26 weeks

So these last 3 weeks haven't been the best on my body. I really can't complain because things could be a lot worse! I have this muscle in my lower back/ butt on the right that is hurting and not allowing me to walk normal. I kinda look like and old lady when I walk. It is embarrassing to walk because I know people are thinking, "she isn't pregnant enough to walk like that", which I am not... it just hurts! So I have been to the chiropractor, which I think has helped some because I can walk now (for 2 days I honestly could hardly walk) but I really really would love to be able to GO on walks the rest of my pregnancy. I can tell that not being able to exercise is affecting me mentally, kinda depressing. So, my midwife referred me to physical therapy and my first appointment is Tuesday! I'm really hoping that it helps, or at least I can do water therapy and start getting more exercise (as much as I DO NOT want to be in a swimming suit right now, I will do it!).

Now on to better things... my appointment last week went well. The babies heartbeat was 160 and everything looked good. I measured big but probably because I just gained weight :( I am really enjoying feeling the baby move around more! My next appointment is in 2 weeks and I get to do the glucose test :( Here are some pics...

24 weeks

26 weeks

and a picture of me and my buddy :)

20 Months

Well I officially can't get any good pictures of Oliver :( Every time I get the camera out he just wants the camera... to look at the pictures and videos already on there. He will NOT smile or look at the camera so I can at least take one good pictures of him. So I guess these will have to do...

Ollie's new favorite word is "mine". He is not very good at sharing toys (probably because he very rarely has to) so I've decided this baby needs to hurry up and get here so Mr. can learn to share better. Training up a child is not easy. Thank goodness for God's grace! He has really started to enjoy "coloring". He likes us to color with him and usually asks us to draw footballs or dogs. He loves playing basketball, especially with Andrew when he gets home from work. He has really started saying a lot more words or at least trying. Most of the time he is able to tell us or show us what he wants, but once in a while there is a word we just can't figure out :) My favorite is "boober" (for booger). The only reason I got these two last pictures was because him and Andrew were watching home videos on the computer, which he LOVES...

... little stinker :) We love you!

21 Weeks

On Thursday we had our 21 week ultrasound! All three of us went as a family and got to see our baby again. This time it looked much more like a baby :) Ollie even pointed to the screen and said, "baby!"... it was so sweet. The baby looked healthy and she said even if we would have wanted to find out the gender, she probably wouldn't have been able to tell because baby kept its legs too close together :) We are so excited and so blessed that everything is going well so far and I am feeling well. Praise the Lord! Here are some pics of baby...

and here is a pic of my belly at 21 weeks...

Over halfway there (hopefully)! We are so excited to meet you Baby!

19 months

Tomorrow Ollie will be 19 months! We are enjoying him more and more each day. It is so fun to watch him learn and say new things every day.

The past couple of weeks have been a little rough around here. Oliver has never had to go to the Dr. because of sickness... well... this month he has. Twice. A couple of weeks ago he vomited all night and had lingering diarrhea for 4 days :( It was not fun at all! Poor guy. Yesterday, we took another visit to the Dr. after him waking up during the night with a 105 fever. We found out he has an ear infection and are praying that he feels better soon. I am not use to having a sick baby, and it is not fun (besides a few more snuggles).

Even though he hasn't been feeling well, he is still trying to say more and more words. His favorite thing to say right now is, "excuse me," with his hands up to his mouth, after he burps.

He still loves his Baby Einstein movies and this is his favorite place to sit and watch them...

A couple of weeks ago we had a nice snow. Andrew and Ollie had fun shoveling...

sledding (Andrew pulled him around in the sled and Ollie kept signing "more", "more"...
And he learned how to make snow angels and throw snow balls. They stayed out for a long time!

Another thing Ollie has been enjoying are these little fighter men and dinosaurs that Andrew had as a kid.
The other day I found him up on the window sill, putting the men on the deer antlers...
Andrew had done it with him a couple days before. He remembers very well what he do with him or what he sees, even after one time. For example, a couple of times we have told him that there is a baby in my tummy and we said "hi" to the baby. Well today as I was rocking him before his nap he pulled down my shirt and said, "hi, baby". Even though I know he doesn't understand, it was so sweet :) We are having to be more careful about what we say and do around him, which is good for us!

And finally, our little boy got a little man haircut. He looks so grown up...

We love you Buddy, so much!

17 weeks

Last Thursday I was 17 weeks! Almost halfway, kinda :) I had a Dr.'s appointment and the heartbeat was 141. On Feb. 2 we get an ultrasound but we aren't going to find out what we are having. So excited to see our baby again! I am feeling really good but still get tired in the evenings. We will be moving Oliver into the office when the baby comes and will be making a couple minor changes to the nursery. We haven't really started moving anything out of the office but have talked about it a lot :) As of right now, Andrew would like to make bunk beds for Ollie's room. That probably won't start until this spring :) We are getting more and more excited! Here I am at 17 weeks...

Christmas 2011

I'm finally getting around to posting about Christmas. Ollie didn't enjoy opening gifts as much as I thought he would. He started liking it more once he figured out there might be something he liked in it but still not as much as I thought...

We started out with our little Christmas...

Then had Christmas at my parents...




and then enjoyed celebrating Christmas with the Wiese clan for 4 days. It was so fun getting to spend quality time with them :)


Abby and AJ joined us for opening gifts... so sad they couldn't be there with us!
Of course the boys went disc golfing and Ollie just trailed behind :)
Melissa and I are due about 7 weeks apart!

On Monday, we went to a pizza place that is kinda like Chucky Cheese's. It was really fun and of course Ollie just wanted to play any game that had balls THE WHOLE TIME!



We had a wonderful Christmas season and are so thankful that Jesus came to Earth to die for us.

18 Months

Our baby boy is 18 months old. It's so crazy how much he has grown up! We had his 18 month check-up today and he did not like it. He weighed 27 lbs and was 34.7 in. tall. He is a healthy growing boy.

He is able to communicate very clearly what he wants. He loves to go down in the basement to get the football helmet (which is way too big for him) and has us wear the helmet while we play football. Another thing we have to do while we are down there is throw darts. He just likes to sit in the chair and watch :) He also loves to play basketball with his new hoop Grandpa and Grandma Wiese got him for Christmas. Pretty much he loves anything that has to do with balls. I think he got 10 for Christmas :) He still loves watching Baby Einstein and would watch them all the time if I would let him. He never lets us forget to pray before meals and sometimes he even wants to pray again during the meal, it is so sweet.

He has unfortunately been saying "no" a lot more lately. He doesn't say "yes" yet, he just smiles a cheesy grin when the answer is yes. His favorite phrase is still, "watch this, mom", or ''watch this, dad". He is trying a lot of new words but doesn't always say them clearly. He loves animals and can make most animal sounds.

Ollie had his first tantrum a couple of weeks ago over not wanting to sit in his highchair to eat his cereal. He probably cried in my lap for 3o min and finally he decided he was hungry enough to sit in his highchair to eat. I am finding out how hard it is to be consistent and discipline.

He loves his pacifier. Even if he has one in his mouth, if he sees another one, he wants it so he can switch them. It is so funny. We are trying to put them out of sight when it isn't nap time. He is still usually very laid back and goes with the flow. We love his kisses and hugs and his tender heart.

We haven't taken his 18 month pictures yet so here is one of him helping Andrew put his basketball hoop together and one of his playing with a ball...