4 Months!

On Sunday Olivia turned 4 months old!  She usually sleeps through the night now, which has been great, and naps often throughout the day.  Her little hands have been exploring her toys and is getting better at grabbing things (like her toys, pacifier, or my hair).  We have been having so much fun with our happy, playful baby!

13lbs 12.5oz, 24" long

At her first wedding

Silly baby

Olivia's first trip to the beach

She has rolled over a couple of times, but still has a

hard time getting her bottom half to flip

Watching HGTV while Mommy and Daddy fold laundry

Dresses and t-shirts are something to be eaten

Her first 4th of July

Big girl in her high chair

She's been snuggling her babies

Fun times with Daddy

She's a Columbia girl already

2nd camping trip

 

My snuggly, precious 4 month old

~Kaylee 

3 Month Photo Session

A couple of weeks ago we had Olivia's pictures done at JC Penny.  We had a Groupon and got 3 poses on a CD as well as 2 11x13 prints for $25.  We've seen this Groupon come up before and we plan on doing her pictures at 6 and 9 months as well.  The only problem we had is that they are kind of slow.  Liv naps often, so I planned our photo session so that we would have enough time for her to wake up, eat, have a bath and do our session before she got sleepy again.  She was a happy camper when we arrived and was smiling at everyone, but they didn't get to us until 20-30 minutes after our scheduled appointment time and by then she was ready for a nap.  We didn't get through all of our poses before I let her lay down in my arms and she fell asleep immediately.  Hopefully next time they will be more on schedule, or my babe won't need naps every few hours.  Luckily she's adorable even when she's grumpy :)

She's been drooling like crazy!

It's hard work being cute

3 months!

~Kaylee 

Pretzel Bites

I've never been much of a cook.  I don't particularly like it and I'm not particularly good at it either (which probably has to do with the fact that I have very little practice).  Tim is a great cook and usually has dinner started before I get home from work, but we have fallen into a pattern of making the same dishes over and over again.  While pasta, fish, turkey burgers and burritos are delicious, I've been wanting to try some new recipes and add some variety to our menu.  I always see delicious looking recipes while browsing blogs and decided to start with these pretzel bites.  Not that I would serve this for dinner, but I don't like putting much effort into cooking, either, so I figured a delicious snack was a good place to start.  Up next is probably a dessert.  Ok, eventually, maybe, we will try something new for dinner.

Get the recipe here (pretty sure this is my new favorite blog).

Tastes like Auntie Anne's!

I sprinkled a little garlic powder on mine

and had them with cream cheese

Tip: if you aren't going to eat them all right away, save the rest of the dough to bake later.  They were much better fresh!

These were super cheap to make and super delicious.  We used all purpose flour instead of bread flour.  I'm thinking they will make a great snack during football season!  Bonus: it was pretty fun making these with Tim.

~Kaylee