Change is in the air

I'm updating this page a little and taking over some of it for personal scrapbooking use, so any of y'all who don't want to see all my scrapbooking stuff, feel free to unsubscribe!! I'm not sure how often I'll actually post, but I may still do some updates on the kiddos. Plus was thinking of doing some stuff related to my weight loss. So who knows. Change is in the air!

Is anyone out there?

Hello, not sure if anyone still reads this or not. Olivia will be THREE years old on next Sunday! Wow, the time has flown by. And not to be outdone, we are expecting her baby brother sometime this week or next as well!! Things are soon to be very busy around here. Will get some pics up when I can, seeing as how I have one week left of work then will be off for a bit, I'm sure I'll have plenty of time to do that.

Please comment and let me know if you're still reading this. :o)

Carolyn

My Pink Stamper

Couldn't figure out how to put this on the side, so I'm making a post.

Everyone who knows me knows I like to scrapbook! I'm entering for a chance to win a Cricut Expression! yay! (www.cricut.com).




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11 Months Old

So, Olivia turns 11 months old this coming week. She started walking on October 28 at 10.5 months old. She took 2 steps, then got up and walked 6 steps to me! It was awesome! Since then she has not stopped walking yet, and has actually got to where she will walk across half the house from the bedrooms in here to my office. She cut two more teeth up top a few weeks ago, and she has pretty much graduated from baby food and eats primarily table food at daycare.
She also got her ears pierced two weeks ago, on Oct 24. She fussed of course, but seemed to be more upset about being held down so they could mark her ear. The piercing itself only hurt for a few seconds, and she was fine after that. She is getting so big, and has already graduated to her "big-girl" carseat since she is about 22 lbs at this point.

For Halloween Olivia was dressed as a Ladybug, so I dressed up as a butterfly and Blaine dressed up as a bumble bee.

9 Month Update

Well, Olivia is now 9 months and 1 week old. She has grown so much in the last couple months. She finally cut two teeth on the bottom at the same time, and they came thru on July 26. That same week she learned how to get herself up from a laying position, and she started crawling that week too.

In August, the week she turned 8 months old, she came down with Hand, Foot, and Mouth disease and had to stay home the whole week until she healed. Ever since then she has not wanted to take a pacifier, and she weaned herself from it!

Two weeks ago we had to take her to the doctor, she had a 103.7 fever. They couldn't find out what was wrong with her, but they gave her a shot of antibiotics. They also tested for Flu and it was negative, thank goodness. She was better the next day!

Last weekend she started standing for about 5-10 seconds at a time. She is also working on bringing in 4 teeth up top, her gums have been swollen for a little over a week now!

Look what Mommy found!

Hey y'all, it's been quite a while since we last updated this! It's been quite interesting raising Olivia and watching her grow up. Today she is 7 months old! She has no teeth yet, but she's been teething seriously for about a month now. At 6 months old she weighed 18 pounds. She is eating stage 2 foods now, and recently she has tried chicken and noodles dinner, sweet potatoes and corn, and apples and ham. She doesn't care too much for the turkey and turkey gravy, but i've heard a lot of kiddos don't like the plain meat! She's not crawling yet, but she's been "rocking and rolling" for about a week or so. She sticks her legs straight out and her butt goes up, it's so cute. And of course she pushes herself backward all over the room too. Today I sat her in her high chair to have a bottle because she didn't want to go to sleep. I was cooking, then I went into the living room. When I came back, this is what I found!

And since I'm here, I'll add a few more pics. Enjoy!

Happy Easter

Jelly Bean Prayer

Red is for the blood He gave,
Green is for the grass He made,
Yellow is for the sun so bright,
Orange is for the edge of night.
Black is for the sins that were made,
White is for the grace He gave,
Purple is for the hour of sorrow,
Pink is for the new tomorrow.

A bag full of Jelly beans,
Colorful and sweet,
Is a Prayer...is a promise...
Is an Easter treat!

...Author Unknown
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Easter Parade

Never saw you look quite so pretty before
Never saw you dressed quite so lovely what's more
I could hardly wait to keep our date this lovely Easter morning
And my heart beat fast as I came through the door
For In your Easter bonnet, with all the frills upon it
You'll be the grandest lady in the Easter parade
I'll be all in clover and when they look you over
I'll be the proudest fellow in the Easter parade

On the Avenue
Fifth Avenue
The photographers will snap us
And you'll find that you're In the rotogravure
Oh, I could write a sonnet about your Easter bonnet
And of the girl I'm taking to the Easter parade

...Irving Berlin

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