Our trip to South Dakota...

We spent this last weekend visiting family out in South Dakota. 

I was super nervous about having Olivia in the car for 10 hours.  We decided to try it two ways.  On the way out we left at about noon on Friday.  Most of the drive was spent awake, happy and playing.  We stopped a couple times to get out and stretch our legs and to eat dinner.  She took two hour naps randomly in the car which was great.  I was so happy with how she did! She hardly fussed at all!

On the way back we left right after dinner.  Our plan was to feed her, play with her for a couple hours then she would go down for sleep the rest of the trip.  That is mostly how it went... She slept for a majority of the trip, she woke up at about 1am for about an hour.  We played, drank a bottle, read some books then she was out again.  The way back went equally as well as the way out.

The next time we go out we will probably do it the same way.  We took Monday off to catch up on sleep and laundry and took the baby to daycare.  By having her sleep the entire drive home at night, she stayed more on her normal schedule then she would have if we traveled during the day.  She was a little off at daycare today - very clingy.  When she got home she was a bit off too.  Whenever I left the room she would she would have a break down.  Hopefully she is better tomorrow!

Overall the trip went great! It was so good to see my family and to meet my newest nephew.  The only bad thing is that I didn't take ANY pictures! That is so unlike me, I can hardly believe it.   Next time I guess. 

Olivia's 9 Month Photos taken by Christy Bode Photography

Happy Thursday

Simply Amazing

I was signing into my yahoo email yesterday and this story popped up on the front page. 

It is a post by Jamie C. Moore Photography about her daughter who just turned 5. Instead of doing the usual Disney Princess photo shoot she went a different route.  Real Women.  She says,  "REAL women for my daughter to know about and look up too, REAL women who without ever meeting Emma have changed her life for the better. My daughter wasn’t born into royalty, but she was born into a country where she can now vote, become a doctor, a pilot, an astronaut, or even President if she wants and that’s what REALLY matters. I wanted her to know the value of these amazing women who had gone against everything so she can now have everything."

So inspiring. This is what I want for my daughter.  Real hero's.

Hat's off to Jamie, such an inspiring idea and her photos are just gorgeous.

9 Month Update!

Olivia is 9 months old!

 

It is hard to believe how much she has grown in the past 9 months.  She was so tiny!

At 9 months old she weighs 19.6 pounds and is in the 76 percentile for her height.  She is (and has been) in her big girl car seat and LOVES it! She can see out the windows and has so much more room. 

She is still standing up on everything and is quite daring when it comes to just letting go and standing there!

She loves 'beeping' people's noses, clapping, waving, getting tickled and not sitting still when getting her diaper changed! She is definitely on the move all the time!

She has TWO teeth! Both on the bottom and they are pretty darn sharp.

She can do "So Big!" and claps her hands afterward - the cutest thing ever!

She can still be a snuggle bug if she is in the mood - but when she is not... watch out! When she doesn't want to be held she will let you know!

She is still eating very well - mostly baby food with real food mixed in.  Loves apples and cheerios and lunch meat and well pretty much everything!

Love this little girl so much! She is such a blessing!

Happy Friday!

Some happy inspiration for today!

Vents Day...

Every once in a while you just need to let out a good vent.

Today - my vent is how Facebook seems to be turning into Pinterest!

Some things are great together.  Like peanut butter and jelly, Rachel and Ross, Summertime and flipflops.

I love Pinterest and I love Facebook. I just don't necessarily love them together.  Lately my newsfeed has been jammed up with everything I have already seen on Pinterest. It's just more annoying then anything.

And that ends my rant.

Now for the main attraction..... a picture of my adorable little girl who has her first ear infection :( After we got some antibiotics in her she was back to her happy self!

Playing in the Grass

We played outside in the grass for this first time!

Olivia thought it was interesting to say the least.  She was wearing capris and did not like the feel of the grass on her legs at all! She was ok when she was standing up though!

We are loving the warm(er) weather! She loves going on walks in the stroller - looking at the trees, birds, cars, people.... pretty much everything!

She had officially had enough at this point!