Warm Weather and Baby Rompers

I've pretty much decided I'm gonna keep Olive in Rompers all summer. They are so stinkin' adorable and soooo easy. Just slap it on and go. 

Olive has decided that she doesn't like the grass to touch her knees so she adapted her crawling technique. I do think if I have her outside more that she may walk faster because she kept trying to just stand up instead of crawling at all.

I feel these pigtails make Olive look a little older.....thinkin' maybe I don't like them anymore :(

Her birthday is less than a week away. How does this happen so fast?!

The Three Amigo's

 Boy do these three manage to keep me busy! Primarily Dane and Juno. Those 2 drive me totally crazy. They are constantly getting into mischief together.

Zoo Date!

I'm on vacation from work this week. Notice the 'from work' in the last sentence cause being a stay at home mom while rewarding and sometimes fun is EXHAUSTING and in no way a 'vacation'.  Brad has been working 11 hours days and will be working on Saturday too :( 

So to preserve my sanity..... I may have lost my cool several times yesterday while being cooped up in the house I decided that today we would head to the zoo. Dane suggested I call Delilah's mommy and ask her to go too so that's what I did. We had a great time. The weather was perfect!

Check it out! I for the 1st time put Olive's hair into pigtails! Stinkin' cute!

Olive, Dane & Lilah

 Dane kept asking me to take his picture. That almost never happens.

We've had a good day here in The Grimes household so far.

* And because nothing is perfect Olive has a mysterious rash or serious of bumps on her torso so we're off to the Dr. today.

Buddies

My grandparents played a vital role in my upbringing. I still think about my grandfather's almost daily and I can imagine how much joy my children would have given them.

It's heartwarming to see the bond that Dane has with my parents. For I know that they are also helping to shape who he becomes. I vow to take as many photos with them together as possible because my favorite pictures of me growing up aren't the best quality, we aren't wearing the nicest clothes, not even looking at the camera and smiling but I'm in the arms of my grandparents.  Dane and Olive may not realize it now but they will look back at their childhood and cherish these times they had together.

 Papa Longshore needs help planting his tomato plants.