another blog review!

http://justformeandyou2.blogspot.com/2010/10/2-little-mamas-giveaway.html

Thanks to Tracie!
Take a peak and tell me what u think!

Baby half off

follow this link to see my baby bundle, let's do lunch bag, and care seat! They were great to work with, and it is always exciting to see your products on the net.
http://babyhalfoff.com/blog/?p=2280
check it out, then leave a comment!

Destin Vaca Day 5 and 6!

We decided to check out the local Barnes and Noble. We scored a few good books and then visited Chilli's for lunch. Pops took Katherine and Andie to the beach while babies slept and Ben and I got a cookie cake for Lulu. Lauren turned 11 months, but we decided to celebrate it as if it were her 1st birthday, since we were all together! The beach was very overcast and we needed some family pictures, so we took the cameras to the beach. I was pretty happy with the results! The girls and I NEEDED more crab legs, and we were told to visit Dewy Destins, so we headed out for dinner. Crab legs were great! We sat outside on a deck over the water. It was hot and muggy, as usual, but we had fun. We came home and celebrated Little Lauren Lulu!
Today we spent time on the beach playing in the waves and sitting with Addison and Lauren. We decided on BBQ for dinner and went to Jim & Nicks BBQ. We loved it!
We have had so much fun here in Destin with Ben's parents. It has been great seeing the kids getting to know them better. I have never been on vacation with extra relatives before, but it has been great! It is nice to take the time to enjoy them without having to worry about our daily life getting in the way. So tomorrow we head back to Atlanta... We have had a great time, but are ready to return to our normal Life in the Oliver Lane.

Destin Vaca Day 3 and 4!

Shopping was fun, there is a great outlet mall a few miles down the road. We hit Gap, Bose, Nike and a bunch of shops. We had sandwiches and gelatto at a little sandwich shop. We came home and headed out to the pool for a bit, then came home for hot dogs and baked potatoes for dinner. After getitting the 2 littles to bed Pops and I took Katherine and Andie for a walk on the beach for an hour.
Yesterday I think we crammed just about everything we wanted to do into one day! Andie had been begging to visit IHOP for breakfast, so we started there. After breakfast Katherine, Grandma Oliver, and I headed out shopping and found a swimsuit for Katherine. Ben and Grandpa Oliver (Pops) took Addison and Lauren to the pool while we were out. We enjoyed a quiet lunch at home. Pops and I took K and A to the beach while little girls were napping. After naps we headed out for a quick dinner and then off to our dolphin cruise! We all had a great time, and were totally worn out after, but not to worn out for ice cream! We enjoyed some Brusters ice cream and then headed home to bed.

Destin Vaca Day 2 and 3!

We have been to the beach for the past 2 mornings in a row form about 10-12:00. Katherine and Andie are loving the big waves, Addison not so much. Addison is happy as long as the salty water is nowhere near her face, can't relay blame her there. We had some nice crab legs Sunday night. Katherine shared with me, Addison tasted the crab and was o.k. with it. Andie tasted the crab, had several more bites, and is asking when we can get some more! Ben is not a crab fan, so it is nice that the girls are. Little Lauren Lulu has been bonding with Grandpa Oliver and loving it.
We decided to eat dinner at the house last night, so we did grilled chicken corn on the cob and salad. It was nice to have a quiet night in.
Katherine and Andie were super excited to go on a walk on the beach at night with G & G Oliver lat night. They saw crabs, talked to people that were fishing and found sand fleas. I guess sand fleas make good bait...
We are planning on shopping today! Wish us luck at the outlets!

Destin Vaca Day 1!

We have been so excited to get the heck out of dodge for a vaca. Ben had been planning our getaway since early this year. We did our usual June swim team and then Andie had to get her tonsils out on Addison's 3rd birthday June 29th. So Andie needed recovery time. Somehow with all that plus the extra stresses of life we were able to drive to Destin,FL today.
The car ride went very well, considering the fact that no one felt the need to take a nap and Lauren threw up twice (YUCK). We got checked into our beach house and ventured out to the beach while we had our first load of laundry in the wash including Lauren's car seat! The beach is a short 5 min walk, but oh it is worth it! I watched as Addison dug her toes into the sand and Lauren felt sand on her feet for the first time ever. The sand here is beautiful! No oil bits here, knock on wood. Ben is on his way to pick up his parents from the airport. They are visiting from Nevada, and we are so excited to have them here with us. Here are a few pics and expect more to come over the week.


Addsion rocking out to Justin Beiber, we made her use earphones because we had our fill durring the first hours of the drive.

my girls

So I know it has been awhile, so here are a few pics. This was easter dresses.
Katherine 12, Andie 8, Addison 2, Lauren 8 mo.

Katherine's 12!

