Sledding with Daddy

I just love spending time with my daddy. He always does fun stuff with me! Today he took me sledding in our yard, through the neighborhood and down my first hill. I LOVED IT!!

All bundled up! I hope I get some snow pants for Christmas!
Yay! Mommy, look at me!

Wheeeeeee!!! One of the best parts about sledding, was coming back inside, sitting in front of the fireplace and drinking some hot chocolate with whipped cream on it with my daddy! "I love cream!"

MMMMM....NUMMY!!!!!!!

Vivi will enjoy it all someday too!

Pictures with Santa and a Reindeer

We got to meet a real live reindeer this year when we went to see Santa in cousin Austin's neighborhood. It was awesome!! Well, I didn't want to touch the reindeer and I refused to sit on Santa's lap....but the cookies were awesome and seeing Pappaw was pretty awesome too.

I am not much of a poser these days! Sorry Pappaw!
Vivi likes to have her picture taken though...with Pappaw

...and with Santa! NOT ME! I didn't care for him much. Unlike last year when I just looked at him like "Ok, whatever. Who are you, dude?"

Vivi sat on Pappaw's lap at Austin's house after the pictures. Everyone loves Pappaw's lap!

Austin was so nice to share his toys and play! Love him!

Christmas Pictures with Grammy

Grammy wanted to include a picture of her with her grandbabies in her Christmas card this year, so while she was watching Vivi and I (while mommy was getting her wisdom teeth pulled) we attempted to take one. Enjoy!

I am so ornery! Hmmm...what am I gonna do?
Here is mommy after her teeth were pulled with a contraption daddy whipped up to hold the frozen peas to her face!

Aunt Susan and Vivi

Austin and I played some Christmas music

This isn't the picture Grammy used but we thought it was a funny one and wanted to post it on our blog!!

Merry Christmas

Vivi's 8 Weeks Old!

We can't believe how quickly baby Vivi is growing. She is already 8 weeks old and gets cuter and cuter every day. If that is possible. She really smiles and coos at us now when we talk to her! Look at this precious smile!!!

Vivi hanging out...

My baby sister really likes to lay on her activity mat and look up at the noisy penguin or the lion or the mirror. She especially likes to lay on it in the bathroom while I get my bath or mommy gets hers. She loves the bright lights in there so she can see everything really well.

Oswalt Christmas 2010

It seems like a big snow storm hits every year before we head to Ridgeville, Indiana (near Winchester) for the Oswalt Christmas. We had to drive very carefully but we made it. Vivi and I took naps on the way there while mommy and daddy concentrated on the roads. We had a great time seeing all of our cousins, Pappaw, Great Aunts and Uncles, and Great Grandma Oswalt.

Great Uncle Jeff told mommy that he had first dibs on holding baby Vivi when we got there. But, Pappaw actually got her first so Jeff had to steal her away from him. :) Christmas is always at Jeff and Karen's house.

Great Aunt Karen got to hold her next and insisted mommy eat with everyone else while she got to enjoy some baby cuddles.
Madisen is very cool and always helps to entertain me! I had so much fun with her. (Thanks Madi)
Great Aunt Barb got to hold Vivi for a while too. Everyone loves a new baby!! :)
Maya also loved baby Vivi. She just got a new baby girl cousin named Keira so there is finally another girl cousin near her. Maya will be three in February and I really like playing with her too!

Vivi just checking everything out

Lots of Kisses

Sophia on her Pappaw Dave's shoulders, mommy, Julie and Angie

Mikayla is growing up so fast. She is such a pretty young lady!!

Aunt Kari, Cousin Nikki and mommy posing for the camera

Great Grandma Oswalt with Great Aunt Judy giving Vivi some loving

Jared and Kari were there too

Cousin Julie gets her turn

Madi helped with baby Vivi too!! She is so good with us kiddos. Isn't she pretty too!!

Cousin Grace also wanted some baby time!

It was another great Christmas with the Oswalt clan. There are so many people on mommy's side and it is always so good to see and spend time with everyone.

