Days 20-23

I know that I am a several days behind but it has been a busy week for me with work. Yesterday I had a big event that I was putting on. I will try to not do four days worth of blogging but share some highlights, learnings, and of course pictures :D

Things I am thankful for:

1. I am thankful to continue to have friends send me baby related things whether it be recalls, research, or goofy little things. 

I will share with you all now!

So my coworker posted this on my Facebook and then a few other people tagged me in it:

She calls onsies "vests". But she explains why babies onsies are created with the little flaps on the shoulders. So cool! Mike said that he tried it yesterday and it worked. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrISmbf8LBM. Very helpful for all of you future moms and babysitters of little ones.

Olivia got to see her first snow on the 20th! We did not get much and it was melted within a day but it was there :) I cannot wait until we get to take her out in it.

Sassy little thing! Or just bored.

Practicing making bubbles

If you click on any of the links that I post, it should be this one. We are working towards this with Olivia! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlyUke5XFw4 Too funny!!


2. I am thankful for relaxing activities like Polka Dot Pottery. I needed some me time (well, Olivia went with me). 

I am going to make sure that Polka Dot Pottery becomes one of her favorite places! I really enjoy painting pottery. It is necessary to have activities that help you wind down. no pictures of the pottery until it is done though :) It was a long day and Olivia was out and about most of the day on Friday.

I am also thankful for Dutch Bros coffee! They had The. Best. Deal. on Friday. For every dollar that you put on a gift card, they matched it! Needless to day, we bought way too much on a Dutch Bros gift card. 

3. I am thankful for our new car!

At the dealership signing papers

2004 Kia Spectra

While I was running my event, Mike took Olivia and a friend to go look at a brown Volvo station wagon. It ended up not being as good of a car as they said it was, go figure. He dropped Olivia off at my event and went home. As my event was wrapping up, my friend told me that the dealership that her uncle works at had just received this car as a trade in. Mike met us at the dealership after my event. When I got there he was already test driving it. It may not be exactly what we were hoping for but we feel extremely blessed and fortunate to have gotten this car. It will make life a lot more easy, especially with the snow coming.

Mike says that she is doing the Soulja Boy dance that he did at our wedding. HAHA!

Enjoying her burp cloth

Working on that finger thing!

4. I am thankful for the teamwork that Mike and I have been able to have.

We are learning who is better at doing what and what chores and duties we can trade off. We thought that we were good at reading each others minds since we have been together since we were 16. There are a few things that we still need to learn. It has not been easy but we are coming together to get things done.

Tummy time didn't start off so well

Getting there!

I am learning how many rolls babies have! I found some gunk in her neck rolls this time. Next will probably be her leg rolls :)

Yes, she is glaring at by boob.

I am not sure if we are just wishful dreamers or if she may actually start doing it as an early bloomer but we often sit together and think about what it would be like if she either took of crawling or just stood up and started walking at her size! HAHA! How cute would that be?! We are excited for the milestones that are coming up but remember to enjoy the time now when she is not mobile. It would probably so cute but also very creepy because of how little she is. Mike thought that it looked like she was going to roll over today. We love our little Pumpkin. <3 <3