Christmas 2010

Christmas is our favorite holiday of the year. 
This year we went to Grandma Koverdan's house.  Uncle Paul and Aunt Jess came up with Olivia, Grandpa Koverdan drove up all the way from Florida and his wife Renata flew in from Poland.

The tree had unbelieveable amounts of presents under it!
Santa came to visit us on Christmas Eve and Ashley could not be more exited.  It almost brought a tear to my eye to see her face.

Halloween 2010

This year was so much fun with Ashley.  She had such a blast!
She was dressed as a modern butterfly and just melted my heart.
She didn't quite understand the concept of the candy giving at first but quickly adjusted and became a pro in no time!

Paducah Visit

We went to visit Uncle Paul and Aunt Jess in Paducah for Olivia's 1st birthday.  It was quite the family affair.  Grandpa drove all the way up from Florida to meet us there. 

Ashley absolutely loves to be around Olivia.  Its amazing to watch the two of them interacting.  They barely recognize each others' existance but still love to be around each other.

We went pumpkin picking at Wurth Farms which was alot of fun.  When we got back to Uncle Paul's house we carved the pumpkins and just enjoyed our time together.

4th of July!

We spent the 4th of July at home.
Every year, Cherry Ln has a parade just a street away from us. It is quite an extensive deal in our neighborhood.
A few doors down we have the Fisko family that participates in the parade with the scottish group playing the bagpipes. It's pretty cool to see and hear. It starts in the morning as their bus gathers around at the house and we see and hear about 20 bagpipers warming up prior to the parade.

This year Ashley LOVED the fireworks show. She talked about them for days!

Check out our festive little girl!

My Best Friend Died......Nina RIP 06-13-2010

My best friend..........Miss her so much..........

Ashley turns 2!

Ashley celebrated her 2nd birthday with friends and family. We were so glad that everyone was able to make it. We had ice cream cake and a bounce house in the yard!
Uncle Paul, Aunt Jess and Baby Livy were able to come up from Paducah, KY. We also had Ciocia Marysia from Poland here!
We are so lucky to have such loving friends and family.

Uncle Eddie Comes to Visit

Uncle Eddie came to visit after his return from Iraq. We are all super thrilled that he returned home safely. Ashley wasn't able to pronounce his name so she called him "Ded". It was quite funny.
We want to thank Eddie for helping us out with the bathroom remodeling!

 

 

 

Jamaica Mon!

Steve and I met up with Paul and Jess for some R&R in Ocho Rios Jamaica.
It was a very much needed break away from reality.

 

 

 

 

Aunt Jennifer Makes a Pit Stop

Auntie Jennifer made a pit stop to visit Ashley before she left for Turkey the very next day. It was wonderful to see her since Ashley was just a newborn the last time that she had been here.
See the pic below!

Visit to Paducah

Ashley went to visit uncle Paul, aunt Jess, and baby Olivia in Paducah, KY.  She had a fun time removing and inserting Olivia's pacifier over and over again.  She also enjoyed being a big helper in bottle feeding Olivia.  She is going to make a great big sister some day.

Grandma Pulver Visits

Grandma Pulver came to visit Ashley.  We are so glad that she was able to come.  Its not often that Ashley gets to spend time with her but loves every minute of it.  Ashley calls her Nana and remembers her very much.  We go over the pictures in the house all the time so that she knows who is who.
Here are a couple of pics from "Nana's" visit.