Naps & Sod

Liv has been fighting naps harder than ever.  Yesterday she woke up at 2pm from a 45 min. nap & when it came time to nap again. . . well it didn't work...and still again...and repeat until she finally ate & went to bed at 8!!!  It was crazy!  The day before she fought hard for a couple hours and then cried hard - hard & straight for 40 minutes until she finally fell asleep for a to.the.second 20 minute nap.  That's it!

She's sleeping well overnight - but has been getting up 1-2 times each night in the last couple weeks.

This is me free from a twisted & tangled
encounter with my crib.  I'm still sooo sweepy
but then I was pretty much awake & cuddled
with Daddy for a long time. 

Oh!  And she keeps getting stuck in the cracks of her crib - this is not fun. I didn't want to get even the 'breathable bumpers' b/c they're not super safe - but I'm seriously considering it.  Today during her nap she was in a corner on her belly with one leg out the long side & another leg out the short side of the crib & she woke up unable to free herself - heck, I climbed up & over to pick her up safely since they were twisted up & hard to free!

Today we had a few pallets of sod delivered so we're going to be busy this weekend.  Airspace is closed b/c of an airshow - so it's either fly from afar & have to drive a couple hours to do it or have the weekend off. . .  hmmmm..?! :)

Workin' Weekend

Hey Cabrinha - You're in my shot & on my blanket. . . .

Good Morning! Livvy & I are up early this morning. She went to bed about 7:10 last night & was up crying about 10 minutes later, so she ate more & then was down until about 1am - she was fussing & I knew her arm was stuck down the slat of her crib so I got up & freed & fed her (despite the fact that by the time I got to her room she was quiet & sleeping? again, but I was worried about that arm!)

I'm Flying! Weee!

She was up again at 5 to eat.  At 6:15 she was just talking & yelping & making noises that couldn't be ignored. So we're up - we have oatmeal in the oven & started the coffee that Daddy had all prepped last night - I am thankful for that! :)  It was ready to go when I was done putting breakfast in. yay!

Having fun playing with Mommy

This weekend we worked around the house a lot.  And by 'around the house' I mean the yard is completely cleaned up from giant 'banana' leaves, & trees trimmed/branches cut, lawned mowed over several times, new sprinkler hoses in the garden, ETC.  And by 'we' I mean all Dave with a little bit of help from me moving all the branches to the front.   Sure I vacuumed & baked & cleaned the kitchen several times & was with the baby & did laundry - but you just can't really tell.  Wish I would have taken before/after pics of the yard though - Dave worked really hard & it SHOWS!

I LOVE playing with my toes & reaching for both feet too all the time now

I baked donuts on Saturday afternoon & made frittata for lunch on Sunday - both were new to me & I was totally inspired by these two posts.  They were all pretty good.  The donuts weren't very donut-y, but still a good treat-just more dense or something than I'd like.  But, I think I'll just have to keep checking out recipes & trying more.  darn. :)

 Cheers!

-L-

5 Months Old

Olivia is 5 Months Old Today!! Wow!

She's grabbing stuff so much better lately & can kind of pass things in between her hands.

She rolls all over & around when we play on the floor.

When a toy falls from where she can grab she's starting to get pretty upset.

She only takes about 3 30 minute naps each day lately.  (She needs more!)  & has made her bedtime earlier to make up for the lack of sleep.

Her hair is getting a little bit longer.

She tends to flip on her belly lately at night when she's sleeping, or if she's fussing & rolls on her belly she'll fall asleep quickly.  She stopped rolling all around for awhile but is back to it when she's awake or throughout the night. 

She cries when daddy has 'weekend whiskers' & gives her kisses.

She's showing an interest & watches us when we're eating.  & loves to grab at my coffee cup while I'm sipping it.
Cabrinha is very interesting to her!  I can't get her to look at me most of the time, but if Cabrinha is sitting or walking near by she turns her head & she smiles! :)  (Fortunately, Cabrinha is starting to show a bit more interest in her & 'kisses' her a lot more now, but I'm not convinced she's loving having a baby sister around yet.  Wait until we have Cheerios dropping to the floor D. always says.) :)

I'm terrible at these weeks/months pictures.  there are about 10 weeks out of 22ish that are missing.  Ooops.  ... and it only gets 'worse' as you have more kids??  Oh dear, I'm sorry future kids!  I just forget.  or am too lazy.  or the time just slips past faster than a banana.  ?! I don't know.  Either way, at least we'll have some to celebrate with if I ever make a scrap book for her. :)  Think I might definitely switch to just 'months' from now on & wish I would have done that from the start.

Cheers!

-L-

Toys & a Haircut

Toys

I ordered a few toys for Liv last week - I originally was going to buy eco-friendly blocks made in Grand Rapids, MI but bought a few little things instead. ( She really doesn't have any/many toys. . . . (I should go take a pic of that)) So I know I need a few new things for her to see & play with once in awhile. We're trying to be *somewhat* minimalistic as far as baby/toy stuff but we know they still need things!!   Anyway, ALL these toys for a total of $?$?$?$ shipped.  Can you guess how much?

