Regular Ol' Saturday

It was a regular ol' Saturday here.  I went for a run and Brendon went for a bike ride this morning.  I called to check on Mema and Pepa since they  had a bad storm.  Pepa sent some pictures of the tree that got hit by lightning in front of their house.  A HUGE limb came down.  We are so glad they are ok!

We had lunch at the picnic table today and it was great.  After Olivia's nap we went to visit out neighbors.  We ate some delicious brownies! Yumm... they were sooo good.  Then it rained again and we went out for dinner.  Olivia did ok...she ate a little but we went to the potty a bunch of times.  I think she needed to poop- which she did later at home...and in the potty! She was really crabby after that though and cried about...everything.  Guess that is just part of being 2!

Bad night

Had a bad night last night.  Olivia was pretty restless most of the early evening and then she woke up and refused to go back to sleep.  I made the mistake awhile back of sleeping on the floor to help contain her in the toddler bed and now she won't go to bed unless I lay on the "ladybug" pillow.  Well even after comforting her for ever she just wouldn't sleep.  I tried to let her cry and scream it out.  Then she wet her pants, then she threw up a little bit (she said that she did catch up). finally I took her in the spare bedroom bed and went to bed.  She slept until 7:15...we were all very tired today.  Hopefully it was a one night deal...but so frustrating and I know part of it is my fault for laying on that stupid ladybug pillow which is now hidden away. 

Then she had a few hives again this morning.  She has had them off and on since 4th of July.  We will be visiting the allergist in a few weeks to see what is causing all of this.  We know that she is allergic to penicillin but she has not had that since her reaction so not sure what the deal is.

Even though we were up most of the night she only napped for 1.5 hours and we went on a trip to Target and went swimming this afternoon.  Olivia is just like her daddy- even though it is 90 degrees outside, she wanted soup for dinner.  Which is fine and easy for me!

All was forgiven this morning when she drew this picture and said, "That's you mommy!" Love her so much!

Can I have...???

Rough night of sleep last night...another storm rolled through about 10:30...woke Olivia up.  Then she was up again at 4:45ish...ugh...

Brendon and Olivia had some time together while I got my haircut this morning.  Looks like they had fun...

I got home for lunch and Olivia  asked 2 complete questions!! 1. Can I have a chip please? and 2. Can I have a cookie please?  We both were stunned when she asked the questions!

Olivia took a brief nap...1.5 hours...which doesn't give me a lot of time to do much.  Then we had a snack and I really wanted to go in the pool...guess who didn't...Olivia...boo!! I told Kristy that we would be swimming and she could come and visit...well Kristy ended up watching Olivia for 10 minutes so I could go swim.  Thank you soooo much Kristy!

Olivia ate an awesome dinner and earned dessert!

Bedtime Thunderstorm

We had a pretty good day today.  We did some shopping at Aldi's and Sam's Club.  I swear Olivia loves to check out the restroom in every store we go to.  Although I am glad that she doesn't have accidents...sometimes walking all over stores to find the bathrooms and praying that they are clean is the hard work. 

After Olivia's brief nap...I think they are getting shorter and shorter...sniff, sniff...we swam really quick and then got ready for Gymboree.  We had lots of fun tonight.

When we left Gymboree the sky was dark...really dark.  It didn't rain until we got home.  But we had some pretty big booms.  There was one big boom so loud that Olivia jumped and screamed and said she was all done with her snack.  Then it has taken awhile for the booms to go away and a very long time to get her to go to bed.  I hope there are no more storms tonight!

I'm Done

This morning we had Kindermusik class.  It was Ms. Dana's birthday so we made her a card before we left and Olivia gave it to her when we got to class.  She was so excited to give it to her but then got all shy when it was time to give it to her.  We had lots of fun at class with our friends.

After Kindermusik we stopped at my school to do two quick school things and then came home.  We played outside a bit since the sun was actually out!! YAY for sun!

After lunch we played in the sandbox and blew bubbles and then it was nap time.  About 30 minutes into her nap she woke up screaming, "I'm Done!!" She said she was done taking her nap and wanted to go in the pool.  I thought she was saying I'm done because she had a potty accident.  But she didn't want to take a nap...finally got her to relax and fall back asleep which last for about 30 minutes! Then we had a snack and went in the pool.  She was much happier then.

After dinner we threw some bread to the birds and played in the driveway a bit.  Olivia LOVES chalk.  We have lots of chalk in the driveway now!

Singing

We have a singer.  I catch Olivia singing more and more.  Mostly just nursery rhymes but she sings to her dolls, to Curious George, and sometimes we sing together. Her favorites are 5 Little Monkeys, Rock a bye baby, ABCs, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, You are my sunshine, Itsy Bitsy Spider and a few others.  But she is so cute when she sings.  Also tonight I noticed when I was drying her hair that is is getting a bit lighter- it has some blonde in it.  So cute!

Rainy Sunny Sunday

This morning we had yummy pancakes with our homegrown blueberries!! They were so good!

Then it rained and then was sunny and it did that all day long.  It was super annoying.  Olivia had some fun playing with her new Curious George in Jake's crate this morning. 

We played outside for a bit this afternoon and got rained on then played inside and then went back outside.  After dinner it was so nice out.  Olivia took one of her dolls in the stroller for a walk down the street.  She didn't want to wear any shorts so we let her play outside in her underwear!