Portland Trip

During our trip to Lakeview, my mom and I plus the girls all went up to Portland for some of Damon's family to meet Sophie. We had a lot of fun just relaxing, swimming, getting room service and visiting. I also got to see my best friend Melissa. It was so great to see her, we hadn't seen each other since Christmas time. I love getting to hang out with her, its just like high school, only I have two kids and we don't have all the high school drama. We had a really good time up in Portland. My mom and I have been getting in the craft mode. We have been making flower clips for the girls and we have started making jewelry. In Portland we were able to go to a bead store and craft stores to get more supplies, so in the evening that is what we did in the hotel it was so much fun. Of course we couldn't go on a trip and not go swimming. Everyday we went to the pool at least two times a day. Olivia loves the water. She found out that she can stand on her tippy toes in the three foot area and not be under water. She loved that. We all had a great time.

Lakeview

Okay so real quick let me explain the photo with Livi and Damon. It was really hot one day so I gave Livi a cool bath to cool her down, well Damon thought that sounded good so he climbed in with her with his clothes on. It was so cute and Livi loved it.


So we are in Lakeview for a couple of weeks. I came down so people from church could meet Sophie and so Olivia could play with her friend Maile. Damon couldn't come because of school so my dad brought us here. Were having fun, it is always amazing to me how I could be away from Lakeview for years and it is always pretty much the same. Sophie did amazing on the trip down I was really afraid that she would scream the whole way, but she slept most of it. Speaking of Sophie, she is now 8 weeks old and is 11lbs 22 inches long. She is definitely getting some rolls on her. She is growing a lot faster than Olivia, we were always trying to get Olivia to gain like Sophie is but she just wouldn't. Sophie is starting to smile at me and it is so cute. We are still working on the potty training, I thought we had it down, but then she will just pee in her pants and not care. I don't understand it. Sometimes she has good days and other days we change her pants about 10 times. All in all the kids are doing really good.

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Sophie turned 6 weeks on Wednesday, I can't believe how fast time is going by. Its seems to me like I was pregnant forever and now she is already six weeks. Damon started his second semester of nursing school, only 3 more to go! So we will once again not be seeing much during the day, yesterday though we went to his school and had lunch with him so that was fun. I think we will try to do that every couple of weeks. Sophie is doing well, last night was a rough one she had slept way to much during the day and then didn't want to go to sleep until 2:30 A.M. as you can imagine I am beat today. Other than that, she is such a sweet little baby, she really just wants to be cuddled alot. We call her our little snug bug. Olivia is doing great, and I would say is pretty much potty trained now, YAY. She only wears underwear now, and even wears it when we go out and about. My dad was here for a few days and then he went to England yesterday for a Rotary Conference and to see the grandparents. It was fun having him here and Olivia was very glad to see him, she wouldn't leave him alone. We only wish that Nanny could have come to. Anyway we took him to the airport yesterday, and Olivia was in underwear the whole trip. She did really good. After we dropped of my dad we went to Damon's school to have lunch with him, well we were about 10-15 minutes away when she told me that she needed to go potty. I was really worried that she might not make it, but she did. Yay. I'm so happy for her. She still wears diapers at night when she goes to sleep but other than that it is just undies. Well that is the happenings as of lately. Enjoy that pictures.

Yummy...

So I'm so excited right now. I have just made from scratch, bread rolls, and they are delicious. They came out so big. I have now officially tackled yeast. These bread rolls are famous in our home and among many friends and churchgoers in Lakeview. We call them Kelly's bread rolls. Simply because Kelly, my mom's best friend, its her recipe. I'm so glad they turned out good, now Damon and I don't have to wait for Thanksgiving or Christmas, for either my mom or Kelly to make them for us. I really feel like a homemaker now, I can make BREAD!

So the first picture is of me and the next one is of Sophie. I think that she looks quite a bit like I did as a baby. Then the next photo is of me and my sister Megan going on a motorcycle carnival ride, I thought that it would be cute to post a picture of me on one and then years later one of my daughter on the same ride, or close to the same ride.