Olivia: 7 Months

Olivia Grace is 7 months old! She's about 17 pounds and around 26 inches long. She is still a nursing champ but loves pureed foods as well. She's had sweet potatoes, carrots, avocado, apples, and bananas. Her favorite is definitely bananas but she enjoys eating anything very much! Give her a spoon and she's a happy baby. She has one tooth on the bottom and loves rolling around on the floor. She has mastered rolling to get where she wants to be and even a backwards crawl occasionally. We adore our little baby girl and love her so much! We are very excited to celebrate her first Christmas in just a few more days!

family: Tacky Christmas Sweater Party

Last night we attended a tacky Christmas sweater paty with our church community group. Josh had a blast turning an XL maternity sweater into an epic tacky sweater. The whole family dressed up and we had a fun time with our friends!

family: Christmas on Sunset

This past Friday night, we went to Christmas on Sunset. It's a fun Christmas celebration downtown. Local businesses open up to show off their goods and services. There's also carriage rides and Santa! We took this opportunity for Julianna to meet Santa since she's been talking non-stop about him. I thought for sure that she would want to sit on Santa's lap to tell him what she wanted for Christmas. We waited in line for about 30 minutes and she was so excited. We finally get up to Santa and she won't sit on his lap. Screamed and clung onto daddy. But she did very clearly ask Santa for "rocket chips" (rocket ships) and candies. Sweet little Olivia did sit on Santa's lap but she wouldn't look at that camera. We had a fun family night!

family: Christmas parade 2012

One of my favorite things to do during the holiday season is go to the Christmas parade downtown. I loved going when I was a little girl. Josh and I have actually never been together until last night. So it's been a long time since I have been to the Christmas parade. This year it's all about starting new traditions since Julianna is old enough to understand. We began another new Christmas tradition last night and Julianna had a blast. She was so excited about going all day and it was all she talked about. She was so excited to see Santa and get "candies!" Olivia did great at the parade too...she happily snuggled with mommy while smiling and "talking" to those who caught her eye.

Julianna and Daddy

Olivia and Daddy

Olivia and Mommy

Chick-fil-A Float

The Giant Shopping Cart

McDonald's Float

And Real Camels!

family: fun photo booth

Back in November, our church had a fun celebration to celebrate Project Relaunch. Our church location will be moving and expanding in the coming months. At the party, there was a fun photo booth- complete with silly props. Here are a few photos that I participated in...

 

family: cinnamon Christmas ornaments

I've always loved cinnamon Christmas ornaments... they smell so good! I just didn't realize just how easy they were to create until I found a "recipe" on Pinterest. Josh and I spent some time together during naptime a couple of week ago creating our own. It was so much fun!