Gotta LoVe the picture updates!

We've had a CRAZY week working with our little Olivia on sleeping through the night. Can I just say that I thought I was stubborn, then I met Michael and now we have Olivia and I am not joking in the slightest bit when I say she is seriously the most stubborn little person I have ever met. After 9 days, she will sleep about 10 hours. But she is still skipping naps even though she isn't ready and still SO stubborn about actually falling asleep. Sometimes it takes 3-4 hours for her to finally fall asleep. At least we are seeing improvements and we will keep working on it cause that baby seriously needs to sleep. Of course for her sake and definitely for her mother's. I still love her though. SO MUCH.

Well I attempted the unimaginable. Running. I seriously am out of breath when I take a jog up the stairs so I was pretty sure that I would not make it to the top of our hill. (That's how you feel when it has been over a year since a good workout). However, I am proud to say that I did run a mile! With absolutely NO stops. Well I did have to walk up the hills. There were only 2 though. I am so proud. Sadly I haven't run since. I can tell it is going to be hard to get back into the exercising every day mode.

Michael and I were able to attend my cousin Rachel's sealing in the Salt Lake Temple. It was beautiful and she of course was stunning. I will have to post a picture.
(The picture is of Olivia and me at her reception. Little Olivia definitely was a trooper (a very fussy trooper) being in the car going back and forth from here to SLC and back and then up to Bountiful and back again.)

We were lucky enough to have Michael's little sister Sarah come stay with us for week. It was so so nice to have her here to help with Olivia. I was actually able to get things done. Sarah kept busy with Olivia and the twins the whole week. We were so sad she had to leave but definitely hope she'll come back soon!

Two cuties.

Olivia attended her first birthday party for her darling little friend Samantha. She is my cousin's little girl. It was an adorable party and just so cute to be with Olivia at her first birthday party even though she had no idea what was going on!

One night, I sort of did some spying on these two. Michael was reading Olivia the book Go Dog Go. The cute thing about it was that Michael LOVED this book when he was little and had the whole thing pretty much memorized. He would read it in the cutest voice you have ever heard. Oh my gosh I really am going to have to say it is by far the cutest thing I have ever seen. Well when I did the spying I noticed that he was reading it to her the same way he read it when he was little. I really did about die.

Hanging out in the shade! I love her little lip.

My boy and I were able to have another romantic night out. It's kind of nice to have built in baby sitters, not going to lie. We went to Texas Roadhouse for dinner mostly cause my sister just got a job there. We had been there once before and weren't that impressed but we decided to give it another try. Well it was AMAZING. A bit expensive but SO much better than the first time. Lucky for us, Sophia can bring home rolls anytime she wants. They pretty much are the best. After we played some basketball. 7 on the line and 1 on 1. I beat Michael a few times! Barely. He might let me win but I like to think he doesn't. He is sweet enough to let each of my shots be worth 1.5 points and of course he lets me foul like there's no tomorrow. He really plays amazingly considering the fact that I am pulling on his arms and pushing him every time he tries to shoot.
Playing basketball together is currently one of our new favs to do together.

Our little sweetheart.

Love her.

Just the 3 of us!

She is getting so good at standing up now. Of course she has to hold on to things. Ahh I am so sad she is growing up but I love watching all the new CUTE things she does every day!

My perfect one:

“He’s not perfect. You aren’t either, and the two of you will never be perfect. But if he can make you laugh at least once, causes you to think twice, and if he admits to being human and making mistakes, hold onto him and give him the most you can. He isn’t going to quote poetry, he’s not thinking about you every moment, but he will give you a part of him that he knows you could break. Don’t hurt him, don’t change him, and don’t expect for more than he can give. Don’t analyze. Smile when he makes you happy, yell when he makes you mad, and miss him when he’s not there. Love hard when there is love to be had. Because perfect guys don’t exist, but there’s always one guy that is perfect for you.”

