Sunday, October 25, 2009

Last Day of Tumbling

Friday was Olivia's last day of Tumble Buds. I thought she would have been burned out after taking a summer class and a short fall session, but we were both sad to see it come to an end. Hopefully we can take up the class again with baby sister in tow.

It only took the kids until the last day of class to learn that they had to take turns on the big trampoline!




Thursday, October 15, 2009

Let's do the Zoo

Last weekend we took Olivia to the Houston Zoo. She was so excited to go I thought she was going to start bouncing off the walls. Her favorite animal is the giraffe. She had lots of fun and walked about the entire time. On our way out we took a train ride through Herman Park. Olivia had so much fun, she did not want to leave. Here are a few pics from our weekend.

Olivia's New Bed and Mom's Birthday



I celebrated my 30th birthday on September 29th. It was much more exciting than I had expected because I found out we are having another baby GIRL!! It made my day all the more special. Olivia and I ended it by sharing a piece of chocolate cake.

We recently transitioned Olivia from her crib to her toddler bed. I DO NOT like it. This next baby can stay in her crib until she is five. Olivia always went to bed so peacefully, but after lots of skipping naps and tantrum in her crib at bedtime we decided to make the switch. Now she insists that we lay on the floor next to her bed until she falls asleep. This is not comfortable at all. The first two nights she woke up during the night and came running to our room. The first time she did this she fell and hit her mouth on our nightstand. This scared us all to death and she ended up sleeping with us that night. Now I think she has learned her lesson because she waits in our doorway until she sees we are awake. I hope I'm not jinxing myself, but she has been doing pretty good sleeping through the night now. I am the one that is constantly waking up thinking she is going to get up at any minute. I guess it's better that we get this over with now, though. Olivia has also decided to take down her wallpaper border while she was still in her crib. This should have been our first sign that she wanted out!

San Antonio





We went to San Antonio earlier this month for our friends Jimmy & Julie's wedding. We stayed on the Riverwalk and had so much fun! It was too short of a trip, so we are planning on going back before the next baby gets here. Olivia did great. We were worried about how she would do so close to the water. She no longer likes to sit in a stroller and doesn't like to be carried. We ended up letting her wear a little monkey backpack that has a leash (I hate calling it that). Even though I said I would never use it, that thing worked great! We've actually used it a few times since we've been back because she likes wearing it so much. We also got to visit our cousin Helaina for the first time. Olivia was in a little bit of a mood, but Helaina still very excited to see her.