strawberry festival

Here is my last post from our Vashon weekend. Saturday was the strawberry festival and the weather actually cooperated! It was chilly in the morning but the sunny and warm mid day. We were at the festival for about 4 hours and Olivia got tired out near the end. She ended up falling asleep in her stroller and in Olivia fashion, had a foot up on her bar while asleep.

hanging out on the deck

The LONG walk to the festival. Our car was way too far away!

Olivia in her cute strawberry outfit.

and passed out in her stroller while we ate some teriyaki and noodles.

grandpa

Before heading to Ballard from Vashon- we stopped at my grandpa's house. Olivia was sleeping really good but I had to wake her up to see her great grandpa since they don't see each other often! She was a little shy at first. I think partially because I woke her up a minute prior.

Checking each other out. I love this one because it is so similar to the one from months before but Olivia is much bigger!

Looking at all the pretty sweet peas grandpa is growing. Grandma and grandpa always had sweet peas. They smell so good.

Grandpa giving Olivia a sweet pea. They both look so happy!
Olivia trying to pass it on to me! I kept showing her how to smell it, but eventually she decided it would be fun to tear it apart!
We had a nice little visit with grandpa and I was glad he got to see Olivia and how much she has changed. She wasn't as happy as she normally is, but she was really tired. After our visit, we ended up getting a backpack carrier for Olivia at a yard sale across the street! I wasreally excited since John has mentioned wanting one for a while now.

family bbq

Sorry I am writing all these posts backwards... I need to get the pictures from my mom from strawberry festival weekend that I lost! Anyway here are some photos from the day before the zoo- Sunday. After we came back from my mom's house - and stopped by grandpa's- we went to John's parents house and had a nice family BBQ in the sun. Olivia got to play with Lilly who is around 9 months older.

zoo

On our 7 year anniversary we took Olivia to the zoo along with Diane and Marie. I think she had a lot of fun looking at all the other little kids mostly. She did notice the gorillas beating on their chest and chasing each other around. It was such a nice day out- perfect to walk around. After seeing animals for probably a couple hours or so, we had a good lunch and headed back to the car. Olivia got tired by the end of our outing and passed out in the stroller on the way back to the car. John and I were amazed that she slept through him taking her out of the stroller and putting her into the carseat!

Just going in

bunnies!

Tante Marie holding Olivia to look at a goat

ooh the most interesting- gorillas!

I love this picture- everyone looking around so interested!

Posing near the hippos

Looking at the flamingos rocking the 1 sock look. Olivia *loves* putting her feet up on the bar! When she falls asleep in her stroller- she sleeps with one leg up usually.

Well those are the zoo photos! We had a lot of fun being able to take Olivia somewhere for the 1st time that Johna and I went many times as kids. Hopefully next time we take her she will know a little more about animals though!

work work

im at work right now testing out an app on my phone! Busy night but just steady, so thats good. John went fishing today. He said he had fun but not much fishing action! Jemny watched Olivia and found out how active of a girl she is now! Anyway, must go work but am looking forward to a couple days off!

too long

Here are a few pictures from the last week and a half or so. It took me SO LONG to upload these, that I honestly don't have time to get all the picture up with posts. I will try as soon as I can though! I still have to get on the pictures my mom took and John's mom took too. We went to Seattle this past weekend and had such a great time! Some time on the island, some in Tacoma, and the rest in Ballard. We had a really nice relaxing 7 year anniversary. Spent the day at the zoo with Olivia (her 1st time!) as well as Diane and Marie, a little shopping later then dinner. We had a great time eating together, just the two of us, and talking about where all the time had gone and a little of what we want with our future. We ended that night off with a walk along the beach while the sun went down. Perfect!

Anyway, here are some pictures in no particular order!

Happy 4th of July!

Naked time

Olivia got a pretty bad diaper rash one day out of the blue last week. Luckily it has since quickly gotten better. After she got it, she got to play naked in the living room for a while to air out. She loved it! It is much harder now to let her do this since she is on the move! Luckily she stayed put pretty well. I think it was so different to her, she was happy playing in one spot.

9 months

*She is SUCH an active little girl that these are all the photos I could get of her on her monthly birthday!

My sweet Olivia, you are 9 months old. SO close to 1 year now! You are such a busy, active girl- but also very happy! You are learning everything so quickly now, I hope I don't forget anything!

- You are 18lbs 4 oz. I think you haven't really gained weight with how busy you have been now! Your doctor appointment is next week, so we will see then what your official weight is.

-You are still wearing size 3 diapers

- We had to pack up all your 6 month jammies this week and most of your 6 month clothes. It seems like you grew out of them overnight! Luckily I got a great deal on a ton of 9 month clothes on craigslist for you!

-You are still sleeping through the night. You usually go to bed around 730 and wake up around 05 or 0530, but quietly lay in your crib and play until around 0600 at least.

-You still like to put yourself to sleep 90% of the time. You seem to really like your crib and your soothing seahorse.

-You say "baba" really often, and I think you know what it means. You also say "mama" a lot, but only if you are whining/sad!

-You love to make all sorts of sounds.You like to buzz and stick your tongue in and out making sounds.

-You are crawling crazy fast and standing on everything you can!

-You went into the pool for the first time. You have a little baby pool and you loved it!

-You still don't like meat! You make a disgusted face and pull it out of your mouth. I can only get you to eat it if it is mixed in with something more sweet like apples or sweet potatoes.

-You LOVE yogurt. (and your puffs)

-Bathtime is still one of your favorite things. You sit up in your tub an play with your duckies and bath toys. You also still get a huge smile and kick your legs every time I pull you out of the tub to dry off.

-You like the towel to cover your face when we dry you off and play peek a boo.

-You learned to wave this month!

-You have learned to clap this last week!

-You are a big girl now. You like to sit in the shopping cart and get out of your baby bucket. We need to start shopping for a big girl car seat!

-You are still the sweetest most happy little girl I know. You make daddy and laugh every day. We love you.