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.

Moody Gardens

Saturday we took a trip to Galveston and spent the day at Moody Gardens. It's a resort but it also has lots of things to do if you are just going to spend the day there. We really felt like we were on vacation even though we were only 45 minutes from home. We decided to check out the Aquarium, which was really nice. Olivia kept running up to the tanks and saying "Ooh, cool." And "hi guys...by guys" to all of the fish. It was so funny! We also went to their Rain forest exhibit. It was pretty, but not as much fun for Olivia. We also went to the Palm Beach water park. It was by far the best part of the day. It is geared towards younger kids, so it was perfect for Olivia. She got to ride her first water slide and she had a ball swimming. We all agreed that we might have to come back soon, so get ready Grandma and Papa. This will be a great place to visit while you're here!

Pool Party

We went to a party at Luis's boss's house on Saturday evening. Olivia had so much fun swimming in their pool! I didn't think we would be able to get her out of it. We all had a great time at the party, and Olivia got to stay out way past her bedtime. She was even asked to stay the night by Luis's boss's daughter. (Her first sleepover invite!)
This Sunday we also went cold-turkey from the pacifier. This was so sad for all of us, but it had to be done. So far Olivia has done great. She threw them in the trash herself, and only had a little meltdown. Nap time was rough at first, but after crying for a while she fell asleep. I was dreading bedtime but it was AWESOME. She kissed us goodnight and was grinning from ear to ear when we left her in her crib. I am so proud of her!

Happy Fourth

Fourth of July 2008




Even though we flew back on the holiday, we still got in a little celebrating with Grandpa and Grandma.