5th Wedding Anniversary

Jason and I celebrated our 5th wedding anniversary on March 18. We are trying to save money for a trip we have planned in June, so we had a little staycation here in Fort Worth.

We decided to stay at the new Omni and had a fancy dinner at Bob's Steak & Chop House. This meant Olivia got to spend the night at her grandparents' house for the first time. It was actually my first night away from her ever! Yes, I'm aware she was 2 in January. And yes, we survived being apart!

During our staycation, we visited the Water Gardens. I've lived here for about 8 years, and I had never seen them.

Nothing spectacular.

Nothing to really write home about.

But I suppose they are worth writing about on the blog!

It is pretty neat that there are these bodies of water in the middle of downtown. It's fairly serene in a busy area of town. I could see where it may be a popular place for downtown residents to hang out on a Sunday afternoon.....but again, nothing spectacular.

The Quiet Pool
(I think that's what it was called)

In 2004, a father and three children died in this fountain. VERY sad. The Gardens were closed for a while, and my understanding is they still aren't what they used to be (for safety reasons), but it was a very somber moment staring at this pool.

If you look closely, you can see me & my hubby!


Do you see the rainbow???

Jason riding "Molly the Trolley". We totally played tourist!

Slightly annoyed at my picture taking.

Meet Molly....the Trolley
(it's kind of just a little bus...not sure it's exactly what most people think of as a trolley)

HAPPY 5TH ANNIVERARY JASON! HERE'S TO 70 MORE!

WELL, MAYBE 60 MORE....I'M NOT SURE I WANT TO LIVE TO 101!

Random iPhone Pics

I'm always taking pictures of this child.

Yes, I know that's hard to believe!

Here are a few recent ones from my phone that I wanted to record in case they get deleted!

First Ice Cream Cone....she loved it, but kept saying "It's cold!".

She LOVES the bubbles!

What do you guys use for bubbles? We just use her regular bath wash (as my understanding is actual bubble bath isn't good for them). We figured her regular bath wash should be ok, right?

iPhone flash overload....but still a cutie pie! She grabbed a pillow and blanket and said she was going "night night" between the couch and the ottomon. Silly girl!

Dora is Serious Business

I took these pictures tonight as Olivia was watching an episode of Dora.

She paid me absolutely NO attention whatsoever.

And according to her facial expressions, Dora is a pretty serious show. Swiper must have swiped something really good! Ha.

love those eyes

Miss Priss is beginning to love her new chair. She is SUCH a creature of habit that I wasn't sure she'd ever decide this chair is better than her old one, but she's given in and relaxes in it (as you can clearly see).

I could stare at this girl for hours sometimes, and hopefully my pictures don't get too boring for you! I was probably a little picture happy today, as I spent the first night EVER away from her last night (more to come one that), and my heart was about to burst this morning waiting to see her!

Sunday Lunch

While we were eating lunch after church, Olivia and Jason began playing peek-a-boo around the centerpiece on the table. I had the camera nearby (as I always do), and I just loved how she looked so truly happy in these pictures, so I thought I'd share! My wish is that she is always this happy and content!

Has Spring Sprung???

On Sunday, I decided to go get a few plants for our yard. We have an empty flowerbed around a tree, and we also have a large pot on the porch that hasn't had anything in it.

I'm SURE we'll have another freeze, and I'll lose what we planted, but Olivia and I had a good time anyway! She was such a little helper!

She has on her ballerina pajama pants. She loves them.

Saying "Cheese!". I really wish she had not been taught that....it always ends up in a very unnatural smile!

She was telling me there was a bird on the roof. She said "Bird on mommy's house!" She has recently began referring to our house as "Mommy's house". No clue where that came from, but we'll turn into the neighborhood and she starts asking "Where's mommy's house?" and then "There it is!" when we get here. Again, no clue why it's only my house! HA.

Meet Baby Harper

On Saturday, Olivia and I got to go meet baby Harper! She was 9 days old and PRECIOUS.

