Oliver is 2!

On June 24th Oliver turned 2!  After church we had his birthday party at my dad and mom's gym.  We invited family and some friends and just kept it simple.  We couldn't have done it without the help of our family!  

Because Ollie is obsessed with balls we went with a ball theme and did ball park style food.  Hot dogs, nachos, popcorn, peanuts... added in some grapes and cupcakes with ice cream.  We ended up opening gifts first.  He loved all of his gifts and had so much fun playing with a new baseball bat that he would swing like a golf club.  He hit balls around the gym forever!  So funny :) 

It was fun introducing Emmerson to her cousins and some of our friends.  I'm so sad that I didn't get pictures of all of our guests!  Here are some pictures of the big day...     

Father's Day

For Father's Day this year we drove up to my parents and had a wonderful afternoon and evening with family...

mackenzie with emmerson

emmerson with great grandpa and grandma massner

cousins being silly

andrew with his kids

ollie wanted to match his dad when they got dressed in the morning... so sweet

my dad with some of his children and grandchildren

ollie and jake playing together

We are so blessed to have two wonderful fathers and so blessed that Andrew gets to be a father to our two children!

Going Home

We enjoyed our stay at the hospital very much....

but we were excited to take our little girl home!  We were so thankful that my parents could watch Ollie for us while we were at the hospital.  Mom brought him down to us before we left so he could see us taking his little sister home with us.  So excited to be a family of four!

Day 1

I was scheduled to be induced on June 14th at 7 am.  Around 1 am I felt a contraction that I thought was just gas pains but then around 3 am they started being around 10 min apart and I knew they had to be contractions.  I called the hospital and they said to still plan on coming in at 7 unless they started getting much closer together....

Before we went in.

 We got to the hospital at 7 and they started getting me ready.  My midwife decided to start me on pitocin and break my water to speed things up a bit since they went so sllloooowwww last time.  Around an hour or two later things were progressing quickly so I got an epidural and sat/ rested for about 3 hours letting baby move down so I hopefully wouldn't have to push long...

and I didn't... after 11 minutes of pushing Emmerson Dawn was born at 3:01 pm.  Praise God it was so much faster than Ollie's 24 hours of labor and 5 hours of pushing!  She was 8 lbs 3 oz and 21 1/2 in long.  Her head was 36 1/2 cm.... almost 3 cm smaller than Ollie's was!

I got to hold her right away :)

healthy little girl!

Our first visitors were Dad and Mom Wiese...

Then Ollie came with Dad and Mom Massner, Brock, and Drew, and got to meet his little sister for the first time!  He was more interested in seeing Andrew and I :)

First family photo.

sweet little girl

uncle drew holding her

aunt nichole holding her

cousin marie holding her

grandma holding her

We are so in love!

Emmerson Dawn Wiese

On June 14th at 3:01pm our sweet little bundle of joy was born.  Emmerson Dawn weighed 8 lbs 3 oz and was 21 1/2 in long.  She is beautiful and is such a good sweet baby...

We are so blessed!

P.S. More pictures and details to come!

38 Weeks... and a Family Update

On Thursday I was 38 weeks.  I had my Dr. appointment on Wednesday and everything is going well besides my lower back hurting again.  It had been just aching, and then over Memorial Day weekend I went on a walk and it has gone down hill since then.  I think between doing my exercises, going to the pool, and going to the chiropractor I will be able to walk (not normal) until this baby comes.  I was dilated 2 cm and 50% effaced.  Progress but doesn't mean anything because I think that is what I was with Ollie this far along.  So, we talked about inducing again and she said that we could probably induce on June 14th (my due date) if i was ready.  We don't want this baby to get too big again and have a hard time getting it out like last time:)  So that is what we are planning for now....

38 weeks 1 day

 So that means we have less than 2 weeks to get things finalized and ready.  With my back hurting it had slowed me down but thankfully Andrew has and will be able to help me more!  I have a list of things that I would love to have done so hopefully this next week we can get a move on :)  Here he is doing what I hate, dishes...

So blessed to have him :)

Ollie has been obsessed with Polish Horseshoes lately, and playing golf.  He loves his little plastic golf club (he calls it his "hit it") and loves getting his and "daddy's" plastic golf balls out.  He will hit balls around the yard forever and is getting really good at it!  It is hilarious to watch because he will have the perfect stance, line it up, and then hit the ball using a one armed swing.  Not correct form obviously, but like I said, he can hit it far!  He is our little outside boy... loves being outside playing or helping water the flowers or garden.  He even likes to help Dad pick peas and eat them :)  

We love our sweet little guy, he is growing up too fast!  We are praying he adjusts well to having a new baby in the house.  We love you Buddy!

Memorial Day Weekend

For Memorial Day weekend we drove up to Dad and Mom Wiese's to spend time with family.  Kevin, Melissa, and their kids came too. And we didn't think Anna was going to be able to make it but she surprised us!  We got there Saturday afternoon and had a fun evening of relaxing and hanging out.

On Sunday afternoon the girls got to go shopping and then the boys went disc golfing when we got back.  While the men were out, we set up the sprinkler for the kids because it was in the 90's... way too hot for me!  Good thing there was a strong breeze!  Ollie loved the sprinkler once he got use to it.  He had so much fun playing with his cousins...

Sunday evening, after dinner, Anna took the kids out to get DQ before she left, what a sweet Aunt!  We had another relaxing evening just being together.  I had so much fun holding baby Joshua again and I'm so sad that I didn't get a picture of him, he is getting so big!

Monday morning the guys took Ollie disc golfing.  He loves it just as much as they do!  When they got home we had lunch, packed up, and were headed home.  It works out nicely to have Ollie nap in the car :)  It was nice getting home in time to get settled before Andrew's last week of school started.  

We had a wonderful weekend full of delicious food and fun time with family.  Thanks so much Dad and Mom for everything!  

(Hopefully I can get more pictures from the others because I didn't take very many!)