"Foto" Friday

Just thought I'd share some photos that were taken this week.

Olivia and I enjoyed some popsicle's one hot afternoon while Chase napped. 

Olivia has been super into painting her fingernails so I bought her some cheap nail polish that she could use herself (in nail polish approved areas, of course!).

Jesse has been coaching a soccer team and we decided to surprise him one evening and go watch part of a game. Chase was happy to be outside!

As was this sweet girl!

They ran up and down the hill and while they were up at the top I was able to capture this photo with the sunset behind them. They are too cute!

And finally, yesterday Olivia and I went shopping with my sister, Mary. Olivia decided to try on these purple sunglasses. For some reason the lenses had hearts all over them. Pretty sure that's going to cause some car accidents.. But Olivia sure looks cute!

Last things Thursday

Last thing I...

{Wanted to buy: Fragrance}

I have some freakish obsession with Britney Spears perfumes. The one I'm currently obsessed with is "fantasy".

{Wanted to buy: Makeup}

I have this eyeliner in 3 of these colors and currently my purple one is running low. I LOVE these eyeliners as they go on smoothly and have a lasting color that's not too crazy.

{Am Obsessing Over}

My husband children got me a body pillow for Mother's Day (per my suggestion) and I can't believe I didn't have one of these for my previous pregnancies. This thing is amazing! I am currently on the hunt for a giraffe pillowcase... ;-)

{Finally Bought}

This Liz Claiborne purse. I have needed a new purse for forever, really, and finally found one that is perfect. I wasn't even aware that it had a little pouch inside which has quickly become Olivia's purse. She thinks it's so cool that she has a purse that matches Mommy's. (And yes, that is the correct color!)

{Am Loving -- Pink Lilies}

I had these flowers as my wedding flowers and loved them. Recently I've been looking for things to plant in the front of our house since it's so bare and decided that I was going to plant a bunch of these. I can't wait until we actually get it done!

{Wanted to Make RIGHT NOW!}

These delicious looking Oreo cheesecake bites. 

{Ate that I want to eat 10 more of}

Watermelon. I know that seems silly and simple, but this pregnant lady can't get enough of watermelon (or any other fruit for that matter!)

Linking up with The Life of the Wife

Mommy Monday

Today's Mommy Monday is definitely going to be a little bit different from every other Mommy Monday. Today we have a pretty big announcement to make!

This is how we told our families that we will soon be adding another BABY to our family! This is a picture of the Valentine's Day card that Olivia and Chase helped make (their thumbprints!). Olivia drew the heart as well.

Shortly after telling Olivia that we were going to have a baby, Olivia drew this picture of me. That circle in the middle is the baby in my tummy. 

Olivia wants the baby to be a girl. She doesn't even consider the possibility that it could be a boy. She wants us to name the baby "Rapunzel". She wants the baby to be a girl so that the baby can sleep in her room. She's not worried about the baby crying because she will just come wake us up and tell us to get her a bottle and then Olivia will go sing to the baby. This baby is going to be surrounded with love! Can't wait!

This photo was taken at my 13 week appointment. I went a week later than you normally go because we were in Arizona while I was 12 weeks pregnant! I am currently 16 weeks pregnant and am feeling much better than I did during the first trimester. This whole pregnancy is different from the other two as I didn't experience any morning sickness with Olivia and only a very slight case with Chase. Crazy, huh? 

Catching up... again

I'm going to do a little catching up on the blog today. There's been quite a few different reasons why I've been ignoring the blog, but things should be slowing down in the next couple weeks which will be wonderful!

In April we flew down to Arizona to visit Jesse's parents. While we were kind of worried that the kids would dislike flying, they were great, though it was difficult for Chase to sit still and not be too loud during the 3 hour flight. 

Family picture at the Phoenix Zoo in front of the giraffes!!

Chase loved the goats.

He also loved pushing great grandpa's walker around.

He loved riding around on the golf cart and would even sit perfectly still.

Olivia liked going for walks and picking oranges.

Her most favorite part of the trip was Bullet, Jesse's parent's dog. She took him on walks and followed him around everywhere.

She also loved hanging out with her Papa.

Happy Easter! :)

Isn't he just adorable?!

My little princess "Rapunzel".