A weekend of animal extravaganzas!!

Well it really wasn't a traditional, Saturday and Sunday weekend. Our weekend was Thursday and Friday. We decided to go on a couple of little adventures with Miss Sassy! Our first adventure was to The Wild Animal Safari Park in San Diego. It was such a perfect day! We stayed for quite a while. Miss Sassy even  fell asleep in her stroller (which NEVER happens!! That was a huge deal for me!) for a while so Michael and I were able to walk around a bit with our beverages and have a quiet little stroll.  There was hardly anyone there! It was so nice  :-)

She hatched!!

Dont forget your sock Olivia!

Lion on top of the car! Look out!!

Crashed out!

Beautiful giraffs

That was Thursday! Now off to our adventure at the Long Beach Aquarium!

Are you happy Olivia??

Crazy fish cluster

She touched the Sting Ray!!

There's no stopping her! Go go Gadget legs!!

<3

Long Beach light house

Yaaaaay Olivia!!

Well that was our weekend adventure! Thank you for stopping by and checking out our pictures!

Be back soon!

Trick or Treat!

I feel like this was Olivia's first Halloween, but it was her second! I guess because we actually did activities with her this time around. Thankfully we have our great friends so we had our First Annual Halloween Party play date with them!  We went to Stacy's house and she had a GREAT Halloween spread for us! Great food and candy!!  Of course I didn't' say no.....diet be dammed!  Olivia got to see and play with Wyatt, Kathryn, and Morgan. I think we are getting to the age where they are going to fight over toys and not want to share. Olivia gladly shared that behavior for us all when she didn't  want to share a toy with Wyatt. It wasn't even about giving the toy to Wyatt. It was just about playing with the toy together. Well, Miss Sassy didn't was to play together. She was a little bit ticked off. But it did end and our play date continued.

During the evening Olivia went Trick or Treating at two houses :-)  We just went to our neighbors. We then ended up staying at the neighbors house, sitting on the driveway handing out candy. Olivia LOVED that! She loved watching all the kids and running up and down the sidewalk! When she got to far on the sidewalk, I"d say, "Where's daddy"?, then she would turn around and run back to daddy! I wish I had more pictures of our evening.

I am also sharing picture from last year. We went over to our other great friends house. What a big difference a year makes!

Practicing with her pom pom!

Giving her good friend Kathryn some crazy sassy look...

Morgan! Miss Jamie is in the background :)

This amazing food that none of us could resist!! And look at the goody pails she made with their names!!  Thank you Stacy!!  :-)

Daddy and Olivia, Halloween evening!

This is the only night time picture I got :(  She loved holding her glow stick and running around watching all the trick-or-treaters!!

My partner in crime!

I realize I have been a bad blogger. Hence the reason why I only have 10 followers..and maybe only 2 or 3 actually read. But thats ok. This is mostly just for friends and family so they can see some cute pictures of Olivia and maybe read some of my thoughts. So what a great way to jump back into the blog world and share about our antics..... and breaking the law.

I needed to go to Party City to get a piece of her Halloween costume. Little Miss Sassy girl is starting to become a bit more fidgety in the shopping carts. She doesn't last long so I need to do anything and give her anything to keep her occupied in the seat so I can get shopping done.  I will usually hand her random items that look interesting to her. Sometimes that doesn't work so I always make sure to have snacks on hand. Well, one of those random items got a little bit lost in the shopping cart. She was sitting on it....out of sight, out of mind, for me and Miss Sassy.

We left Party City and headed right over to Bed Bath and Beyond. I kept her right in the same shopping cart. It was only like a 50 yard walk...why change shopping carts??   As we were looking for cabinet organizers she leans over to reach for something...and lo and behold...the random item!  Did I think about returning it? Yes I did. Did I physically return it? Nope. Please know that I do understand that this was very wrong. Had Miss Sassy and fidgety been older I could have used it as a teaching experience and told her that we didn't pay for this and we need to return it immediately! It belongs in the store unless it is paid for. But, she is not older and the only thing that she would care about is that she is hating sitting in the darn shopping cart and will scream any min! So our teaching experience was that these are sunglasses and you wear them over your eyes. :-)

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Sassy girl's new toy!
Thanks for reading!!  <3  

Birthday party fever!!

Literally....fever!  It was about 120 degrees outside that day! Now that I think about it..it was hot when I brought Olivia home from the hospital. I remember her only wearing a side snap shirt and a diaper all day. It was HOT all september. So why did a play an outdoor party?  I just dont know.  Unless I am living ON the beach, Olivia will not be having any more outdoor partys. 

The cute cake bunting is from A Pitite Soiree

Here it is! It was all held under this little awning. Notice how nobody is standing outside of the shaded area....

Everyone loves a taco man!!

Awesome cake huh??  Its made by Cookies Supreme! 

Cake bunting and fabric banner from A Pitite Soiree

I cannot believe my baby is ONE YEAR! Wow. 

Doesn't quite know what to do yet..

Now she does!!  :-)

Gramma and Grandpa <3 

Nana and Pappa <3

Her first rocking chair hand painted by Aunt Tina!  <3

Besides the heat, I think the party turned out nice. Most all my friends came. they totally came to celebrate with us in the heat! Those are great friends!!  And lets not forget my sister,  mom and step dad!  They were out there with me since the morning (it was hot then too) setting up and hanging things! There would be no way I could have had that party if they were not there. 

Thank you everyone who came to celebrate with us. It means a lot. We are just so happy to have her in our life!  XOXO