End Of The Month Recap

Hello! It's been awhile. Not a lot happening over here. I feel like we've became homebodies this winter. We have a few places that we go (my moms, the library, shands, target, and the grocery), but other than those spots we have been staying put at home. We are REALLY missing Disney and haven't gone since October or November. I can't even remember at this point, because hello Measles outbreak!! We are allowed to go and she'll wear her mask, but she's still on a pretty high steroid dose atm and she'll be starting a new med soon. With all of those added immune suppressing meds, it's just not a good idea right now. For those of you that don't know, she can't get any live vaccines. So, she would be at risk for anything she's not immunized against.

I feel like we are flying through Livi's school work. This week we are on letter R. We are still just using Pre-k and Kindergarten books that I've purchased at Dollar Tree and Walmart. We've probably gone through 1-3 Number books and I've had to purchase a few different learning sticker books because she loves them and we finish them quick. She can now recognize 27 sight words, which I think is pretty awesome. All of the crafts that she does I find on Pinterest. You can find everything on there. I've found a few books that have everything in them and I plan on reviewing them with her over the summer. She'll be doing Florida Virtual School for Kindergarten. Eekk! I can't believe I'm even saying Kindergarten. I'm not ready for that yet!

Since being glued at home, we've been doing all of the puzzles, Highlights Hidden Picture books, paper dolls, book reading, coloring, and crafts. Obviously, we watch movies and tv too when we have time. Spring is in full swing over here, so we can't stay outside long unless we want to be covered in pollen. I'm looking forward to planting our zinnia's and sprucing up our flower beds when some of the pollen is gone. 

We had a little Galentine's get together this year. It was so cute and fun! The girls did a craft, we ate some yummy snacks, and they did lots of playing. So much that they didn't want to leave each other at the end which was so sweet. My girl needs that time. <3

Despite all of the news we've been receiving lately, I finally feel a little better about everything. Olivia is at a point right now where her attitude is better. Which has helped a lot. We know it was the steroids making her act that way, but it made everything tough for awhile and once we start tapering down on them, we know it'll happen again. Until then, we are just taking one day at a time and enjoying it with each other. I can only control so much, so we just have to roll with it. 

Trying to remember what else we've been up to...

Olivia had a sleepover with her granny and g-pa one night which meant a date night at home for Dannie and I. That meant we got to order pizza that we like and not just cheese for Livi. She's had lots of testing done this month and we've got back all of the results. Meaning lots to talk about, but I'll save that for another post once she starts the new meds. 

Lots of library trips and we even stopped at a Free Little Library after our Shands trip last week. I could drive around Gainesville all day because it's so pretty.

Just counting down the days until I can take pictures of our zinnias and Livi playing in the pool. It's coming. <3

The Many Olivia Hashtags

I thought I would share some of our Instagram hashtags on here because we have soo many now. It's pretty bad that there are so many I have trouble remembering them. But, it's pretty fun that you can follow some of them on Instagram.

I created #babyarmas when she was born and we posted quite a bit with that hashtag, but eventually some other people's photos ended up mixed in. Once she was older, we made a new one.

So, from there we made #Oliviasloan. We still use this one for all of Livi's photos and I LOVE looking back at all of them. She's changed so much over the years and has gone through so much, there is a lot to look at.

#whatoliviasloansays is hilarious! 

#Oliviasloansleeps is a good one too. She still sleeps the same way she did when she was a baby and most of the time she sleeps with her arms up. 

Seriously though! So precious and look at those eyelashes. <3

If you know Olivia, you know how sassy she can be and you know ALL of her many facial expressions. In order to save them all in our memory, we added the #themanyfacesofoliviasloan hashtag to all of those special photos. Go check out her silliness! 

Another favorite is #oliviasloanposes. She's quite a little princess. <3

There was also #oliviasloandances for the few months that she was in dance class. I probably need to add to this one because homegirl loves to dance and I know theres other videos I've shared. 

There are lots of birthday related ones, but not a lot of photos in them. #oliviasloanturnsone, #oliviasloanturns2, and #oliviasloanturnsfive.

A new one that I love is #oliviasloandoesschool. I can't wait to add photos to that one over the next few years. I'm sure she'll love looking back through those photos when she's older. 

The library has became one of our favorite places. I started sharing the books we checked out a few years ago mainly because we had no way of looking back to see what we'd read. But now, it's became one of my favorite things to do after we go to the library. Livi also enjoys looking back at all of the books we've read even though she can remember them just by looking at the cover. Check out #livibugreads. 

I think that's about it. It's possible I've forgotten one or two, but these are all of the main ones. I hope you enjoy looking back at our Livi bug. <3