Boys Will Be Boys

golf wid·ow (plural golf wid·ows)

noun

Definition:

woman ignored for golf: a woman whose husband or partner spends many hours playing golf

Spring is in full swing which means GOLF for Brian! I know many of you can relate. Our little town is teeming with golf courses. Man, if only the shopping were as good as the golfing! Anyway, Brian will be golfing this weekend at Apple Tree. I've learned that there are a few things boys do on a golf course that Brian says "guys just do", but I'm going to keep the blog PG and you can consult your husbands for this info. Let's just say I'm glad to be a girl!

A little funny for your Friday for all you golf widows...

Holy Headbands!

My creative friend Cortney (who better have a girl next - Hi Cortney!) made Olivia these headbands. Aren't they so cute!? We had fun photographing them today..






Thank you Cortney!!!!

mypublisher.com

Today is my day of recommendations! I love this site! My mom and I discovered it through costco.com. Over the weekend we created an album for her of our wedding photos. She said it was worth the year and a half wait! It was super cheap (40 bucks!) and simple to do.

Copy and paste this to see what we did:

http://www.mypublisher.com/bookshelf/bookviewer.py?d=tq>y-cppl`je>3281637

A Few of My Faves

Here are the things I can't live without lately:



My new Chocolate phone from Verizon! It has some cool music features (which I'm still trying to figure out!). I love the color!



Dove's Cream Oil Body Wash...seriously! My mom turned me on to this and you can buy it at WAL MART. Gotta love it!! It smells good and leaves my skin so soft.



I love the Bees...this new Burt's Super Shiny gloss in Puckerberry rocks! It's shiny with a hint of color and tastes good too!



His Baby Bees line is delish. I'm using the lotion on Livi, she smells so good...we love you Burt!



Last, but not least, my ever-faithful Starbucks has brought me a latte to love. Let's hear it for the Cinnamon Dolce, in regular or skinny!

Oh how I love life's little pleasures!

Teething, Bumbo & Berry Cute!

My mom flew in on Tuesday (it was supposed to be last Saturday but she got real sick!) it is so good to have her here! She loves to be with her grandgirl - and is always a huge help to me. I am blessed to have two very young and active moms who can take over when I need a break!

Olivia is teething - no actual tooth yet, but she drools ALOT and wants to chew on anything she can get her hands on! For all you moms of teethers this is a great invention I got at Wal-Mart yesterday.



My friend Nicole told me about it...it's a little toy to hold with a mesh bag attached to put frozen things in for baby to bite on ( I put frozen grapes). Props to the creator - obviously a mom who's hand got tired holding things in her kids mouth!

Lovin' the Bumbo!



And a "Berry Cute" (that's what the shirt says!) outfit from Aunt Shany in Florida!



Brian gets back from Alaska tonight..it's been a long week without him! We miss him when he's away (which seems to be a lot lately) but are thankful for his hard work and dedication to provide for us. We love you Brian!

Happy Easter!

I had a fun first Easter with my girl. Brian is working in Alaska this week - miss you babe!! It was fun getting her all dressed up for church! She went in the Nursery for the first time (I'm a new mom, remember?) and did great. The ladies told me that she doesn't like to "relax very much"...nope, she's for play all the way!

Busy Girl!

Olivia will turn six months on Monday...halfway to a year! These last few weeks she has been rolling and rolling and rolling. She hardly sits still! And when she is sitting she is jabbering or growling (some of you have heard it, not very lady like but her dad thinks it is hilarious so she assumes everyone will!) or sucking her toes. Everyone told me how a little girl would ease me into motherhood since they are so mellow. Not this girl! I am starting to brace myself for crawling and the toddler years...



This morning at MOPS there was a little girl, at the table, around the same age just quietly sitting in her mom's lap, playing with a toy. Not Olivia! She wanted to be standing in my lap, looking around, talking (especially while the speaker was speaking!) and drinking out of my water cup, oh that was while she had a plastic spoon in her mouth. The other women at the table get the biggest kick out of her. The mentor mom at the table says she can't wait to see where her winsome personality takes her in life. She is turning out to be a pretty funny little girl and I'm enjoying every minute - but naps and bed time are fun too!