Author: mrsbarnes

Labor Day Weekend

We had a very nice weekend! It’s always nice to have Adrian home for an extra day. On Saturday we spent the afternoon in San Juan Capistrano. Jillian was so thrilled to see the big train! She is still talking about it. We enjoyed a yummy dinner at Bad to the Bone BBQ. If you’re in the area and want barbecue that’s the place to go. We really enjoyed their BBQ sauce. After dinner we waited in line over at Ferrell’s in the mall. We had some yummy ice cream sundaes. It was not really worth the wait. We opted to sit on the patio since they were banging drums and singing inside. (It was late and Olivia was sleepy). The ice cream was good but it wasn’t worth the $7 price tag. It was one of those things you have to do at least once.

Sunday was a nice day. We didn’t do much 🙂 Adrian and I did sneak away at night for dinner. We went to the Spectrum for some sushi. We saw that the Broken Lizards were performing at the Improv. We really like the movie Super Troopers so we decided to see the show at 7. We promised my parents that we would be home by 9. Olivia becomes a monster at about 8:30. Unfortunately the show started late so we were home a bit after 9. My poor parents had a screaming baby for a while. My phone had died and when it was charged in the morning I found a message from my dad with a screaming baby and a text from my mom saying “help” I guess we really can’t be out past 8 anymore! That’s what we get for trying to be a little spontaneous. Hopefully this isn’t a precursor to any future issues with Oliva.

Monday was fairly low key as well. I was able to sneak out for a couple hours and go clothing shopping, it’s been a while since I’ve been able to do that. My friend Lacey came by, her laptop’s hard drive committed suicide and we were trying to see if Adrian could recover her files before school starts. Later on in the day Adrian left the house for his couple hours of peace and quiet. He’s still working on putting my page design into action, as you can see it’s still pretty boring. While Adrian was away Jillian and I did some tissue paper art. She had lots of fun but I had to watch her like a hawk, she kept calling the glue + water mixture milk. I even caught her licking her fingers. eww. Jillian did not have Muffin Tin Monday yesterday, I forgot it was Monday, next week we’ll be back at it.

Here are some cute pictures from this weekend.

Look at me standing!

Muffin Tin Monday

Today’s theme was all about numbers. I cut her PB&J sandwich into 123. Then she got numbered snacks. 1 chocolate graham cracker, 2 pretzel sticks, 3 pieces of PB&J sandwich, 4 Trader Joe’s Cheetos, 5 Goldfish, and 6 slices of avocado. She ate everything today (most of it was junk).

Muffin Tin Monday at Her Cup Overfloweth

“Snake”

Jillian was playing out in the backyard yesterday. She started to say “snake” over and over. I was a little worried, since she was out there alone. On a closer inspection of the “snake” I found a caterpillar. I brought out the magnifying glass so that we could look at it more closely. She had so much fun watching it inch it’s way into the grass.


Muffin Tin Monday

Today we did an ABC theme. As you can see Jillian was very hungry and didn’t wait for me to finish before devourering the A. This was her lunch, PBJ sandwiches and apples.

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I made more eggs today too but scatter brained I forgot to take a picture. I used the bear, the fish, and the heart mold today. the bear was super cute and I am really bummed that I didn’t take a picture of it. I was amazed because Jillian actually ate the yolk!

Disneyland in the heat

We took the day as a family to visit Disneyland. We had a wonderful start to the day. Jillian got to go on Autopia for the first time, she’s tall enough now. She first went with Adrian. We got a ride swap pass so I was able to go on with her as well. We then rode the train around the park, Jillian loves trains right now so she had fun. We made our way over to New Orleans Square and sat down for lunch. It was super hot and we made sure we sat inside with the air conditioner. Lunch started out so fantastic. Both girls were sitting nicely in their high chairs. Jillian ate her lunch and Olivia played with her toys. Adrian and I even got to enjoy eating. Here are some pictures of lunch. While we were on the train it started to rain a little, it felt more like Florida weather than California weather. Adrian and I were talking about rainbows. At lunch Jillian looked out the window and said, “Double rainbow all the way.” Adrian and I couldn’t help but crack up. Adrian and Sam have been playing the Double Rainbow song all week long.

