22 Months. End of 2013

Since my last post (in October) so much has changed.  I have to document these things... I have to remind myself that I will remember to do this.  It is funny when you sit in the moment, you think you can remember all these little things that are happening.  My sister just had her first baby girl and people have been asking me questions and my response has, more often than not, been "I can't remember".... so with that said: 2014 should be better about documentation of my sweet girls life.

*18-22 Months have been fun & exhausting.

*20 months we had tubes put in- FINALLY! Praise the Lord they have been working like a gem!

*Favorite foods these last few months:  green veggies- broccoli, brussel sprouts, asparagus. fish & chicken nuggets. berries of all kinds- although we still have a strawberry allergy. yogurt. chocolate anything (which is given on rare, special occasions).

*Most used phrases from 18-22 months are:
"What's that?"
"Yook at me! at me!" {look at me}
"I wannmoe mommy/daddy." {i want more}
"OOOO BIG TRUCKS! HI MAN!" - said to EVERY big truck/ 18 wheeler we pass in the car.
"Where are yooooou?"
"Watch Petey Pie. Watch?"  {Peter Pan}
"Tiss the Tat. Tat tiss." {Kiss the cat.. she likes to give our cat a goodnight kiss every night.}

*Favorite places to visit: any place with animals. the playground. Titi & Neno's house-especially to see the dogs, mouse and cat. the beach.

*For Christmas Olivia received 2 new baby dolls.  One of her baby dolls is very similar to the one she had and lost when she took it to church... the pacifier is attached and magnetic which she loves.  The other baby doll is baby Belle.  She received them from Nana, Papa, Great Nana & Great Papa. :)  The one with the paci is called Baby Jesus.  Her Belle is called Baby Beast. {O normally refers to Belle as Beast because of the movie title Beauty and the Beast}. She also received a crib for her babies. She loves playing with babies.

*O enjoys going outside at night and looking at the stars and the moon.  If the moon is no where to be found she says "where'd it go? oh- it's behind the trees."

*In 2013 we had 27 medical insurance claims for our sweet girl. Lots of sickness {mainly from ear infection related things} but we are hoping for a much better 2014 with health & wellness!!

*O was a flower girl in a wedding & I was a bridesmaid. Quite interesting but fun.

*2013 seemed to be a year of traveling... we traveled quite a bit: North Carolina, Virginia, Florida & other parts of South Carolina mainly. Many weekend getaways.

*O likes to hold out her hand and chant "Goooooo Gamecocks!"  It is just a beautiful thing to hear! <3

*O became a big cousin to 2 new girl cousins- Margo & Virginia.

*Favorite movies to watch: Peter Pan {Petey Pie}. Tangled. Beauty & the Beast. The Little Mermaid. Angelina Ballerina.

*In the morning when you take O out of her crib, she will hand you everything before she goes with you.  Blankets. Night light turtle. Dolls. Her pillow. Bunny & Bear lovies.  Literally everything but the mattress and sheet leave with her every morning.


Our sweet girl is a fireball.  She is very active, very fast and VERY busy all the time.  She still takes a 2 hour nap every day and sleeps from 8pm-7am practically everyday.  On weekends she sleeps longer in the mornings .

My intention is to keep these things jotted down so one day I can look back and remember this sweet, spunky age.  At this moment in our life, we are not thinking or planning another child to add to our brood {typing that I know that other plans are always a possibility and surprises do happen}.  We are focusing just on Olivia {and her sweet cousins} and capturing moments with them.  We can't wait to see what 2014 has in store for us! Happy New Year & Happy 6th Wedding Anniversary to my Mister!

8 Glorious Months

Every month that passes is still like a surprise. I don't know how to explain it... Our little button is probably the best part of my life (and I can definitely her daddy's too!).  We are SO excited about these next few months with the holidays.  They will be so much more special with Miss O here.  We have her Halloween costume- CAN'T WAIT  for her to trick or treat (aka- dress up & look darling). And then Christmas, New Years & Three Kings... I just can't wait!!!  I have done terrible with keeping up with this blog... I will try to do better.  I snap pictures like a maniac but I just don't update them on the blog.  Eight months has passed with this sweet girl in our lives.  Hard to believe but we've LOVED every minute of it.  We are already planning her first birthday party (and by we, I mean me!)  I just get really excited thinking about it. Here are some pictures... enjoy! xo

This girl is very silly... here she is playing with her toy- making noises and blowing on it. 

