Welcome Bailey

Joe and I decided that it was time to get Audrey the dog that she has been asking for.  Last Friday I left work early drove down to Temecula to pick out a dog for the family.

This little fur ball is going to grow up to be over 120 pounds.  Bailey is a  Saint Bernard puppy who was born on November 1, 2010.  She was the calmest pup of the litter.  Bailey was perfect on the 2 1/2hour dive home, she did not leave the front seat once.  

Bailey was super shy when she came home.  She crawled up next to the couch to protect herself for the first few days.  I bet she will be bummed when she is too big for her safe spot from the girls.

The girls were so excited on Saturday morning , they were both up before 7am!  

Bailey Anne Ward relaxing after her bath

Olivia and Audrey smothered the puppy with toys, while she was trying to get in a nap.

Look at the girls smiling!  They are so in love, all 3 of them!

Good Times

The Ward family has been having fun this summer. Here are some pictures that we have taken on several different occasions.

Olivia was having a blast at Eagle Rock Rec Center.  She loves the swings!

We went to San Diego at the end of July to visit our friends who were out on vacation from Detroit.  Audrey was in a great mood that day and gave me this crazy smile.

We spent the morning at Scripps Aquarium in La Jolla, it was beautiful.

The three girls were never really in sync, but there is a picture (the best one) of all of them; Julia, Audrey and Olivia.

Joe and Olivia  take a minuite to pose for a picture.

 I think it was funny face day for Audrey.  ha!

The girls loves looking up into the big tank.

Julia likes looking cool for the camera

Another day, another adventure....BATH TIME!

It is Olivia's favorite time of the day!

Audrey usually has a great time too.  Unless it is time to wash her hair.  

Last night after bath time Olivia was posing inside the otttoman

Olivia is so proud of herself lately for finding her belly button.  It is the highlight of my night after a long day at work.

Cruising and Claping

Here we are almost 1 year after Olivia was born. Each day is an adventure with my girls. I woke up yesterday morning and was greeted by a very happy Olivia who began clapping when she saw me walk out of the hallway.  She loves to play with her musical instruments that we keep in a hat box. I constantly put then away to turn around and see that she has pulled them all out again. Her favorites include the maracas and a wooden drum with a fun rubber drum stick.

Olivia is now offically cruising around the house too.  She walks from the ottomans to the couch to daddys leg and then over to her toys basket.  Nothing is going to slow this girl down.  She has begun playing by herself and travels with her snack trap close behind where she can eat cherrios.

Of course I have no pictures of what I have just describes, but here are a few of my favories from the past few days.

 

Audrey was regressing and took some time to climb into Olivia's activity center.  Yes, Olivia is under next to Audrey's feet.

 

Olivia figured out what was happening very quickly and made her escape!

 

looking cool in the tub

 

Learning new tricks from big sister Audrey

nothing is sweeter than a hug from your sister

 

The other evening Joe called out to informing me that Audrey had discovered the costume jewelry stashed in her closet.  Yikes!  Before I managed to remove it all she snagged these retro glasses.

 

Audrey loves to paint in the back yard using the art center that her grandparents gave her.  The other day Joe gave Audrey some paint.  A few minuites later I was greeted by the blue/purple monster.

 

It really was cute and not a messy as it may look!  Ha!

 

Yesterday was picture day at Audrey's preschool.  I had to take her in on her day off for her group class picture.  So I bribed Audrey with this big lolly asking her to behave and smile for the camera.  I was VERY sore from a yoga class yesterday and could not move easily. I was also challenged with watching Olivia in Audrey's classroom with oodles of toddlers who like to squeeze and love babies, so yes I feel that the bribe was very needed and was extremely successful!