Holy Cow....it's been a while!!

Well, I kept telling myself that I needed to do a post because it has been a while but I had know idea it had been this long. We have been pretty busy around here.

We have our house on the market and have had a lot of showings. We have had one offer so far but turned that one down (it was the very first offer). We have several people who are interested but can't put an offer in until they sell their house. So we are still waiting. Although it has only been on the market for less than a month.

We have purchased a new house. They will start building as soon as we except an offer on our house. then it will be 5- 6 months to completion. So, we are anxious to sell our house and get the new house under construction and also so we can stop having to keep our house in show ready condition, which is difficult with 2 dogs and 2 year old.

This past week Bill's Mom came to visit. We had a great time, especially Olivia, she loves her NaNa. We hope she will come down to visit more often.

Olivia and NaNa

Olivia wearing NaNa's headband to put on her makeup, just like NaNa does.

Pat Benatar?

Pretending to sleep on NaNa's air matress.

Helping NaNa plant flowers in the pots.

Before taking a nap and planting flowers we spent the morning at the NC Museum of Life and Science. This was the first time we had been there and we love it. I know we will visit often. We enjoyed it more than the NC Zoo. Olivia had a blast. This is one of the Lemurs at the Museum. They were pretty cool.

I loved how they sat on their butt with their legs straight out and their ankles crossed.

Playing with NaNa in the sailboat section.

Mist to show how air moves around us.

Our friend the cow in the farmyard petting zoo.

If we went over to his stall and called him he would come right over to us. When I scratched his ear he would moo very softly. He really liked it. I was surprised that Olivia was not afraid.

We got to hold a butterfly at the butterfly exhibit. When we told Olivia we were going to see the butterflies she decided she would wear her butterfly dress.

Sidewalk chalk activities with NaNa

Opening her gift from NaNa's friend Donna. Thank you Donna. I can't wait to put the dress on her.

While I have been absent from posting we have had 5 blue bird eggs and five live blue bird babies. Olivia loves to check on the blue birds. Every day she wanted to see them. Every day I would pick her up to peer into the top of the bird house. I would say, "What do you see?" and she would tell me blue eggs. She asked where are the blue birds. We would tell her that they were not ready to hatch yet but very soon they would hatch. We new they were getting close to hatching. the very next day I lifted Olivia up to peer into the birdhouse again, and I would watch her face to see if by chance they had hatched, it's too high for me to see into. This day I new they had hatched because she looked in and immediately got this horrified look on her face, that quickly changed to a smile and she shouted "babies, Mommy!!!" It was a priceless moment!!! She was so excited that the babies had been born. I asked her how many and she said 2. So they must have hatched during the night and there were still 3 left to hatch. It was an awesome moment seeing her face as she got the first glimpse of her baby blue birds. They have now grown and left the nest. She had checked on them every day since they were born and watched the Mommy and Daddy bring food in and out of the house. Today she took the nest out of the house so that they can build another and have more babies. We usually get 2 sets of babies a year.

All five hatched.

Starting to get feathers.

Finally getting to hold them. She held it for a minute but when they moved she got nervous. Olivia loves animals. The only things she hates are bugs.

Eating at Old McDonald's as she calls it.

"Daddy you're silly"