Rockin and Rollin

Pappaw Dan got me the Guitar Hero bundle for my birthday and it came with a guitar, drums and a microphone. I love them all of course, but today I played with the guitar. :) I am a really good player!

My music puts my sister to sleep!

7 Weeks Old

Vivi is already 7 weeks old and it is hard to believe. She is doing so well holding her head up so mommy decided to try putting her in the Bumbo seat. She did so great and really liked it!

...well, she liked it for a little bit!! ;)

Circus Circus!

Ok, this one is going to be written in mommy's perspective:

Wow! We were so excited for Audrey's first trip to see the Circus. I got free tickets from one of the TV stations I advertise with and we thought it was such a good idea. Audrey totally sits still and doesn't move when Dora or Diego are on the tube, and we just thought this would be something she would really love. Ha! We learned a lesson. ;)

It started out so great and she was so into the opening act. The Ring Leader comes out and says "Welcome to the greatest show in the universe"...or something like that...and then out come the elephants with ladies sitting on them, men on motorcycles, floats carrying trapeze artists, all kinds of colors, etc. and she was SOOOO excited. She was clapping and we just thought this is awesome! Nick and I smiled at each other and thought...this is going to be so much fun....for all of us! After all, Nick or I hadn't been to the Circus since we went on a field trip in grade school.

Vivi was content in her carseat so I left her in there for the beginning so I could get some pictures and watch a little of the action myself. This was our first adventure out...just the four of us. The show was downtown at Conseco Fieldhouse (where the Pacers play), so the seats were close together....like in any stadium.

Almost as soon as I got Vivi out of the carseat, she was still sleeping mind you, Audrey started to get a little .... shall I say "antsy". There were people sitting right in front of us and she kept wiggling to get out of Daddy's arms and almost kicked the little girls in front of us a number of times. Then, I smelled something and thought she was in need of a diaper change....which it turned out not to have been her I was smelling...must've been the girls in front of us? So, I took her out and we went to the changing table. No poop! Then, we played on the stairway for a while to keep her pre-occupied.

While we were out, I had pumped a bottle before we left so Nick fed Vivi. She is such a great baby by the way! We moved over and gave Audrey the seat in between us and I had packed some snacks. She was much happier in her own seat and was content with the snacks. Soon it was intermission so Nick took her out to get some cotton candy (this was a first and we were willing to try anything to keep her occupied so we could watch the rest of the show). Just as Nick is heading out of the stadium, I notice that Vivi has had a total blowout...all up her back and completely soaked. Of course, Nick couldn't hear me when I was yelling for him to come back and help me. So, I take the changing pad pressed against her back along with the diaper bag and head out again. I had to ask the gentleman behind us to keep an eye on our stuff (carseat, coats, etc.) since I couldn't carry them too.

Of course, since it was intermission the bathroom was completely packed and Vivi had been screaming for about 10 minutes at this point. Poor 6 week old baby. I waited in line for a couple minutes and then butted in front of everyone to use the changing table in the handicap stall. I swear, people probably thought I was ripping off her arms and legs from her screams in the stall. She was NOT HAPPY! Unfortunately I didn't pack a second outfit either...I thought about it earlier in the day...but in the rush of getting us all out of the door in time to get to the circus I forgot. So, I had to strip her to her diaper, used about 10 baby wipes and put her in her little bear suit that she came in used as her coat. It worked just fine but I felt horrible.

As soon as we got back to the stadium and to Nick, I said we have got to get out of here before the show starts again. By this time, Audrey is sitting quietly in her seat chowing on some cotton candy. Poor girl! We packed up and headed home. Enjoy the pics!

Daddy was even excited!

Yay!! "Ewephints, Ewephints!"
Tigers!
Attention span is quickly shrinking

It was quite an adventure and something we will always remember and laugh about.

Brownies for breakfast

Now, this doesn't happen every day.....but once in a great while mommy let's me have brownies for breakfast!! Her mommy taught her well...at least that is what I think. ;) So, today was a brownie breakfast kind of day. After all, life is just too short! Piggy enjoyed sharing my brownies with me.

...and Vivi raised her hands saying "Alleluja!"

First Snow of the Season

Just enjoying the coming of Winter!