We had a good weekend the last few days. Saturday we made it to the toddler park and Fremont library off of Stevenson in the morning, then home for a good nap! Post-nap was a late lunch at the Reilly's (delicious cheeseburgers!) and Olivia loved exploring a new house. So much to see! We were originally supposed to have them over for dinner, but Kevin's work travel ran late and he didn't return home until Sunday morning ~1am. I ended up doing laundry in the evening, eating lots of ice cream, and watching "Maleficent" twice! How fun to watch a movie about my favorite 'villain' - it was really well done. Angelina Jolie was *perfect* for the part.
Today, Olivia was up just after 7am and we had a lovely morning of eating eggs, running to the grocery store, walking around outside on the sidewalk with her sit-to-stand toy, and finally having a play-date with our new next-door neighbors!!! For the car, my new trick is to have a set of those small kong colorful balls that live in the car and they're perfect Olivia-hand size. Now whenever I put her in the car seat, she's looking for her "ball!" and then holds on tight, or throws them across the car. At the grocery, she held on to two of them, only dropping one about 3-4 times. Then she would put them in, and take them out of my purse. Too funny! When she'd see a balloon, it was a point and "BALL!"
Olivia loved walking around outside and is really gaining confidence. We went all the way down the block and back, making friends with a new neighbor that moved in ~4 months ago across the street. When we came back inside, the next door neighbor had responded to my text and we went over there after lunch for a quick playdate with their son, Lucas. We've been trying to have the playdate for awhile now, and it finally worked out. :) Olivia was excited to be exploring another new place, and Lucas, notoriously shy, eventually started showing me all his toys as we toured the house to check out all the renovations. What a sweetie! I also love the play mat they have, and ended up purchasing one this evening - waterproof, large, padded... what's not to like?! Even if the dogs have an accident on it, the play mat will be MUCH easier to clean than the carpets we have around. The padding will save Olivia's big noggin, and the floor, from crashes. Finally, Olivia let me know she was done with being social, and it was naptime.
During the precious nap hours, and while Kevin was still catching up on Zzzz's, I made a trip to Lowe's for picture hangers, and Michael's for more picture frames. My recent project was a set of 9 family photos to hang above Olivia's mini-table so she can learn her family by sight, and lots of B&W photos for along the hallway. We managed to hang the family photo set today, and Olivia is SO excited about it that she laughs her really loud adorable laugh! I have 9 5"x7" photos framed, today I purchased a variety of frame sizes to mix things up a tad. Hopefully, this week I'll find time to pic more photos for all the new frames. I also need to find time to add photos to this blog!!! Perhaps tomorrow night when I've gotten all my work hours in.
Kevin awoke about the same time Olivia also awoke from her nap. We had some down time at home, and at one point, I was on the floor on my tummy trying to read Olivia a book, when she decided that Momma should be rode like Rody! So she crawled on top of my back and started bouncing. Too funny! Kevin snapped a photo or two, but I haven't seen them yet.
We were going to spend time together as a family, but it was also a good time to see Papa-J, and Mama-J so we went out for dinner. Olivia was a little tired and a bit of a handful, but it was a good visit. We decided that next time we'll just order take-out and it'll be easier to chat and Olivia will be happier at home.
Back at home, Kevin put little girl down to sleep (I snuck in later and clipped her long fingernails), and I took Trixie & Kiwi for a short walk in the nice evening. Now we're watching the recorded 49ers game, it's a nail-biter! Kevin has to be in early tomorrow so we'll probably head to bed shortly. Kevin thinks he may take a day off this week to work on the pergola. The poor guy did work two 21-hour days in a row, there's no reason for him to work a full normal work week.
I really loved hearing Olivia's laughter today! KinderCare folks have mentioned how much she laughs, but I hadn't really heard it until this afternoon. She's such a little ham! Still reaching for the doorknobs, and uses her little chair as a walker around the house (I put baby socks on the feet to protect the floor, and she promptly took one off).
I'm starting a low-carb diet today (hence the ice cream binge last night!). It's sure affecting my energy levels, but I'm sure that sugar binge yesterday didn't help. So, I'll stick to it for the next week and see how things go. I'm hopefully that the slightly reduced stress at work will also help the waist (and butt) line.
Looking forward to heading home to MD for Turkey Day! That's just right around the corner now.
So we'll see how this week goes at work. There are a few things hanging over my head, but it's all good. I'm still waiting to hear back about a position I applied to awhile back, but it sounds like the hiring manager is very excited to have me on her team and it's just a matter of time. Apparently she spilled the beans to my manager (who was already aware), talking as if I was already going to be a part of her team.... when we haven't even had the interviews yet!
Whoops! 49ers won in overtime! Yay! Nighty Night!
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