Crazy Adventures our second week

Well I devoted the first week of living in Fresno to unpacking and organizing, as well as getting Olivia on a routine that would give me two solid naptimes again. Those two missions semi-completed, I decided to hit the ground running our second week. To get things started right, we had bath time Sunday night...LOVE this picture of my two best people :)

Monday after Olivia's first nap (around noon), we grabbed a quick snack and headed to the park. It is only two blocks away according to the map on my phone, so I thought it would be a quick stroll. Half an hour later (in California heat, mind you) we arrived at the park. We played for a little bit, got a few pictures, then I heard the grunts that are typical of Olivia doing some business...now that's not a problem at all, I had a blanket I could lay on the ground and plenty of wipes. Problem is, I didn't have a single diaper. I took a peek, and knew that this diaper was not going to last a half hour walk home, so I had to call Alex and have him rescue us :) We did have a lot of fun, and we got to see plenty of bumpy sidewalks :), so I'll call that a semi-successful outing. And I haven't left the house without a diaper since.

Monday afternoon I received my first taste of my crazy daughter the climber. I just thought this was cute, and took a picture to show her adventurous spirit. Hindsight is 20-20, and now I wished I had moved everything that could be climbed on out of the house, because there have since been many adventures...

Tuesday morning we headed out early to the library for infant story time. I trusted the GPS in my phone, and 1/2 an hour later we arrived at the library, about a ten minute drive from our house. Luckily they have toddler time right after infant time, so we still got to hear some stories, and Olivia still had the opportunity to get in the personal space of some kids :). When we got home, after a nap, we went on a little walk to check the mail, and I let Olivia push the stroller. She's getting very good at walking, so now I just walk in front of the stroller to give encouragement, and she gets all the independence she wants. I wish I had a better picture, but it seems every time I pull out the camera she swerves into a car or bush or person, so this is the best I've gotten so far.

We didn't have anything on the schedule on Wednesday, so we went to Riverpark shopping center, one of the 3 big malls within ten minutes of us (not to mention the hundred other shopping centers, on almost every corner). When we got back from our shopping adventure, I was prepping dinner a little bit, and Olivia was strangely quiet, so I went into the living room to find this:

Now that's a guilty face if I've ever seen one :). I have no idea where she stashed that cracker, we never give her ritz unless she's in her high chair (too messy), but sometime she stole it and stashed it under the recliner I guess.

Thursday we made our way to a different library for infant storytime, but this was at a much larger library, and it was story and music time, so we enjoyed it a lot more. Since the Woodward Park library is a little bit further away, we just go to both libraries most weeks. It gives us two outings that are social, educational, and free, so I'm all for it.

My favorite adventure of the week was Olivia climbing on her rocking horse by herself. She was so proud of herself, and sat on there longer than she ever has before. She's not quite strong enough to make it rock yet, but she loves to play with the mane. Thanks Janet!

Of course Olivia couldn't have lasted the whole day without giving me at least one heart attack, so here we come to the next picture. In the afternoon I was working in the kitchen, Olivia was playing in the living room, and all was good in the house. I ran to the bathroom real quick, and came back to this sight. The cooler was under the chair, and she apparently pulled it out and used it to climb onto the chair and start dancing in about a minute. Oh baby...

And we will end this week with her favorite mess to make (and also one that I don't mind so much). She does this at least once a day - or as many times as I clean it up. I have tried to clean it up with her, but that only makes her close enough to start taking them down again...lose lose for me. So for now she helps me clean up her toys and books, and I leave the DVDs until she goes to sleep. In a few weeks we'll work on it, or get a DVD shelf that closes, but for now I just get this sight every day :)

And that's a week of adventures from the Casqueiro house. Every day I get someting new, which is one of the things I love about staying home with Olivia.