dec/jan randoms

i am so close! i figured i'd do this post to capture any pics i want to journal that don't have to do with much of anything. then i can move on to violet's birthday and other events that lead us up to now. phew!

 cleaning the kitchen!

 looking 4 years old at the park

 swing swing

 they both love these big cement turtles and frogs at the park

 bad girl in the foyer at church

 i couldn't resist buying this for olivia...of course she refused to take a decent picture in it the sunday she wore it. it had a cute little dress underneath.

 

 when i was little, my mom bought each of the kids in our family a new ornament just for them every year. when i got married, she gave them to me. i'm doing the same for my kids. this was olivia's this year.

 one of many treasures olivia came home from school with...

 and another! 

 more park pics

 i don't even remember doing this but apparently i put her in the exer-saucer either because i was trying to get her out of the way of something or to just see what she would do. of course, she hated it. she has not been in it in months. way too old. aka it's taking up an obnoxious amount of space in the playroom. got to go.

 just a little sibling torture. violet has already mastered escaping the top part of the carseat buckle. she probably learned it from olivia. 

 fell asleep on the floor christmas eve when i was probably trying to deprive her of a nap. oops.

 RARE MOMENT. violet never ever ever snuggles. she is way too busy. but we all got really sick a while back and she was the first one down and out. little sicky girl.

 V and her cousin coleman. they are obsessed with each other. maybe to the point that it's almost weird. jk. it's too funny to watch. she just screams "CO-man! CO-man!" over and over.

 some of you may have seen these on facebook. i was on the phone with adam for literally 4 minutes and i turned around to this. i could only conclude that she knocked it off the table (i had just finished using it) and somehow got into it. big trouble.

 going to town on the bread basket at cheesecake factory

 we discovered that olivia is much happier at a restaurant sitting in a booster. duh. she thought she was big time.

 and, again. bad girls in the foyer at church. i love that violet is blurry because she was seriously running like crazy.

 violet attacking olivia. plain and simple.

 staying up late watching cartoons!

 big & little playing in olivia's crib when dad walked in...

 no words necessary. 

 stylin in her new birthday shoes (cute little sperry's from her cousins)

 watching some kids at the park play...very serious.

 one of my favs of her.

 olivia hard at work in nursery. scribble scribble. i just got called as nursery leader so now i can justify taking violet in there every week even though she is only a year.

 i sent adam this pic from costco and he said they looked like dumpster dolls. lol. rough day.

 olivia checking out the treasure chest at the allergist during her testing. cool rings. GOOD NEWS: her wheat allergy came back clear. bad news: her animals/dust mite allergies came back much worse than last time. i was sooo happy about the wheat though. you cannot imagine (unless you have to do it too) what a chore it is to pre-plan food for her every where we go. of course, the one downside to this good news is that she is so used to her food...a good portion of which is actually quite tasty... so some things i've tried to give her she has refused. like a donut. does she know what she's missing??

 olivia reading penny the pony's big race. dollar aisle from target has these dora books. violet has since completely shredded this one but who cares. one dolla.

 i was trying desperately to finish something for an activity i was in charge of at church and it was like 4pm...aka violet being very whiny. chocolate chip cookie in the high chair did the trick!

 thinking she owns the place in nursery? her foot? really? looks comfy.

making a few business calls!