Olivia & Co.

My wonderful friend Stephanie took Liv's pictures today, here are some of my favorites.

Have I mentioned that Olivia is totally potty trained? I think it's worth mentioning, because it's fantastic! I am so proud of her, she is doing so well and luckily she took to it pretty quickly. She also gave up the binky about 2 weeks ago. It was about time! I think it was just as hard for me as it was for her to give it up. We talked about doing it for a while, and just the thought of not having it to soothe her to sleep at night was enough to send both of us into a panic attack. But we came up with a good way to let them go. I told her that if she left all of her binkies out on the porch for the "Binky Fairy" to pick up, she would leave a present for Olivia. So we put all the binkies in a bag and wrote a note to the "Binky Fairy" asking her to deliver the binkies to little babies that need them, and the next morning Olivia found a present from the fairy right where she had left the bag of binkies. It totally worked! She was so excited and proud of herself for giving up her binkies and she doesn't even ask for one anymore. My little girl is growing up!
Another thing I'd like to mention is the tentatively scheduled arrival date for our new baby girl (Lola Belle? Haven't decided for sure yet) I am scheduled to be induced Tuesday, July 7. That is a week earlier than my due date but because Olivia was so big when she was born (9 lbs. 11 oz.!) we're hoping that having her a week early will produce a slightly smaller baby. Anything smaller than that will be a breeze I'm sure. I'm measuring normally as of right now, so hopefully she won't be too big, but as long as she's healthy we'll be happy!
We also painted the baby's room and the playroom over the weekend, so I can cross that huge task off my list.
Anyway, I never know how to properly end a post, so I hope everyone is enjoying this warm, warm weather! Goodbye for now :)

This week is a busy week for us. Yesterday was JJ's 24th birthday, Tuesday (the 5th) was our 2 year wedding anniversary and then Sunday is of course Mother's Day. For his birthday yesterday, I cooked JJ a roast for dinner and we baked his favorite cupcakes. He didn't want anyone to sing Happy Birthday to him, but Olivia did anyway. She's the only one that could get away with it :) And of course I didn't get any pictures of him because he hates the camera. What a party pooper! But in honor of our anniversary and his birthday, I found some pictures from our wedding to post....