-Bob Marley

Oh my gosh isn't that seriously the cutest quote.
I love looking up quotes. Especially the ones about love.
Because love is just so dang cute.
But seriously, isn't this quote just so true.
I mean my boy makes me laugh countless times a day.
He doesn't quote poetry. But he does write it.
Very romantic.
He does make me think twice.
All the time.
(I struggle sometimes in the smarts department).
I definitely smile when he makes me happy.
And
I definitely get upset when he makes me mad.
Or sometimes when I am just in a bad mood.
(I have even been known to throw a few things).
I really try not to do that though.
Being in love isn't always easy and neither is being married.
But knowing that I have my guy that is perfect for me in everyway for forever and ever.
Makes everything so worth it.
And lets be honest
So much fun.

So happy she is his:

Olivia is one lucky girl to have him as her dad.
Seriously.
He really is the best.
We love you Michael.

A date and just a lot of cuteness!

Now that it has finally warmed up, summer has been wonderful.
Olivia is growing up just way to fast.
However, we love watching all of the new little things she does every day.
Michael and I have decided to start going on dates again.
Sadly, it's been months.
It's just a little hard to get out of the house alone when you have a little one.
So we did and it was so SO much fun.
I already can't wait until the next one.
(We did of course miss our little Olivia).
It's impossible to forget about that little spunky girl.
Anyway here are a few pictures:

Olivia has started making the sound ba. So we decided to buy her a ball to see if we could get her to say her first word. Now this is a bit hard for me I'll have to admit. I would rather my little girl's first word be mom or doll however a first word is a first word and it is an exciting moment. So I will try to be happy with whatever cute word comes out first!

She LOVES popsicles. so much. Every day around 3-4 pm we go outside and share one of her juice popsicles. I think we both look forward to this every day!
(I let her hold it herself for the picture, just because it is cute. But usually I try and hold it. I have serious issues with the stickiness.) This will probably change I know.

Now for the romantic part.
For our date we went to Inn and Out.
Love that place.
And then we went bowling.
I am so sad to admit that I lost both games by quite a lot.
I guess it's a good thing because our date ended well. (It may not have if I'd have won.)
Just saying.
But we'll go again and I am sure I will waste him.

After he played this stupid putting game.
It really was stupid.
Seriously pretty much impossible to get the ball in the hole.
Then we played air hockey.
He beat me again 0-7.
Embarrassing I know.

Our little sweets in the jumper. She is so dang cute in it. I just love her little chunker legs. I really just want to squish them.

Whenever we sit her by this toy to play the first thing she does it reach out and grab the phone.
I'm pretty sure she is going to love to talk.

You probably saw the video of her on my facebook doing pat a cake. Well if you want to know her favorite thing as of now, it's playing that. She hits her little hands together pretty much all day long. No joke. Sometimes Michael and I spy on her (creepy parents I know) when she is in her crib and she is just laying there clapping her little hands together. It's the first thing she does when she wakes up and the last thing she does before she goes to sleep. She even does it when she is frustrated. It really is the cutest thing.
She really is a little smarty pants because I didn't really even play it that much with her. She just all of a sudden started doing it.
Crazy girl.
We are working on other fun action rhymes so we can mix things up a bit!

She is starting to get ready to crawl. I can tell. But not yet and I am totally okay with that!

Can I just say I love her.
And I love my boy.
Oh and we are loving having Michael's little sister here this whole week.
Especially Olivia!

Pictures for daddy:

So my boy has been up in Washington the past few days.
Visiting his family and golfing.
We've missed him like crazy.
Olivia and I.
Yes even our 8 month old baby girl knows he's gone.
Her little face lights up when she talks to him on the phone.
And
When we are in bed she will sit and stare at the doorway.
Waiting for him to come through or play peekaboo.
It's so very cute.
But sad at the same time.
He's coming home tomorrow and we couldn't be more excited.
We love you and drive safe Michael.
Tomorrow can't come fast enough.

(She was not a fan of the grass. In fact she pretty much hated it. I am lucky I got these pictures. She's definitely just like her daddy.)

Happy Birthday Dad!

Happy Birthday to seriously the most amazing dad!

I have no idea where I would be without him.
Oh ya, he is 48 now.
woot woot!

