Olivia 3 months old

Thanks to my Aunt Ruby for this darling hat!!! I love it. I can't believe how big my girl is getting. She is very alert and fun. She loves to suck on her hands but still can't quite figure out how to do it when she is mad. She still wakes up almost every hour at night for her binkie but I am only feeding her once around 3 or 4. She has a sensitive and kind personality and loves to cuddle with me in bed. She likes her car seat a lot more now but still scream in it if she is overly tired. She doesn't nurse well when she is super tired but takes a bottle great. She is Abby's favorite person in the family and luckily I'm her favorite for right now.  She is still my most high maintenance baby but we love her so much.

 Abby calls this look "big eyes" Its her favorite and mine as well!

This one shows off her favorite dimple of mine.

Bedding and Galary Wraps

Its been fun once again to decorate a new house. I especially love my new giant canvas wraps of Olivia. I am also super proud of her bedding that I made all by myself! More pictures of the house to come later.

Japanese Gulch (April 2012)

We continue to have great weather here in Washington. For me it seems normal but for Washington I guess its unheard of to have 5 straight days of sun shine. We have been trying to get out and take advantage of all the sun. This particular weekend we went on a little hike through Japanese Gulch. This is where Mike goes mountain biking a lot so it was fun for us all to see it and the kids had so much fun. We were not originally planning on a hike when we left the house and it was a little bit cold but totally worth it. We really do live in a beautiful place.

 Mike got these gems when the boys were checking out the train together- no prompting necessary. They are such good buddies.

Green Lake Park (April 2012)

We can not complain about the weather here just yet because every weekend has been beautiful. This makes it really easy to handle all the rain during the week. We wanted to get out and explore so we went to Green Lake Park. It is a great park with a paved path around the Lake. It was super busy but still a really fun day. We didn't know their would be paddle boats but decided to be spontaneous and go for it. Michael didn't want to go so he stayed with me and the baby.  Later he told me that he was scared his head would go under the water. 

The kids were wishing I had brought their swim suites so they could swim, but it was really just nice to get your feet in and cool off. Mike ended up saving a little boys life that day. He was swimming and went under. Mike saw him struggle and not be able to get up, he was not by his parents. Mike was pretty far from him as well so he just started yelling and then ran in the water towards him. Another guy right in front of the kid, who was playing his guitar, heard and saw Mike coming and was able to get to the boy first. The little boy was just fine but it really scared his parents. 

Just hanging out

We do a lot of snuggling around our house.

These two have been mistaken for twins lately. Abby's response "but I'm a girl and he's a boy."

Skills

Yes, I am totally bragging about my skills here. Our TV has been making a buzzing sound for a long time. Mike changed out the bulb and that helped the picture but we still needed a new color wheel installed. What is a girl to do when her husband is super busy and just doesn't have time to fix it on her timetable? She does it herself. I was a little nervous when I saw all the parts out but I did it with the help of my little assistant, Michael.

Tulip Festival

We had beautiful weather a couple weekends ago which was perfect for our trip to the Tulip festival in Skagit, WA. We went to Tulip Town and it was amazing. All the colors were breath taking. It was a perfect day to share with Grandma and Grandpa.

I know my mom will hate this picture but I just loved it of her and Abby. Abby adores her and loves being able to spend time with her.

A group of kite flyers were putting on a show and it was amazing to see the formations they did with each other. I have no idea how they were able to not crash or cross the lines.

This was our favorite flower of the day.