Every last drop

The weather has been so nice lately and we are trying to enjoy every minute before we'll be stuck inside for winter. So after work and school on Wednesday we wanted to play outside. They had done a lawn treatment recently at our place so we really didn't want to play in that so we thought we'd go grab some supper and go to a park. Well we didn't really consider how long it would take for Josh to shower, get Petey and Jolie ready to go, us to order supper, drive to pick it up, then drive to the park, so by the time we got there it was almost dark! We hurried up and ate as fast as we could and thought we'd try to play with some leaves but apparently this park had just cleaned up the leaves because there was none to be found!

Needless to say we didn't stay long because it was starting to get chilly. So we quickly snapped a few pictures and went back home. And Josh and I learned plenty of lessons for next time, especially about the shorter days!

Pedersen's Visit!

Great grandpa and grandma Pedersen came with Grandma and Grandpa Buechler to visit Jolie! They came all the way from Scotland (South Dakota) :) on Saturday afternoon and stayed until Sunday. Uncle Matt came from Omaha on Saturday too! Jolie was very excited to show them how big she was and show off her two teeth! She was still a little scared of guys (sorry!) at times and had a few tears but we'll just keep pushing through it and hopefully she'll be over it soon, that silly girl! Oh, they also brought pumpkin pie and it was awesome!!!

While we were waiting for our table at Perkins, Jolie wore her stylin' shades!


Thank you everyone for coming to visit!

Pancake Feed

Saturday morning we went with some of our neighbors to the Waukee Fire Department's Pancake Feed. They had so many things to do! Addison got to shoot a fire hose and put out a fire with a fire extinguisher. Jolie and Kynley just took in the sights but they seemed very interested in everything!

Flu Shot--no biggie

I had to take Jolie in for her flu shot and I was so nervous. Apparently I'm known for sending Josh to get Jolie's shots because I get too sad! The nurse at the clinic even noticed and said she was surprised to see me bringing Jolie--dang it--they are on to me!! So after getting all worked up about Jolie having to get a shot, she did not even cry, flinch or ANYTHING! What a stud!!! And who would have guessed that I'd get myself all worked up over nothing? Me??? NEVER! Geez, sometimes I'm amazed at what a 'crazy mom' I've turned in to! I always swore I'd be all laid back and smooth, but I am not even close!

Well now that I've talked about myself enough...Jolie and I made it home and were able to catch a great nap! Then once Dad got home, we went to play outside! Yay! Jolie has been having lots of fun playing with our neighbor Kynley. Kynley is 3 weeks older than Jolie so they have so much fun together. Petey also enjoys playing with them and giving kisses. Lovely. Kynley also has an older sister, Addison, who is 3 years old and is so much fun! She enjoys coloring our driveway with chalk and keeping it pretty. We have lots of fun with them--hopefully I'll actually get some pictures of all of them some time!

Day Off With Dad

Since Josh worked all weekend he got some days off during the week. On Tuesday, he played with Jolie all day and even visited me at work for lunch! We had Jimmy Johns and Jolie loved the paper wrapper that covered our sandwiches. She showed everyone at work how exciting paper can be and they were quite impressed!

When I got home, we got to play outside a lot since the weather has been amazing! Check out her funny shirt too!

Party in Omaha!

Josh was working all weekend so Jolie and I decided to head to Omaha and meet Grandma DeDe and Uncle Brett. (Uncle Michael and Grandpa are in the field picking that corn!) So after prying Petey out of the vehicle and explaining to him that we would come back soon, Jolie and I left for Omaha Saturday morning. I planned it perfectly because she slept the entire way! Score!

We checked out some fun stores and ate some delicious food! Then we spent the evening at the hotel and we were so wore out, we didn't even check out the pool! But you know who wasn't worn out--Jolie! We kept trying and trying to get her sleep and her head would just pop right up and she'd laugh and smile. So after about an hour and a half, we thought we'd try a walk outside so we took the stroller and walked to Target that was right next door. She still stayed awake, but we were finally successful on our walk home!

