More Family Christmas Celebrations

We spent Sunday afternoon celebrating Christmas with the Pitz side at Bob and Cindie's home.

Again, we had a great time, seeing everyone again, eating way too much food and catching up with everyone.

Olivia was only her shy self for about the first 10 to 15 minutes and then she was off again, grabbing whoever she could and having them take her downstairs to play or into the dining room where all the desserts were.
She hammed it up and ran from room to room and got along with everyone even though she doesn't see them very often. She enjoyed showing pictures to Grandma Pitz and was spoiled by her aunts, uncles and cousins.
She especially liked Bob and Cindie's two house dogs and kept them on their toes too.

Just like Christmas Day she filled up on chocolate, cookies and candy again and zonked out in her bed when we finally got home and put her to bed. That's exactly what is supposed to happen for the holidays right?

We have a couple days again to catch up on getting back into a routine, eating regular meals and getting caught up on sleep....just in time for the next party on New Year's Day!!

Stay tuned.

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas 2008

Merry Christmas to everyone. We had a wonderful day. Olivia woke up not quite remembering what was going on that day but soon got out to the living room to see the presents under the tree. She was a little overwhelmed at first but soon started ripping into her presents. Her favorite present was her guitar. Kyle and Jenny got the GuitarHero set with the guitar, drums and microphone so Olivia fits right in playing her rock and roll too. I'll be adding more pictures from Christmas morning at our house but for now am including the afternoon pictures from Aunt Nancy's house. There she was buried under just as many presents as what Santa had brought.
Thank you Grandma and Grandpa, aunts and uncles for all the great gifts. She loves the toys and the clothes are so cute and much needed.


We all had a great time in the afternoon and into the night. Olivia was running all day and had so much fun. She finally zonked out on the way home and couldn't wake up even as I changed her clothes and diaper and put her to bed. She also woke up happy the next day.
We have a couple days now to relax and play-play-play, then on Sunday we do it all over again with the Pitz side. We will be heading over to Bob and Cindie's house on Sunday and I'll post pictures from that too.

MERRY CHRISTMAS 2008!

Cwismas Tooties!

Translated that means Christmas Cookies!! Olivia "helped" me cut out and bake the Christmas cookies on Tuesday and she, Jenny and I decorated them today, Christmas Eve. She is kind of a neat freak and was really good about not making a big mess. For being 2 1/2 she was really good at getting the frosting on the cookies and then one big splot of sprinkles. Once in a while she would sneak a lick of the knife or just stick her finger right in the frosting for a taste.
She had a great time doing the cooking, cutting them out and decorating them. It was so funny when every few minutes she would stop what she was doing and say "I wuv make tooties wif Mama!"
Even Misty (with the sweet tooth) wanted to get into the picture.

It was hilarious and she genuinely had a lot of fun. At night we read "The Night Before Christmas" and set three cookies that she picked out on a plate for Santa with milk and....of course... a napkin to wipe his mouth. As I put her to bed she was talking nonstop about the cookies, milk, napkin, reindeer, party at Aunt Nancy's, and so on.
I'm not sure who is having more fun with this, me or Olivia.
Watch for more pictures from Christmas Day.




We hope everyone has a very blessed, happy and safe Christmas 2008!!

Merry Christmas!!

Tree Decorating 2008

We put the Christmas tree up a couple weeks ago but I had to update the blog to include these cute pictures of Jenny and Olivia decorating it.

Last year Olivia was too young to get into it much but this year she is so excited about the decorations, parties and the thought of Santa coming down the chimney and bringing her "pwesents".

When we got done with decorating the tree she just kept jumping up and down in front of it squealing.
One week from today she will be beside herself with excitement. I can't wait!!

What A Celebration!

We had a big celebration on Sunday. It's hard to believe but I am turning 40 today (15th). We had a Packer/birthday party yesterday and it turned out to be a really fun time (even though it's my 40th AND the Packers lost, again)
Everyone came over for the game so the party started by kickoff time and went until almost 9:00 at night. Olivia was a trouper again and kept going all day long without a nap which is rarely missed. She was so glad to get into her crib by the end of the day. She had such a good time with everyone though. She cheered for the Packers, opened my birthday presents and went from one person to the next and kept everyone entertained. Luckily we both get to stay home today and do nothing.
Everyone brought wonderful food and snacks and overall, even though I can't comprehend 40 I had a great birthday celebration. I hope everyone else enjoyed themselves also.


Olivia will have so much fun again when Christmas comes and we are together with family again. We are all looking forward to more family gatherings. But for now we both need to recover from a very fun day.

Thanks to everyone for coming and for the gifts and fun!!!

Better luck next year Packers!! (at least Steve's Steelers won!)

Happy 13th Birthday Jenny

As of Thursday we now have two teenagers in the house along with a two year old!

Jenny turned 13 years old on December 4th and like every birthday for the kids we had Grandpa and Grandma Manning over for a dinner that the kids get to choose.

This year Jenny wanted a Chinese dinner. It turned out really good. Fried rice, shrimp, chicken and beef stir fry and egg rolls. They also get to pick what kind of birthday cake they want and she picked a Jell0 poke cake this time. Everything turned out great. I even set out our authentic chopsticks set and we had real Chinese tea and used the tea set we brought from China. Jenny even got dressed up and wore one of her dresses she bought in China.

Olivia was a little jealous and had to help Jenny blow out her birthday candles and help with opening her presents. We had a great time again eating and visiting.

Happy Birthday Jenny!

Ready For Winter

Or at least Olivia is ready for winter....