Olivia is TWO!

Olivia Catherine turned 2 June 23, 2008. She had a fabulous birthday party that her and Camille shared, she had a little party at my aunts', and then a little party at home with some buddies. She is so much fun! We took her to the doctor and he told us she wouldn't be any taller than 5'3". ( He said Camille would be between 5'6"/5'7"). She has always been my little baby! Her favorite things are dressing up, playing barbies, swimming, and acting like a dog. She is talking up a storm and says things like, "Mom, I promise", or " I told you Mom, I want to wear my princess dress". She loves "Camo" more than life its self! They play so well together. I love looking up from my work and seeing them pretending. She is attempting to potty train, but we haven't been home long enough to get much consistency. Here are a bunch of pictures. It is a pretty long blog!

Olivia wears this almost everyday.

Best Buddies.

New shoes.

Playin purses.

Having a cake at Aunt Kristi's!

Swimming!

Waking up two!

Happy 1st Birthday !
Crawling around!

First time to have cake!

My favorite picture of her.

June 23, 2007

At Camille's Birthday, almost 1.

Just had to throw this one in there.

Going Home.

Our first family picture.

At Baylor Grapevine, they give all the kids a little crochet hat, they gave Olivia one that matched Brandon's shirt.

Little two year old Camille got to push "Vaviva" to the nursery.

Camille's first time to hold to Olivia.

My first time to hold her. I thought she was perfect.

Olivia Catherine Blake.

SUMMER!

These pictures are in reverse order. We have been blowing and going this summer. We have been lucky to get to spend more time with my family. We started out this blog (from the bottom) at my cousin Jordan's graduation from Idalou High. He is going to ACU in the fall. Watch out ladies, he is quite a catch. We flew home with my sister, and went camping with the Oranges. It was Camille and Olivia's first time in a tent. We went out on Brandon's dad's boat in Lake Grapevine. The next weekend was the girl's Circus birthday party. We had so much fun, but it went by way too fast. The next Wednesday was Camille's first dance recital. I was the "stage mom", which meant I looked after the class backstage. When I walked them onstage, I had a small urge to run out on the stage and do a dance of my own. Who would have thought that I would miss old Barbra Craig's School of Dance? We went to eat with Brandon's family and the Smith's afterward. That next weekend we loaded up to spend Father's Day in Galveston with some friends. We had an amazing time. The next weekend, we flew to Lubbock to celebrate my grandparents, Ron and Loretta Farquhar's 50th wedding anniversary. It was at my aunt's home. My mother and aunt threw quite a party and we had a blast. Today is Olivia's birthday and I will post a montage to her soon. I love being busy and getting to see so many loved ones. This weekend we will be home, back at our church. Brandon just told Camille "leave mom alone, she is blogging. She is bragging about her family on the computer when she could be spending more quality time with them." Guess I better go!

The lovely Loretta Farquhar, aka Nanny Bird.
The lovely couple. Ron Farquhar, aka Pappy Boy.

Happy Father's Day Brandon.

Check out Angie Orange's arms.

Do they look alike?

The nine children in Galveston.

Mrs. Kimberly Holmes and under the hat is Carter.

The Noes, minus Hayden.

The Smith's. Where are their clothes? Bad Shara!

Memaw and Camille after the recital.

Olivia and Kylea.

The Smiths. Nice Rick.

Prince Maddox is eating some menus.

Do they look alike?

Stage MOM. Look OUT.

Camille the Comedian.

Camille the Sweet.

Olivia and the CIRCUS Birthday!

Camille bossing Ms. Cassidee.

Lauren the Magnificent and Camille the Great.

Nathan, Noah, Camille and Lauren on the lake.

Brandon and Olivia. Olivia likes to drive.

Me, Riley, Olivia, Jordan, Carson, Lauren, and Camille at Jordan's graduation dinner.

Jordan and Olivia.

Camille Caroline Blake is FOUR!

Camille Caroline turned four on Memorial Day. We were in Galveston, Texas with Brandon's parents, sister and brother-in-law. We had such a wonderful time. It was a great place to be on your birthday. I took a note from my friend Cara Potter and wanted to show the world my Camille on all of her birthdays. There are lots of pictures, but how can a mother pick just a few? The pictures are in order backwards. I hope you enjoy seeing her grow. I can not believe that four years ago I had a baby that would become my best little friend. Happy Birthday to CAMILLE CAROLINE BLAKE!!

So big and happy.
Building sandcastles and she couldn't wait to knock it down.

Pancake breakfast with candle.

Singing "Happy Birthday".

She thought this was so funny!

Swimming with Dad.

Sweet sisters. I thought Olivia would be a little jealous of Camille's birthday, since she loves birthday so much. But she was really sweet to her and sang to her numerous times. She did try and blow out her candle.

She reminds me of a Mary Englebreit card right here. I love little Miss Camille.

Three was FUN!

So sweet, but loosing the baby face.

Here with Queenie, on her actual third birthday. We had just finished my grandmother's funeral.

Turning two meant getting a sister soon. Did anyone remember what I looked like at eight months pregnant and on Vicodine from kidney stones?

Queenie made her cake.

Nanny sent her a dress.

I woke up at 5 in the morning, cause who sleeps when they are huge, and made her a cake from scratch on her real birthday.

Mimi and Dada gave her a fancy mirror.

She turned 1!

She had two parties. One in Odessa and one here.

She could barely walk.

She loved the attention.

She wanted us to sing to her over and over.

She figured out that parties are fun.

She still sleeps like this. One leg out of the covers.

She was born in the afternoon. Right before Fantasia won American Idol.

Brandon had no idea what was about to happen to him.

Our very first picture as a couple. I was so scared.