Hawaii and 36 Weeks Old

This week has been a busy one for us. While Lulu and I headed off to Hawaii with my sisters and my mom for a girls trip, my dad was off on his own adventure, to Vietnam, so Lulu and I had to say our good byes and tell him thanks for putting up with us on our very long stay at my parents house. And thanks for hanging out with us while Cody was in India and my mom was in Colorado. Once we said our good byes we were off on our way to Hawaii.

Lulu had her own seat on the plane, she liked it and it was nice for me to. Here she is just chilling in her seat!
Here are all of us girls, we were getting so close to landing!

Once we got to Hawaii we went for a little hike!

The second day we were there we went to the beach and Lulu wasn't to sure about the Ocean she didn't seem to mind it while she was in my arms but as soon as I put her little toes in the water she would cry and try to get back up on me.

This face tells you how she really felt about the ocean.

Although Lulu wasn't a fan of the ocean she sure did love the pool. She had so much fun splashing and kicking. She is going to be a little swimmer that is for sure!

Here Lulu is getting her tan on at the pool! What a big girl!

The next day we did the road to Hana and went on a hike, we hiked through bamboo trees and it was so neat to hear the bamboo click together as the wind went through them. It was so cute Lulu would hear the bamboo click so she started to make the clicking sound with her tongue it was so cute.
Lulu was so tuckered out from all of our fun!

You can't go to Hawaii and not get a shave ice, I love getting this yummy treat!

Some pictures of Lulu hanging out on the beach, I love this face she looks like an angry cat!

Love Her!

We watched the sunset a couple different nights.Here are Lulu's weekly pictures!

I thought since we were in Hawaii she should be wearing her swimsuit.Lulu sat on grass for the first time, at first she liked it then she checked it out a little bit and then she decided that she didn't like it as much as she thought she did.I don't like this mom pick me up face!

All of us girls on our last day at the beach before we head home from our fun trip!

Our last day! We had lots of fun and of course the time went by way to fast but it seems like it always does when you are having fun.

When we arrived in Portland Cody was there he had just arrived home from India earlier that day so it was so wonderful to come home to Cody.


Lulu wasn't to sure about her daddy but don't worry it shouldn't take her to long to get used to her daddy again! We sure do love you Cody and we are so happy to have you back with us again!

35 Weeks Old

Olivia turned 35 weeks old today and it was a hard task to get a good picture of her. She was so busy wanting to go every. She really wanted to the paper so I went and got her a little piece of paper to play with hoping that would be good enough to play with while I took her picture, and it was for a minute but then she realized that the other paper was still back there so the little paper wasn't good enough. Since I just posted on Thursday I don't have much to post about. So here are a few pictures of her today!

I love this one, she looks like she is going to get me for taking all this pictures.

She got the paper!

Olivia had fun playing with her Pa2 today, she loves him so much!

8 Months Old

Olivia turned 8 months old today, I can't believe it. My baby is 8 months old. Sometimes I sit and watch her play and it makes me sad that she is getting so big and the time is going by so fast. I want the time to slow down.

Here are some pictures of Olivia. I love her dress it is so cute and it is so cute on her. Of course it was hard for me to choose just two pictures of my sweet little baby so here are a few.

I love this one, it looks like she is raising her hand to ask a question.

Watch out here she comes, I love her face in this one.

Here are some things that Olivia has been doing this week.

She sat in the cart for her first time as a big girl and she loved it. She thought she was so big she was just laughing and kicking her little legs. We went to Walgreens and they have those little sized cards so I thought I would see if she would sit up in there. And she fit perfectly and she loved it. After Walgreens we went to Target and we tried it again but those carts are bigger, so it didn't work as well she was falling to the side and it was just not as much fun as at Walgreens. She has been doing this since right before we left India, she will get up on all four's and rock back and forth but she hasn't gone anywhere yet, but I think it will be here before we know it. I don't think I'm ready for her to be crawling, she already rolls everywhere and bonks her head on everything. Whether I'm ready or not I think it is going to happen soon. I was eating a apple the other day and Olivia acted like she wanted some so I gave her a slice. She was watching me eat my apple slice, she would lick the apple make a funny face and then move her mouth like she was chewing just like how I was chewing my apple. But she didn't have anything in her mouth to chew she was just doing it because I was. It was so cute. While we were in India Olivia started to play peek a boo with us all on her own it was the cutest thing, I feel like she is to little to know how to play peek a boo but she does it all the time and it is so cute. Here she is hiding under the blanket. Where is Lulu?

Oh there she is!

