The Frog...

Matt came home from work on Tuesday ECSTATIC because he had found a new pet for Madi...

a frog!

Apparently he was greeted by this creature when he got to work in the morning, which led him to capture him (it?) and save it for a pet.

After scrounging up a cage and creating a mini habitat, the frog (which has yet to be named, except by Seven who gave him the name Gabriel after his friend at school...) has found a new home in Madi's room.

She loves to stare at him and "ribbit". She tells us all kinds of things about him, which have yet to be interpreted... they have become pretty good friends!

We often find her doing this with the cage on the floor...

Great Grandpa and Grandma Olson came for a quick visit this weekend and Madi insisted on lugging her cage out to the family room to show Grandpa "ribbit"...

This look is my favorite...

How could you not take her seriously?

She told him everything she knew about frogs...

And then he told her everything he knew about frogs...

And thus, the conversation continued as she convinced this 78 year old man to lay down on his stomach to get a better look!

It's a hard life:

- being a toddler

- wearing pink football clothes

- talking about frogs

- running around barefoot all day

- being adored by everyone around you

But, she does it well!

Baby Olivia...

Last Sunday we welcomed our first baby NIECE! Olivia Marie was born on December 5th weighing in at 7 lbs and 18.5 inches long. We couldn't wait to get our hands on her so we headed straight to the hospital after early service church on Sunday! Unfortunately, I forgot the camera, but that's okay because Madi and I went to visit again on Monday...

and on...

well, we're trying not to wear out our welcome!

She is pretty much perfect though, just like we expected.

Madelyn loves her, although she doesn't understand why she doesn't get to hold her by herself yet...

"Mine" is currently Madi's favorite word, and for some reason she seems to think if she just tells us that Olivia is hers that she'll get her.

I SWEAR.

We DO NOT give her whatever she wants!

But in the meantime she'll just keep trying... she's a persistent child!

For now, we'll just keep visiting our favorite niece... she seems to like us already.

Okay, so maybe she sleeps peacefully for everyone!

Welcome to this world Olivia Marie! We love you SOOOO much, and we just might give you whatever you want... I mean...

Just Like Daddy...

Madelyn likes to try and play dress up... It's really funny to watch her stumble around while trying to pull some sort of clothing item over her head.

I know.

It sounds kind of mean, so sometimes we go ahead and just help her out.

She pretty much knew how cute she was once she got it on... and then we just kept laughing that she couldn't find her hands.

We're her parents. I'm sure she'll laugh at us for years to come too!