The Great Blizzard of Twenty Ten

So we weren't expecting hardly any snow at all. Ben and I had discussed going up to Knoxville for the weekend because they were "supposed" to get like 9 inches and we thought it would be fun to let O and her cousin play in it together, but then Ben decided we probably shouldn't in case we got stuck up there. I am glad we ended up staying home! We ended up with almost 5 inches at our house, which is a TON for Southeast Tennessee :)

Me and Olivia... Day 1

Sledding Day 2

She wasn't so sure about sledding.

We built a snowwoman :)

3 year Photo Shoot

I took these the day of Olivia's birthday, luckily it was a gorgeous day and warm enough to go out and play! We played outside the whole afternoon :)

The 4 3rd Birthdays

and NO - not 43rd birthday!

We didn't do a big 3rd birthday bash, but ended up having 4 small 3rd birthday parties!

Party #1 - Cupcakes at school with friends

January 14, 2010

Party #2 - My parents house with grandparents

January 15, 2010 (the actual birthday!)
My grandmother got her a rubbermaid container full of clothes for next year. As you can tell, she's a CLOTHES HORSE. She loves clothes!

She got a bunch of accessories for her Rose Petal Cottage. She named this little baby "Molly Kate" after her friend Jonah's baby sister

She got the 5 little monkies game! Can't wait to play that one with Rita!

Rose Petal Cottage stuff :)

She got a trunk full of Tinkerbell dress up stuff.... me and Tink!

Rosetta

Silvermist

The first birthday cake I have even baked her myself.

Mommy & Daddy

Party #3

Nana & Pops house

January 16, 2010

She got the Ariel cd player "just like Emmy's!!!" that she loves!

She requested a cookie cake specifically!

Party #4

with the Medlins, Becca, Laura, and some of my family at Mom & Dad's

This party just started out being for Olivia's friends Mia and Connor and they were just going to come over and eat lunch and decorate cupcakes, but then my sister decided to come into town and bring our cousin, so then my grandparents also came over too. It ended up being bigger than planned, but we had a blast and definitely - the more the merrier!!!

Cupcake table :) I used my great grandmothers ice cream sundae glasses for the toppings :)

She had so much fun decorating cupcakes

Olivia & her friend Mia

Connor (Mia's brother)

The whole gang

Becca, Laura, & Gramma

Olivia opening her gift from Mia & Connor... felt cupcakes (which I'm holding) and also some felt sugar cookies with icing that Amanda (Mom of M & C) made!! They were soooo adorable!

We had a wonderful 3rd birthday, and look forward the this next year with the Princess!

Snow Day!!

Thursday we had a snow day! I went to class for my first day of the semester, attended one class, and then I had a break. I went to Panera downtown with some friends and it started snowing so Ben calls about 8 times saying I need to leave campus and come home... so about that time my sister texted me and said UTC is cancelled for the rest of the day! Yes!! So I headed home right then and enjoyed a nice day off :)
We made chili and watched it snow and then that night played out in the snow. Our sleds were up in the attic and the attic stairs are still broken so we used a trash bag to slide down the driveway. It worked pretty well and was fun!

I don't know why this picture is sideways but I'm not going to change it! ha :)

Santa Claus is coming to town!

Annual reading of Twas the Night Before Christmas Santa brought Olivia lots of fun things!!

Having a tea party with her new Rose Petal Cottage Set

Showing off her medical kit!