Two more things that Lulu has been doing a lot of lately is giving kisses and waving. I love it when her little hand starts to wave. And her kisses are the best and the sweetest.

I love you Lulu!

I wish you would stay little forever!

34 Weeks Old and Traveling

This week has been a busy one for Lulu and Me. First we went to Corvallis to visit my sister Angie and her family for a couple of days. While we were there we did some Easter fun since we will be gone for Easter. First we had a little Easter Egg Hunt and Lulu did a great job on finding some eggs.

Here Lulu is checking out how many eggs she found. Here Lulu is checking out what she has in her eggs and tasting her eggs.

I love this picture, here are all the kids with all the eggs they found from the hunt. I love how happy Lulu is.

After the hunt we colored eggs.

Lulu coloring eggs!

Kallie and Lulu! After we got back from Angie's we went over to my good friend Erin's house to see some of my friends from High school, it was so nice to see everyone and catch up on things. Here is a picture of all of the kids we are just missing Annie's three kiddos.

It was pretty funny to try to get a picture with all of them. James was sad, Lulu is just wondering whats going on, Sonya was such a cutie and a little sport trying to keep her brother Dom on her lap for the picture, and Lillian is sneaking off in the corner. I loved hanging out with all of the girls and their little kiddos it is always nice to get together I wish we could make it happen more often.

On Thursday Lulu, Me, and My dad headed to Colorado Springs to see my brothers family and to see the newest little addition to the family Grant. He is so cute and tiny I can't believe that Lulu was once that size and it wasn't even that long ago.

We had fun hanging out with Anna and Matthew while mom and dad and baby were at the hospital.

On Friday morning Lulu and I came upstairs to eat breakfast, Anna came over to Lulu and got so excited. She had the same shirt she just had to get dressed right away so she ran upstairs to find her matching shirt. We had to get pictures of the two together. I love that Matthew is peeking in the back. I'm excited that they live closer now so we can see them more often.

Olivia turned 34 weeks old this week and soon she will be 8 months old can you believe it. I sure can't.

We had to sneak Matthew and Anna in there to get there picture taking with Olivia. I meant to take the 34 week sign down but I forgot. I was having a hard time keeping Olivia to sit still she is getting so hard to take her weekly pictures.

Lulu loved sitting on the porch swing so we spent some time just sitting and watching. Here she is with her Ma2 and Pa2 (grandma and grandpa)! Lulu hasn't seen her Grandma Guptill in a couple of months because my mom has been traveling around, my mom was happy to see and play with Lulu.

Thanks Scotty and Emily for letting us come visit you. Grant is so adorable. Anna and Matthew are getting so big and are so fun to be around!

33 Weeks Old and Just Hanging Out

This week we just hung out and took things slow, trying to get over jet lag. It has been harder for Lulu to get used to the jag lag coming back then it was going. We have had many late nights up playing, One night when I thought we were almost back to normal Lulu had gone to bed at around 9:30 which is late for her but better than it has been and I was heading to bed about 11:00 I swear as soon as I fell asleep Lulu woke up ready to play. I had her sitting on her blanket surrounded with her toys and I laid next to her trying to stay awake, for an hour Lulu played with the same toy, it was a little stuffed blow dryer that she got from her cousins Matthew and Anna for Christmas she just loved it she was just shaking it up and down and laughing and getting so excited. I just couldn't believe how long she played with it for. She is so funny and she cracks me up everyday!

Here she is with blow dryer the next day! She really likes the cord that it has with the plug at the end.

This is that same day after being up for a couple hours in the middle of the night, she is passed out from being up playing all night. I have been trying to get Lulu to try new foods but she doesn't seem to be to interested in anything but my milk. But I'm going to keep trying until we find something that she likes. Last week Lulu seemed to like the strawberry but kept getting chunks in her mouth and she didn't know what to do once it got in her mouth so she would start to gag on it. So I went out and bought this mesh bag thing to put fruits in so she can suck on it and get the juice and no chunks. She was so funny she watched me wash and cut the strawberry and she was so excited to get it but as soon as I handed her the little mesh thing she threw it on the floor she was like "I don't want that I want the strawberry" I don't know if she ever realized that the berry was in there she never seemed to excited for the mesh thing she just banged it on her tray and then threw it on the floor. I hope she gets used to eating food soon!

Today when I was picking out Lulu's outfit I saw her leggings and I got excited for it to be warm enough to wear them with a jean skirt so I just had to try them on her to see if they fit and how cute they were on her. I love them and I can't wait for it to get a little warmer so she can wear them. It was fun trying them on today!

33 Weeks Old!