Childrens Museum

We had such a fun day with Owen and Lauren at the newly finished Children's Museum!!! It was SO CUTE.. I cant wait to take Elliot back again :) We started off with a trip to the Dr. of course..

Elliot was IN LOVE with the babies

She had a hard time picking one out

Examining the baby

checking out the bad break... could it be... with she like x-rays also?!

She also loved the crack in the floor, although I don't think that was part of the museum :)

Then we headed to the grocery to do some shopping.. Here Owen is picking out his chicken

(Owen was so fun to watch- he would place one item in his cart and then quickly place it back on the shelf again.. talk about one organized child!!!)

Owen wanted bananas.. Elliot wanted apples

crazy about the corn

In the tiny Texas area

They had a bubble tube that made fun noises when you pressed the buttons.. talk about FUN :)

Notice her intense concentration - bubbles are serious business

Over the top!

My BFF Katy (who just found out she's having a baby girl!!! YEAH FOR GIRLS!!!) awarded me with the 'over the top' blogger award awhile ago.. sorry I'm such a blog slacker Katy! HA! The goal is to answer each question with one word.. so here it goes

1. Where is your cell phone? counter

2. Your hair? bad

3. Your mother? cabo

4. Your father? better

5. Your favorite food? calamari

6. Your dream last night? strange

7. Your favorite drink? icetea (i know its two words) :)

8. Your dream / goal? faith

9. What room are you in? kitchen

10. Your hobby? yeah!

11. Your fear? loss

12. Where do you want to be in six years? home

13. Where were you last night? home

14. Something that you aren't? tall

15. Muffins? scones

16. Wish list item? vacation (can this be an item?!) Well I'm making it one!

17. Where did you grow up? spokane

18. Last thing you did? cleaned

19. What are you wearing? jeans

20. Your TV? off

21. Your pets? jealous

22. Friends? fun

23. Your life? great

24. Your mood? optimistic!

25. Missing someone? always

26. Vehicle? yuck

27. Something your not wearing? makeup

28. Your favorite store? jcrew

29. Your favorite color? green

30. What was the last time you laughed? today

31. Last time you cried? dunno

32. Your best friend? ben

33. One place that I could go over and over? spa!

34. One person who emails you regularly? claire

35. Favorite place to eat? out!

Happy Day

Happy Friday everyone! Elliot has been a pill lately- she's getting molars :) So I decided to post this picture of her. It makes me so happy. It's just perfect. My sweet peanut.

These shoes were made for walking

Elliot is ready to walk at any moment. I am excited but nervous. I think my days of living easy are O V E R :)

29 going on 30

On 1.21 I turned 29. My LAST year in my twenties. So to celebrate this important year I have decided to make birthday resolutions instead of New Years ones. Now don't get me wrong 29 kind of sounds old but I feel young and I am actually excited to be in my 30's. I really think my 30's will be great! I am holding myself to this list.

30 things before I'm 30:

30. Start running

29. Weigh a certain #

28. Host a dinner party

27. Lunch once a month with a friend- or girls night

26. Two date nights a month (without elliot)

25. Organize our home files

24. New blog header

23. Church (at least twice a month)

22. Work on my faith

21. Read 6 books

20. Crafty with no money

19. Be done more (makeup, nails, hair etc.)

18. Mondays- grocery shop and clean

17. Sundays- Plan weekly meals

16. Up at 6:30 everyday

15. More affectionate with Ben

14. Weekly flowers (under $5)

13. Use reusable grocery bags

12. Design book

11. Memory book for Elliot's 1st year

10. Two trips (DC in March, WA in Dec.)

9. One overnight get-away with Ben

8. Dentist (everyone)

7. Learn Illustrator and Photoshop more

6. Crafts for Elliot

5. Take advantage of free activities- Park, museum, story time, etc.

4. Saturday & Sunday- no blogging

3. Eat less out of a box- real food

2. Plan ben's graduation party, 30th and graduation trip (for next may or june 11')

1. BE HAPPY! LIVE HAPPY!

Birthday Party - Part 2

Genevieve and Adeline snacking on cupcakes

Mr. Owen working on his coloring sheet

the kids

Elliot LOVED when we sang her 'happy birthday' she was all smiles

opening up all her fun presents

this photo cracks me up!

Elliot's favorite- uncle Zachary

Overall Elliot's birthday was great! We had such a great time celebrating her special day with family and friends. (Unfortunately we don't have many photos of our adult guests - just the kids. Oh well you can only do so much) :)

Thanks again everyone!!

Birthday Party - Part 1

Our sweet peanut turned one year old on 12.30! We had such a great day with Elliot. We took her to get her first kids meal, went to ikea :) and ended with a trip to the park. Then on 1.9 we had her first birthday party at our house. We had all our family and friends with us to celebrate her big day! It was such a special day! Thank you everyone for coming.. thank you's are in the mail- I promise :)

Elliot's big day was SO MUCH FUN to plan! I'm not going to lie I planned for months. We did a cute owl theme with pink and orange as the main colors.. I think it turned out so cute!! I cant wait till next year :) I know my husband is dying as he reads this. HA!

Those fancy bunting flags took me FOREVER to make.. I think I will use them for every birthday from here on out. Even Ben's :)

for the food we had gourmet mac n cheese (so good), turkey and brie sandwiches, spinach salad, veggies and dip, warm spinach dip with baguettes slices, pb & j's for the kids :), apple sauce, gold fish crackers and of course CUPCAKES :)

yummy cupcakes

for the drinks we had hot apple cider, ice tea, bottle water and juice boxes for the kids

Nana and Elliot

I wish I could have sat at the kids table! HA! I made them a fun owl craft and coloring sheets

For the favors we did homemade s'mores kits. I made homemade marshmallows a couple days before her party so I pretty much forced people to take them home :) The thought of all those marshmallows going bad made me sad.

HAPPY 1st BIRTHDAY PEANUT!! WE LOVE YOU