Happy Birthday 2 Year Old!

So, if you haven't heard, Olivia's 2! And she is getting older by the minute. Everyday she says something new. It is amazing. Watching her grow and learn is so fun, although at times it can get trying. You may know she was very sick last week with a virus, which didn't leave any of us very well. I hope to never have another week like that again. Her actual birthday was May 7th, and on that night we had Craig and Jennifer over for cake and pizza. She opened her gifts from us and we all relaxed. I had planned on having some of her friends over for a play date the following weekend. I'm glad we had the cake on her actual birthday, because two days later she came down with the virus. And that left her out for the count all the rest of the week. I ended up having to cancel her play date birthday party, I didn't want any kids to pick up what she had. The good thing is that she is too young to know her birthday party was canceled. The other good news is we got to still celebrate it with a small, intimate crowd anyway - and she didn't know the difference. Take a look at my baby turning two!

(Side story: So after I frosted the cake, I realized we didn't have any birthday candles. The commissary was already closed (no 24 hour walmart here), so I tried the little shoppette down the street from us. No luck. I was driving back to my house and was sad my baby wouldn't have any candles to blow out. I saw a lady standing outside with her kids, and I thought "What the heck?" So, I pulled up to a complete stranger and asked if she had any birthday candles. She looked at me a little weird and asked how many I needed. I told her two. She came out with a baggie that only had three in there. I thought, "perfect, one for good luck," and thanked her very much. Mike watched the whole thing horrified from my kitchen window. Oh well. I got my baby some candles. And that is why her candles are mis-matched.)

She knew what to do with the candles! She didn't even need help.

Yummy cake!

Finger-licking good!

Daddy got her a big princess balloon:

The world's coolest game...(only for about 15 minutes)

An Abby Kinex thing:

I love this shot. She is wearing Craig's hat and loving it!

See? They swapped hats. :)

It was a happy birthday!

More on Okuma

Yes, I am terrible at keeping up with the blog lately. I know. My reasons are a mix of working, wanting to read, taking care of a sick child with one thing after another, and just plain laziness and craving relaxation. I got a little of that today, so I decided to sit down and show you the rest of the Okuma trip. We really had a blast and we can't wait to go back. It was beautiful! And peaceful, and reminiscent of camping. Take a look:
Olivia was pretty excited and content watching Hi-5 on the way up there. She thought it was so cool she could watch it in the car...until she figured out how to take the DVD out of the player...


Okuma- The buildings on the left is where we stayed. Told you it was right on the beach :)

When I would go camping back in the day, my mom would always throw potatoes wrapped in foil on the fire coals, and come morning, we'd have some awesome potatoes. Well, of all the years we went camping in NY with bear warnings and sightings, raccoons, deer, and whatever else loomed around in the woods, I don't think we've ever had a thief. I put two potatoes on the fire, went to bed, and woke up to this:

Something stole my potato! Just one of them. And left the wrapper for us to clean up! I'm pretty sure it was an animal and not a person, because there were scraps all around. Do fruit bats eat potatoes?

Since there was just one potato, Olivia and I left that for daddy and went to walk to beach. This was the view outside our room, walking down to the beach. Not too shabby...

It was a pretty rocky walk:

Good thing we wore our rain boots! Nothing like walking the beach in your jammies.

After breakfast we went for a bike ride...A family bike ride:

After the bikes, we hit the beach - played in the waves, and also went tubing. All very fun. Except when tubing in the ocean, be sure to wear goggles...the salt water is not nice to the eyes.

Wave to Daddy, Maddi, and Craig:

All that activity wore out Olivia, and she had to take a nap. Okuma was hard work. Notice the one-armed baby - thanks to Jillian.

Ending the night with S'mores...MMmmmmmm

Mini-golf on the last night:

She kinda got the hang of it:

Waiting patiently for her turn:

This guy was hanging out by our room:

One of the many pretty scenes:

On the last day the water was very choppy and it was very windy. We didn't do much water activities, except seaglass hunting.