Our little musicians

We bought a piano from a neighbor this week, and several family members came over last night to help move it. When it was safely in the house, Olivia and her cousin, Trey, tried it out.


They are a little too short to read the music.


After moving the piano, we all went out on Trey's other grandparents' boat for an evening tour of the big lake in our housing development. Olivia wasn't sure about this boating thing at first...

...but by the end, we got a smile or two out of her.


This morning, Olivia started her piano "lessons" with Daddy. So far she understands that hitting the keys causes the piano to make noise. I think that's as far as we're going to get for awhile.

Outdoor eating is fun!

Olivia chilling after a meal on our screened-in porch. Note the very messy bib.


"I'm tired of this spoon."


"I think I'll fling it over there."


Jammin at the keyboard.

Father's Day

We took Olivia to her first baseball game on Father's Day. She enjoyed meeting the mascot...until he turned at looked right at her. Then she wasn't sure she wanted to talk to him at all.



This is Olivia talking about the game. Actually, she's gearing up to say "MmmmmBAH!", which is her favorite thing to say and means whatever she wants it to mean at the moment.


Having fun at the game with Daddy!

Seven Months

It was a bit of a challenge to get her to sit still for her perspective photos, but here are a few that we managed to get...





...before she decided she was done with pictures and started climbing on the chair.



By the way, we put one photo up on our wall every month so we can see her growth. So which of the first four photos would you choose to add to our month-to-month collage?

Also, a few swim photos from yesterday.

Weekend excitement

Daddy's college's mascot. I'm not afraid!


See, I'm riding the Puma!


My first swim in Grandma and Grandpa's pool.

Very busy girl

"Helping" Mommy with shopping, and finally big enough to sit in the shopping cart seat.


Nothing is safe from the hands of the amazing crawling baby.


Grabbing her toes.


Trying to inspect the gifts from a friend's birthday party.


Utterly exhausted. And truly adorable.