Happy 1st Father's Day!!

Although Billy has been a Father to Bogart and Malu for quite some time, this Father's Day was his first for him with our Baby Girl Olivia! Mommy and Olivia made him a special card and took special pictures just for him!


It was also my Dad's first Father's Day as a "Pop-Pop" so we made him a special card and took a special picture for him too!


It was a good day. Daddy had a roller hockey game so we went to watch him and cheer him on. Then we came home and had a nice relaxing afternoon just the 3 of us (plus the animals). Olivia even took a 2 hour nap which allowed Mommy and Daddy some much needed relaxation time. Then MomMom and PopPop came over for dinner. It was a good day!!

Announcing the New Arrival!

Okay...so when I posted last, which was on January 4, 2010, I had no idea when our new baby would be born. Two days later I found out that the baby was breech and was scheduled for a C-section on January 12, 2010. Well the baby had other plans, and I went into labor on January 9, 2010. And Olivia Lynn Hamilton was born!!

I know it has been a loooong time (she is now 5 months old) and I have no time to go back from the beginning and blog from the day she was born, so instead I'll try to be better about it and start from this point.

Today was a great day - Olivia had her first swim today in our neighbors pool. She loved it, and of course she looked absolutely adorable in her little bathing suit!! Here are some pics of the day!




By the end of the day, she was tuckered out!!

Getting ready for the new arrival (Part II)

So we have been busy buying all the essentials for the baby and making sure we have everything in order before our newest member of the family arrives...in the meantime, the "kids" have been checking out all this new stuff and don't quite know what to make of it all yet. I'm not sure if I mentioned before about Bogart getting caught sleeping in the crib - but he was! Then after we got the glider/rocker he found that to be easier to get in/out of, so he's been found napping there too. Well his most recent nap spot we found today - in the stroller!!! His nose will be quite out of joint when the baby is taking all his new spots!! Crazy animal!




And apparently Bogart and Malu are starting to either tolerate each other better, or have realized that they should join forces against the new baby - because they have become extremely tolerant of each other lately!! Check out these pictures . . .



And they both have been very "cuddly" with me - almost like they can sense something! (Don't mind how I look.)

Getting ready for the new arrival!

My Mom and Dad keep talking about this new "baby" that is coming. I don't really think I know what that means, but they've been buying all kinds of crazy stuff and toys that I can't even play with. I've been supervising their decorating in the new room that all this new stuff has gone in.

4-legged Steelers fan!

We have really been negleting the blog...there is a lot going on with planning for our new arrival in January - and this time we mean the "two-legged" kind! We are not sure if it is a boy or girl - waiting for it to be a surprise - but we know that Malu and Bogart will love it... Maybe not at first, but it will definitely make things interesting for a while.

But...besides getting ready for the baby, Malu has been helping us cheer on our favorite football team with her own gear - a timely present from her Mom-Mom and Pop-Pop!

Malu wins another award!!

Our friend Janice submitted a picture of Malu from when she was about 3-4 months old to a local business magazine called "The Metropolitan" for the cutest pet contest. A couple weeks ago, we got a check in the mail addressed to Malu since she won 2nd place!! How exciting! However, I must say that after seeing the 1st place winner, I think Malu is much cuter!! That other puppy isn't even doing anything?!?!

Here's the picture:


Here is a closer look of the picture that was taken April/May 2008.

Vacation in OBX!

Malu and Bogart went on their second vacation to OBX...and once again they loved it! Since Malu was bigger this time, and more familiar with water, she wasn't afraid of the waves at all, and would jump/leap into them and swim with her Daddy! Here are some pictures from our week.

Malu at the beach...



*Leaping over waves*


*When you gotta go, you gotta go!*


All that playing would make her pretty tired the rest of the day, so she found numerous people to "cuddle" with...




Bogart did a lot of lounging and "cuddling" too...

*Bogart took over the starfish chair the entire week*


*And he made new pals with Ed*



Malu also did some begging for snacks and dancing with her Daddy...



And here are a couple videos of her playing with her Daddy and some new friends she met...a Visla named Jack and a terrier, also named Jack.




We also had some exciting news for Julie and Shawn...they got engaged while we were there! YAY!


And here we are relaxing on the deck...