Small Discoveries

What's this?
I'm not sure if I like it....
So this is sand.......

Just the ladies

The ladies (myself, Sophie, my sister Anne and her daughter Isabelle) spent the afternoon in Beverly Hills. This photo was taken at Neiman Marcus...where we saw Lauren Graham...yes, that would be LauraLi from Gilmore Girls. The little ladies just love shopping in Beverly Hills!

New Ride

We bought Sophie a wagon and today was her first time trying it out. She loves it! She was so sad when it was time to go inside. Sophie is looking forward to riding in the wagon with her cousin!

Barrette Party.....the new "IT" party

This evening, my friend Hilary hosted a barrette making party. The barrette's, ribbon, bows, buttons, etc. were provided and everyone else brought their creativity and we created the cutest barrette's for our little girls. It was such a fun evening to hang out with the ladies.

Seriously, you can create a party for anything!

While Ed's away...the girls will play!

This past weekend, Ed went back East to visit his family. So while Ed was gone, Sophie and I took advantage of this one on one time and had such a great (tiring) time! Playing at the beach with friends. Sophie doesn't like to touch the sand.
Playing on the jungle gym with her friend Siena at Concert in the Park. Both girls aren't walking yet, so they are holding on for dear life in case they should topple over!
She's attempting to keep up with the other kids running around the playground.
And then we had a picnic dinner, where Sophie managed to drink out of every
sippy cup in sight.......sorry everyone!
Sophie was so happy to see her Daddy when he came home!!

Into Everything!

If you look beyond her beautiful brown eyes, her mischievous smile and that contagious laugh...you will see that Sophie is trouble! She is into everything and moving faster than I can keep up with her! Her favorite things to get into are:

1. Stairs
2. TV
3. Cords plugged into the wall
sockets.
4. Vitamins
And anything else she can get her hands on.

Such a helper

Helping mom with the laundry........
and loading the dishwasher.

Sailing on Sunday

Our friend Susie manning the boat
"Peek-a-boo"!
"It only looks like I'm escaping..."

This afternoon, our friends Minh & Susie took Ed, Sophie and I out on their sailboat in Marina Del Rey. Sophie loved being out on the boat and watching the water and the other boats.

Hiking

Today we explored a new hike in Palos Verdes, CA. The view from the top of the hike was so beautiful with incredible ocean views. We only explored one trail but plan to go back and explore a few more. Sophie once again loved riding in her throne, I mean the backpack......she "talked" the entire hike!

4th of July, then and now...what a difference a year makes

This is me last 4th of July, 9 months pregnant with Sophie.
Here we are one year later.....
Little Miss America
The cousins and their babies....they love their babies!

Busy Weekend

Siena's birthday party....cupcakes & cocktails!
Aiden & Bella's birthday party at the park.
Ed creating a chalkboard/magnet wall for Sophie to play on.....hours of fun, right?
Sophie so excited to have discovered how to climb into her exersaucer, but oh sad when she discovered she couldn't get out by herself!
Sophie managed to get herself in the stool, but not out!

It was such a busy weekend at the Olko household. We had party's,....and more party's......then we had house projects...then there was Sophie discovering that she can climb the stairs, crawl in the exersaucer and the stool, and then not get out.....It was such a fun weekend! Weekends are much to short!

What's a girl to do on such a hot day??......Why go to the beach of course!

Laughing Sophie

Girls day Out

This afternoon, my sister Anne, her daughter Isabelle, my friend Hilary and her daughter Paige (not pictured) and Sophie and myself met up for lunch. It was so fun to hang out with other moms.

Sophie's First Sleepover

This past week, Sophie had her first sleepover (mom slept over too) at her cousins house. Sophie thought the pack'n play was to play in...she was so sad to find out that it was not meant for play time but sleep time!

Such a hot day!

No!

No matter how many times we tell Sophie not to touch the TV, she crawls right over to the TV. So tonight, I attempted to barricade the front of the entertainment center with the ottoman and the exersaucer, hoping this would keep her away from the TV, but alas, she was able to find a way to touch the TV. Will she ever learn no?

Father's Day & Dedication

Today was such a great day! We started the day out with Sophie being dedicated at our church. Auntie Anne, Uncle Josh and cousin Isabelle all came to see Sophie being dedicated.....Sophie even let Pastor Glen hold her without crying at all!

We celebrated Ed and Uncle Josh's first official Father's Day together over lunch. Sophie made her Dad a photo book filled with pictures of her and and her dad. Sophie also got her dad a massage, because she thought he might need a bit of relaxing...given the constant go go go of his daughter! It was a great day to celebrate Sophie being dedicated and Ed being a fantastic dad. Sophie loves her dad so much!

I caved.......and there's no turning back

Today Sophie had her first bites of Macaroni & Cheese. We had decided to hold off with foods like this as long as possible as we wanted Sophie to eat only organic healthy foods. However, with her ears bothering her so much, she's barely been eating. So today, I fed her macaroni & cheese, and let me tell you, I have never seen her get so excited about eating and have never seen her eat so fast. Can I withhold this from her any longer????

Such a big girl!

We went hiking this past weekend and put Sophie in the Big Girl hiker backpack. She loved being so high up...I think she likes the idea of being carried around like a Princess.