mini vacation (in black & white)

this week had been quite the long week, actually the past two weeks have been so exhausting on both dave and i.  dave has been working so much and so hard lately.  with so many late nights.  which leads to long days, not only for him but for both olive and i.  by 5:00pm olive is done with the day, and quite frankly she needs a break from her momma.  some nights, she didn't even see her dad.

so after dave worked a half-day on saturday, we packed up and spent the night up in park city.  seriously. so relaxing.

vacations for me tend to be a little on the stressful side.  especially if you have so many activities planned. so when you go on a vacation to relax and have fun, with a million things going on, it's just not very relaxing to me.

we checked in at the marriott summit around 5:30pm. just in time to get settled in, and feed little olive her dinner.  we ate dinner at a little italian restaurant called vinto.  they had some really interesting things on their menu, so we weren't sure if we were going to like the place.  but it turned out so yummy and ate our left overs for a midnight snack/pre-breakfast.

we had planned on going swimming and maybe a little shopping, but when we got back from dinner we were all exhausted. olive passed out, while dave and i laid in bed and watched all of our shows that we had missed all week.

it was definitely worth spending the money to sleep one night at a hotel.

there's always a first for everything..

i am so excited to announce that my etsy shop is being featured for the very first time today!!!

i contacted kati from glitz and gold to see if she would be interested in featuring my shop & hosting a giveaway!  i was so excited when she agreed.

head on over to see how to qualify to enter to win a free print of your choice from designs by sar-michelle.  and while you're over there, take a look at her adorable blog!!

TWO winners will be selected at random on 11/15.

she's learning so much!!

olive has learned so much just within the last week or so.  she is becoming so much more alert to everything around her, and she is wanting to be more involved.

we have such a wiggle worm.  i try to prepare myself every day for what's to come.  she is going to be one very active little girl.

i am absolutely loving this stage right now and i love to watch her learn new things. it seriously makes me the happiest mommy to be able to stay home with her everyday so that i don't miss out on anything.

her newest thing is to play with our faces.  as dave calls it, "she is doing some research" as to why his face feels differently than mine.  she especially loves the face thing while she falls asleep.  she has to have her blanket on both sides of her face and a binky in her mouth in order to fall asleep + the new face thing.  yes, i rock my baby to sleep.  i know so many people would advice against it, but honestly i love the extra cuddle time.  especially since i'm getting less and less of that these days.  so i don't really care what other people say!

olive has been able to roll for a very long time now.  in fact, when she was two weeks old, she rolled from her tummy to her back.  up until now, rolling hasn't been her most favorite thing in the world.  could she do it? yes.  but would she? not very often. now, the second you lay her down she rolls right onto her stomach.

she loves to scoot.  she hasn't quite figured out how to scoot while she is on her tummy.  but if she is on her back she moves all over the place.

i'm almost positive she will be sitting up by the end of the month.  she is pretty good at it, but can't quite do it on her own.

and oh man, her stories.  are to die for.  she has so much to say all day long.  her little voice kills me.  i love to listen to her talk to herself through the monitor while she lays in her crib in the mornings. melts my heart.

the whole eating her foot thing is very common these days.  especially while i change her diaper.  she thinks it's the coolest thing that she can do that.

we love this little baby girl more than we could ever describe in words.

thankful list

ten things i am thankful for today..

1- an amazing & loving husband.

2- a perfect daughter.

3- my home.

4- food & water.

5- olive's kisses and cute stories.

6- church

7- family and friends.

8- blogging.

9- my husband's job.

10- hobbies.

happy snowy sunday

happy snowy sunday!!!

this is what we woke up to this morning.

thanksgiving prints

i added just a couple more thanksgiving prints to my etsy shop this afternoon,  click here to check it out.

remember, today is the last day to order the "give thanks" print to receive another one free!!

it's november!?

i seriously am so excited that it's november (still in shock that this year is almost over)

the holidays are my favorite!!

i'm excited to celebrate all the festivities that go on with little baby olive.

so many firsts!!

before we jump too far into november, here are a few more photos from halloween at the eggett's house!

(dave and i actually didn't do anything but watch hocus pocus last night, we dressed up for pictures and then off came the costumes)

 can you see how great we are at taking "jumping" pictures.......not

 dave has tinted so many of the jazz players cars, he has become really good friends with Jeremy Evans (the dunk champion) each time he tints a car, he gets a signed shoe... hence the two different shoes.

last night, dave asked jeremy if he could paint himself black and be jeremy evans for halloween.

jeremy thought it was an awesome idea- so therefore, dave is not racist!!

i can never come up with any clever halloween costumes,  i have resorted to my cheer uniform from jr high almost every year.  maybe next year and the years to come i will be more creative since i have a child now.  i was so shocked that i was actually able to fit into this uniform with no uncomfortable squeezing- seven years later.

now that it's november, it's time to decorate for the holidays!! you know how i feel about decorating right? well to make things easier, there is a new print in my etsy shop.

anyone who purchases it here, today AND tomorrow, will receive another one FREE with their order!