Katherine turned 12 on Oct 18 and I am just now making a post. I know I am pathetic. I can't believe that my first baby is now 12. We are now entering the Young Women's program of which we will be apart of for the next 18 years. Katherine started middle school this year and we have been so impressed with how well she is doing. She is making new friends, enjoying her teachers, and getting good grades. Katherine has started babysitting for us here and there too. What a relief it is to have a live in babysitter!
I am so proud to be the mother of this super fantastic amazingly wonderful girl. I am looking forward to the next 12 years to come!

Lauren's first bath!

Lauren was ready for her first bath and grandma was up for the job! Lauren enjoyed the warm water and grandma just couldn't get enough of her. It was fun to see them enjoy the bath time and snap a few pictures. We are all doing well with this great sleeping baby who has even set herself a bed time of 8PM. Lauren weighed in at 7lbs 12oz last week at the dr. and is now above her birth weight!
Our sweet Katherine seems to have come down with the flu tonight. She has not been sick for over one year. She even had perfect attendance last year at school. I guess it was her time to catch a bug. Let's just hope it does not last for to long, my brother Aaron arrives in town on Wed and Andie's baptism and Lauren's blessing all happen next weekend... Hopefully she will get better and no one else will catch it from her.

Introducing Lauren Pamla Oliver!

Lauren was born August 15 at 1:54PM. She weighed in at 7lbs 9oz and 21" long. She has been such an angel. She is sleeping better than any baby I have had and I am loving it. Here is you first peak at her!

All is not lost!

I promise I am not missing in action. Life is so busy, how do any of us find the time to sit down and blog. I love the idea and being able to check in on friends, I just wish there was more time in the day to do it. 2littlemammas has been very busy and exciting lately. Our new site is up, visit through the link on the right. We are being featured in Pregnancy and Newborn magazine's July issue. I have been sewing side jobs like crazy, more pics on that to come! We just celebrated Andie's 8th birthday and Addison's 2nd two days later. Not to mention that I am now 33 weeks pregnant and we have started the countdown to baby Lauren's arrival. Seven weeks to go! Aug 21st, estimated date of arrival. I am tired just thinking about it all. I know that I am not alone, you are all so busy. I enjoy checking in on you through your blogs and I will try to do better myself too.

Oliver Easter!

We had a great Easter this year. It was a nice sunny Sunday and all was well. Here are a few pics of the girls in their dresses that we made this year, enjoy.

my sewing sweety

O.K. so you all know that I spend a lot of time on the sewing machine. i guess that addison has seen me on it so much that she has figured that she must be missing out on something great by not being on the sewing machine too. she has been begging to sit on my lap or at the machine by herself. this is what it looks like.

irlen.com

last year we became very concerned when andie's teacher realized that her reading had not improved at all during the 1st grade school year. we had no idea what to do and were considering holding her back to repeat first grade. we decided to think on it over the summer before deciding. the weirdest thing is that she was strong in every other subject, but language arts. my friend tina agreed to work with andie when she found out our concerns. they were listening to a book on tape and andie was supposed to be following along with her finger, but her finger was moving along in a wavy line instead of straight. tina thought this was interesting and it reminded her of something she had heard at a reading conference she had once attended. she ran home to get some colored overlays. when she laid the overlays in different colors over the words in the book for andie to look at they talked about how pretty or funny the colors looked. when they placed the gold colored overlay on the page andie said "oh my goodness, the words are staying straight". ding, ding, tina figured out what was going on. it is called irlen syndrome. it is only recognized in 3 states so far and NO ONE at our school had ever heard of it before.
andie could not read because the words were moving all over the page, but when she has the overlay (different colors work for different people) the words stay still. i want you to visit irlen.com and go to the sample distortions. there are aprox. 6 there, andie sees all of them, but 2, all at once. we decided to send her on to 2nd grade where she is doing well and she is getting special help with reading at school and she is working with a tutor at home several days a week. we are so excited that she is now improving and moving forward in her reading skills. instead of taking an overlay with her everywhere she goes she got special lenses for glasses, so she can see everything easily where ever she goes. i feel so blessed to have friends and teachers who have helped us figure this out and help andie make up for all of the reading instruction she missed out on before now.

little miss. NO

Addison is definitely in the no stage. She knows how to say yes, but chooses not to. Katherine and Andie are getting a big kick out of this. They like to play 20 questions. I goes something like this...

Addison do you like carrots?
no.
Do you love mommy?
no.
Do you love daddy?
no.
Do you like candy?
no.

Then comes the kicker...

Addison do you know what you are taking about?
no.

The girls think this is sooooooooooooooooo funny. It is fun to see them playing and having fun together.

IKEA what?

IKEA fabric that's what. As I walked into IKEA a few weeks ago with Katherine I fell in love with a fabric, like that has never happened before... he, he, he. I decided then that we needed a new shower curtain, I mean who doesn't right. I purchased 5 yards and headed home. I decided that it needed lining and everything!
With the left over I had just enough to re-cover my ironing board. I wonder how long it will take me to get tired of it now that it is all around my house, anyone want to bet?


A close up of the bird.



The awesome ironing board, because ironing is boring enough so the board should not be!


The shower curtain in our bright orange bathroom!