One week

Olivia has made it a full week without even touching the glue on her head. Way to go O! The doctor said it would start to fall off on its own within 7-10 days, so it should be coming off soon. Yay for healing! She doesn't like it when people look at her head. As soon as people look at her and start talking to her about it, she immediately turns her head and will not look at them at all. Poor girl!

Dress up

Olivia LOVES to pick out socks and shoes and have Daddy put them on her. She never does this with me during the day, ever. As soon as Eric comes home, she takes him to her room to get some socks. It is always a different color pair. Then she takes him to the closet to pick out some shoes. This is today's combination.

Put me in coach! I'm ready to play!

I love to climb on the chairs!

I still have a little internet shopping to do.

No splashing, no swimming, NO FUN

Olivia can't get her head wet (read previous post), so giving her a bath has proven to be HARD. She can't sweat, so going out to play is out of the question, and swimming has been banned for over 10 days. NO FUN! So, if you live within 30 miles of us, call me, and we'll come visit you!

The culprit

Olivia's bath time "fixings". What's up with the one sock?

Three words: Lupe did it. We got home from VBS today to find this.

A not-so-fun Friday night

While wondering what to do last night, going to the ER was not on our "Top 10" list. In fact, it was probably #1 on our list of things we didn't want to do. But, we did it anyway. Why? Because Olivia gashed her forehead open. Yuck. I was standing at the sink when I heard her scream (less than 2 ft. from me). I turned off the water, and bent down to her. When she looked up at me, all I saw was blood. Blood on her face, her clothes, her hands, EVERYWHERE. Immediately I go into panic mode and scream for Eric to call an ambulance. I honestly didn't know where the child was bleeding because it was all over her. About two seconds later, I gained control of myself, grabbed a paper towel, and started wiping her off so I could see where she was bleeding. Right smack in the middle of her forehead. She hit it on the corner of our island. Not the corner of the counter top, the actual corner where the cabinets come together. How? Who knows. Anyway, back to the story. So then she sees all the blood on her hands, feet, shirt...and majorly freaks out. If you know her at all, you know she can't stand to have ANYTHING (liquid, food, dirt, etc.) on her hands or feet. So while giving Eric orders (in a nice way I was told later) on what I needed, I was desperately trying to get all the blood off of her so she would calm down. Up next on the orders for Daddy was a juice box and fruit snacks. This really worked. Next I needed him to move Lupe, who was frantically trying to clean Olivia by herself and would not let me do it. Poor Lupe, scared and confused. So, we change her into pajamas, pack up a bag, and head down to TX Children's for some stitches. When we got there, it was empty and we got right in. After coming out of the nurse's room to head over for stitches, we were met with a line OUT THE DOOR! Great timing O, 5 minutes later and we would have had a LONG wait on our hands. So, the Dr. said she was the perfect candidate for Dermabond (glue) and that it would hurt much less than stitches. Excellent! They glued her up and we headed home. The whole trip from start to finish was only 2 hours! Is that a record for an ER visit? I think so! Needless to say she was such a trooper! We weren't sure whether or not to take pictures of this event, so we just took a couple. We are all much better today!

Before

So sad (another before)

After: Check out my glue

Sleepover with Sophie

My BFF spent the night with me last night, and we had a great time. We made messes of ourselves with our dinner (ravioli), spent an hour chasing each other around the park, and then turned into prunes during bath time. :) Sophie went to bed without fussing, but I didn't. Mommy said I am a stinker. I gave up after about 5 minutes though, and went to sleep. This morning we had oatmeal, eggs, and kiwi for breakfast! It was so fun! I plan on spending the night over at Sophie's house when they come back from vacation. I am excited!

Sophie wearing her ravioli sauce

Olivia with her ravioli sauce

An after bath story with Eric

Sophie going in for a kiss before bed

Good night Olivia, Good night Sophie

There must be a way out of here somewhere

Being silly at the table while waiting for breakfast

After breakfast story time

26 weeks!

So I'm 26 weeks pregnant, and feeling great! I thought my pregnancy with Olivia was easy, but I really think this one is easier! There are days that I completely forget that I am pregnant. Never sick, not too tired, and not too big yet. I think I could make a living out of being pregnant. And this time around, I haven't gained as much weight as last time, so I'm not feeling so "fat" these days.

No words necessary.

Visit to Hoosierland

We went North for a little family visit. On July 2, we all hopped on a plane to Louisville, KY. Olivia was an ANGEL on the flight. She played for a bit, ate a sandwich, and zonked out on me (K) until we landed. Perfect. We spent the first part of our trip at my sister's house in Jeffersonville. It was a blast. We took the girls to have their pictures taken, went to the zoo, and ate some really great food. :) Lisa and I even got pedicures! We celebrated Addy's 1st birthday while we were there. It was a really fun party! Eric flew back home on Monday, and I set out for my parent's house in Northern Indiana. My mom drove down to pick us up. We had a great time hanging out in good old Peru. Olivia got to see G'ma and G'pa Neeser and G'ma and G'pa Comerford. She got to see Aunt Andrea and Uncle Matt, and even her favorite person Sandy (my old neighbor). We had a really fun time. Her favorite things were my neighbor's cats, my mom and dad's TWO sets of stairs (that she went up and down a million times), Andrea and Matt's cats and dog, and climbing in and out of my Mom's car a gazillion times. I got to see my good friend Jenny and her new baby, Landon. So cute! Olivia and I headed back to TX and had the LONGEST flight on Earth. Olivia never fell asleep, and was fidgety the entire time. She kept trying to "beep" the nose of the man sitting next to me. Then she was rubbing his leg and his arm. Nice. Anyway, we had a great time, but are very glad to be home again with Daddy.

My good friend Jenny's new baby Landon Michael

Addy, are you ready? We're outta here!

Blowing bubbles at Addy's party!

My new favorite picture of us! Smile!

We haven't had a family shot in a long time!

Uncle Ju (he provided Olivia with juice) and Addy

Addy, are you ready for your bottle? She carried it around yelling "Addy!"

Cousins having some fun during bath time!