Project 366: Week 22

148. Most of you probably already saw on facebook, but my college roommate Amanda took her bridesmaids dress from Michael and I's wedding and had her mom turn it into a dress for Olivia.  This is just one of the many pictures I took of her in it.

149. Watching the crazy people on the jet skis.

150. So silly!

151. Shopping for birthday supplies

152. She does this weird thing where she scoots around the room with her head to the ground.  We haven't quite figured out why, but she did it here and came up with her hair all a mess and her bow hanging down. (No, it wasn't really that cold out.  It is pretty much in the 90's every day here.  It did drop to high 70's for a day or two though.  On this day it was rainy and looked cold out and I knew we wouldn't be leaving the house, so I dress her in comfy clothes.)

153.  I was trying to take a picture with my phone to send to Michael and she crawled a little too close. :)

154.  I don't know why, but I love this picture.

Memorial Day

We wanted to do something fun to get out of the house.  There is a lake that is really close to our house (as in 10 minute) and we had yet to visit it.  It is a rather big lake and we thought we'd just take a picnic and enjoy what the area has to offer.

It didn't quite turn out the way we had expected. First, we got a little lost trying to find it.  We could see the water, but we couldn't find the actual park.  Second, it was super crowded.  Third, there was no "beach" area, it was super hot, and the water was dirty.

However, after the effort it took to get there, and the fact that we had to pay to get into the park?!?, we decided to give it a shot.

Olivia had a great time!

She was fascinated and amused by the boats and jetskis in the water.

Michael and I ended up having Subway and Olivia had a mis-match of food that was easy to pack: applesauce, puffs, black beans and dried pear chips.

Then Michael took her down to put her feet in the water.

Then we took a little time to rehydrate...

enjoy the view...

and take a phone call

Then we left to get ice cream! :)

There are many different parks on the lake.  Next time we are going to check out the one that is a little farther away.  We're hoping for better results!

You're Invited!

It's June!  The month in which my sweet daughter was born.  I cannot believe she is almost a year old.  I'll leave all the sappy stuff for a later post though.  I just wanted to share with you the invites I made.  They were sent out last week, and I think they turned out pretty cute.

I'm not sure if you can tell from the picture, but the black paper is shimmery and the green and blue paper are sparkly paper.

You may have seen one similar floating around pinterest.

I ordered the pdf file from an etsy seller and then did it my way.

Cute, huh?

Y'all are invited!

Because of the time and money investment, I only sent them to a few people even though I knew they wouldn't be coming.  Those few people included grandparents and great grandparents.

So if you are an aunt, great aunt, cousin, friend, or anyone else who loves Olivia, then this invite is for YOU!

Baby Jail

Olivia loves to get into anything and everything she's not suppose to.  It's human nature right?!  Why else does a newly crawling baby head right to the outlets?  or the cords? or anything else they are not suppose to touch?

For a while we were pushing our oversided ottoman around to use as a shield--in front of the TV, to block off the kitchen, etc.  It was sorting of working, but it was getting old and she was figuring out ways around things.

We decided it was time for a baby jail.  Almost all of her toys are in what is suppose to be the dining room.  We spend a lot of time in there playing.  We wanted to keep her in there.  It's nice too, because now if I need to run to the bathroom or grab a bag of groceries from the car, I have somewhere to put her instead of giving her free reign.

Also, Michael and I were sick of always having to sit on the floor.  We switched out the table (which we rarely use and was causing issues with Olivia) with our chair.

We ended up getting the gate from Wal-mart.  We priced it out and that is the best we could find.  It can be made into a octagon, but we just use it to block off one room.  It works for us.

Wordless Wednesday--Spaghetti

Migraines and daddy lunches

"I don't know what a migraine feels like, but if this is how they feel...then I have one." 

-LB, Walther 2nd South RA 1999

I went to a friends house on Saturday morning to have a Mary Kay make over.  She's starting her business, and as a fellow new business starter, I wanted to help her out.  Unfortunately, I came home with a migraine.  I think it was triggered by the peach smelling hand cream.  Anyway, I am not one prone to migraines, but over the last few years I have had a few that I would call "mild migraines".  I know some people get them much, much worse.

Anyway, by the time I got home all I could do was take some medication and plop on the couch.

Time rolled around for Olivia to have lunch.  I mentioned this to Michael and he got right on it.  We keep most of her food in the same place in the fridge and cabinets, so I figured he could round something up.

I got up to go to the bathroom (thought I might have to puke, but didn't!) and saw he was making her some leftover oatmeal.  Being someone who is a fan of breakfast for dinner, I was perfectly fine with his choice of cuisine.  I plopped back down on the couch and prayed the aching would go away.

A few minutes later Michael says, "what's this yellowish stuff in this dish?".  Having just made some food for Olivia the day before, I replied, "probably peaches".  To which he responded, "it doesn't smell like peaches".  Knowing that there was no other "yellowish" food that I made for her, I had to pull my throbbing head off the pillow to look.  He was feeding her hummus.  Straight up hummus off the spoon.  I don't know about you, but this made me laugh.  A) he didn 't even know what he was feeding her.  He was just scooping spoonfuls of food into her mouth hoping for the best. B) who eats spoonfuls of hummus? and C) he had just fed her oatmeal--raw, uber healthy oatmeal that he did not mix any fruit in, and then he gave her hummus.  Mmmm... oatmeal and hummus.  Exactly what I want to eat for lunch. :)  The whole thing just made me laugh.  That's such a "dad" lunch if I ever saw one.

On a side note, I was talking to my friend about my migraine and she told me she knew exactly what it was.  She said she had some similar a few years ago and thought she was losing her vision, so she went to the doctor.  Turns out it is called an optical migraine.  Basically it felt like someone had taken a bunch of pictures of me right in a row with a really bright flash.  I could still see, but there were all these spots and circles and I couldn't get them to go away.  That coupled with the headache and I was down and out until about 1:30.  Thankfully the medication kicked in and I was at least able to manage the rest of the day.

Project 366: Week 20 + 21

134. She likes to play peek-a-boo behind furniture and objects.  I was sitting in the chair, leaned over and got this crazy face! :)

135. She's really been into Violet lately--giving her a hug.

136. Her last day as a "Bug" at The Little Gym.  We will be moving to the "Birds" class in the fall.  We are taking a break in the summer with because of Little Man being out of school.

137. Blowing me a kiss

138. Peek-a-boo

139. Because who doesn't love baby feet

140. Her go to face

141. Kissing her new baby

142. "Helping" me with the laundry again

143. She just randomly put herself in this position and just sat there.  I ran to grab the camera and she just looked at me like I was crazy.  It took about 5 pictures to get a smile.

144. One of her many faces

145.  This picture cracks me up!  What really happened is she heard the shutter sound on my phone camera and started to look over right as I was taking a picture.  What it looks like is that she wants to kill me. :)

146. She was super sick of being in her gated area, so while I was prepping dinner I let her have a little freedom.  She took out all of her bibs and burp clothes.  This entertained her for quite some time.

147. It's not all sunshine and rainbows over here!  She got made that I took her away from the end table that had all sorts of drawers she was playing in.  She threw quite the fit and would not stop crying.  Meany mommy took her picture! :)