P.s. I love the picture of Olivia and my dad. She has become quite the poser! She smiles for the camera now. Yay Olivia!!

Cancun part 1:

After seriously a wonderful week we are back to the freezing cold rain and snow.
I'm really missing the sun.
Anyway, I have made 3 separate posts that will go into detail and show pictures of this lovely trip.
There is so so much that I want to remember so sorry if it gets boring.

Day 1: May 21, 2011

(At the airport)
We got all packed up the night before since we would be leaving at around 7:00 that next morning. It is a little crazy packing for an 8 month old. I probably packed half her stuff, but better safe than sorry! We parked our cars at a parking lot near the airport and took a shuttle there. We were running a bit behind (very common for my family) but thanks to my medallion flyer dad were able to skip to the front of every line! I get deathly sick on planes so I of course took my Dramamine (the drowsy kind on accident) and decided to give our little Olivia a few drops of benedryl to try and knock her out for the flight. Well about 30 minutes after being on the plane Olivia zonked out for what I thought would be the rest of the flight. Well 1 hour later this hyper child was pretty much bouncing off the walls. Thank you benedryl. Apparently this does not work on my child. The flight was about 4 hours. Not too bad but definitely harder with a baby. After arriving we were able to get to our resort shuttle without much trouble, thanks to my Spanish speaking boy.

The resort was called Sandos, in a city called Playa de Carmen about 45 minutes outside of Cancun. We arrived there around dinner time so eating was pretty much the first thing we did. They had an international/mexican buffet, Italian buffet, and a few other nice restaurants that you had to make reservations in advance for. We thought we would try out the international buffet first. There was so much food to choose from so it was kind of fun knowing that we could eat whatever and however much we wanted.
(I can't believe I am in long sleeves but it was cold on the plane. I am probably drenched in sweat in this picture. The heat was a bit shocking at first.)

Olivia starting right in getting little tastes of all the food.

I can't believe I have a picture of my baby in a public high chair. Seriously gross. But the top part of it was sterilized and wrapped in plastic wrap when we got it so I figured after some serious disinfecting from me she could handle sitting in it. Poor little girl is struggling with some serious sweating as well.

Day 2: May 22, 2011

My two cuties sleeping in after that long day.

So these creatures seriously just roam free around the resort. I guess it's kind of cool but if one of those things came at me I am pretty sure I would burst out bawling.

Relaxing on the beach. Enjoying the sunshine a little too much!
(Bad sunburn in the making...more about that later.)

They have these little mini bars all over the place that have lots of drinks to choose from. Most of them alcoholic but luckily they had these irresistibly amazing smoothies. Our favorites were the pina colada and the Chichen Itza. We seriously had at least 5 throughout the day.

Olivia LOVED them. It was here that she discovered her tongue. She would lick her lips like crazy until you gave her more and then when you did put some in her mouth she would lick it out like a kitty. Very cute.

Me, Emmaline, and Olivia.

Me and Sophia.

Our first of many family photos on this beautiful beach. (That blackish long thing in the black is some sort of thing that helps protect the beach during a hurricane. They are pretty much all along the beach. Well anyway, I totally slipped and fell over one of them haha.)

The wonderful snack bar. It was open 24 hours a day so we could go and get snacks whenever we wanted. We actually usually went here for lunch because they had these amazing nachos. My favorite though was their coconut/vanilla frozen yogurt icecream cone. I seriously had at least 3 a day.

Grandpa and baby. (I seriously love her bikini).

This little doll loved playing with all the beach toys.

Grandma and baby getting ready to go to dinner.

This special dessert was very yummy. It was chocolate mousse in a chocolate bowl with a chocolate square. A lot of chocolate but I could not resist eating half of one. Luckily little Olivia didn't seem to be affected. Looks like I may be reintroducing chocolate to my diet finally.

Looking a bit put out but that is before they saw the wonderful desserts:)

Sophia, me, and Olivia enjoying our Italian dinner. The pizza was amazing.

Love her very blue eyes. Thank you Michael!

Well,you've reached the end of the 1st post. Get ready cause there are 2 more with some very cute pictures I think.