Olivia scootin around

Olivia got this little scooter from some friends at daycare that had outgrown it. She just loves zippin around on it & does quite well with it!

Olivia in action

She was not happy about me taking her picture, but I did manage to get some cute ones ;)

Catching up with our news

Last weekend (Thursday) we went to Grandma and Grandpa Driscoll's to stay. Pat had to be in Pierre on Friday to meet with the SD Chiro Board to get his SD license! (And b/c it's only an hour from G&G's, I decided to take the girls so we could spend the wknd there) And as I'm sure all have heard our news by now-but we are moving to Sioux Falls at the end of October. Pat will be starting up his own practice and renting space from another DC friend of his. We are super excited to make this move, but are are leaving some great friends & jobs here in New Ulm. We do know that this is our last move-we are finally going to be settled!

Olivia trying to squeeze into Cora's 3-6 month jeans & by golly she did it! Looks like me trying to fit into my pre-pregnancy clothes!

One happy, smiley baby

Daddy teaching Olivia how to break the sticks over her knees to help gather firewood for our bonfire that night. She got pretty good at it! We roasted marshmallows & "watched out for the rabbits and coyotes" that Olivia was sure were going to get us.

Grandma and Olivia at the "Marching Band Park" as Olivia calls it. It's right next to their school & last time we were in Gettysburg at the park, the marching band was outside playing. We had to leave b/c Olivia was terrified that the marching band was going to get her. Coming from the girl who loves to play on her cousin Jason's drum set.

G & G next to their motorcycle

"Bad Girls of Sturgis"

Here's the story to this picture- When Olivia was born, Uncle Justin was out in Sturgis so he brought Olivia a onsie back that says "Bad Girls of Sturgis". I had done a blog entry on it and titled it that. When you google 'Bad Girls of Sturgis', our blog entry is the 2nd thing that comes up. The owner of this shirt company, Tom, out of Mitchell, SD, had emailed me wondering if they could use Olivia's pic on their FB page. I said sure-as long as the sight remained tasteful, and which it has. Well, before Cora was born, he contacted me again and had followed our blog on & off & seen that we were expecting another girl & asked if he could send her a onsie.. You can't read it in this pic, but it says "Bad Girls of Sturgis..Potty All Night". Very cute. Tom also asked if he could send Olivia a tank & when they came in the mail, he had sent me a matching one to Olivia's! :) Instead of Potty All Night, they say "Here Comes Trouble" (And all free of charge!) So, if anyone gets out to Sturgis next year, please look up their booth & take a look at what they have! Tom if you're reading this-thanks a bunch! We had a great time doing the pics.

Cora is 2 months old!

Cora is 2 months old today. She definitely is our snuggly baby. She loves to smile, and has the cutest little flirtatious look about her. She sometimes will be smiling at you and then shys away & turns her head into you. So cute :) Cora's still not sleeping through every night, but we do get 2-3 nights of her sleeping from about 10pm-6am, so I'll take that. Cora and Olivia have been in daycare now for a week and it's been going pretty well for both. I'm missing my girls terribly, but we have the best daycare so that helps. Big sister Olivia is doing quite well with her, and loves on her alot. Other than that, Cora does what every other 2 month old baby does. She's been such a good baby & we are enjoying her so much!

Cora watching the Hawks with Daddy

Last week of maternity leave at G & G Driscoll's

Olivia, Cora, and I spent the last week of my maternity leave at Grandma and Grandpa Driscoll's. Pat went on a 5 day fishing trip to Lake of the Woods, MN with his dad and brothers, so I decided to try my luck with a newborn and 3 year old who has to potty all the time, and do the 6 hour drive. For the trip over, G & G decided to ride their motorcycle over to Watertown, which is about half way. We had lunch and then Grandma rode with us. It was great company & a nice way to break up the trip. The ride home was smooth too. Olivia fell asleep about half way home-slept through the drive through for lunch, feeding Cora in the pkg lot, and woke up 10 minutes before we got home. It took us right at 6 hours-2 chicks going that long w/o a potty break I thought was pretty good! We had a nice relaxing week. The girls of course got spoiled. Olivia charmed the pants off the 2 of them-some of it being naughty, some being just cute. She definitely had us going all week!

Olivia & I went on a boat ride on the Missouri River with Grandpa

Grandma and Olivia dancing....Grandpa came around the corner dancing and didn't realize pictures were being taken :)

Labor Day Weekend

We spent the weekend in Mpls at Pat's sister Molly's. It was a great time- a little colder than what I would have liked, but still got some nice weather. We started out the day Saturday watching the Hawkeyes, then grilled, and had a bonfire. Sunday we did a little shopping & took the kids to the Como zoo, out to eat at Buca di Beppo, and then back to Molly's for some Apples to Apples.

There isn't a Hawkeye game in the Froehlich family without the attire!
G & G Froehlich with Cora

At the Como Zoo-Olivia wasn't too big of a fan of the animals & we had to carry her most of the time. She was especially afraid of the monkeys, which really surprised me. I think most of it was just being over tired.

Olivia & Jack on the train

Andy & Jason-Jason was holding on for dear life!

Cora after the zoo trip-she was such a good baby the whole day & didn't hear a peep through all the shopping, zoo, and dinner.

Cora & her baby blues