i’m now blogging over at hialissa.com! its still a work in progress..a couple of things to tweak here and there. who knew the internet could be so confusing!? well did actually, thats why i got help from a friend of an internet friend. anyway, if youre a frequent visitor remember to change any of your bookmarks or whatever you used to keep track of things. change is hard for me but this could be fun. so…yay!

liv does so much now. everyday, or at least every week, shes got some new trick. something totally cute and too grown up for her tiny self. shes always enjoyed watching me fold laundry and lately i’ve been letting her do the socks. basically she just puts them on her head like she does with everything else. and today she put that pair of boxers over her head like that. soon she’ll be dressing herself. not that soon actually, but she is kind of advanced. she has 2 teeth now, on the bottom. theyre her little bunny teeth. so cute. 2 teeth means shes biting. me. my shoulders. ouch. she’s also biting baby mum-mums. and yogurt melts. its so cute to see her holding a little cracker and then to hear the little crunch. other mouth developments? she spits. like blowing raspberries in the air. i have it on video but flickr only lets you upload 2 a month and i’m not paying for the wordpress update. anyway. crawling is old news already. standing too. she pulls herself up on things like its nothing. she scoots down the couch. shes even stood on her own, without holding on to anything a couple times now.

these 2 steps?

she crawls up them without assistance. we are in trouble. she’s very strong willed, screams when shes unhappy about something. i try not to laugh but sometimes its so cute. she was the same way before she was mobile. i wonder if shes going to talk early too? she hands me the toys she knows i do funny things with, like putting the strawberry on her head

(except thats the apple, which is weird, because i always use the strawberry). she tries to stack her stacking rings. when i make a tower out of her cups, she carefully takes top one down first, and then knocks over the rest. bottom line? she is awesome and i love her.

and i hope she grows up to love tattoos :]

so oahu seems to think its summer already, which is fine by me. we packed up some sunscreen and livi’s little bikini and headed over to my parents house. my mom had bought this little pool for liv so my sister blew it up, filled it with water and tada! the cutest shit you’ll ever see.

she actually played in it twice that day because it was so fun. and it was a lot warmer the second time around because the sun had time to warm the water up. we took so many photos…like…too many.

mamas got some chicken legs.

ok ok, enough! are you dead yet? death by cute is so fun.

i forgot to add this picture!

she loves to climb these stairs, almost as much as she loves playing with cats.

thanks to my blogger friend erin (www.erinlucyloves.com) i’ve learned that i CAN in fact have videos on this blog without paying for an upgrade! woohoo! heres liv crawling around a bit :]

lately i’ve been thinking (and feeling really guilty) about how unhealthy i am. i think maybe because now that liv is starting to eat food i’m becoming more aware of what we put into our bodies. so when i opened my email the other day and saw a message from the people over at Ultima Replenisher i thought hmm, maybe its just a coincidence, or maybe its a sign that i should actually do something. they asked me if i’d like to try a couple samples of their product and i said sure, this will go along nicely with the positive changes i need to make. ultima replenisher is a balanced electrolyte drink (think gatorade, powerade, etc) only its 100% natural, sugar free, dye free, gluten free, and non-GMO. i often think about buying a bottle of gatorade but all the sugar turns me off. i know i need to replenish the electrolytes i lose and i really appreciate a healthier way to do that. here are 10 little facts i got off the ultima replenisher website

10. ELECTROLYTES with ZERO SUGAR
9. NATURALLY sweet. NO ARTIFICIAL ingredients
8. Better choice than PEDIALYTE® & Gatorade®
7. VEGAN friendly – GLUTEN FREE
6. Rapid absorption – Speeds FLUIDS to muscle cells
5. ESTER C® Supports the Immune System
4. Better hydration = Faster METABOLISM
3. PREGNANCY – Before, during & after labor
2. Helps CANCER patients stay hydrated
— Recommended by nutritionalists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
1. Perfect for any and everyone!

oh yeah, they also have a kid’s electrolyte replacement formula! while i think liv is a little too young to try it out, i would definitely give it to her once shes a bit older, maybe to help get over a cold or just to offer something besides milk or water.

so far i’ve tried the wild raspberry and lemonade flavor, both were yum but i think lemonade is my favorite :] they definitely were not sugary tasting nor too bland and i did seriously feel refreshed after. my mom and sister saw the packets and were interested so i gave them each one to try. and i’m kind of excited, because 3 of you readers will get to try ultima replenisher too! just leave a comment with the flavor you’d like to try most. they have wild raspberry, lemonade, grape, banana berry, and orange. i’ll pick three winners at random on april 30th.

a couple days ago we started liv on some sweet potato puffs. she loves them, but i think theyre making her barfy. i noticed it the first day, so i didnt give her any for a few days and then i tried again. she enjoyed eating them, but im pretty sure she got a little extra pukey again. this is the first food item shes had made out of wheat, so im thinking it could be upsetting her stomach. i hope its not an allergy or something she doesnt grow out of. in the mean time, no more puffs. sorry liv :[