Warriors Are the Best! Yell M-H-S!

Nadia is in her 2nd year cheering for the JV team. She has a great stunt group and has improved a lot since her Freshman year.  Here she was cheering at the Varsity Volleyball Game against Borah.

On occasion, Nadia gets to cheer at her brother's football games since their is no JV football team this year.  This is the game against Rocky Mt.

Cheering at the Freshman game vs. Centennial High School. 

Daddy's 8 Month Old Steeler's Princess

For Olivia's 8 month old photos, we did something special for Daddy. Of course he is a huge Pittsburg Steelers fan, so we got Olivia all decked out in Steeler's gear. Of course daddy loved it.

The Eighth Month

What a fun and exciting month we had. We went on bike rides, took a trip to the zoo, went to football games to watch Brian play and Nadia cheer, got a week long visit with Grandma Linda, and even learned to crawl.

I found this bike trailer at a garage sale for $30. What a bargain. She loves it!

Miss Independent trying to feed herself, and is getting much better at drinking from a cup.

Up on all fours and rocking back and forth.  It didn't take long for her to start crawling. One morning I was vacuuming the floor, and she wanted the vacuum cord. She started moving her hands and a couple days later, she was on the move. Now she is into everything!

Tiny toes

Itty bitty hands

Daddy was playing guitar with Olivia's leg which she thought was pretty funny. I love his facial expression. He is so into it. 

Grandma came for a week and got to spend time with the grandkids.

Olivia loves pulling hair, and grandma's is no exception.

It took almost the full week before Olivia would let Grandma hold her. She is in her "stranger" mode right now, and doesn't like new people.

Olivia's 2nd trip to the zoo proved to be much more exciting for her. She LOVED the goats. She was all smiles and wasn't shy about pulling their heads right towards her.

I could have watched this for hours, she was so excited about it.

My little baby in an egg shell with the little monkey grandma got her.

I can't remember what these are called but they are like a miniature kangaroo.

Olivia was always making this silly face. She would crinkle her nose and blow air in and out. It was so funny.

More silly face.........

and more silly face.

We finally got her tiny little hairs into a ponytail using one of Allie's orthodontic rubberbands. She was not thrilled about it at all.

First NFL football game of the season-Mommy's Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos vs.

Daddy's Pittsburg Steelers. Mommy's team won!

Olivia still in her stranger mode, finally let Johnny hold her after a few months of crying whenever he looked at her. 

She still enjoys her bath time. This is a special treat now as we usually just have a bath int he kitchen sink. It's a lot faster and uses less water.

My 7 Month Old Bathing Beauty

For our 7 month photos, I stole this idea from my Sister-in-law Cheri. She just so happened to be coming up for a visit, so I had her bring her props. I decided to try the pictures myself, but since my lighting wasn't very good, I had to have her take some more. Mine are the sepia, b/w and color one with the white background. Cheri's are the ones with the black background. Olivia is quite that ham and loves taking photos.

The Seventh Month

My sweet little baby girl is always making me smile! Her smile lights up a room. She has such a fun personality, and it's been so much fun this month seeing more of it coming to life.

 In the petunia beds in the front yard one morning.

This little link toy makes it look like she has a goat-t like daddy.

 She refuses to sleep on her back anymore, so this is her normal sleeping pose. Notice the binky is far away. She doesn't really suck on it that much. Instead she puts it in and out of her mouth and makes noise. She's funny. After she's fallen asleep, I go in and take the little purple "lovey" blanket out. She likes to hold something when she is falling asleep, but I'm too afraid to put anything in her crib that could potentially block her airways. (Yes, I know, I am a freak show. I have been told that before, but I don't care.)

Trying her "smush binky" as we call it. Here she was eating watermelon. The smush binky isn't her favorite thing. I think she prefers "real" food.

 Still loves taking showers with Daddy.

My new favorite place to bath her is in the sink. It's faster, and I don't have to bend over in the bath tub. Plus it takes a lot less water. She doesn't care where she's at as long as there is water involved. She loves to splash.

Our other bath option. This is more for playing, and less for cleaning.

 Her newest thing is to roll over when she is getting a diaper change or a clean pair of clothes. She does not like to sit still. She is such a curious little bug.

 Big brother teaching her how to play video games.

Big sister making her smile.

 First swim in a real pool in Glenn's Ferry for the Owings Family Reunion.

My best friend Brandy came to see us for the weekend, and we went to Eagle Island to swim and enjoy the sunshine.

 My beautiful girl looking around.

Here she is splashing her momma. Her arms and legs never stop moving, especially in the water.

 Brian and Caitlyn having fun with Olivia.

 Grandma and Grandpa Owings got her this basketball jersey and it looks so cute on her.

Aunt Cheri and Paige came to visit. We were all supposed to go on a camp out but there have been terrible fires this summer, and the roads were closed. We stayed home instead and played at Eagle Island one day, and had dinner at Grandma's house.

 Cousins:  Hannah, Olivia, and Paige

 Grandma Owings' rabbit, Sunflower. Olivia was just checking him out. 

 This month, not only did Olivia get her first cold, but she also got her first 2 teeth. They both came in the night before I had to give a Sacrament talk. Needless to say, neither one of us got much sleep that night. We had a long week of runny noses, and having to suck out the mucous which she hated. Thankfully it only lasted a week. (Thanks Caitlyn for passing along your sicky germs.)

 My sweet little princess.

I got a package in the mail, and decided to use this box as a toy. She loved it. She plays in it for a long time. It is always the cheap stuff that entertains them the most.