Over the river and through the woods

To huckleberry pickin' we go!

Susan, Adrian and I got a bug yesterday afternoon to pick some huckleberrys. They were pretty few and far between. Early? Maybe. Bears ate them all? Probably. But, either way, we had a great time! Olivia even helped Aunt Susan. She mostly picked leaves and tried to stuff them in her mouth before Aunty could catch her, but she laughed and smiled the whole time. Except for this face...

I believe it's the face of shame. That her Momma lied to her when she said that Huckleberry pickin' was SO MUCH fun... ;)

It was beautiful up at Cle Elem River camp. It was overcast, but I cant believe the growth of the vegitation! Spots where we usually went, didn't look familiar anymore. Oh well, I guess that what happens when you and the forest get older :(

I took some great shots of Olivia the other day. Trying to capture her small delicate features. Praying that I dont blink and the next thing I know, she is off to college.

I think they turned out great. One day I will get my super snazzy camera and take pictures of everything. But for right now, the fuji works great. If Mike would find the book on it, I think I could take ever BETTER pictures.

Olivia is sitting up without the wobbles for longer periods of time. I think it's great. She is so much happier sitting on her bottom then laying down. :) Just a better view. :) Since she is sitting up, Daddy can FINALLY put her on his shoulders. He has wanted to do that since she was born. :) That is even a better view! :)

She truely is a special girl. So much, she loves the fan blowing on her and thinks it is the funniest thing! :) She laughs and giggles. It is adorable.

God Bless!!

xoxoxoxo

a weeks recap.

My Mom came over for a couple of days! It was a lot of fun! :) We got to go shopping and stamp and just hang out! I miss her a lot when she leaves :(

Olivia starting to crawl!! :) It is the coolest thing to watch. She get's a little frustrated and pouts a little but mostly she thinks she is cute :) Pretty soon, I will have a mobile girl! Watch out world :) I guess that means I have to keep the living room clean.. eek.

While Mom was here, Mike and I got to go on a date! We have been trying to go to Lions Rock to see the sunset all summer, but it just so happens that the sunset usually sets when Olivia is sleeping so that made it tough! Well I planned the whole night! :) We let Mom take care of Olivia and bought her chinese as a brib and off we went! [With chow mein and sweet and sour chicken in stow] On our way up there I was talking to Mike saying how I wish the Elk were up here and we didn't think we would see any but as we were watching a timber tiger cross the road HOLY MOLEY! Here come 5 different bucks [i dont know the difference between all of them..] and this cute guy just stared at us! He was SO cool! I love being outdoors for this reason! Just beautiful!

It was just awesome! We made up all the way up to the top just in time! We got to sit and eat our chinese on a blanket :) It was good to just be able to sit down and not have a care in a world. Mike and i got to talk for the first time it seemed like all week. We got to sit and kiss and laugh

and just be together! What is better than that!? Last time we were up there, It was before I pregnant and before we were even "together" just dating I guess. So this was special and to look back on how much has changed in the last year. I'm more in love than I have ever been. He is my everything. My rock. :)

The sunset was just beautiful. Orange and pink splashed the sky and it was just perfect. It reminds me how I love Ellensburg. You can get that pretty anywhere else. Our little town. :)

We got a couple good pictures. Ha! But taking a picture together and actually liking it was whole other story!

Take .01

Take .02Take .03

Perfect

We got to see even more deer && elk on the way back! They were so close! There were a couple that were further away and there were two 6 points! [yea, i do know THAT!] And a couple doe's too! :) It was just all around a beautiful date.

Here's the big girl sitting up! :)

Just some random stuff

Such a big, pretty girl! Olivia is growing like a weed. :( I cant help but wish that I could grasp the time and make it stop. She is such a wonderful baby. She loves me! I cant help but feel one hundred percent blessed to have her in my life. This morning she sat on my lap while I surfed the internet. She had her lovey in one hand and her thumb in her mouth and she just sat. :)

She is eating Carrots now!! I dont know how to upload video or I would. [heather??] She seems to LOVE them. It's so cute when she gets all excited and moved her arms and kicks her legs. It is a success! Of course, she IS our daughter so it's only right that she LOVES food... :) :)

That's all for now... My mommy is coming over monday!!!!!!!!!! :) hooray! I love her. And Mike and I will have a date on tuesday! OooOoO! :)

God Bless!
xoxoxox

I love when he's home ..

