First Sunshine, now this...

I just posted the last post that was from Saturday, it has been beautiful here! Yesterday it was 50 degrees...today...it snowed!! Granted we can see our driveway again but still! Why tease with the promising warmth and sunshine only to dump on us again?

I am praying for a warm summer. Last summer...yeah we set a record for the most days of consecutive rain fall...I think it was 38 or something like that. It sucked BIG time! I think we had a total of 7 days of temps over 70...BLAH! The summer before, when I was about 6 months pregnant, we set the record for the highest temps. OH MY! I was miserable!!! I was a huge, sweaty, cranky beast! We spent every weekend out camping and most days had to stay in the camper with the a/c running! We don't have a/c in our house and so my outlet was the camper. A few times we drug the dogs down to the river to cool off...they wanted nothing to do with getting in the water but I'm pretty sure they would have suffered a heat stroke because of it. This summer...bring on the heat! I am down about 25 lbs from last year and am (thankfully) not pregnant so I am ready for some warm Alaskan days!

Speaking of heat...My parents are taking my sister, her boyfriend, Kevin and I on a Mexican riveria cruise WITH OUT Olivia!!! Don't get me wrong, I am going to miss my girl like something fierce but a whole week not having to worry about changing anyone, feeding anyone, bathing anyone, getting anyone to sleep but myself?! Oh yes please! If I want to lay by the pool all day long drinking margaritas diet sprite all day...I can! If I don't want to get up until noon...that's ok too! Oh my...we haven't been on a Vacation that didn't unclude staying with my parents at their house since our honeymoon 7 years ago! I am so excited to enjoy some sun, drinks and A L O N E time with the hubs! My parents have told us, the only thing they want to do "have dinner together" Hey...fine with me!

After we get home from Mexico, the next month, Olivia and I are headed to Missouri to see my family and for my 10 year highschool reunion (OMG I am getting old!!) I am so excited to have a girls trip just Livvy and mommy before I start my year long internship! We are going to swim, play, catch fireflys and enjoy the special time spent with Nanny and Gogga! So exciting!

Well, thats all for now! Hope it is warm where you are!!

It's a Beautiful day in the Neighborhood!

This past week has been BEAUTIFUL in Alaska! It has been in the mid 40's (remember this is Alaska...this is nice for us haha!) Yesterday I took Livvy out for our first walk of 2011!

Just getting started on our walk! In front is Pioneer Peak, my favorite mountain in the Valley...we are very fortunate to have mountain views from our house!

LOVE her face here...it was starting to get sunny and she didn't want to have her picture taken haha!

The next day it got even warmer! We went out for another walk and then came back home to play with the dogs outside! Livvy LOVED being outside! She squealed, sang and laughed the entire walk! When I was throwing the ball for Ottis she wasn't too sure about him, he kept coming over and dropping the ball and would bark and she was not happy about that haha! He also kept flinging water all over because it was so wet and she hated that...is she not my child or what?!?!

Here is Ottis waiting for me to throw the ball...

Macie enjoying a rawhide basking in the sunshine!

My pretty green eyed girl!

Waiting for Ottis to bring the ball back

Ottis retrieving the ball

Livvy with Pioneer Peak in the distance...I LOVE Alaska!!

43 Degrees is WARM for Alaska in March! We thoroughly enjoyed our day!

New Olivia Pics!

I don't know if I have ever mentioned that I have not one but TWO AMAZING photographers as neighbors (be very jealous!) They love to use Livvy as their models when they have new backgrounds and if I have a new outfit for her or just want pictures of her all I have to do it ask and they do it for me! I LOVE my neighbors! They are some of my best Alaskan friends and I am so thankful to have them in my life!

Anyway, the other day Katie, (Katie Cannon Photography) set up a "Spring Mini Session" for her friends and family to see if it was something she wanted to attempt with the public. Of course I had to take Livvy over :) Katie was doing an Easter theme. I had an outfit in mind that I had been wanting to make for her to wear for Easter and Connie (aka Grandma) offered to take her one day so I could have the whole day to sew, so I whipped up (haha! It took me several hours into the late evening to finish) her Easter outfit on Wednesday, Thursday night I made her bow, and Friday Olivia had her pictures taken...here are a few from her facebook page...enjoy!

Her dress pattern is a "Apron front knot dress" if you are into sewing look this pattern up on Etsy! So easy! Her pants are "Ruffle pants" these I looked up a tutorial on Youtube.  I am not a very good seamstress and am still learning and this was not too hard for me!

This one makes me smile :) It looks like she should be saying..."Wait, come back!"

My sweet baby girl! Oh my, this girl totally makes me melt! 

I hope you enjoyed her pictures as much as I did! I will be posting A LOT more now that I have discovered how easy it is to post pictures to blogger when you use the right browser!


Good night all!!

Why didn't I think of that?!

I have been having a problem with Olivia's diapers being really stinky, even after they are washed and because of this she has been getting a bad rash. So I looked up how to strip diapers and I had tried pretty much everything that was said besides the Dawn dish soap trip. I finally got some blue Dawn and was prepared to start scrubbing but wasn't 100% on exactly how to strip the diapers, so I googled "how to strip cloth diapers" and a website came up that I hadn't seen yet. I clicked on it and was reading and it said to try just doing a few very hot washes with no detergent. I thought, what's the worst thing that can happen? The diapers are still smelly...what else is new? So today I did my normal wash and then threw in ALL of her diapers and the liners, I ran the hottest wash I could ran a warm wash twice and when I pulled them out I couldn't smell a thing! I had my nose all the way in the diapers and liner and nothing! Usually when I wash them and they stink I can smell them just by pulling them out of the wash I had my snout all the way in there and no smell! Now I ask you...WHY DIDN'T I THINK OF THAT?!?!?