Family Vaca

I didn't get to post before we left for the Beach, but we had a great time and weren't ready to come home.

Olivia loved the sand and ocean. She had sand in every crack and crevice. She loved to feel it run through her hands and eat it. We bought a small blow up pool to have and she would play there for awhile with some toys then back to the sand. One thing she would do was put the toys in her mouth once they had been in the salt water. Every time the toy touched her lips she would shriek and squint her eyes. Even though she clearly didn't like the salty taste she kept doing it! Silly girl!!

When we would take her to the ocean to let the water run up on her feet she would try and go for the water! She really loved it and had a great time. I think everyone was some what surprised at how much she really enjoyed it. Me and Chad are pretty happy because we LOVE the beach and water!

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This took way too much time and it's still not what I actually wanted to do. But here they are...some of them.

All in all we had a great trip and didn't want to come home. Can't wait to go back!

A Day Late

After my last post I started thinking it might have been a little too much or little too out there. But you shouldn't have to sensor or hold back what you really want to say on your blog. That is what blogging is all about isn't it? And like I said before, if you really know me then you would have already known most of what I was talking about.

Anyway...if I would have had more time this weekend I would have done a sweet Father's day post, but I didn't. We spent the majority of our weekend at the pool and then Sunday we (Chad, Olivia and his mom and brothers) went to Mississippi for a Waldrop family get together. I really didn't want to go, since I don't really know those people that well and there were other things I would have liked to have done. But we went anyway and it wasn't bad. We went to Chad's aunt's house that they just moved into a few weeks ago. It was beautiful! It is one of those houses that you would take prom pictures at. Ha! : D Yes, I just said that! One time we were outside by the pool and I counted 4 ac units. 4! I figured their power bill was probably the same as our mortgage payment! Whatever floats your boat...

I didn't get to spend Father's day with my dad since he worked a double, but me and Olivia spent all day Friday with him. We played in the pool, ate snacks under the big umbrella, went swinging in the hammock and played a little in the grass. I am pretty sure it was the first time I had actually put her down in the grass barefoot. They have the really soft grass so it shouldn't have been to different, but Olivia thought it was funny. She would try to tip toe and high step it through the grass. Dad got a real kick out of that.

I am so thankful to have him as my Father. He really is the best. We might not always agree on things, but in the end we always see each others point of view. I think I am a lot like my dad. If there is a problem we want it fixed yesterday. We tend to be mumblers. We don't communicate very well. We are both short. We love guacamole. We are both very family oriented. We strive for the best.

Whether it's keeping Olivia, to helping take care of our pool, to calling me to make sure I am having a good day after the bad days I had last week. I know that I can always count on him to be there and help me through my life's struggles.




I know that Chad will be (and is) just as good to Olivia as my dad has been to me.
He might not see it, but Chad has a lot of the same characteristics as my dad or paw in law as he calls him. When we first got married it took Chad a little while to get used to the way my dad is. It was hard for him to accept his help and advice about one thing or another. I think the main thing was that Chad didn't want my dad to think he couldn't take care of stuff or that he didn't know how to do something. He is so used to having to learn on his own and not having any fatherly help. He didn't really have a "real" dad. I finally just told him one day that, "he is not trying to tell you what to do. He just wants to help and only wants the best for us. That is what Dads do!"

All my love to my dad & my baby daddy!!

Growing Pains

The older I get the more I realize it wasn't so bad living at home with mom and dad, working a little here and there not really having to,focusing on school, basically having all the time in the world to do whatever I wanted to do. Life was so easy, but I couldn't wait to grow up/have my own house/my rules/my own money and still do whatever I wanted to do. What was I thinking??? I had it made! I know everyone has heard the saying that "heinsight is 20/20," and that is so true. You really don't know what you had until you don't have it anymore.

NOW-don't be over thinking these thoughts. I love my family with all that I am and I wouldn't be the person I am today if it weren't for Chad & Olivia. It's just being an adult isn't always fun. And things don't always go as planned and LIFE. HAPPENS. And today was a BAD day. AND my job IS. NOT. MY. LIFE. It is not what I want to do or will do for the rest of my life. It's just a job! I just feel so unfulfilled with what I do four days a week and know in my heart it is not what I am supposed to be doing.

That is the biggest thing that I wish I could change. I wish I would have been more focused in college and a degree...that I actually use. I know, I know...I can go back and I am going back, but it would've been a whole lot easier the first time. Like when I didn't have to work/a husband to feed/a baby to take care of/a house to clean/bills to pay/problems to solve/and I could go on and on. I guess it will just make me more determined and serious this time around.


This is not the way I intended for this post to go. I mean...yes, I did have a bad day today at work, but that is just part of it and being an adult. That was the point I was trying to make. How it got to this, I don't know, but it doesn't matter! This is ME, and if you actually know me, then you already knew this. And this sounds really corny, but it felt good to let that out!

Updating

Every time I get ready to post or want to post, I start doing something else or something else gets in the way. So most of the time blogging gets put on the back burner. I don't know if I have ever mentioned it here, but I wanted to start a journal for Olivia. I didn't have real plans for it. Just daily entries about things she did that day/what she was up to/words she has said/etc...I have ONE entry! In the journal I told her I was going to try and do better about writing...I am sure she will forgive me.

I think it will be neat for her (and me) to look back at the things she was doing when she was younger. I hope to do this for a long time and then give her the journals one day. OKAY...I am making it a point to write in the journal EVERY. DAY. If I can't post every day here. Surely I can write in the journal everyday. Even if it's just a paragraph or two.

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I didn't get to finish this post last night. Go figure. Chad wanted to go to bed early and I was in our bedroom. Being the good wife that I am I turned off the computer. :)
A lot has been going on lately. My parents were gone on a cruise all last week so Olivia stayed with Stephanie and Paige a few days. Paige&Olivia play really good together. Paige would actually cry when we would leave.
Chad went out of town for the weekend for a Bachelor weekend for Matt. Their wedding isn't until July 11th, but this was the only weekend everyone could get together.
This weekend was also Brianna's shower. She is expecting twin girls, Emma Claire & Allie Beth, sometime in July probably. The shower turned out perfect. She got a TON of stuff. Like 30 something boxes of diapers, which is close to 3,000 diapers! Outfits galore, boppies, bottles, 2 moses baskets filled with tons of stuff, 2 Arthur Court plates which I have never heard of, swings, bouncers...I could go on and on and I know the specifics because I wrote it all down and Bri opened every. single. gift!! I didn't think she would be able to, but she did.
I would post a picture but I didn't get not one single picture!! Maybe I can get some from the other girls.

One more thing. Last night we were playing with Olivia and she took 4 steps!! She gets so excited when she is trying to walk that she forgets what she is doing. It's hilarious to watch her. I am going to try and get a video tonight. She kills me sometimes...she acts like she can do things that she really can't do just yet. She is fearless!

Water Baby

Saturday was Olivia's first time in the pool. She loved it! As soon as I sat her on the top step she went to kicking and splashing. I figured she would like the water. She loves to take a bath and shower. We had recently starting putting her in the shower a few times with us and she loves it. Now we will have to wait til our beach trip at the end of the month to see what she thinks about the sand and ocean.

BFF- Olivia & Paige

Swinging on the hammock with Poppa

Olivia loves my dad. He keeps her during the day until he leaves for work (some where around 1:30) then he takes her to my aunt's house. That is actually her car in the background. I think it's so funny and sweet how he is with her. My mom tells me all the time how he never did the things for us (me and my sister) like he does for Olivia. I guess that's how it goes for grand babies.