{b.i.f. fourteen}

After I changed Olivia's diaper today, I stood her up and gave her a kiss.  I said, "Livi Lu, how could I love you any more than I do?!"  

She then proceeded to pucker up her lips and give me a big kiss.  

That'll do it. :)

{b.i.f. thirteen}

As I was wiping Amelia's bottom today, I said to her, "When are you going to start wiping your own bottom?"

Answer..."Maybe when I'm 15."  

I was thinking more like next week.

{10 years}

So, last Friday, Josh and I celebrated 10 fabulous years of marriage.  I could not be more thankful to have such a loyal and loving husband.  I know I say it over and over, but we have been blessed beyond measure in this life.  

One of these days, I'm thinking I'll have to do an in-depth post about all of the things I've learned and the ways I've grown up since I was that girl in the wedding dress. :)  Can't wait to see how much we'll grow in the next 10!!

So, for our 10 year anniversary, we took an absolutely beautiful vacation to the Riviera Maya in Mexico.  We spent 6 days and 5 nights at an all-inclusive resort with some of our best friends, Dave and Deanna.  It.was.fabulous.  

We sat on the beach, read a ton, and swam by day.  And we played Settlers of Catan by night.  {Side note:  I did not win at Catan, but I did score 9 points during one game, and that in itself felt like a huge victory.}  Although the food wasn't overly impressive at our resort, we did much better with our food choices by the end of the week!  We learned that Mexicans know how to do chicken, potatoes, and guacamole. :)

Other than Deanna puking while she was para-sailing and me leaving my kindle on the beach during a rainstorm, we had a perfectly relaxing and memorable trip.  I would like to say a special thank you to the people in room 1220 who promptly returned my kindle unscathed.  {I was internally freaking out because I have no password protections on any of my Amazon, facebook, and email accounts on my kindle...yikes!!}

The weather was perfect, our traveling buddies were excellent, and our flights/customs were uneventful.  Loved it.  Loved it.  Loved it.     

{and so it begins}

She's hiding her face because when you're 1, if you can't see people, they can't see you.

Last week, Olivia decided it was time to start being destructive.  I was walking through the house trying to get everyone rounded up for park day.  I walk past Olivia's room and see her walking out.  When I peered in, I noticed Amelia's bottom dresser drawer standing open with the contents nicely unfolded and strewn about the floor in front of the dresser.  

Hmmmm.  And so it begins.  

Not kidding, a short 3 minutes later, I walk into my master bathroom and find half of the roll of toilet paper unraveled onto the floor.  

Goodness child...you could at least ease me back into this stage slowly.

{b.i.f. twelve}

Every morning Amelia literally stumbles out of bed and into the kitchen. I can always tell it's her coming down the hallway: shuffling of feet, a knock or two into the hallway walls because she's still half asleep, and shaky bunny rattling softly the entire way.

I don't know how I'm going to cope with her growing up.  Her 4 year old self is just so much fun.

{nervous...frustrated...whatever}

So Amelia is totally at the age where she uses words that may or may not be correct in context.  Always one of my favorite stages.  

Set-up:  Amelia is putting away Go Fish cards.

A: I'm just so nervous!  These cards are making me sooo nervous!

Me: They are?  What are the doing?

A:  They just keep popping out of my hand, and they are making me nervous, just so nervous.

{She continues to work on them and gets the put back into their bag.}

Me: Are you finished being nervous?

A: I guess. I was nervous, but I'm not now.

Oh good.  I was starting to get a little nervous myself.

{b.i.f. eleven}

Amelia: Who was your mom when you were a baby?

Me: Grandma!

Amelia: {insert gasp and shocking tone} Our grandma?!!

Shocking, I know.