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.

Spur of the Moment Fun

Saturday we took Olivia to Barnes & Noble for Storytime. It did not go so great. There are just too many other books for her to get excited about, and honestly the lady reading the story was not that enthusiastic. We hadn't been to the Pearland Town Center in a while, but of course Olivia remembered that they have a cool fountain for splashing. You can't put anything past her, so we stopped for a while to play in the water even though her momma was totally unprepared for getting wet.

Cool Down

The weather in Texas has finally started to cool down to the mid 80s so we decided to head back to some of our favorite parks with some friends. Olivia and I both needed some fresh air and a break for Dora.

Olivia's First Day of School

Tuesday was Olivia's first day of school through the Mother's Day Out program at one of our local churches. She will be going two days a week for 5 hrs. This is the longest she's ever been away from me. I think I got most of my crying out of the way after her Open House. We both had a pretty great first day. She didn't start crying until I was almost out the door. Her teacher said she had a good day, but did a little sympathy crying when the other kids got upset. She new all of her colors and she ate half of her lunch. She didn't take a nap (she's been fighting them at home too), but she played quietly and didn't bother the other kids. We have been talking a lot about going back tomorrow, but I think the second day might be a little harder.

Happy Birthday Olivia

I cannot believe another year has past! Olivia celebrated her 2nd Birthday on Saturday with lots of family and friends. Both sets of Grandparents and Aunt Ana and Uncle Brad were able to come to visit. And she had a party with lots of friends at Jumpin Jungle. All of the kids had a blast!
Olivia has changed so much in this past year. She is already showing some "terrible two" behavior, but she's too cute to stay mad at. I can't wait to see how she handles the year ahead. She is sure in for lots of changes. I know she will make us proud. We love our sweet girl!

Surfside

We took Olivia to Surfside Beach this weekend. She loves the water and no longer wants to hold our hands as she runs toward the waves (scary!). She had lots of fun building castles in the sand and playing in the water. She also came home with a little souvenir, her first sunburn:(

By the way, I think all of our posts this summer show Olivia in a bathing suit. I am so ready for Fall.

Swim Lessons

Olivia getting her certificate and freeze pop.



Olivia completely two weeks of swim lessons recently. I think she did pretty good. She was already comfortable in the water, so the classes really just gave us some things to practice with her. She didn't like blowing bubbles in the water with her instructor, but she does it for us when we go swimming together, and of course she does it in the bathtub. She really likes going underwater too. The last day of class was lifejacket day. Olivia and Luis got to go down the slide into 10 ft of water!!! She wasn't as scared as she looks in the picture. She asked to go again when they were done.