Happy Halloween!

I am in love with a monkey baby!! Livy had a costume party with her friends this Wednesday. She is so lucky she gets to wear her costume twice! We had a lot of fun.


And this...is her new favorite thing and she does it ALL the time.

Dont you just want to eat her?!

Olivia loves peek a boo. That's no surprise but now she is hiding longer and longer under the blankie and giggling with anticipation. This video is the end of a looooong peek a boo session. I wish I thought to grab the camera earlier. She was hilarious!

Olivia is a sicky right now but is getting a lot better. She got an anti-biotic for an ear infection (no wonder she has been tough) and she has a runny nose. She had been fighting this ear thing for 2 weeks before it got full blown.

Thank goodness my angel is back!

Pumpkin Patch Day!

silly cont, video did not upload!

Silly lovebug!!

I took these pictures because when we went to Safeway today you would have thought she was a celebrity. I cannot count on two hands how many people stopped to talk to Livy and tell us she had the cutest hat ever! It didn't help that she was waving and making googly eyes with everyone ;) How could you pass her by? It was a bit crazy though!

Love of my life. Hat courtesy of Jackie from Disneyland!

Livy is so funny on cushy surfaces like the couch or the bed. She does the diving thing and plays all around in pillows and blankets. Today I caught a touch of it. Its so cute in the bed though, its like she really enjoys the padding and throwing herself around. She even jumps and lays out on top of me. Perhaps she will be a WWF wrestler? Eh, probably not, lol.

My beauty.

Such a pretty thing...Walking will be soon!

I could never be mad at this face! Its amazing, even when I have a bad day (like yesterday) and I see this, it all goes away.

Baby #2 is pretty quiet so far. He/she just makes me an emotional trigger. Other than that its a perfect pregnancy so far. Maybe this one already knows it wont be able to get a word in while Livy is around. ;)

In case you find it interesting at all what Olivia is like when she is eating, here is a video! This is the first half where you can see how dinner gets pretty messy. But in the second video I actually capture the moment she decides she no longer likes broccoli. I feel like a nature photographer! Warning, you may be grossed out if you are a sensitive eater.

Send back up!

I don't think I have ever done a vent blog, but I have to or I will bust. I would normally never share these thoughts because I do not want to be seen as a bad mom or a weak person but here you go....

When is this supposed to get easier? I swear some of you have said that once you are out of the newborn stuff it gets so much better. I know I am not a wimp...so why can't I handle anything my baby throws at me? She is out of control. A nicer way to say it would be: she is now a character and discovering her power. But to me, right now, she is a terrorist.

I am completely exhausted everyday. After I put her to bed I have to pray for the strength to clean up after her: bath, toys, dinner, dishes, food stuck to the floor, in the cracks of the table.... Yes, today was particularly tough with a two hour cry session in opposition to an afternoon nap. I am not always so down but honestly,today is not the first day I have felt this. I think that's why I am at the explosion phase. Sometimes I just think "this cant possibly be my life".

I should just put this into a "bad week" category and move on. Those are the weeks when constantly the joys DO NOT out weigh the terrible. I have to move on, I have no choice. I am so jealous of you people with "easy babies" or maybe you are just better humans than me. I don't know, but I wish there was an escape button. I would be back in a time where I got a pedicure whenever I wanted and was able to pee without rushing it. Those were the days...

PS. If you can even believe it: I dropped my new camera in the sandbox and it broke. Thank goodness Costco will take anything back. But that is the reason for the picture delay. Camera karma?

PPS. I do in fact love my child.

Up, down and all around

I love how babies have perfect posture. She is inspiring me to sit a little straighter. Here is my big girl in her first 12 month size onesie!

Livy enjoys eating leaves in her spare time but HATES the grass. We are spending time outside watching the world go by. She can watch for minutes, which in baby-land a few minutes feels like an hour. We love the yard!

All day long I clean. Since she is into everything, she makes a mess of everything. Dinner is the craziest time. She wants to do it herself which means, see how far I can push Mama. Its a hot button because by this time of the day we are both so tired. So we go from dinner to bath to bedtime.


Here is Olivia's workout. Notice the grunts! This is long but I just wanted to show you how many squats she does a day! If only I could do one for every five she does. Or if I could be as challenged by getting two items into one hand!

crawling proof