 5, 2011



Livi's 1st UGA game!!!


Since Uncle Blake will be deployed during Livi's first birthday we had a "Pre-Birthday" celebration with him before he left!