Sunday we did a little more shopping (gotta stock up on that Husker stuff!) and Jolie loved it! She is quite the experienced shopper! I tried to schedule our drive back so that it would be during a nap time and it worked again--she slept the whole way back! She was very excited to Petey when we got home and 3/4 as excited to her dad. Geez--Jolie just thinks Petey is so cool and we are chopped liver!

Thanks Grandma DeDe and Uncle Brett for meeting us and everything else! We had a great time!!

Teeth are popping up like weeds!

So we definitely have a tooth in and it looks like many more are starting to follow. So that means we have are keeping those icy rings fresh at all times. Jolie even likes to have two at a time!

Fantastic Fall

The weather is cooling off, but we aren't ready to be stuck inside the house! The other evening we played outside with our neighbors. Don't worry, it really wasn't that cold out at all and she probably didn't even need a hat, but we're first timers so of course, we're a little crazy!

Jolie loves playing outside--we don't want it to end!

7 Months!

Whoa! Can you believe it? (ok, I say that every month, but, really, can you believe it?!?!) Jolie is 7 months old today!

Here is what she's been up to lately
-Wears 3-6 and some 6-9 month clothes. (her closet has gotten out of control again!)
-Started taking baths in the big bath and sits up all by herself!
-Eats twice a day, but only eats 5 things--squash, sweet potatoes, carrots, sweet peas and green beans
-Drinks 5-6 bottles a day
-Sits all by herself for very long periods of time (like 15 minutes!)
-Gets sad when dad drops her off at school and grabs for him :(
-Reaches for her dad (even when I'm holding her!) She's already a daddy's girl!!
-Sometimes has 'stranger anxiety' and is more leery of guys
-Likes to talk and say 'a-ga' over and over and over
-Wears a size 2 diaper and size 2-3 at night (she can really pee a lot after all night!)
-Loves grabbing for glasses and hair
-Typically wakes up around 6:30-7:00 am, takes a morning nap, takes a longer afternoon nap and then goes to bed around 8:00-8:30 pm.
-Loves watching Petey, people and the Apple iPad commercial Seriously, she stops whatever she is doing and just stares when she hears that commercial! She already has expensive taste! :)
-And we may have a tooth poking through! You can definitely feel something but we can't see it yet!

Here's Jolie sitting up so big!


She can even play in her bouncer now and reach everything! And we down to just a slight pad so she can reach.


Hello everyone!

Run Around Saturday

Saturday's are usually pretty lazy days at our house especially since it's college football season--my favorite! (well I guess most time at our house is lazy time, but it's awesome!) but today was a busy day for Jolie!

Jolie and dad took a little morning snooze.

Jolie sat up all by her self for a very long time today! She's such a little pro--she'll even play with toys and everything!

Then I heard that GAP was having a sweet sale on jeans for just 3 hours today and I thought--OMG! We could Jolie jeans for the next year!! So we went to Valley West mall and ate at Jimmy John's then cruised on over to Baby GAP. Whoa--apparently everyone else had heard about this sale as well because everything was gone and the store was packed! So we went to a few other stores and left the mall with nothing! It was crazy! I quickly remembered why I don't go to the mall on the weekends!

Then we went to Target and it was crazy there as well. We tried to hurry and grab what we needed, but it always seems to take forever. Jolie was such a champ though! She loves going places and just watching all the people and sometimes she gets very talkative as well. This comes in very handy because she kind of serves as her own horn yelling at everyone to get out of her way. Then I don't have to say 'excuse me' to people, because they already heard us coming. Plus if Josh and I get separated, it's pretty easy for us to find each other as we just follow the babbling baby noise! :) She also makes lots of friends everywhere we go and lots of people stop to talk to her because she'll just smile and talk to them. We could have a very social butterfly on our hands!

So then we finally got home and although Jolie took a short cat nap in the car, I thought she could use a big afternoon nap. I tried for almost 2 hours to get her to nap with no success. So finally I decided that I guess she was fine and just wanted to play. Of course, by about 6:30 this evening, she was dragging! And I don't think the bath helped either. Josh and I tried to keep her awake until at least 8, but Josh turned his head for just a minute and...

PASSED OUT! At just after 7pm so we'll see if she decides to wake up at 4 or 5 this morning.