Logan Beckett Hawk

My sweet nephew, Logan Beckett Hawk!!

It's Baaaaccck...

The human capsule still fits ... kind-of :)

2 Months 5 Months

Noddin' and Movin'

I'm noddin' my head like "Yeah!"

Movin' my hips like "Yeah!"

Party In The USA

Okay, I admit it...I like this song. It's so cheesy but has a great beat. Plus, I'm a teenie-bop at heart and can picture Olivia and I going to a concert...

And then I saw the video... and pictured me as a mother of a teenager... and decided that I prefer the Singing Nuns or The Wiggles. Both of the former are fully dressed and don't seem to be insinuating rated R situations. Am I sounding old and not fun now??? Because I feel it.

I enjoy Miley's song. Miley's video is okay... but what I'm thinking about is my daughter being obsessed with a singer and wanting to emulate her every move (yikes!). I do believe, in the video, that's Miley's bra. Right? She is wearing a tank top...with a black bra. Seriously, do I want Olivia walking around with her bra cup showing? Then, there is the jungle-gym-apparatus that everyone is "dancing" on. Huumm...those look like poles to me, "Dancing Poles" And her swing does not like look like the swings at my local park.

Maybe I should help Miley out some. I'll direct a perfectly happy, carefree, young teenage appropriate video. She'll be wearing a turtleneck and bootleg jeans. The kids will be sitting in a circle with a karaoke machine in the playroom of my house. And everyone can sing about having a party in the USA.

Thankfully I have 12 years to try and prepare myself to be the mother of a teenage girl, and hopefully by then, I'll be A LOT cooler. OMG!

Go Texans!

Olivia attended her first Texans game. We had a wonderful time tailgating with the Outtens (including Baby Cameron!!!). Miss Chris enjoyed her first cocktail in 10 months and Mr. Mike enjoyed a birthday cupcake! Cameron was sooo sweet and adorable. Nothing like a three week old at his first football game!!



We carried Olivia into the stadium, where we quickly pulled the "we have a young baby, can we cut in line??" card. It worked perfectly :) :) She watched the game, flirted with everyone around us, slept a little and had some snacks. Basically, she was a perfect little fan!!! To bad the Texans didn't deliver...ugh!

A Ball

Olivia got her first ball :)

Checking Things Out

Angry Face

We've seen this face a lot recently. Don't know exactly what's going on. I've said she's teething for the past five months, so what's another one? I guess she could be teething....

Wendy's

Olivia met up with her friends Aubrey, Wiley and Corrigan at Wendy's for story time, while Mommy
got to visit with Tiffini and Jude :)

...Olivia had a few more wiggles than everyone else...

9 Month Appointment

Today we had Olivia's 9 month doctor's appointment and everything went great. Here are her latest digits :)

Weight 17 lb 10 oz......25%

Height 28 inches......50-75%

Head Circumference 17.75inches......75-90%

previous appointments birth, 2 month, 4 month, 6 month

Teething Ring

Of course this happened for a solid five minutes before we pulled out the camera...and then she quit.

Eating Waffles

Yum! Yum! We tried waffles this morning and it was a success!
Please ignore the fact that she is eating her breakfast at the coffee table....

Lake Conroe

Oh...these are the days. Thank you Johnson family for giving us the perfect Saturday. It was exactly what we needed. We all took a little wakeboard ride, did lots of swimming, let the sun roast our skin, and the wind blow through our hair. Yes, that's one of my definitions of perfect.

Olivia really enjoyed her time on the water and even didn't mind the bulky life jacket. She was our little fish! Looking forward to next time :)

silky in hand..

equals left hand thumb in mouth

Grandma and Grandpa

What a great time we had with Grandma and Grandpa!!
Just a few of my favorite pictures from the week :)
Love you bunches!

Push Toy

Grandma and Grandpa bought Olivia a push toy :) She can now practice her assisted walking while listening to an endless stream of high-pitched kiddie tunes (lucky us).
(no grandpa...didn't you read the directions, this piece goes first...)

It's Team BLUE

Aunt Erin and Uncle Kevin are having a boy :)
Can't wait to meet their little man in January!!

Life is Good

Wearing Grandpa's hat :)

9 Month Birthday

Happy 9 Month Birthday Olivia!

Grandma and Grandpa got Olivia a couple of sweet gifts for her birthday (a cheetah that moves and a cell phone). Annnd...Grandma made a delicious carrot cake. Yum Yum!
~THANK YOU FOR THE GIFTS~


This Month Olivia:
*pulled up on things (crib, wall, legs, etc)
*started crawling with arms
*makes the Oooo face/sound
*loves to crawl to the end table with the magazines
*had visit from Grandma and Grandpa
*started feeding herself snacks
*standing a lot more confidently
*says "nananana" when she is mad/sad/disappointed/hungry
*discovered outlets and ethernet plugs
*got her own playroom (maybe this was a mommy achievement)
*met baby Cameron
*starting taking only two naps

One Year Ago Today...

Hurricane Ike made landfall. I was 26 weeks pregnant with Olivia and anxious about the storm. We weathered through Mr. Ike, but the aftermath was another story. The damage was much greater and the recovery much longer than expected. We lost a total of four trees and did not have power for a full two weeks. It was not fun! Thankfully I had a smart husband who stood in line for 14 hours to get us a very nice generator (anyone want one??? it's for sale).

Some highlights included:
*Refrigerator clean out meals
*Neighborhood BBQ without lights or ac
*generators

*waiting in LONG lines for gas and the generator
*Frozen pizzas cooked on grills
*Trees and Stumps everywhere
*Jerry playing in water (pools, flooded ponds, rivers)
*Internet at Panera (with the rest of Houston)
*Crazy-Insane-Flying-Tree-People from NY

*No School for 8 days...and we didn't have to make up the days!

Go Buckeyes...

...for tonight only :)

Grandma and Olivia sportin' the gear

Oooo Face

Thirsty?

Current Favorite Toy

HEY!

What's Brutus doin' here?

(note: she promptly threw it on the ground after the picture was taken)

The Interweb

Olivia takes after her Daddy, she's always connected to the net!

The Playroom

The Playroom...has been something I've wanted/claim I needed :) We needed another place to play in our house and a place to store the toys that Olivia has started to collect.

So we removed all the furniture from the study...a desk and two bookcases. We moved the desk and one bookcase into our huge master bedroom, which has actually worked out well. The other bookcase is in the garage until we can find a better location for it.

The room is not finished but it's off to a great start! We got the furniture from IKEA, the dry erase board from a guy on craigslist and the TV was on sale at Walmart :) The dry erase board still needs to be mounted to the wall and I want to put molding around it. The white ottomans/cubes will eventually be covered in fabric and we will be taking the doors off the closet to create a stage type area also using fabric. I'm thinking of putting a rack to hold coloring books above the little table and I'm looking for a cute lamp. I have a quote that I want on the wall, along with the ABC's and some artwork created by Miss O. Soo...there will still be another update with the final product.
But for now...here's what we've got!

Uuumm Mom...

what's this???

guess it's time to do some "baby proofing"!?!?!

Official Crawler

When I use my hands...I'm sooo much faster :)

Happy Birthday Baby...

CAMERON!!
The wait is over... Mike and Chris welcomed their little boy into the world this evening! Check out their blog for updates!