Life is good.

Bubbah grew me a pumpkin!

Sippin smoothies at the pool.

Being a tree hugger.

I think she's trying to butter up Grandad!

Playing with Lulu.

Chillin hard!

Cooking with mommy.

Tea Party

Odesa & I have spent the week planning a tea party with her cousins, Sophia & Olivia to celebrate their first week back to school. Well it was a sucsess and everyone had a blast. Grannie & Great Grannie joined us, it was a tea for 4 generations! We are so fortunate to live minutes from 3 amazing older cousins. They are her favorite people! All of them play with her & give her so much love & attention! We love you guys. Here is to the start of a great school year!

Sorry my pictures are always out of order!

Crashed out at the end.

Sophia, 7 Olivia, 5 Great Grannie White, 86

Odesa was too busy for pictures!

Relaxing with a cookie & Great Grannie.

First Haircut

Odesa got her first haircut on September 6th & it went surprisingly smoothly. It helped that they had suckers & sesame street playing! Her hair is so cute now, they didnt really cut off any real hair, just the baby ends. Supposedly it will help it to not break & thus getting longer faster. Regardless it looks adorable like a little pixie!

After picture.

It's all over, yeah!

Mom, get over here & I'll cut your hair too!

Odesa looks pretty awesome in a cape.

Before Picture

Hide & Seek

17 months

Odesa is almost 1 1/2! Time really does fly when you have children. She is so full of energy it is unbelievable! To get her to nap I have to run her ragged all day, then hope she is tired enough to crash around 2. Our days are spent at playdates near & far, the beach, the lake, the pool, the waterpark, the zoo....you get the picture. Most weeks this kids social calendar is jam packed! She is also talking up a storm. She says so much I don't think I could list out everything she can say but here are a few of her favorites: "what's that," still reigns supreme, "where'd daddy go," "awesome," "Ahhhh Man!" thats my personal favorite! She can do every animal noise, knows all the body parts & can count to 10- though her attention span will usually only last until 5. She can sing a ton of songs, itsy bitsy spider, ABC's, and every theme song to every cartoon! Cartoons- Odesa loves them! If we would let her she would sit in front of the TV all day long. Her new favorites are Winnie the Pooh and Finding Nemo. She is obsessed with the moon, constantly asking for it, where did it go, when is it coming back, all day every day. When she isn't asking about the moon she is telling me something is hot. She recently got a tea set and loves to make mommy & daddy tea, and serve us pancakes & ice cream on the little plates. She also loves to play with microphones! Last week she entertained about 50 people at daddy's work by getting on stage & singing & dancing for everyone! The big news is last night I finally got a good look in her mouth & we finally have not 1, not 2 but 4 molars pushing through!! Maybe now we can actually chew up food! For those of you without kids- when your daughter only has 6 teeth & is 17 months old its a HUGE deal to finally get some more, especially molars! Our next adventure is Disneyland. I am so excited to take her it is ridiculous!