The Monday after Easter Oliver had his 1st birthday photo shoot. It was a month late but I am SOOO glad we did it. The pictures turned out so cute!! I will include more in an upcoming post.
These two have been loving their table from the Easter bunny. They have been eating most of their lunches and snacks here. Oliver is a little wobbly sitting here so he is sometimes moved to his highchair but he loves sitting with his sissy.
Wednesdays are our "Mondays"...this little lady wasn't quite ready to greet the day.
We scheduled a VVA donation pickup and Elle helped me go through items to donate. As I was getting the boxes all ready to be set out the night before Elle drew 2 smiley face pictures for the people receiving the donations. My sweet sweet girl. So proud to be her mama.
Elle is just getting so much older. Sometimes she does something little and I realize how big of a girl she is. I was in Oliver's room changing her and she was done with her lunch but she wanted to save the rest. When I came back to her table I asked where her plate went...thinking good Lord, is it on the floor...in the trash, she said "in the fridge". She put her leftovers in the fridge! I live for little things like this.
Notice the 2 prescription bottles, both babes were fighting off another round of ear infections.
Eric was working so it was a crazy Friday night for me, Elle and Ollie. Dinner and Alice in Wonderland.
We went to Mary's house for a BBQ one Sunday. I love the look on Elle's face her. She is so over something...not sure what.
Hen is giving both Elle and himself bunny ears here. :)
So Chay Chay decided to get him back!
Elle made pizza for us one night! I let her do the sauce, cheese and pepperoni's. She did such a great job and was so proud of the dinner she made.
Fishing with daddy! Eric took her shopping first for a new light up Barbie fishing pole and mermaid tackle box. Eric said employees in the store were asking to take her picture, he asked if it was for the company Facebook page or website and when they said no just for their cell phone he told them no! haha I thought that was so funny.
While they were fishing I stayed home with Ollie. I rearranged their cup cabinet and found alone bottle. It was then that I realized I couldn't remember the very last bottle he took, the very last bottle I would ever give one of my babies and that made me so sad. So....doodle got a bottle at nap time. I wanted to remember the very last one.
And then he woke up and started chewing on the super fancy strap that keeps our baby gate secure (as a baby Elle was able to open it once so this little strap was put on as an extra layer of caution).
Out for a family dinner. The Russell's on one side of the table and me and my girlfriend on the other.
Although the littlest Russell made his way to our side of the table and into my lap by the end of the meal. :)
Sleepy doodles.
My shopping buddy! Eric was working this Saturday night so I took the kids to Old Navy, then to the Dollar Store where I let Elle shop and pick out anything she wanted. #bigspender
She left with pink butterfly wings, a princess nightlight, silly string, popsicles, and a nerf sword for Oliver.
I love this baby belly!
Baby boy is playing with fire. He knows these are Sissy's beloved chapsticks!
They tiny bit of freedom I give Elle is to go on our enclosed deck while I cook dinner. It works out perfectly because I can see her from the kitchen and she thinks it's pretty cool to be outside by herself. Mary and Nick brought her a Little Mermaid bubble wand from Disney World and it is pretty much her favorite thing right now.
I gave them strawberries and whip cream for dessert. As I was doing the dishes Elle yelled to me, "Mom! Ollie thinks this is smash cake."
hahaha!
Please note, she changed into her Easter dress before dinner. Fancy lady!
My world all snuggled up together.
They are both pretty much sleeping in our bed all the time. :)
If Eric is working the three of us just head to my room at bedtime and I never move them to their own room. I like having them next to me. :)
This boy is climbing everything. Elle's stool in the bathroom where she brushes her teeth, the fireplace, the bathtub, the couch. Everything.
He is so cute I can hardly stand it.
Oliver is officially a walker! This was his first time at the park as a walker. Things just got a bit crazier keeping track of 2 on the move.
Just having a chat with Buzz Lightyear.
Every time she sees a dandelion she picks one for me and one for Eric.
Ollie had a meltdown one night in the tub. He was trying to climb out before I even washed him! Turns out he was thirsty. haha
This boy loves his drinks of water (he sits up in the morning and immediately reaches for his cup on my nightstand and says "more") and is very particular about his sippy cup. If I have a cup with a straw, he NEEDS a cup with a straw.
Another big girl moment. She was done with her sucker so she went in the drawer, got a ziplock bag and put it away. So proud of my big girl!
New Elsa jammies from PawPaw and MawMaw. She stared at herself in the mirror for a good 5 minutes.
Cutest Elsa I've ever seen!
Cool dude.
Out for a night at the park and grocery store. Wild Saturday night!
Notice Elle's little purse.
My gorgeous girl!
I noticed she still has a teeny tiny bit of baby fat on her legs. I'm savoring those tiny little baby rolls.
While Eric and Nick golfed on Sunday the rest of the fam met up to watch the kiddos at the splash pad. It was Ollie's first time and he wasn't sure what to think.
Unc walked him through the water. :)
Bear thought this was a microphone so he would walk by and say, "ello"
After the park Mary and I took the kids for ice cream where we made a summer fun list, all the kids had great ideas of fun things to do this summer.
Oliver's favorite spot to play at our house...the landscaping rocks.
Silly string with my baby girl!
Elle gave me this sticker and "read" to me what it says...
This isn't word for word, just from memory...the sticker said quite a bit :)
"my name was Katie when I was little and Unc cut all the hair off my babies and Elle will buy new babies for my birthday"
What trip to Target is complete with a trip to Starbucks?!
Ollie's first cakepop, he is a fan...a BIG fan!
