LIFE LATELY

i've been on a roll with this whole blogging thing! it's because it's S U M M E R and we actually do things with our lives. ha!

olive gets super restless if she's been inside for too long. we take lots of walks together. 

we love summer!! i'm telling you dave, we need to live some place where it's constantly warm. life would be that much more amazing! ;)

olive got her very first tooth brush this past week. she wasn't too sure about it.

we love the sun & swimming!! i took olive to the rec center this week and she loved it. so much so she didn't want to hold my hand while she walked through the water and took a little dive. luckily i caught her before she went completely under water.

guys i need this swimming suit ^^^^ if anyone knows where i can purchase it, P L E A S E  contact me!! (brickyardbuffalo doesn't sell it anymore)

VOTE FOR OLIVE

So i recently entered olive into a contest, because really she is the cutest child alive.  I found one called The Cute Kid. You have all month to vote, and you can vote once a day! And it's super SUPER simple. really though.  so we would love you FOREVER if you guys could vote for her as the "Cutest" as much as you possibly can! Click HERE to vote!! Thanks a million!!

SPLASH PAD

ever since getting married, i feel as if my social skills have gone out the window. add a baby and you really become awkward.  i love having a friend my same age, with a baby about the same age as olive! it makes life a lot more fun.  i love that we have a splash pad 7 minutes from our home! and when we move, it will literally be less than 2 minutes away! my friend ashlyn and i took our babies to the splash pad for the first time last week.  i was interested in how olive would react. she was a little hesitant the whole time and every once in a while would get brave and run through.  but other than that she would run up to them and stand right in front of the fountains.  beckham on the other hand, had no fear what so ever! he would crawl right into the fountains and sit there! so cute!!

OLIVE'S MICKEY MOUSE PARTY

i was such a procrastinator in high school, and obviously i still am to this day. i had all my ideas planned out for Olive's first Mickey Mouse birthday party, but didn't actually start getting ready until the day before & the day of! i was really bummed that i didn't get any pictures of the decorations or of her guests! i barely had everything set up before (most) people started showing up! :( here are a few of the ones that i did happen to get!

obviously it was a mickey mouse theme... there were mickey mouse ears at each table to make taking pictures fun!

i made a mickey mouse "smash cake" for olive & mickey mouse and strawberry shortcake cupcakes for the guests! we had HOT DOGS as our main meal (hot dog, hot dog, hot diggity dog). along with strawberry lemonade, chips and salads!

olive wasn't too into opening her gifts herself.  all she wanted to do was play with the toys once momma opened them for her!

little girl was so tired and exhausted by the end of the night! but we are SO happy with how the party turned out over all and can't thank everyone enough for showing up and for providing her with SO many new toys and clothes! we love you all!!