The Cutest Little Blog

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

I never really blogged about the weekend. Charlie, Nicholas's brother, came into town on Friday night along with two of his friends, Matt and Tommy. We ate steaks I bought at Costco earlier in the week, and Charlie instructed all of us about the art of putting butter on them. So bad for you, but SO GOOD!

Saturday, the boys hung out with Olivia and me until about two o'clock at which time they headed to the Florida vs. Alabama game. (Charlie is a coffee drinker, so I made coffee for the first time in months. Delicious. Now I want it every day.) They had a great time at the game, it sounded like. Roll Tide!

Olivia and I went to the park near here, Sokol Park, with Ringo and Puck and hiked in the woods for an hour. She loved it! Later, after Olivia was asleep, my friend and Nicholas's colleague, Elizabeth, came over and we made quilted Christmas ornaments. SO FUN! Thanks for coming, Elizabeth!!!

Sunday afternoon, Olivia, the dogs, and I went back to the park for another hour of hiking. This is going to be our new weekend thing. Our friend Sylvia joined us with her Old English Mastiff, Fiona. Sylvia knows all the trails, so our hike on Sunday was prettier than the one on Saturday. We walk with Sylvia and her dog most mornings in the neighborhood, and it is getting pretty cold. Good thing there were some mittens and a hat in Abby's 9-month clothes!

Speaking of Abby's clothes, I stuffed Olivia into Abby's first Halloween outfit. She was none too pleased as it was way too small. I could barely button the top button and she had to bend her knees to get into the sack part.

And, today, Olivia and I went to our first story time at the library!!! She loved it! Mostly just looking at the other babies, but you've got to start somewhere! We sang, we did nursery rhymes, the librarian read, then she turned on the bubble machine and the babies who could walk danced! Awesome! The kids were between 3 months and 2 years, so there was quite a range. I met some other moms and checked out some books for Olivia. Success!

And finally, the back slope has been landscaped! Yay! Now we just have to pick up and plant the willow oak we bought for Olivia.

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

The first tooth!

Olivia got her first tooth on Sunday. I can't seem to get a picture of it, but it is the lower left front, and it is just partially out. She took my finger, shoved it in her mouth, and bit down. I felt something hard, which was surprising. On examination, it was her first pearly white! Add one more thing to the list. Now we are supposed to start wiping it off after she eats. That's okay! I'm so excited for this little milestone. I can't believe how fast she is growing, though! I pulled Abby's 9-month clothes out yesterday. I found a pair of mittens and a hat, too!

The list never ends...

So, this was my list a couple of weeks ago. Let's see how I am doing:

1. Edge all the flower beds (front and back). I've started the front beds.
2. Trim all bushes (right now it looks like our house has been abandoned with the overgrowth.) Done.
3. Finish the beds on the back hill. We decided to hire it done. They finished up day #2 today and they still aren't done! Two men working for two days and they still have more. I'm so glad I didn't try to do this myself. I'll take pictures when they finish.
4. Dig up raspberry bushes and vegetable garden and plant blueberry bushes (which are MUCH easier to maintain). Not even started.
5. Mulch all beds. The back beds will be mulched as the hired guys are doing it. The rest, I think, are going to wait until spring.
6. Wash baseboards in all rooms of the house. (In addition to the weekly cleaning of everything...which seems to take a week as I do bathrooms one day, floors one day, kitchen one day, etc. since I do it during Olivia's naps.) I am doing this a couple of rooms at a time on the same day I wash floors. I am about half way through the house.
7. Put 4-month pictures in the album. Done. Now I need to order the pictures from Olivia's 4-month photo shoot, and random 5th month photos I took. Grandparents and siblings need to let me know the pictures they want and sizes, or I will just order the ones I think are best and send them to you.
8. Clean out office; bring books home and organize. (They haven't kicked me out of my work office since they haven't hired anyone yet.) I decided to just take two reusable grocery bags with me on Wednesdays and stuff them full. I am about 1/3 - 1/2 out.
9. Get new bedskirt for guest bedroom. Put it on. Done. Plain navy from Target.
10. Get new side table for Olivia's room. Take mine back. Done. Target, you saved me again! Also, I bought it, but Nicholas did the actual moving and reorganizing.
11. Pack up small pack 'n play. Done and in the attic.
12. Wash curtains, iron, hang again. Plan to start this on Thursday. I have been keeping up with regular laundry and ironing, though!
13. Wash our duvet cover. Done.
14. Hang pictures in office. Nicholas wouldn't let me do it on my own, so I am waiting for him to tell me when WE can do it.
15. Start going to Children's Hands On Museum on Monday afternoons with Olivia and some other mothers and their babies from the neighborhood. The other moms backed out on me. I'll try calling them this weekend for this coming Monday.
16. Start going to reading time at the library on Wednesday mornings. Scheduled for tomorrow. The problem has been that Olivia naps during story time, and I hate to interrupt her. I'm going to do it tomorrow, though. We'll see how that goes.
17. Get out Halloween decorations. Since we aren't going to be here and since Charlie has come and gone, I kind of feel like, "Why bother?"
18. Figure out how to get to one yoga class a week and start going. Doing it on my own just isn't as challenging...because I don't challenge myself! Nicholas says it is a go for Thursday at 5:30! Here's hoping!
19. Help Nicholas finish the bookcase. Yeah, this project will never get finished. It is the project that never ends. I just want to come home one day and it be magically done.