Six Months

Time goes by way too fast! Olivia is now six months old, it feels like she just joined our family and its already been 6 months! Olivia is doing great, she can roll over both ways which in turn means she is all over the place, she grabs everything, she always smiles whenever she see's Jacob, Savannah, or me of course. She loves to play with her toys, she is almost a pro at sitting up, she puts everything in her mouth, and yesterday she had her very first taste of cereal! Here are a few states as well, Olivia has finally doubled her birth weight and is now 14lbs and 7 oz and she is also 26 1/2 in long. She is in the 20th percentile for her weight and in the 80th for her height. She is just progressing right along and I can't believe how much she can do they just grow up so fast.

Copy Cat

So whenever I read another blog I usually end up getting ideas of things I'd like to do or I realize something I should probably work on to improve myself. This has once again happened. I was reading my friend Mary's blog and she made a new years goal to do one new thing a week, it can be anything but just something new to her. I've had fun reading about what she's done the past 3 weeks and I have come to think I would like to do the same. I feel complacent and a bit board with my life. Now don't get me wrong, I have plenty to do sometimes too much to do but I feel like I personally have hit a wall and I'm not growing. I want to grow. Therefore I have decided to do one new thing each week. Sometimes it will be just for me other times it will involve the girls and or Jacob. It might be a big project I want to work on that I haven't gotten around to starting or something small that's just new to me. So thank you Mary for inspiring me to be a little better and to finally getting around to doing new things. I'll even try to blog about it like you but I don't know if I'll be as good about posting each week like you.

A First.

This afternoon my mom and I took Savannah to her first movie! We went and saw Tangled. Have you seen it? Its so cute I totally already want to watch it again. Going into this my mom and I were a bit nervous I mean if you know Savannah you know she doesn't always have the longest attention span but she did great! I mean don't get me wrong, she didn't sit in her seat the whole time but she was quite and watched the whole thing. She showed the appropriate emotions at the appropriate times and it was just all around a fun time. And yes that is a pacifier in her mouth and yes I have given them back to her while on this trip and yes I know that its counter productive but its also saved my sanity.

Isn't she just the cutest, she's wearing her new dress that she got from my friend Jenny. She looks to die for adorable in it!

To Grandmas's House We Go

So far the girls and I have had such a fun time in Maryland! We're a week and a half into our trip and still have a week and a half left. I know its a long trip. The girls and I miss Jacob like crazy but we're all still happy to be here. This is a the view outside my parents dining room this morning, can you believe they canceled school for this! Those of you from Idaho probably can't believe it, neither could I.
So far our trip has been really laid back. Since its pretty cold it has kept us inside a lot and my mom has been sick for the past few days so that also keeps us home. Its nice to just spend time together as a family though and let everyone just see the girls and what they do and who they are. The boys always brag if Savannah will snuggle with them while watching a show, Jordan won this time.
One of Savannah's favorite activities at my parents has always been playing their piano. She loves to go into the living room and just play and sing, its pretty cute although she can get pretty loud.
Olivia LOVES the high chair! She is so happy to sit in it and play with toys. She just loves being the same height as everyone else and that she can actually see what's going on.
Both the girls have gotten to see their great grandparents and they of course fell in love with Olivia and all her smiles. They also couldn't believe how big Savannah was from the last time they saw her back in April. Savannah and Olivia also got to have a play-date with my friend Jenny's kids even though Savannah didn't really care if she played with them till it was time to leave. Her girls though loved Olivia which was pretty cute to watch. This week my mom and I are also going to take Savannah to her first movie, Tangled. Wish us luck, I'm hoping she'll actually sit and watch the whole thing, I'll have to bring lots of treats to bribe her with. I'm a good mom huh? Well that's the update so far, look forward to hearing about more adventures that we'll be having this next week and more pictures of course.

Just thinking...

So I got to see one of my really good friends tonight. I've been friends with her for what seems like forever, I think about at least 16 years although our families have known each other for much longer. It was fun to think back on how we used to be and what drew us towards each other to become friends in the first place. In our younger years we would not look like best friends by our outside appearance but deep down even then we knew we were kindred spirits. I realized what I love about this friend and all my friends for that matter is their sense of independence and confidence in who they are. Now that's not saying they are always independent and always confident but for the most part they are. Also they're typically optimistic people. I mean who really wants to be friends with someone who is always seeing the down side of things!? Its not a high maintenance friendship either, we can go months without talking to each other but we're able to pick up right where we left off as if we've never been apart. I love this. My reason in talking about this is I've really though hard tonight about who I was as a teenager. It was definitely not my finest hour. I like to think of myself as this nice sweet girl who was so good but I wasn't. I mean don't get me wrong I was these things except I was also a stupid teenager. I was mean to people, I hurt people, and I made stupid choices. I don't really know why I'm sharing this but for some reason I think I just wanted to put that out there. I want to admit as I'm sure you all already know that I'm not perfect. That I have made and continue to make stupid choices. That I try to learn from my mistakes and that I try to be better then I was. I'm sorry to anyone I've ever hurt. Its amazing how wrapped up in yourself you are as a teenager. At least I was, I didn't see how the choices I made really effected others and that things I did really hurt those around me. I would never go as far to say that I wish my life were different but I do sometimes wish I could go back and change some things. That I could be a bit more thoughtful and make some smarter choices. I still want to end up with the things I have now but maybe I could change how I got here? Not a lot just a little bit. Sorry if this doesn't make any sense, my thoughts are a bit scattered and half of you have probably stopped reading this. Like I said I really was a good person and I think I still am but I think we all have regrets and things we wish we could change.

C-A-P-S Caps! Caps! Caps!

That's right I went to my first Caps game! (Can you tell I'm in Maryland?) It was way fun and I got to go because my youngest brother Mark was a sweet heart and gave me his ticket. He was also sweet enough to volunteer to babysit both the girls, don't worry my dad helped too. My mom and I had a blast hanging out and going out to dinner, the line at the restaurant was ridiculous with all the people trying to eat before the game plus all the other down town visitors. I also had the best ice cream ever while at the game, I mean for reals it was so stinking good! It was fun to cheer for the Caps and they even won which made it even better. I've started to like hockey more because my brother Mark is really into it and he and my parents go to a few games each season. I totally like watching it in person versus on TV because I can actually see the puck and that makes it a bit more fun. I think I'm going to have to find a way to get Jacob to take me too some Steel Head games when I get home.