Zoo Day

The weather has been too beautiful to not be outside enjoying it. So Olivia and I took advantage of it and ventured to the zoo. We had such a fun time. She would stand right in front of each animal and scream at the top of her lungs (that ear piercing kind of scream). I guess she was trying to communicate with them, who knows.

She has some serious bed head going on that morning.

Savoring these moments with just her. Before I know it there will be 3 of us going to the zoo.:)

Beach Trip: Numero Cinco (last one of the summer)

Well, summer has officially come to an end. Last weekend we took our last trip to the beach for the year (planned, anyway). If I could choose anytime to go to the beach it would be early fall. The crowds are gone and the weather is absolutely perfect. We went with two of Hays' great friends from high school and their wives. One of them has a little girl, Laurie, that is just a month younger than Olivia. They had the BEST time playing together. The other couple has no children and probably won't ever after this weekend. Two toddlers in one small condo creates lots of noise and stinky diapers. We still had a great time and like always, it just wasn't long enough.

I guess we were having so much fun that we didn't have time to capture any of it with our camera. That or we were always busy feeding, changing diapers and playing with our beautiful girls. One night we ordered pizza and took it down on the beach and let the girls play while we ate dinner. Now that is pure bliss.

 Best buds. They would wake up in the morning and would just hug on each other. So sweet.

 

These are 2 really busy bodies. They kept us on our toes all weekend. What did we do before them? Oh yeah, read books, worked on our tan, took naps on the beach, went out for dinner, had drinks by the pool. Oh well, this is WAY more fun!

Boston....well, how about Lake Tahoe?

About 4 months ago we purchased plane tickets to Boston and also bought 2 tickets to two Red Sox/Yankees games. We were so excited about our little getaway to a city we both have always wanted to visit. Hays was beside himself about getting to go to those baseball games. Well, it didn't quite happen. We were supposed to fly out the day hurricane Irene made land fall in New York City and Boston. Needless to say, our flights were cancelled and we wouldn't get there until later that week.

We were already packed and in Memphis to drop Olivia off when we found out our flights were cancelled.  We decided to take the credit we had from those flights and still go somewhere since Olivia was going to be taken care of for the week. So in about 2 hours on the day before we were to leave we chose a destination, booked flights and made reservations at a resort. Let me remind you, we are BIG planners and always have our trips booked way ahead of time. We picked a fantastic place to vacation and had a great baby moon!

California is THE place to visit in late summer. There were no crowds and the weather was absolutely perfect (although we were not packed for it). We hiked, took a sunset kayak tour, got massages, biked, rafted down a river, napped by the pool, went to a bluegrass festival, slept late and the list goes on and on. We had such a great time, maybe Boston will happen next year, maybe....

How could you miss Boston when you are looking at this?

We even had a free night to play scrabble by the fire. Yes, we are dorks!

Who sits by one of these in late August? I guess Californians.

We sure did miss this cutie! I think she loves her Neno more than her momma now.:)

Just Pics of the Girl

Giggling with her Pops. So Precious. She can now say Nano, Pops, Gigi and Papa. Her vocabulary has practically tripled in the last 2 weeks and she can repeat a lot of words that we say to her. Who said my baby girl could grow up so fast??

 Where's Waldo??

Olivia loves for me to put all of her stuffed animals around her and she just sits there. Cracks me up!

She's getting ready for the upcoming season! She's gotta a feeling it's gonna be a good one!

Last night she decided to clean out the bath tub for us. Thanks, we appreciate the clean tub but not so much the mess created on the floor!

In other news, baby brother/sister is now big as a plum! I think it's a girl, Hays thinks it's a boy. Who knows. We'll find out on D day!! :)

Kai Turns 6!

Kai, my nephew, just turned 6! I cannot beleive how fast time flies by. I remember the day he was born like yesterday. Before we know it he'll be graduating from high school.

We celebrated his birthday by having a pool/slip n slide party. It was a lot of fun and all of the kids really enjoyed themselves. Of course, it was HOT HOT HOT! 

First Day of "School"

Olivia started "school" today or Mother's Morning Out. She started crying when we dropped her off but they said she did just fine. She played and had a good time but started crying again when mothers started coming to pick up their children and I wasn't the first one there. I guess I will have a pick her up early everyday. I missed her so much, it was weird not having her with me.

I decided it would be good to put her in mother's morning out twice a week so I could go to the doctor, run errands and just get things done. I think it will also be good for her to have social interaction twice a week. It was amazing what I got done it 3 hours without toting a toddler with me. I did get a little teary eyed....I mean, wasn't she just a newborn yesterday?? First day of kindergarten is going to be a very tough day for this momma!

Miscellaneous

The other night we had friends babysit Olivia so we could have a little date night. They are awesome friends and it is so comforting to know that Olivia is in good hands and we can enjoy ourselves. It is also nice to have friends that love our little girl almost as much as we do! :) We got home and they told us story after story about Olivia and what she did that night. She brought Reid ALL of her stuffed animals from her bedroom and put them on the couch with him. I thought it was so funny the next night when she brought ALL of them to her chair in the living room to watch TV (upside down, nonetheless). What goes through a toddler's mind???

 We got this ball at Wal-Mart the other day. Little did I know it would be her new best friend. It also had a turn watching TV in her chair. I think she has the whole sharing thing down pat?

She also had to give the ball a ride on the tricycle. Too funny!

Oops...it's sideways.