I've Been Tagged!

Ok, so I am reeeeaaallly late on this, but several weeks ago fellow blogger and photographer extraordinaire, Kate Mefford, "tagged" me. She shared eight things about herself that most people didn't know, so now I must do the same and tag 8 more bloggers (do I know eight?!?). Here goes....

1) I have a sock fetish. I only own one pair of white socks. The rest are brightly colored and patterned.

2) Because of my tendency to be overly strict about the rules when playing board games, I am known as "The Game Nazi". Don't try to sneak anything past me if we are playing Monopoly or Scrabble!

3) I always read the dessert menu before anything else when I go out to eat. I loooove dessert!

4) I am a major perfectionist. Borderline OCD. I despise cleaning because it takes me ten times longer than a "normal" person to finish because it's never quite perfect. Case in point - it takes me about 15 minutes just to make our bed!

5) I love photography and am in awe of people who have the gift of being able to create the perfect shot. Some day I need to take another photography class (I took one in college but have managed to forget most everything I learned - whoops!). Kate- I'll be the first signed up for yours when you are ready!

6) Seeing Tim dressed up in his suits for his new job is something I am really looking forward to :) He just looks so handsome!

7) I can't watch scary movies or even the previews for scary movies. They make me so nervous. Thank goodness for DVR - I can just fast-forward right through them!

8) Jacob's hands are my favorite thing to look at. I adore the way he places them on me or up against his face. He is just so delicate! I can't get enough of him!

Ok, so now I am tagging all my blog buddies! Post 8 things about yourself for all your readers to enjoy!

Ivory & Jamie (And baby!)

Alisha, Dave and Ella James

The Daugherty Fam

Brooke & Brian

Rachael, Dan & Jack

The Cruchet Fam

Donell & Joel

and I would ask The Younker's, but they are having their baby boy today!!! Congrats to Tracy, Tom and Zac! Can't wait to meet Tyler!

So just 7 for me, unless someone else out there has a blog I don't know about :) Ok loyal readers, pictures galore will be up soon from my Farmington trip - so stay tuned!

Ta ta for now!

My how time flies...

Today I realized that this month marks the one year anniversary of owning our home! Its incredible how we have transformed this empty house into a place that we love to call home. Its also amazing how much changes in a year. If you would have asked me where we would be at this point in time I never would have imagined we would have a beautiful 2-month old baby boy, that Tim would be starting a new job, or that I would be a work-at-home MOM! But even though I wouldn't have guessed it, I couldn't be happier with the way things have worked out. I am so proud of the life and family that we have created and am so grateful for all of the amazing ways God has blessed us. I can't wait for all of the exciting things the future holds!

With that said, let me update you on Jacob and all of the exciting things he has been doing these days!

• As you may have noticed from the pictures, he is really responding to us with smiles and laughs. Nothing makes us happier than to see his beautiful grin.


• Jacob has discovered that sucking on his arm and hand is MUCH more fun than sucking on a pacifier. The other day I noticed he had even given himself a light hickey on his arm! Silly boy!


• It appears he is learning how to stick out his tongue a little further. Today he really pushed it out when his daddy was bugging him :)


• I don't want to jinx it, but Jake has slept through the night for the past 2 nights! 9 hours the first night, 8 hours the second!

So as you can tell, things have been pretty fun around here lately! We also had some Halloween fun this weekend. Jake and I attended a playgroup hosted by my sorority alumni club yesterday, and the three of us went to the Big Orange Pumpkin patch today. Busy bees, we are, and tomorow Jake will be making his first flight - he and I are going to Farmington! Yay!

Here are the pics from yesterday and today. Enjoy!

Clean baby = HAPPY baby!

HAPPY 2 MONTH BIRTHDAY TO JACOB!

Jacob is always in such a good mood after his bath. Here are some post-bath pics from last night:

Back to Work!

I started back to work last week! After seven weeks of adjusting to mommyhood, it was time for me to get back into my normal routine. So far its working out well with Jake being around while I work. He's been a good, happy boy lately, so that helps a lot!

The bad thing about me going back to work is that I haven't been taking as many pictures of our growing little boy. He is growing SOOOO fast and is just a healthy, round baby! Every time a stranger asks his age, their eyes pop out of their heads when they hear he's just 8 weeks old.

This past weekend was a busy one. We impulsively decided to paint our office and have a mini garage sale to get rid of all the "college" furniture. We love the color we chose and as soon as we get our new IKEA furniture put together I will try to take pictures (you all know how promising that is since I STILL haven't delivered the living room photos!).

And since the topic of this post is "Back to Work", now seem likes a good time to announce that Tim started a new job this week! He is in Phoenix this week and in New York for the two weeks after that for training and he is very excited for this new challenge. He will be in sales for a top rated payroll and HR services company and will be focusing on group health insurance. I'm really proud of him and know he will be fantastic at this job!

Hope everyone is having a wonderful Fall! Please leave us a comment if you haven't done so in a while. I'd love to know who out there is still reading our blog! Take care!

~Steph

Here are 3 pictures I took of Jake last week:

King Jake testing out his Bumbo throne

Jacob's changing table - his favorite hangout

He loves the stripes I painted on the bottom of his shelf

Puppy love, a new friend, and more guests!

Last week was a fun week here in the Olson household - for me especially! My friend Ivory was in town (for work) and she got to meet Jake for the first time. We took him to Bunco on Tuesday to meet all the ladies in our neighborhood and also to meet his new playmate Gavin, who was born on September 26th! Congrats to the Daugherty's on their new baby boy and future BFF of Jacob!



On Friday Ivory got to check out of her hotel and come stay with us for the weekend. Tim watched Jake while us girls went to a cooking class hosted by my sorority alumni club. We had a fun time and got to sample some yummy new recipes! On Saturday we got in some shopping and on Sunday we had to say goodbye.



Here are some pics from last week!

Sleepy boy

Lounging with Bailey

Future b-ball player

Baby Jordan and Daddy

Our little cowboy taking a ride on Buckaroo Bailey

Happy boy

Ivory & Jake

A few from a few weeks ago...

I have been kind of behind on posting, so here are a few pics from Jacob's 6th week of life (week before last)....

Jacob LOVES the striped pillow on mommy and daddy's bed

All ready for our evening walk
My little thug baby
Cutie pie!
Basketball bum

SMILES!

I haven't been able to capture too many of Jacob's melt-your-heart smiles, but this morning he was just grinning away while I was changing him (he LOVES his changing pad) so I was finally able to get some great shots! I LOVE his grin! Too cute!