Olivia's first swimming pool

We got Olivia her first swimming pool today with her own cute little floaties. She absolutely LOVES the water! (but not so much the floaties-they didn't last long). She was having such a great time until some dark clouds were heading over with some thunder so we got her out and then she threw a fit. Our friends Mike, Val, and Katie came over for a bbq so the girls got back in-Olivia with just her diaper and top this time. The sun never did come back out so it was a little cool but that didn't stop Olivia from splashing around for another half hour. Good thing for her cute chunky thights-otherwise I think she would have been wearing her diaper around her ankles! I'll definitely have to get some swimmer diapers.
I know how I'll be spending our afternoons from now on. I'm sure she'll be crawling out that doggy door yet to get to the pool! Look for more pool pictures to come from days ahead!

The doggy door

Olivia found the dog door today. Grandma Driscoll was right-at Olivia's aggressive level of crawling and curiosity, it wouldn't take her long. Well, today she crawled right to it and kept opening the flap, but didn't crawled out-yet. I'm sure that time is coming, and soon. After she got bored with the door, she crawed to the dog's water dish. Needless to say, we didn't wait long enough to get any pictures of that before we pulled her away. I'm sure the pix of her crawling through the door and outside are coming soon!

Olivia and her raspberries

This is almost a daily thing with Olivia anymore. She eats the first couple bites of baby food just fine, and then after that, it's a game! She spits out every other bite then and gets globs of it everywhere. It won't be long that we're just doing people food-she loves being able to feed herself.

Week back in SD

I've been a little behind in getting the blog updated. Pat, Olivia, and I went to SD to have Olivia baptized and then I stayed another week to spend time with my new nephew-Ryan James (Heath and Kristi's), and the rest of the family. It was a much needed trip since it had been since Christmas that we've seen anybody. Since we've been home, we've been chasing Olivia non-stop all over the house. She isn't walking yet, but she is into everything and is one busy little girl! I can't get anything done unless she's napping, so I've had to put housework ahead of the blog. But, we had a wonderful time back home and was great to see the families. We really miss everyone!


Anna and Ethan with Olivia at the park in Mitchell.


Grandma Driscoll with all 5 grandkids-it wasn't an easy picture to get! How do the Froehlich's do it with 10 grandkids??


Olivia at the Sioux Falls Zoo-she was alseep for the outdoor animals and woke up when we went into the indoor displays. Hopefully soon we can take her again! I think she would love seeing all the animals.


Our new nephew/cousin-Ryan James. Congratulations Heath, Kristi, Anna, and Ethan!

Proud big sister Anna and big brother Ethan with Ryan

Grandma and Grandpa Driscoll with 4 of the grandkids at their home in Gettysburg. This was right before my brother Dan and I drove 4 hours back to Sioux Falls for Olivia and I's flight. We had all 4 kids with, and believe it or not-Olivia was the handful on the way home. The other 3 were saints. She just didn't like the car ride. Hopefully things will change when we drive 20 hours back to SD & IA this July-could be a long couple days.

Olivia's Baptism

We had Olivia baptized in Sioux Falls at Holy Spirit church May 17th. We chose Pat's sister and brother-in-law, Michaela and Andy McNeese to be Olivia's Godparents and are very blessed to have them. It was a great weekend for the baptism. Our families got together for the whole weekend. We hung out at the Lee and Kathee's and the McNeese's hotel on Friday. Saturday we went to the zoo-with the exception of the guys. They golfed in the morning and then went "shopping" all day for Mother's Day Gifts. Pat can never question again why shopping takes so long-they were gone 5 hours. I think Shenanigan's in the mall may have had something to do with it. Saturday night we had a picnic out at Justin's. My friends, Holli and Brad and their family from Mpls came, as well as Jodie, Greg, Nikki, Joe, and family. Justin got out all 3 four-wheelers, so the kids stayed quite busy with rides. Sunday we had the baptism and then had a little celebration/bbq at Justin's. Thank you to all those that were able to make it for Olivia's big day!

I'm 9 months old!!

Hard to believe Olivia is 9 months old already! She has gone through so many changes since a month ago. The biggest being that she is now crawling. I can't believe how mobile they become! She is definitely keeping us busy and gets into everything she isn't supposed to. But it has been so much fun seeing her go through another stage in her life. Another big change is that she has gotten her 2nd tooth in. It seems she may be working on a 3rd. I am also proud to say that just a few days ago she started saying "Ma-ma-ma-ma". I almost cry every time I hear it. On Sunday she also started waving at us. She did it quite a bit, but then stopped. Hopefully she'll pick it up again soon! The pictures taken here are at the park-she just loves the outdoors. Every time we bring her outside she just lights up and starts smiling and laughing. This week we are flying back to South Dakota to have Olivia baptized. It'll be Olivia's 4th flight but she's quite a bit more active than the 1st 3. I start sweating just thinking about that plane ride. But, we are definitely looking forward to the trip!