Stevie Jill

I can't believe this little peanut will be turning one in two weeks!

started walking at 10 months
busy, busy, busy
independent
tough
always smiling and very content
says Hi, Bye, Momma, Dadda
waves to everyone
hates to be fed to and has to feed herself...super messy
climbed out of the bath tub
climbed out of her crib
started taking a bottle at 11 months
Takes 2 naps
goes to bed at 7
mimics everyone
does this hillarious fake laugh
loves Oliver
always knocks Oli's race track down
loves her monkey and binky
wears her hair in a pony tail on top of her head
loves wrestling with dad and Oli
LOVED

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year!

The title says it all...

magical

My Boys

Skiing at Sundance Nordic Center on Christmas Eve

Riverwoods

Beauty

Christmas Morning

Stocking!

Live Nativity with the Olsens

Ski free after three

Buddies

picture update

STEVIE JILL

I can hardly believe that Stevie will be 9 months on the 27th. She is such a sweetie. She is a talker, and loves to say bye bye bye bye while doing the hand motions. She is cruising on everything and getting lots of bumps and bruises. I have to keep my eye on this little cookie, because she is into everything she shouldn't be. I have already found her in the bathroom unrolling the toilet paper... Can't wait til she is one!

Are You a Bumble Bee?

Clarification: Brad was not a bumblebee for Halloween, he was Odlaw. We were the Waldo family. Oliver was Woof, Waldo's dog, I was Waldo, Stevie was Waldo Jr., and Brad was Waldo's evil cousin? Odlaw (Waldo backwards).
Oliver loves the Waldo books, and could look at them for hours. I love homemade costumes and thought Oli's Woof costume was adorable.
My sister, Jamie, was in town because her and my brother, Trevor, ran the Halloween half marathon. We started off the Halloween celebrations at my parents house on Saturday. The Kidos had a blast playing all of the Halloween games.
I have always loved Halloween, but in recent years, it has always been a let down, because my expectations are always so high. This year, Halloween exeeded my expectations. We went trick or treating with Oliver and his buddies. Oliver was the ring leader, of course, and was running from house to house asking for candy. It is so fun to re-live your life through your kids. How cool is trick or treating?

Fall Break

We cruised down to California for Fall Break. It was our first time camping at a beach campsite. The camping wasn't ideal, but we were at the beach, so we can't complain. Oliver was in dream land. He loves sleeping in a tent, and he loves the ocean. Can't wait to get him surfing! Stevie loved the sand. She is growing up so fast, sheesh!

Besties

Oliver, Stevie, and Ruthy love each other so much.