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Things were going so great. I guess you could say it was the calm before the storm. I had just finished eating when Olivia began throwing up. Unfortunately it was not just spit up, it was full on projectile.  I whisked her away to the restroom to clean her up, it didn’t stop. My poor baby was not feeling well.

After a little while she stopped and we hoped she was all done. We were thinking it was her food from earlier.

The good old internet on our phones said it was a good idea to give her some Pedialite. Unfortunatly the nearest grocery store was not walking distance and we would have to load up the car to get it. We popped into the Baby Center on Main Street. If you ever have a baby need go there! They had bottles of Pedialite, baby food, diapers, wipes, pacifiers, bottles, and formula. We did have to pay a nice price for the Pedialite but it sure beats leaving the park.

We traveled over to Fantasy land and Jillian saw  Princess Aurora’s Story time. Olivia slept during this.  Sadly however she started to throw up again. Adrian called the doctor while I took Jillian on Small World. The doctor called us back as we were leaving the park. The doctor was worried that it may have been heat exhaustion and told us to get to an urgent care center since all their appointment times were booked for the day.

Olivia was given a clean bill of health at the Urgi Care center. The doctor said that it may just have been too hot for her but it was nothing to worry about. We kept her on an all liquid diet that night just to be safe.

We ended up going back to Disneyland that night if you can believe it. haha. My aunt Tobi got us some reserved spots for the World of Color show in California Adventure. It was a spectacular show. Olivia slept the whole time in the stroller and Jillian clung to Adrian. I’m glad that we were able to see it with reserved seating.  I can’t see myself ever waiting for hours in line just to see it, but I guess that’s just me. As we were walking out we over heard a man talking with his family. He was saying that after two years of waiting he was disappointed. I couldn’t believe it haha, I thought it was an amazing show, but I went in without any expectations.

Olivia’s Baptism

We had a very nice baptism for Olivia this weekend. The church service was nice, not too long. Olivia and Jillian were both really well behaved. Olivia did not cry when the water was poured onto her head. The water was warm, so it was bath like.  Adrian and I got to the church early so that we could take advantage of the beautiful grounds without people everywhere. We got some cute pictures of Olivia in her gown.


Olivia's Godmother Sabrina

Ryan was chosen to read

Here are pictures of my cake 🙂 I love how it turned out. I’ve also inculuded a picture of my dirt cake. Mmmm it was yummy.

This was number 21 on my 30 Before Thirty list!

Muffin Tin Monday

Today we played with the egg molds! As you can tell they are not perfect by any means but they are pretty. Today I learned that brown eggs are not the best choice for  hard boiled eggs! They are not easy to peel. My second egg was awful to peel, most of the egg was wasted away with the shell. Since it wasn’t a whole egg the press did not work. I didn’t bother with the picture, it was just a hot mess! Jillian hasn’t been a big eater lately so today she only touched the eggs and the rice. At least she got some protein 🙂

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Muffin Tin Monday

This week’s Muffin Tin Monday was really thrown together at the last minute. I was in LA that afternoon spending time with my friend Lacey. She bought me some awesome things to help with Muffin Tin Mondays. We found Japanese egg molds and a great book about cute bento boxes. I really wanted to use the egg mold right away but Jillian was hungry and wouldn’t have waited for me to boil an egg. I’ll be sure to use it soon and post about it!  For dinner she had some ham, cheese, apples and tofu.   Haha, you also may have noticed her lovely hair accessories. Jillian spent the day with Sick Daddy. I arrived home to find her hair covered in clips. Apparently she kept asking for more and more to be placed on her head.

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Fun in the sun

We purchased a wading pool today. Jillian absolutely loves it! Olivia enjoyed it too! Jillian enjoyed her pool while going all natural, so I won’t be posting many pictures. Here are some internet safe ones of the girls.