Mike has a super crazy schedule this week and next and wait.. probably for the next month!! :( So he had a random monday off!!! Which was great! I love spending time with him! Monday morning I had to work at 1 but we went to breakfast to say farewell to our friend Derrick [the old bakery manager] it was alot of fun. It just the family, which is always the BEST. They are all wonderful! I dressed up Olivia for Derrick. LOL Mike also discovered she can stand up on her own next to the couch! We clapped and cheered for her at which she got really excited and fell down on the bum. lol, but she still had a big smile on her face!

Thanks for the dress Grandma Nancy!! :) After I got the dress out of her "big girl" box i realized I should of opened it a couple months ago. She had jammies that are already almost too small [for the record, i never actually believe she would be as long as the 6 month pj's] She has all kinds of new clothes in her drawers! :) And 4 sets of dinosaur pajamas! Thanks daddy! AND! She fits in her 9m onesie set.. holy moley..

This week we also started wheat cereal! She likes it just as much! Next week, I think we are going to take the plunge and do actually food. Carrots sound yummy :)

My project next week is to start making some of her food! I'm really looking forward to it! I think she will benefit from it and we will too. It will be alot of fun. I just have to get her use to her highchair.

Mike went out and about for a little bit, while Olivia was napping. He came home fairly happy which means he did something! He meets me in the kitchen and shows me his fuel injector stuff? and our printer paper and goes "I bought a tent" and after the fiasco at Bi-Mart I didnt think we would ever get our tent. Well he got the 6 person one instead! We got this baby for 72 bucks! We had nothing better to do yesterday then put it up! It was so easy to do and probably only took a good 10 minutes! :) It had ALOT of room inside, it should its 14ft long....

For the record, a small human can fit through that "doggie" door.. OH and the silly thing is, there is an extension cord slot on the side of the tent incase Mike really needs a cold beer, he can have his mini fridge set up inside.... lol

Over all, it will work perfect for all of us. And when we have another little bug, her/him and Olivia can have one side and we can have the other. :) So these next couple weeks, Mike and I are trying to go camping for a night! :) And I will admit one of the reason I wanted to put it up so bad was so I could see his cute bum...

{I can hear my mom now, "Ashlee, I dont want to know this"} HAHAHAH! LOVE YOU MOM!

God Bless!!
xxoxoxo

Some random stuff

Mike and I went to Yakima yesterday. We are in the market for a new desk for the computer so I can have my scrapbooking table back. We went all over and still didnt find one. Oh well, I will keep checking craigs list and garage sales. We did see this SUPER cute hat at Target for Olivia that I wanted to get her, I think I will wait til it goes on clearance. It's spf 55 and it looked SO cute on her. They had aqua socks that matched and a little swimmer shirt too!! Mike and I had a fun time! Spent too much money but really enjoyed being together. He even walked down all the aisles with me! He is too good! :)

I got some great frames for the living room and Olivia hat/mitten set for winter that is brand new and from Old Navy. It's cute and red and she looks cute in it and I think it's big enough to last her all winter! :) So garage sales weren't half bad :)

Now it's off to cut Hubby's hair :) I'm a pro! LOL

God Bless!

xoxoxo

Fun Fun FUN!!

I'm super proud of this layout I did!!! It's actually going to go into a frame for my wall in the living room. I love it. That is a picture of Olivia when she was only a few hours old. It is precious to me because she is sleeping on my chest, and even though she is as big as I am now, she still loves to sleep like that.

All about Olivia!

Olivia is becoming such a big girl. She knows what she likes [anything to do with mom holding her] and what she doesn't like [being put down] Her hand eye cordination is getting better and better. Right now, she is shaking her rattle to her thigh during Jack Johnson. [future tamberine player?] We have been doing rice cereal for 2 weeks now. She loves it! She gets all excited and lurches toward the spoon. She makes a mess, but it's too cute to worry about. She only gets it once a day for right now. We chose to give to her at night, when she is most happy.

She gets better at sitting up for longer periods of time. When she is laying down, she will stretch her neck up like a flamingo to try and sit up. It's pretty funny! She is more and more active now. She LOVES her hop and pop and being able to stand up and jump. Mike and I are looking for a johnny jumper to get her because I think she will like moving around a lot more. The 6th month marker is getting closer and closer and it makes me nervous. I'm going to have to start planning for 1st birthday here soon. :) :)

Blogger picture upload is being a pain, So here is the link to all the new pictures! This is my favorite one this week I think..

Olivia in her bathrobe, getting ready for a bath! She LOVES baths!

http://picasaweb.google.com/hugsnsprinkles/GrowingGirl