ramblings...

The last time I tried to blog I was told I had reached my capacity for picture space on blogger and now have to purchase more storage space if I want to upload pictures. Pretty much the dumbest thing of my life. I only keep this blog because it is in a sense my journal. Life moves at such a fast pace especially with a little one and I don't want to forget any of it. I really should stop being such a slacker and keep up on scrap booking but I type much faster then I craft. So I suppose I will have to attempt to find a way around this blogger issue or just break down and pay the $6 a month for more picture space. In other news it has taken me 5 years but I have finally decided what I think I want to do with my life- no promises because I am a woman and I have changed my mind about this a million times. I'm really leaning towards pastry school. A complete opposite from what I always thought I would want to do. I have always enjoyed cooking, but I could never do it for a living. I like making dinner for my family and friends but if I had to make more then one a day I would grow to hate it quickly. But baking- I could do all day long. I have looked into pastry school and found a program I could bust out in a year and be done. So now the only question is when do I get on it? Well I think its only appropriate to allow Matt to finish his final year of school. He will be all done in March, assuming he doesn't want to finish an extended program in which case he will be done in December. In the meantime I would REALLY like to have another baby. I want nothing more than for my children to be close in age like me and my sisters. I feel like we're in this really comfortable position in life where I have the opportunity to stay home and I think another addition would just be ideal. We have been trying for a few months now and I'm finding myself in a similar place where I was when we were trying to get pregnant with Olivia-frustrated. I know it will happen when it happens but dang it I just want it to happen already. Our lease is up in our apartment in October (praise!!) and I am so beyond excited to move. We really would like to buy a house but to be honest I'm a bit high maintenance in what I want in a home that I own. Maybe because I have lived in an apartment for so long where I don't have to pay to or actually fix anything when its broken. The fact that I haven't worked in over a year and that we are a one income family, means we only qualify for so much. When Matt graduates he will get a pretty nice raise and once I finish school I'd like to work part time at a bakery or something pastry related and then we could qualify for something decent. To be honest owning a home is not the most important thing to me, yes one day we'd like to but there is no rush. The way I see it, what's the point of owning something as a big as a home if you have nothing of substantial value (like a family, and good friends) to enjoy it with? We have a few town homes were looking to move into in October and I just can't wait to get the eff out of here. So our ideal two year plan, I'd like to get pregnant like yesterday, move, have another baby, Matt graduates, I enroll in this pastry program and finish it, then get a job at a bakery, then buy a house. Sounds easy enough right? Ha we'll see. Anyways little miss will be 13 months old on Wednesday. So I guess I have to figure something out to post my 87 pictures of her I've taken this last month. In the meantime here's one of our sweet girl

 

honestly how could I not want to make more cuties like her ;)

Birthday party

On Saturday we celebrated our little cupcake's First Birthday!! We had a cute, little party at Grandma and Grandpa's house and it turned out really fun! We rented a bounce house for he kids to play in and we had a BBQ for everyone. Aside from the heat, which I guess was better then rain, everything went great! A lot of Livie's friends came and it was fun to watch them all play together. Matt's sister Amanda even made it and Liv finally got to meet them and play with her cute cousin Colton! We are so happy that everyone who made it came and celebrated with us :) Liv definitely scored in the presents department. She got a TON of super cute clothes, lots of fun toys, a cool water table, and a wagon from Mom and Dad! I can't believe her first birthday has come and gone so very fast. We love her oh so very much!

12 months

Well here we are, we have a One year old! Olivia turned one on Sunday the 22nd and we had her 12 month appointment today. She did so well at her appointment, her doctor was beyond impressed with her development and said she acts and is on the level of an 18 month old. She got 3 shots today and barely made a peep and was over it by the time her band aids were on. Seriously the best baby ever! At 12 months Olivia:

• is 31.5 inches long-above 95%
• weighs 27.2 pounds-above 95%
• head is 18.6 inches-90%
• wears 18-24 month clothes
• in size 5 diapers, probably only for another week or two though. Her little butt cheeks are starting to hang out
• no more formula! Still has 2-3 bottles a day with her milk and loves it! 
• So sick of baby food! Loves her yogurt for breakfast, and pretty much just eats whatever we eat for lunch and dinner.
• walking/running all over the place
• waves "hi" and "bye"
• claps her hands and plays patty cake
• shakes her head no
• loves to sing the 5 little ducks and make the "quack quack" sound and a duck mouth with her hands
• has 6 teeth
• loves to dance and shake her booty
• Says Mama, Dada, Baba, Hi, Ball, Grandma, Grandpa, Book, more, yeah, wow, uh-huh, and dance
• loves to share
• gives hugs and kisses
• sleeps through the night with 2 naps during the day

Just for fun I thought I'd make a timeline of all her monthly pictures I've take her first year of life :)