I bought a deal from eversave.com back in November.  It was a $35 gift certificate for $12 but with sign ups I got it for $5.  After an email code for 15% off & the gift cert. I paid an addt'l $1.96 for a total of $6.96
It would have been: $43.48  Wowzas! :)  ($35.98 with $7.50 for shipping)

Haircut!

Before - Yuck -Can you tell I haven't had a haircut since LAST spring?!  Being pregnant was still 'new' the last time I got a haircut.  ECK!  It just goes into a ponytail almost all the time....
I've been losing hair by the *handful* every day.... It was long past due.



                                    

                                             After!  I'm not in love with it - but it's so nice not to be so thick & blah.



Having a snack with daddy before he went to work tonight! :)



                                          

                                               Mommy & Me - we have sooo few pictures together. I had to grab one!

Cheers!
-L-

blocks in case you're wondering about them:

http://www.unclegoose.com/products/classic-abc-blocks/

Mon

This morning I met Dave after he was done giving a lecture & went to the Dr. to get Liv's vaccinations.  Two big painful ones with some pretty big cries & then she was quiet by the time we walked out of the room. 

We traded cars & I ran out into town to browse around, & did some shopping.  Also grabbed two delicious coffee drinks at our local coffee shop which offers 50% off drinks on Monday for Military. yum!  yes, please!  Dave came home with O while I went out.

Had a very lazy day together afterwards that went by quickly.  Next I knew the Red Wings were on & it was quickly evening.  Not quickly enough for Livy though since she has reallllly been fighting naps lately.  Like...by an hour. ...sometimes two. or more.  Today she was up after a 45 minute nap at 3:30.... and wouldn't sleep again til we put her to bed 'early' at 7:30pm. 

She's been telling us lately that she's wanting to move her bedtime from 9pm to much sooner - 7:30ish on average.  (mostly by refusing to sleep in the afternoon until she's just so tired & goes to bed early getting up once to eat before we go to bed & then still sleeping through the night after that time.)

Just figure a lot of it out one day at a time....

Cheers!
-L-

Our Week & Weekend

Thursday I spent all.day.long. cooking & baking up a storm!  I delivered two full meals to two friends & also some treats to another - all who just had little girls in the last couple weeks!!!

All packed up & ready to go!

I made Roasted Vegetable Penne Bake, homemade Ciabbata bread, & a big salad for dinner & Cookies & Cream Brownies for dessert.  I also made Chocolate Chip Banana Muffins w/a side of fruit for breakfast, because I remember that post baby - as awesome as it was to get dinner, something yummy for breakfast would have rocked!!

David & Livvy & I spent two hours delivering our meals & then came home to enjoy some ourselves!!  (A little bummed though b/c the recipe calls for it to bake at 450* & even though it seemed a bit too warm I did just that & so it was a little dry - which unfortunately means it was the same for our friends!) :(  Oh well....


Friday we just hung out, had leftovers for dinner (but I made french bread since I didn't make any for us Thurs.), we randomly ended up watching a comedian online & who knows?

Saturday - Liv had us up around 6a or so & D couldn't sleep anymore so he grabbed us a caramel coffee drink at the local shop & some donuts from across the way. yuuuuuuum.  I tried to sleep in a bit later & then a beautiful little girl came to wake me up about 9a right after she got up again. :)

I spent the morning finishing up some VIP - very important projects/packages.  & then we went out to town to the Post Office & Lowes (which took about an hour and a half.  Seriously, can any get out of there in less?) & the grocery store.  There we picked up a bottle of champagne & some steak for dinner.  We enjoyed it outside on the backporch on a warm evening with a slight breeze.  Hot tub was great too - minus the fact that every neighbor seemed to be in their back yard last night - ha. awkward.  we could whisper and probably still hear each other. 

Excited that we got a clothesline yesterday to hang up in the backyard so now I can dry & sun the diapers more often! yay!  I just had them laying on a towel on the hot tub the last couple times. 

Today - we watched church with some muffins & fruit & coffee of course.  Dave's been doing a bunch of stuff in the garage & around the yard.  Liv's taking a couple tiny naps.  & I'm in the mix of doing a ton of things & relaxing.  Next up is folding a ton of laundry that's accumulated over the last week.  Salsa Chicken is in the crockpot for dinner, so that's a beautiful thing! Oh, and I'm surprising Dave with some of his favorite cookies too - Chocolate & Mint Chip cookies!

Cheers!
-L-

Weds

Oh Really?! How interesting :)

I don't know why I was born in TX & not in the Great State of Michigan???!!

Cabrinha is guarding the house & the new veggies & herbs we planted last weekend!