Pretty pretty princess

I LOVE this little girl!... and I love to dress her up: ) I am so lucky to get to spend so much time with my little peanut. (Thanks to a hard working daddy)! We get to do lots of fun things together. Photo shoots are one of them. I want to capture every adorable stage. She is growing up sooo fast. I might have to bark like a dog, or oink like a pig for this smile, but I think you would agree, that the outcome is worth it.

Happy 4th of July!

We had such a fun weekend celebrating the 4th! Brett's sister Suzanne and her family were in town, along with his older brother, Trent, and his family. It was so nice to have family around! Everyone came over to our house to swim and BBQ. Oliv just loves all of the attention she gets from her cousins. 

Later that evening we were invited to have dinner with Lori and her family. (We had the most delicious pork sandwiches I've ever had!) We had so much fun hanging out with the family. It was sad to see them all go home. Maybe one day we will live close to one another again? 

Later we had Jestine and Josh over for fireworks. Oliv was amazed with all of the bright lights and noises.  She kicked her feet and laughed while we were playing with sparklers. I think she would have liked to put them in her mouth. The poor little thing didn't go to bed until ten thirty. But who could blame her? We had the most amazing view. There were at least five different fire work shows in perfect view. Brett also did an amazing show on the drive way for us. It was a lot of fun. 

  

Dinner time

Our little Olli is getting so big. Its amazing how fast these little buggers grow up. She's now 5 1/2 months old, and it is time for solid food! I think I was more excited to feed her than she was to try it. She didnt know what to think when I fed her that first bite.

But she quickly learned that when she opened her mouth and said "AHHH" She would get another. In fact when I didn't give her a bite quick enough, she let me know. Loudly she exaggerated the "AHHH" and leaned forward trying to put her face in the bowl. It was really cute.

Apparently I needed some help with the spoon. 

mmmmm....Full and happy!

California and the livin's easy

I've decided to join the mom bragging, I mean blogging club. This way I wont fill everyones facebook page with ridiculously cute pictures of my family, and the fun things were doing. We're not always so cute, and not always so fun, but we love each other and try to enjoy everyday. We recently were able to spend a week with the Fillpots, in southern California. ( Thank you Suzanne for inspiring me to start a blog... and lose 20 pounds). We had SO much fun enjoying the California sun with their family.

You would think we were crazy people for taking a four month old on a 12 hour road trip, but Oliv was a trooper. When I wasn't reading "Moo, Baa, La La La,"(a book I now have memorized), she was doing a lot of this.....

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We started playing as soon as we arrived. Delicious fish tacos on the pier accompanied by swinging on the sand in Ventura.

Oliv LOVES her cousins!

We absolutely loved spending time at the beach. It was a hot day. Oliv was a little unsure about the cold water. (like her mom).

Matt and Shannon even came out for the day. Thanks Fillpots for the fun Vaca!!! I hope to be out there sooner than later.