Girls' Week Out

I have been MIA on here for a bit because Magnolia and I were busy having ourselves a grand adventure. My dear friend Sammy invited us to come stay with her and sweet little Violet for a week in Colorado. They moved to Highlands Ranch a few months ago and we have been missing them something fierce here in Logan, so it was so great to spend the week hanging out, going shopping, eating delicious food, and gabbing the days away, just like we used to do when we were neighbors.

I even got to be there to celebrate Sammy's birthday with them. Erik drove with us into downtown Denver and it was a really cool city. We walked through the chilly streets, got some caramel apple ciders from Starbucks, and paid a long and lovely visit to H&M. I had a gift card from Christmas so I got a few cute things for Miss Nolie and even something for myself.

Violet LOVED Nolie; she wanted to be near her at all times. She'd come right up to her and say "No? No?" and it was just so cute. She loved picking up Nolie's blankets and toys and all her little things and she would bring them to her. Nolie would just stare up at her and smile; they were so sweet. Violet is going to adore her baby sister who is coming in a few months!

Here we were on another shopping adventure to the outlets. Violet was such a nice girl and let Magnolia use her stroller, and lots of her old baby things while we were visiting. She was so nice to share and she never got jealous; she just thought it was so fun to have a baby around.

This is how she would give Nolie loves. She'd lay her head on her and say "Awwwwww." It was hilarious. I wish I had gotten some better pictures of them because it was so cute.

Here' s a cute picture of Nolie for fun. Also, those stripety orange flats I'm wearing were another little purchase I made whilst there. I haven't really bought anything for myself since Nolie was born, so it was fun to get a few things.

Thanks so very much to the Obergs for letting us stay! It was such a great and relaxing week and the company was fabulous! We miss you already!

Miss Magnolia was such an incredible traveler. I was nervous at first, but she was good as gold. On the way there I was pretty flustered and Nolie had a really bad cold so she was kind of fussy while we were waiting to get on the plane. I wanted to get some pictures of her first flying experience, but between her fussiness, plus making sure she was changed and fed before we boarded, I didn't get any. But I did manage to snap these ones on the return flight, which was much more relaxed:



Nolie was PERFECT on both flights. Both times the person sitting next to me was all rude because they thought she was going to cry and be annoying. Seriously, they were way rude. The first one was an old guy and he was like, "Are you nervous, because babies can tell when their parents are nervous, and then they get upset." and also "Babies don't like flying because the altitude change hurts their ears." He said all of this in a pretty mean and grumpy voice. But Nolie barely made a peep and so then he decided pretty quickly that he loved us and was super nice instead of super rude as he had previously been. He even gave me his free TV privileges because he was a frequent plus flier or whatever. And he handed me my diaper bag and helped me when it was time to get off. Also, he gave me lots of weird and really irrelevant advice about babies and talked about his son who's like 30. Weird and irrelevant, but strangely sweet nonetheless.

And on the way back there was this mean lady who was like "Wow, some on flight entertainment," in a quite rude tone when she saw Nolie. Then she kindly informed me that babies get upset because the altitude change hurts their ears. I don't know why everyone thinks it's effective to point this out. I also don't know why they've got to be rude to someone just because they have a small baby. People with babies gotta travel too. And that lady had to eat her mean words because Nolie did NOT get upset or act naughty or interrupt that lady's word searches in any way. And she herself admitted that she hardly knew that a baby was next to her at all. So take that.

Anyway, after our travels came to an end, Magnolia and I were both pretty happy to see one person in particular...

Daddy!!!