Happy Birthday to Olivia!

Happy 3rd Birthday to Olivia! Hard to believe that she is 3! We had to sing Happy Birthday to her about 50 times today and she had a large smile each time. For her birthday we celebrated with "make your own" pizza and ice cream sundaes. We were all "caked-out" from her birthday party with Grammy and Grandpa Brett the previous weekend.

Joe and I gave Olivia a doll house for her birthday. As you can see from the picture, we had a hard time finding one big enough! :) It is so tall that she cannot reach the attic, but she will soon grow into it - literally. Olivia LOVES the dollhouse and played with it for the rest of the day - she thinks that the little potty is hilarious. Who knew bathroom humor started so early?


Grammy and Grandpa Brett visited this past weekend for Olivia's birthday. This was their first trip to Iowa City, so we spent much of the time showing them our favorite parts of the town. It was so hot on Saturday that Grandpa Brett and Olivia spent much of the afternoon having a water fight.

Grammy and Olivia the Chef. She now has to wear the outfit when playing in her little kitchen.

Happy Birthday to Olivia!

The theme that she selected for her birthday was Backyardigans. However, she then also selected a pirate ship cake, and we wrapped her presents in Princess paper, so all bases were covered. Her cake was really impressive as you can see from the picture. Joe even had to assemble it before the big presentation!

Birthday pancake breakfast.

The family enjoying free music Friday in Iowa City. It is held in the PedMall in the summer, and is a great family outing. Please ignore the Ron Paul Presidential poster in the background. You cannot go anywhere in Iowa without seeing campaign information. This event had about 6 tables for Presidential hopefuls.

And now for some new pictures of Ethan...

Full of smiles! He is still a calm baby (for the most part). He just loves attention.