I realized recently I have very few pictures of Olivia. It's sad to admit but she is a third child and well...anyone with more than one child will understand! But even when I try to even the odds Micah and Hailey want to be a part of it. That's ok though, I love it when they are actually excited about getting their picture taken!
Trying to play "patty-cake" with Liv
What do you do with the boxes from Costco? Well, Micah turns him into beds! It's always an adventure to find where or how Micah will be asleep when we check on him! We didn't leave him this way fearing he wouldn't have use of his legs in the morning but I had to stop and take a picture before moving him!
This is a picture my cousin took on Mother's Day of me and my sister Becky. We have people tell us all the time how much we look alike. They also ask who is older...it makes her day because she is 7 years older, I get a little depressed. Even Hailey at around a year old would get us confused and give us weird looks. When she could talk she called her "Mommy Becky". I don't think we look more than just barely related. What do you think?
Micah's 2nd year of t-ball. I'm surprised how much he's improved since last year. They are pretty cute to watch!
The cheerleaders!
Unfortunately it's been surprisingly cold this t-ball season!
Still haven't quite figured out it's not a contact sport!
I told him to smile and this is what I got...
Last weekend we took a trip town to Moab for Eric's cousins wedding. It was a quick trip with lots of time in the car but the kids actually did really well. We stopped to look of the beautiful arches of Moab on our way back. The kids thought it was great!
Well, you'd think by the third child I'd be more prepared. No a third child has just turned us into a three ring circus. So the wedding was at Dead Horse Point. Beautiful scenic area in the middle of nowhere. (Thelma and Louise anyone?) Eric was put in charge of some music for the wedding and wrangled me into it as well. He was playing some "prelude" music on his guitar before the wedding then we were suppose to sing as Jordan, the bride, walked down the isle and then in the middle of the ceremony. It was of course Olivia's nap time and I thought she'd fall asleep in the car...no dice. We kept her in the carseat at first but then she started being fussy so I got her out. As I got her out I realized she wreaked! Being in the middle of nowhere and nothing but sand and rocks I set out to change her diaper on my lap, not an easy task with a wiggly 10 month old. 2 of my sister-in-laws were wonderful to help me out since the wedding was to start any minute. I soon found out that she had exploded a little bit. I had forgotten we had just started an antibiotic that does not do great things in the "going to the bathroom" department. She had gotten it all over the bottom of her dress. We wiped her down the best we could (of course I had absolutely no extra clothes for her), wrapped a blanket around her, handed her off to my sister-in-law and then I was off to calm my nerves before singing. After the wedding we were off to the reception/dinner. It was the opposite direction of our hotel so we decided not to go back for more clothes for Olivia. We'd just keep the blanket around her and make the best of it. A bad choice because when Eric took Olivia out of her carseat he noticed she'd exploded out of her diaper again. And this time when I say exploded I really mean exploded! All over the carseat, her blanket and of course making her dress truly unwearable. As I gave her a mini-bath with almost a whole package of wipes Eric ran to the gift shop and bought the smallest shirt to put her in. It is even too big for Hailey but Livvy looked pretty cute and was beyond happy the rest of the night. But we now have a cute shirt to remember what happened at the Red Cliffs Lodge in Moab!
One night Micah and Hailey played "too tired" to brush teeth and walk upstairs to their room.
Picnic lunch at a beautiful Moab park. The few hours the whole weekend it was overcast!
5 comments:
Oh my what a diaper adventure, eek! And YES, you and your sister DEFINITELY look related... both so gorgeous too.
I think every mom has gone through that at one point or another. It happened to me in a grocery store in the middle of shopping. No FUN!
That picture of Micah sleeping in the Costco box is my new favorite picture! Classic! I love that picture of you and your sister - you look amazing, as always!
Cute pictures. Sorry about the Moab blow out. We had a blow out on our way home from Moab once. It was terrible. Maybe it's the red rock that does it!
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* I too love it when they actually WANT to take pictures! we have no formal family portrait with all 4 of us for that very reason - too much work! :)
* LOVE Olivia's eyes in the 3rd picture! Ya know what I think it is about her cute face - it looks like she will be 80 and pretty much have the same face - like it won't change much. She already looks so comfortable in her cute little smile and her eyes are so bright and happy - don't know if that makes sense but she is so darn CUTE!
* I remember Ethan doing similar things with big boxes - he would cut holes out of them and make "stores" and try to get Milo to play with him. I hated having to eventually throw them out - but they take up so much room. Good call on the legs!!
* I think you and your sister look related but I don't think I'd ever confuse you . . . I think you're both beautiful though so that's a toughie!
* Love Micah's "smile"
* FUNNY story about explosive Liv! - Ethan did a similar thing before his baby blessing. All white. I had no wipes. It was his big debut at church. Awful. Sounds like she handled it so gracefully though :)
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