This is definitely a daddy's girl... but he is equally wrapped around her little finger.

Brushing our teeth... all 2 of them. :)

 playing around with daddy.

Never gets old.  We never know how we will find her. 

Mornin'! 

Playing with Poppy.

Lunch date with a baby friend. 

Penguins are semi-entertaining.

She was more interested in people watching. 

Fish everywhere... she LOVED them! 

sharks

my sweet girl & me. I LOVE HER! 

8 Sweet, Sweet Months!! 

Summer lovin'

So far our SC summer has been very lovely.  I know July & August are always our hotter months but these past June days have been delightful.  Highs in the 80's with some rain every now and then.  I love that I am able to wear jeans all day without dying from the heat. Sometimes it worries me that I am under-dressing or over-dressing Miss O.  If all else fails- I minimally dress her and throw on a blanket.  Another way that makes it difficult for me to tell if she is too hot or too cold are her little tootsies (feet).  She can have cold feet but they are so sweaty.. of course when they are hot they are sweaty too.  Her feet just always sweat.

Our first father's day was great- laid back & relaxing like the Mr. would want.  Miss O and I woke up nice and early to surprise him with a hose (a garden hose for his rain barrel) and some cards.  We went to church, had lunch with Hils, Jeremy & Kiera and then went to a pool party at some friend's house! Miss O loves the pool.  She was kicking and splashing.  We really need to get her one of those floats but she isn't able to sit up on her own yet so I feel more comfortable just holding on to her. We had a fabulous time and Miss O looked darling in her swim gear.  xo

Miss O + Tio Jeremy bonding

look at all that hair coming in. exciting stuff.

Miss O + Titi Hilary

playing on Father's Day

Toy #1

Toy # 2

Toy # 3



Food coma. Father's Day

heading to a pool party

she loves her shades.

hanging with Jessie

Miss O & Yaya

sweet baby cakes

Love!!

Like mother, like daughter

A Birthday Treat

In one week Hils & I will be celebrating another birthday.  A bittersweet blessing.  I love having birthday celebrations because of all the fun that comes along with them.  However, I don't like getting older and all the fun that comes with it... wrinkles, age spots, tendinitis, etc. So this year Hils and I decided not to give each other gifts but she did take family photos for us.  She is a fabulous photographer and I admire her skills.  I have to take over 100 photos to get about 5 good ones and Hils can just take a few shots and it's like gold! Here are some shots she took of us yesterday.  Thanks again to my darling sister!  Enjoy! xo

The Mr adores his daughter

Love kisses! We can't kiss her enough!

she is not quite sitting up on her own yet

nibbling on her hand

This is where she likes to hang.. always looking around at what's going on

Happy Easter!

Olivia's first Easter was very special but not too special at the same time.  It was probably more special for us, seeing as she has no idea what a holiday is or days of the week, etc.  She is 9 weeks old and really has no concept of any special event.  She did get a visit from the Easter Bunny & was even awake for the first time during church! We are so thankful to have a risen Savior and can't wait to teach Olivia all about Jesus and His love for us! We hope everyone had a lovely Easter holiday. Here are some photos we took of Olivia's first Easter. XO

Olivia and her Easter basket filled with goodies!

Her new favorite toy (or substitue pacifier)

just nibbling her new bunny

Happy Easter from the Hites!

talking to her daddy

pretty much done with family photos.

Daddy & his girl

just the girls.

Visit from GG

Olivia had some visitors today- her GG (Great Grandmother) & Bo.  Although we had a rough morning we did manage to get some pictures with GG! The rough morning was due to constipation... our first time dealing with all of that! We can't wait to go visit GG at the beach when it gets warmer outside! We have our bathing suits and shades ready!!

talking to her GG

a little picture evidence of our rough morning

LOVE YOU GG!