Atlanta fun

Daddy had a conference in Atlanta last week and the girls and I tagged along.  We had so much fun staying right in the middle of the city and taking advantage of all it has to offer.  It made us miss Denver!
We went to the GA Aquarium the first full day.  It is amazing!  There is a dolphin show that is really neat.  It also houses beluga whales and whale sharks, which was really neat to see.  Of course I have pictures:

 

 
 



 

Olivia checking out the beluga whales:

Paige was thrilled:

Poor girl, she's just along for the ride right now!  Olivia's favorite were the penguins:

A few penguins started chasing her and she thought it was the best thing ever:



Waiting on the whale shark:

 
 

 

There it is!

The only picture I have of all 3 of us:

Now I understand why people kept asking me if I needed help or telling me I had my hands full!

We also visited the Center for Puppetry Arts and watched a puppet show about Brier Rabbit.  Olivia loved it!  It was really neat.  No pictures allowed during the show, but they had some neat exhibits:

 

Daddy finished a little early Friday, so we toured the CNN building:

We had a great time!  Olivia especially enjoyed the indoor pool!
We are getting ready for a big recital weekend:

 
 


























Look who learned to ride her bike without training wheels:



4 months and Lake Winnie

Paige weighed in at 12 pounds, 9 ounces and 23.5 inches long.  Those stats put her in the 20th% percentile for weight and 15th% for height.  Her doctor kept calling her "petite."  So, even though she looks "big," she isn't!  Luckily, her diapers tested negative for blood.  Her doctor told me whatever I'm doing is working, so keep doing it.  He did tell me I could add fish to my diet, but to hold off on dairy, soy, eggs, wheat, peanuts, tree nuts, and shellfish.  Ha!  So nice of him to add in fish.  I was hoping for chocolate.

She is starting to babble, which is so cute!  She absolutely LOVES her sister and has big smiles for her.  She doesn't do too well when Mommy is away.  I'm teaching a psychology class in Chattanooga 1 night a week.  I'm gone about 6 hours and she does pretty well for the first 2-3, then cries pretty much the rest of the time.  Poor daddy isn't enjoying those nights!  Is it wrong that I'm secretly glad she's so attached to me?!  I'm trying to soak up her babyhood, since she's our last baby! 

Saturday, Olivia had another soccer game.  It was a gorgeous day:

She really likes playing goalie.  All the kids do, I think they mostly enjoy getting to throw the ball out when it gets close to them:

After the game, the parents line up to make a tunnel for the kids to run through.  This seems to be the favorite for most kids!

After soccer, we decided to take advantage of the day and head to Lake Winnie.  Lake Winnie is an amusement park just south of Chattanooga.  Not quite the same as Dollywood, but it's closer!  It mainly caters to younger kids, so Olivia loved it:

Paige wasn't quite as thrilled, but did really well!

Mommy even got to hop on a few rides:

This was the only ride Olivia asked to ride twice:

Unfortunately, it was also the ride that made Mommy and Daddy sick.  We discovered that rides that go in circles or back and forth like this one do not sit well with either of us.  We left not long after that ride, ha!
True to form, Daddy managed to win several stuffed animals:

Who doesn't need a giant, stuffed, pink doughnut?

Warm weather!

It was so nice to play outside this week!  Olivia was especially excited to play soccer in warmer weather.  We've had an uneventful week.  Paige is practicing rolling over:

 

She is sooooo close!  Olivia likes to "help" her roll, which isn't always the safest, ha! 

She is still growing like a weed!  She has her 4 month visit tomorrow (a few days early).  I can't wait to see how much she weighs.
I couldn't resist taking her picture in the outfit Olivia wore for her 6 month pictures before it gets too small:

Olivia at 6 months:

Olivia has more hair on top of her head, but the back was completely bald!  Paige is the opposite- she has more hair on the back of her head.  She has quite a bit on top, but it isn't very long.  Hard to believe Olivia was 2 months older in these pictures!  Love these babies!

Easter and First Soccer game!

I don't know about you, but I am ready for warmer weather!  Olivia's first soccer game was cancelled due to rain, so her first game was last Saturday at 10:00 am.  It was 42 degrees.  She did pretty good!  They "practice" for 25 minutes, then play a game for 25 minutes.  Practice went well, but Daddy had to run with her for a few minutes when the game started.  Some of her teammates were pretty aggressive!  Olivia is NOT in any way aggressive, so she needed a little encouragement to run.  She told me today that she would be "rougher" at her next soccer game, ha!

 
 



 
 
 

A short video during the game (she gets to kick the ball):

After soccer, we went to an Easter Egg hunt at Miss Angie's church (Miss Angie that was Olivia's teacher last year and used to babysit for us!).  I have never seen so many eggs!  They had 17,000 stuffed eggs! 

They also had a small petting zoo:

After this egg hunt, we learned of another one in Soddy Daisy.  It was a helicopter drop.  A small helicopter flew over a field and dropped (un-stuffed, plastic) eggs!  It was pretty neat.  Our neighbors were at the first hunt and we all went together to the next one. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Olivia was thrilled with her eggs!  On Easter, we woke to cool temperatures again, so we dressed more for warmth than fashion, ha!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After church, we dyed a few more Easter eggs:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Paige has been cracking me up with this surprised look:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

She is a happy baby:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Have a good week!