She was SO excited about going to see them. She adores Hudson. Everytime I'd say "Want to go see baby Harper?", she'd respond with "and Hudson???". We ran a couple of errands before going to their house. On our last errand, I told her "Ok, now we can go see Hudson" and she got super excited and said "HURRY! HURRY!".

The second we got there, they hopped in Hudson's truck and took off. ***Notice how relaxed they are...this will become relevant later in the post.

Hudson got a BIG boy swing set. His daddy finished putting it together while we were there, so they had fun playing on it. It would make me a nervous wreck, but Hudson's a big tough boy and able to handle it! Olivia's favorite part was the house. She's such a girl!

And here's Harper! She has really pretty skin and the cutest nose!

Olivia and I took this bouncy seat to Harper. When Olivia realized we were leaving our house, she went in and started dragging the seat to the door. She was ready to give that baby her seat! She had talked about it for a week saying "that baby Harper's!".

BIG YAWN

This was after Olivia woke from her nap. She wasn't interested at all at holding Harper at that point. I'm not sure if it was because of the nap or because she was jealous that mommy had been holding that baby all day!

Remember when I told you to take note of how relaxed Olivia and Hudson are in his truck? Well, this is why...

This was Olivia's first time to drive. She can barely reach the pedal and has to scoot to the edge of the seat and lean back to get it, which means they only go for about 2 feet before it stops....which means they get whiplash about every 2 feet.

They both thought it was hilarious that she was driving.

We had a great day with you guys! Hope to see you again very soon!

Cupcake 1st Birthday - Show Us Your Life

POLKA-DOTS & CUPCAKES

1ST BIRTHDAY PARTY

Kelly's Korner is hosting Show Us Your Kids Birthday Parties in order to exchange ideas with other moms. I've put together a few of Olivia's 1st birthday pictures. I LOVED her 1st birthday theme and loved how everything turned out.

2nd Birthday was a pink poodle party....I'll probably upload that tomorrow or just direct you to that link (since it was fairly recent).

We also had polka-dot balloons and cupcake balloons everywhere. I somehow missed uploading those!

Cupcakes everywhere!





This was her "smash" cupcake. She LOVED it.

(She wore a smocked cupcake dress that matched her party perfectly. We just took it off for the cake).



Bakerella's Cupcake Pops

Lots of cupcakes. We also had a few finger foods, which included cupcake-shaped sandwiches for the kids.

This child had probably never had sugar. She was in love with the first bite. I'll have to work a lifetime to cure her of that taste she's now developed for sweets! HA!

Sesame Street Live

On Friday, we got to go see Sesame Street Live, which translates to "ELMO!" for one particular 2 year old! I was so glad we got to go, as Olivia began running a fever last Sunday night and didn't quit until sometime on Friday. She had/has bronchitis, but I don't know if that's the reason for the fever or not.

A N Y W A Y.......we purchased the tickets to SSL at least a month ago, so I was going to be really bummed had we not been able to go.

We met Clancy & Maggie, as well as Hudson and his Aunt Lisa (since his mommy was in the hospital with her newborn baby Harper!!!). All three kids loved it. Hudson was particularly excited about it and jumped up and down the entire time. Too cute! Olivia either sat in my lap or stood in front of me the entire time. I'm thrilled they made me buy that $25 ticket! HA.

All morning, Olivia kept saying "I go bye bye....Elmo!". She was super excited when we got there and she saw Elmo everywhere!

Two sweet girls watching for Hudson to arrive.

It's starting!

They were immediately intrigued.


But.....the cotton candy was definitely the hit of the show. Even a little girl sitting in front of us turned around and snatched her a big hunk of it! It was a first for Olivia and she sure loved that fluffy, sugary, sticky mess!

The show was all about living a healthy lifestyle (sleep, exercise, fruits/veggies, etc.)

Afterwards, we wanted to get a group shot of the kids. Hudson wouldn't sit. And here's what we got from the sassy girls. Oh well...maybe next time!

Time to hug and tell each other bye!