Bucket Head

Since we have returned from vacation I hear "wawa" an aweful lot, and now she has found her sand toys. Maybe she just was confused since our sheets are the same color as the sand, but she sat in our bed for an hour playing with them.

Happy Father's Day

Ben

The moment I had that little thought that I was pregnant with our little princess, I knew that you would be the most amazing father! Each day you prove me right, you are the most involved father, and you are not scared to do anything. I can't even imagine doing this by myself. I know that I don't show it nearly enough but all you do is appreciated beyond what words can express!

You make her laugh and all those smiles just melt my heart! You may not be here today but we celebrate you every day! We love you tons.

xoxo
Chrissy

Olivia worked very hard to make this beautiful book for her Daddy!

Click here to view this photo book larger

Also a BIG HAPPY FATHER'S DAY to my Daddy, my Grandfather's, and My Father-In-Law! You are all amazing. We love you so much and thank you for all you do.

WA WA

We have returned!!! Our trip to Green Turtle Cay was amazing, great weather, great family, friends, and tons of WAWA! Which is one of the only words we heard out of Olivia's mouth the entire week. We were able to enjoy so much in the short time we were there, snorkeling, fishing, sun bathing, and crab hunting!

Olivia spent time each day on the beach and in the pool, loving every minute. Honestly I think that she had more fun then each one of us. She woke every morning, looked out the back window, pointing and said WAWA. OK more like screamed, I guess just to make sure that we heard her. By no later then 9 AM she managed to be down on the beach or in the hot tub on the back porch.

She has gill's I just have not found them yet.

The one day we went to a place called Nipper's we all had a great time but Olivia reached a big milestone. She learned how to kick her feet in the water. I was so excited for her and she used her new skill the rest of the week. (Since we have been home she tries to do it in the tub)

Kicking her feet at Nipper's!

We drove golf carts (our mode of transportation while on land) into town almost each day and that gave us a great view of the island. We saw the beautiful beaches, a random horse, and how we went crab hunting at night. You would think finding land crabs would be a lot easier, no so. But it made for good entertainment, that was our night life. If you made it that late, I did one night and Ben  didn't get to go at all. After running after a 1 year old all day and waking up before the sun each morning, there wasn't much energy left for crab hunting.

It was a wonderful week and we made some amazing memories that we will never forget. We can't wait to go back one day.

Planning

I can't believe all the time that I put into planning Olivia's first birthday party and it's over. I miss it! Don't get me wrong, I do not miss all the late nights that I put in standing at the island in our kitchen cutting, gluing, and all together crafting. My back surely doesn't miss that! But I do wish that her birthday would have lasted longer so that I could enjoy all of my hard work just a little bit longer. I find myself looking through the pictures pretty often just to revisit the day.

As I was going through this whole process I started thinking about how I could possibly one day turn it into a business. Would people pay to have someone else do all the planning and work that comes with a kids birthday party? For that matter any one's birthday party. I guess I still have some thinking to do on that end, I would love to though. I really did enjoy the time. But the good thing is that I have already figured out the theme and colors for her 2nd birthday. Is it to early to start the decoration process? Maybe I should decorate now and leave them up for a whole year? Ha ha, OK enough!

Don't get me wrong I have plenty of things to keep me busy, since her birthday we have been gone every weekend. Our home has turned into a place we only visit. I have spent all this week doing laundry, packing, and cleaning in preparation for our Morse Family Vacation. This one is really needed, I just want to sit with my feet in the water. 

Happy Wednesday and Cheers to REST!

Puppy Love

Olivia and Oakley have always liked each other but never really bothered to much with the other one. Oakley has always been a skittish kind of dog, who ever had him before really must not have been nice. So all you have to do is lift your hand when he is around and he cowers and runs away. So needless to say having a baby in the house was never his cup of tea. Until lately! 

Olivia giving Oakley kisses!

Olivia now tries to pet Oakley and sometimes he lets her, but she is very rough so he only takes so much of that kind of love. She feeds him from her highchair and anytime we give her a treat for him. She holds it in her hands to offer it to him, he will only take it if he won't touch her fingers.

They share toys and it's funny when Oakley doesn't want her to have one he will go over and take it from her. They have a love/hate relationship most of the times. But it melted our hearts when Olivia was saying good bye to me this morning, doling out kisses, and leaned to Oakley, and gave him a kiss on the nose.

I hope they will be best friends one day.

Myles & Butchie Tie The Knot

Friday Ben and I met up with DJ and Vicky to head to Tallahassee for our family friend's Myles and Butchie! Even after 2 stops it only took us about 3 and a half hours which was pretty good time. The boys tried to play video games and Vicky and I had karaoke in the front.

We got there in time to pick up last minute items and drop off some things at the Rehearsal, before we had to get ready to head there for the party. It was beautiful on this little horse farm down a tree canopy road. Tallahassee is about the only place in Florida you will find generously rolling hills. The decorations were gorgeous and so were the people. Everyone came together to support 2 of our dear friends.


Rehersal Dinner Pictures

 Saturday was a low key pool day and there wasn't a cloud in the sky. That is until about 4PM (the wedding was outside at 5:30) and as we were sitting around getting our hair done we could do nothing but pray that it would stop in time. I guess we were lucky it did rain because it brought the sweltering heat down to a comfortable temp with a nice breeze.

The boys dropped Vicky and I off to go park and we seeked cover. Luckily at about 5:20 the rain stopped and everyone quickly found their seats, anxious to give them enough time to have a beautiful ceremony sans the rain. The groomsmen and bridesmaids looked amazing, but the Bride and Groom were like cake toppers, PERFECT!


Wedding Day



It never rained again and the night went on as I am sure they imagined it would. We ate, we danced, we drank, and it was like the Bride and Groom, PERFECT.

Where was Olivia you ask? Well, she did not make the trip this time she stayed home with my parents for the weekend. She like us a good time away from Mommy and Daddy for 2 days. We missed her like crazy though and couldn't drive home fast enough to get there and hold her!


Olivia's new favorite thing to do, play in the tupperware cabinate! Something I used to do all the time.



Another Full Week

I haven't even had time to breath this week, we have been running from one thing to another. We have been busily shopping to prepare for a very special wedding this weekend and our trip to the Bahamas next week. We squeezed in a dinner to celebrate Aunt Vicky and Uncle DJ's 10 year Anniversary on Wednesday night. It was a rare time when we were all together.

Thursday night we went to watch our God Daughter in her first school performance. She did great and her personality came right out on that stage. Other Little's were slightly shy, but Caitlin remembered her motions! We were so proud of her.

As we are about to get on the road to Tallahassee for Butch and Myles' wedding, I wish you all a wonderful weekend and promise to have lots of pics when I return Sunday.