Jake's 2nd Birthday

On May 5th, we celebrated Jake's 2nd birthday!  He is obsessed with lawn mowers right now so that was the theme.  He even got a lawn care set which included a lawn mower, weed wacker, leaf blower, and more.  He also got a tractor he can peddle around.  All the kids loved his gifts... especially Ollie!

We love how well Ollie and Jake play (most of the time).  They are going to be best buds!  Love you Jake!

34 weeks

Today I am 34 weeks... only 6 to go!  My Dr. appointment went well and the baby's heart beat was 144.  The past couple of weeks have been a little rough, but nothing really to complain about.  I had a horrible sinus infection that I finally got antibiotics for which has really helped in the sinus area but not so much in the yeast infection area (sorry if that was too much info!).  But my back is doing great... I have been trying to get in the pool at least once a week which I'm sure is really helping.  The baby is moving around a lot and once in a while makes things a little uncomfortable.  We still haven't decided for sure on names and I still have a list of things I want to get done before his baby comes.  We can't wait to meet this precious little babe :)

30 weeks

33 weeks

Meeting Joshua

Last Saturday, we drove up with Andrew's dad to Chicago to meet our new nephew, Joshua Allen Ray!  Andrew's mom had stayed up there during the week to help out with Joshua, so we all went to pick her up.  And of course, snuggle with baby Joshua!  He was born on April 23rd and was 9lbs 4oz... such a big sweet boy!  Made us so excited to hold our baby in 6 weeks!  Here are some pictures of the day...

22 Months

I can't believe in 2 months our baby will be 2!  He is growing up too fast.  He has been enjoying the outdoors a lot this spring.  At home he loves to play golf with his plastic golf clubs, shovel rocks into his bucket, throw disc golf discs, or swing on the neighbors swing.  He loves to jump and has even been jumping off of 2 ft high things.  He is definitely all boy!  When we go to my dad and moms he likes to ride on the lawn mower or the gator.  He loves to help Grandpa or Drew feed the tows (cows).  He has become quite the little talker and we love to hear him say new things.  He has started to enjoy coloring and even knows some of his colors.  He usually gets purple, yellow, and orange right, and sometimes other colors.  He is still taking a 2 or 3 hour afternoon nap which is wonderful.  We try to get him to bed around 8 and he sleeps till around 7.  I can't complain.  He is normally a really good eater and asks to eat cereal often :)  He is doing a very good job of understanding the concept of "if you do ____ first, then you can do___.  For example, "if you eat your food, then we can go play disc golf. " That one really did happen and worked very well :)  We love watching him grow into a little boy and pray for wisdom often as we raise him!   We love you buddy boy :)

The Zoo

On Monday my neighbor asked Ollie and I to go to the zoo with her and her two boys.  We had so much fun!  Ollie loved the animals but he may have liked the carousel and train ride the best.  We can't wait to go back.  Here are some pictures of the day (I will add a couple more she took of Ollie and I when I get them from her)...

Easter

Our Easter weekend started out with a Dr. appointment Friday morning and a stop at my Dad and Mom's so Ollie could nap before heading up to Dad and Mom Wiese's. After Ollie's nap he got to ride the gator with Dad....

and get his Easter basket from them...


Then we headed up to Andrew's parents and they watched Ollie while Andrew and I got to go on a date. It was wonderful!
Saturday we drove up with Dad and Mom to Chicago to stay at Melissa's. She is due any day so she wanted to have Easter up there. We had so much fun hanging out and the kids got to open their Easter treats from G&G...
can't wait to meet my new nephew...

later on the kids got to dye eggs...
we gave Ollie a cup of water, a cracked hard boiled egg, and a plastic egg.... he still made a mess!
Sunday morning the kids found their Easter baskets and they even had one for Ollie. I don't think he wanted to be in the high chair...
After church, Zach and Annika brought Ben over from picking him up at the airport. We were so excited to see him! We took some family pictures...




and then the kids got to have their egg hunt...


We had a wonderful Easter meal and enjoyed being outside while the boys enjoyed disc golf. On Monday the boys disc golfed all day while us girls did some shopping. Mom Wiese was so nice to watch the kids while they napped and then for a while after that! We had a blast :) Monday night we headed home... it was a late night but worth the fun. Here are Ben and Ollie at a rest stop...
So thankful for a wonderful weekend, wonderful family, and a risen Savior!

Ollie

We are just lovin' him! He has become quite the big boy in the last month and he will tell you when he wants to be "big boy". He likes to walk down the stairs by himself, get in the car and the car seat, try to put on his diaper, clothes, shoes, drink out of big cups.... he is learning just in time :) He also has started telling us "be back" while he is pointing his finger at us. It is so funny, I think he picked it up from me telling him I will be right back :)

He also asks to watch home videos of himself on the computer alllll the time...

Can you tell what he LOVES to play with?...
Dad taught him how to dip oreos in milk...
We can't believe how fast you are growing and learning! Love you Buddy :)