Happy Birthday Olive!

 

Olive turned TWO while we were in Missouri. We seriously love that girl and I was sad not to be with her on her birthday, so I had to make up for it with a little celebration when we returned. 

I made a 'cake' using this recipe for both Olive and Mickey - his birthday is just a few days after hers.

They LOVED it! And FYI - there was no puking or other unpleasantness as a result of the cake!

We can't believe how lucky we are to have this girl in our life. We knew she was cute from the beginning, but I don't think either of us knew what a treasure she would become. She is such a sweet, disobedient, and cuddly girl.

Her favorite things: jumping up and greeting new people (much to our dismay), licking those same people (more dismay), running off leash - especially after birds or other small creatures, cuddling - always has to be touching some part of you, and, of course, treats!

Happy Birthday Doggies!

Two Months

The time just keeps on flying by and this kid keeps on GROWING! She has the thighs and cheeks to prove it, too! We are loving all the new smiles and coos she has been sharing with us. She makes this one noise that is so happy and cute - I have to munch her cheek every time she does it! We completely retired all of her newborn clothes two weeks ago and last week we abandoned her newborn diapers for the ones that will last until she is potty-trained. We tried a bottle at six weeks - total success, until every other time we tried and she just spits the bottle and milk out - total fail! I'll admit, its a kind of sweet that she only wants me, but what if I go back to work? We are gonna keep working on that one. She still hates the car and her car seat so we've been sticking a bit closer to home. She still loves the moby - preferring to be in there almost always, but when she is out she loves to kick her legs and look at lights. She also is really proud of herself when she pushes her legs up and you support her so she can 'stand' - she gets a big smile!

Return to Missoura

We returned to Missouri for a visit with friends last week. It was SO.MUCH.FUN! We got to spend lots of time just the three of us and also got to catch up with some of our favorite people!

Looking at the pictures from the trip you'd think that we were just home taking daily pictures of Edrie. I kept telling Grant to remind me to take pictures, but we both forgot almost everytime we were out. Most of our weekend was spent enjoying good food and friends. I wish I had better documentation!

 

Little miss was a dream on the plane. The car ride was a bit of a different story, but we all survived.

smiley and grunty!

Our first venture into disposable diapers... went well overall, but we did have one significant blowout. I was happy to get back into our cloth though!

This one cracks me up... is it my two month old or a 40 year-old balding man who has drank too much beer for the last twenty years?

We spent our first afternoon visiting Grant's old lab.  Jaume is a natural! He will have a little girl of his own come February! I can't believe I didn't get a picture of him with Raneat and her bump!

Edrie was a hit

Changing diapers in the lab...

That night we met up with lot of friends at our favorite pizza spot. 

This isn't that interesting...but she looks cute, right? And there is one good smile, too! 

This kid loves herself a bath and the hotel room sink was the perfect size for her!

She is such a girl...loves anything shiny! She stares at diamond rings, too...

Sunday we hung out at Lainey and Dan's and she got some quality time with both of them! This was the blowout day so her outfit was extra random! 

Naturals!

The weekend must have worn her out...she slept the entire way to the airport...just woke once to eat and went right back to sleep. This is seriously SERIOUSLY unheard of and something I dream about happening more often!

Papa and Edrie playin at the airport! The flights home were just as good. We had one that was a bit longer so it went to a higher altitude which I think she felt in her ears more, but she handled it really well. We never thought we would miss our Missouri life so much, so we were really thankful for a chance to go back and visit!

Edrie's Second Month: The Randoms

This is a picture dump of all my favorites from the last month. She has changed so much! This video is completely uninteresting if you aren't this kid's mom, but I thought having a record of her little hiccups would be sweet later on when she is big and and I can't even remember her being this tiny!

I will admit...I don't really do the headband thing, but she had to get all dolled up for Cait and Jay's wedding reception!

Being cute in the car...

Cuddling with Olive

The lips!

Wish she hadn't outgrown this onesie.

This kid lives in babylegs.

Huge duck fan!

so smiley these days!

Hangin' with aunt lindsey!

love!

Roseburg

A few weeks ago we took our first road trip with Edrie in tow. It was pretty stressful, but we are glad we got the first time out of the way! Grant had tickets to the duck game so I took the opportunity to visit the Newtons in Roseburg!

  

I was pretty lame on the picture front, but Janelle took these when we went for a walk in the woods. We all (dogs included) had fun!

  

All those pretty fall leaves!

 

Shocker! Our kid is asleep in the moby!

 

Maddie is getting so big and interactive!
   

I Love Love Love autumn!

Edrie's Newborn Pictures

I know everyone already saw these, but I wanted the ones that we bought to be posted on here...

 

 

 

Visit with the Haneys

 

The Haney's are like family so it was a treat to get to introduce Edrie to them! We were at their property (with Dale) when I started having contractions!

   

This woman knows how to calm a baby.

 

Edrie is in love!

Week by Week: 8 weeks

November 7, 2011

Halloween!

Don't be fooled... I took the completed costume pictures the day after Halloween, because this mama was knitting at stop lights and sewing felt on at the very VERY last minute! I saw this idea on pinterest which linked to this site. I just knit a simple sleep sack and hat and then added the eyes, etc in felt afterward.

 

I think we ended up with a pretty cute hungry caterpillar!

Edrie's Grandpa carved her a pumpkin while we were away for the weekend! 

We went trick or treating with Ethan, Katie and their boys. It was nice to get to be outside with older kids who were SO excited to get candy! 

Could they be any cuter??

This picture needs to be included to truly depict how this day went. This kid is hating the carseat and its slowly KILLING me. It took us nearly three hours to get from Happy Valley to Tigard... should have taken more like an hour. She has also decided that no paci or bottle will do... this kid only wants the boob. Makes soothing while strapped into the seat very difficult.

Me amazed that the costume is done and that she isn't crying. It was SUCH a long and stressful day!

Family pic!

Noah SO excited for his super hero rings!

Our smiley girl was back after a good nap and some food. The crying came back on the drive home though..