3rd bday party – part 2

the pics from the big camera.  thanks, jenny, for being the official photog.

 

drew and brintley were all over opening presents.  i was glad to have the help!  o likes to take her time!  haha!

david scott rainwater – above.  thanks, sarah, for driving in from baton rouge!

luke alexander – below.

blowing out the candles.  this was an ordeal; took her forever!  but she finally did it on her own!

hudson – this boy LOVES life!  and cake!  so sweet!  and i love his mama! 

o’s “best friend” drew. 

brintley and o.

inside of the cake.  thanks, rett.

the men of the family (with lacey) doing what they do best – staying out of the way!  haha!!  in reality i couldn’t have done this without dad for making sure the party was inside when he realized it was suppose to rain all day :), john for providing the comic relief in the family and the boy for all the help.  thanks guys!

Mothers day 2012

I decided a few weeks ago that I didn't want to do a thing today. The next week and a half until I go to the beach is jam packed for us with only 2 free nights. So I'm taking advantage of doing nothing today! And then at o's party yesterday she was coughing and had a runny nose and that's still persistent today with an extremely low grade fever (like so low grade that i cant believe I'm even mentioning it) so I'm glad I had this day of nothingness planned. We've been playing with new toys, watching movies and doing lots of snuggling. Later today i plan to snap back into reality and do some cleaning and laundry but for now I'm good. :)

The boy made this weekend special for me prior to today (he's working tonight so couldn't actually be here today) and for that I'm thankful. Friday night we had dinner at my choice, port-au-prince. Then we watched 3 episodes of say yes to the dress-bridesmaids (he was a trooper) and then he obliged to my late night request of going to see the hunger games! He also helped me with the final prep for o's party. Sat morning he was up early to help me load the car and set up at the church. And then sat night he took me and o to our fav spot-Johnny's! :) needless to say he did his part for mothers day weekend.

We celebrated GG yesterday after o's party at a joint mothers day/bday party for her and John.

I probably won't have any pics from today which I know I'll regret but no one is here to take them and that's probably best since I plan to stay in my pj's!! :) happy mothers day to all my friends/family who I look up to.


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3rd birthday party!

What a fun morning! O's party was a Trinity again this year but this time in the gym. All of her little friends came and my best friends were there too. This was a very loosely themed rainbow party.


Each layer of the cake was a different color. Her daddy outdid himself again.




















My parents have a pic of the three of us on these riding toys when we were 5 or 6 so we updated that photo!


And then added Olivia!


I gave her this princess vanity and she's been playing with it instead of napping this afternoon!


After the party we headed to Jenny's for john's bday/mothers day celebration. O had more cake for lunch but hey, how many times do u celebrate your 3rd bday?!?


I'll eventually upload the big camera pics so there may be another party post soon. :)

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Summer fun

Friday night I let o ride her bike on the road for the very first time. She LOVED it! The video is great but my blog doesn't like videos. Boo. My college kid neighbors need to spruce up their curb appeal! I didn't get her in bed until after 9pm.


We got up Saturday morning and headed to the farmers market then to the grocery store. After putting groceries away, washing produce and dragging out the swimsuit/sunscreen process as long as I could it was finally 11am and time to go swimming! I joined the tech intramural center bc the new pools are so nice! We met the Love's and Wilkerson's and Smith's there and the kids had a blast. I had fun too!





O refused to nap. Shocking. We dressed and headed to Missy's for a Kentucky derby party.


My horse won!!! Too bad I don't believe in betting. :) Miss Brooke came and picked o up abt 6 and the adult party continued at portico.





Brooke said o lasted til after 9! I was really shocked considering she'd stayed up late the night before, swam and skipped nap. But that means she's resting peacefully right now as I type this!

This morning she got to pick out her own shoes. More accurately, I just didn't want to fight it. She def has a mind of her own. Aren't they lovely?!?


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Photo dump

Shyly dancing at el jar Tuesday at lunch.


Wearing the "cowboy" hat. It's really my new beach hat for my 3 (THREE!!) beach trips this summer.


Shaking it for the patrons at canes.


Then getting low. Oh my. Rabbs better watch out in 20 years. :) (assuming she goes to tech. I mean, she'd never want to leave me would she?!?)


I wish my stupid blog would load a video bc I have a good one from last night. I'm sure her future dance teachers will have their hands full with her!!

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Memphis wedding

I took off work a little early Friday so we could head to Memphis for Rachel's wedding. We stopped in Madison outside of Jackson for dinner. Our original plan was mcallisters but when we couldn't find it I made the decision to go on into town. We found this little sandwich shop on main street. The food was ok. But sitting outside under an umbrella watching kids run was the best part! I LOVE skipping out on chains and finding places i've never been to. We finally made it into town abt 10 and met some of the wedding party for drinks. The wedding was at 3 Saturday and was within walking distance from the hotel so we went for lunch/drinks before at this little diner, westy's. It was delish and I will go back to get dessert. It looked amazing!


Rachel looked so pretty and I'm so happy for her and bob. The wedding was perfect!





After the reception we headed to eat and to silky o's. Called it a night before midnight bc I'm old!!

Tonight we went to eat at Jenny's. O loves John. She mowed the grass with him and then helped him pull weeds!





He went outside without her and she quickly let us know that she was going with him and took off running! Lol!!

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Check-up 2012

Today we went for o's annual cardiologist appt. but first we had some girl time at lunch. Sushi!


O was not thrilled abt going to the dr. I tried to prepare her but in her little mind all drs give shots. No echo done today; going to wait until next year when hopefully she's a little more cooperative. Apparently after 2-3 echos (I can't remember how many we've done) dr king still hasn't been able to see two certain arteries. He needs to see those just to make sure they are ok. We discussed her lung issues and the fact that I noticed a few weeks back that she tires more quickly than her friends and appears to be out of breath before other kids her age. Not a huge deal but when she does start playing organized sports we may go back to the pulminologist to figure out a remedy. Could be as simple as an asthma type treatment before activity to help open up the lung. We were given a copy of her EKG from today and told to keep it. If she ever ends up in an ER they will need that as her baseline bc it's not a normal heart EKG. Of course this is a worst case scenario and most likely isn't an issue. But better to be safe than sorry! It was also confirmed that even though Olivia will not have a full biological sibling, if I ever have other children I'll have a fetal echo bc the odds of another child with heart defects is higher since i have one child with a defect. I think he said its about a 12% chance.


Reading to us while waiting. I LOVE to listen to her read. She starts ALL books with "once upon a time".


She also loves this frog that lives in the hallway at dr king's office.

For her post appt treat we got yogurt. Whether she deserved it or not is questionable but mama deserved it!


So she's still perfectly healthy. Nothing crazy. We just love dr king and cannot say enough good things about him.

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