Mother's Day 2013

This Mother's Day didn't start out so good.  I woke up at 4:30 am not feeling well and went back to sleep until 5:30 when Emmerson woke up.  I was on the toilet with her playing around me until 7:30.  Andrew woke up and his eye that he had hurt on Saturday was still hurting so bad that he couldn't even open it.  I was feeling better so I called his eye doctor and set up for us to come in at 9:15 to get it looked at.  We got ready for church, got Andrew's eye looked at (it was a scratch so she put a healing contact in), and headed to church.  Andrew's parents met us there and we enjoyed a wonderful service and a meal at Applebee's afterward.  I did get to see my mom at church to tell her happy Mother's Day and actually had already spent a lot of the weekend with her :)  After lunch we came home and rested while the kids napped.  When they woke up we took Ollie's crib down (which he never crawled out of) and put in his new big boy mattress that Dad and Mom Wiese had brought.  He is doing a great job sleeping in it by the way!  After the bed situation was taken care of we went outside to enjoy the beautiful weather and then we were off to get ice cream per my request.  It was delicious and definitely hit the spot!  We stopped and got some groceries and some dirt for our garden and then enjoyed a grilled steak dinner....

Before our meal.

Had to get a quick picture before bed.

Silly kids!

One with Grandpa and Grandma.

Andrew and his mom.

Such a wonderful mother!

 As crummy as the day started, it did end well.  Such a blessed time with Dad and Mom.  Oh, and Andrew did get me an air popcorn popper that I am super excited about!  Thanks Babe!
We are so blessed with two awesome mother's that daily show their love to us with their words and actions.  They are great examples of what Godly mother's should be like.  We love you both very much!  And I am so blessed to be the mother to my two sweet children that I love to death.  So excited to see how God is going to work in their lives.  Thank you Jesus!

Spring Fun

Last Wednesday, our MOPS group met at a park to hang out.  It was perfect weather and the kids had a blast!

Emmerson and her friend Kora.

Couldn't decide which one so I chose both.

The boys trying to fly the kite.

Ollie wouldn't smile for me!

Ollie and some of his friends.

It is such a blessing to have wonderful friends to hang out with!  We hope to a lot more this summer!

The Zoo

On May 1st, some of the women from my MOPS group took our kiddos to the zoo.  It was a warm day but we still had a lot of fun.  We rode with my friend, Heather, and her little girl.  The kids did really well and enjoyed seeing the animals.  We were a little bummed that the elephants and a couple other animals weren't out to see.  I guess we may just have to go back!

Emmerson waiting :)

Emmie and Rachel.

Watching the kangaroos.  Ollie has not been good about smiling for pictures!

She did a pretty good job staying in her stroller.

Heather and Rachel.  Such sweet friends!

This is the best smile I could get :)

Ollie said he didn't like the giraffe when it got this close.

Snack time.

Rachel and Ollie after we went on the carrousel.

Lunch time.

Yummy food.

More friends.

Baby Noah just chillin'.

Our group waiting for the train.

Heather and Rachel on the train.

Me and my kiddos.

My friend Julie and her two boys.

We love spending time with friends... especially at the zoo!

Emmerson 10 Months

On Sunday Emmerson was 10 months.  Her arm is doing great and she is walking quite a bit but not too fast.  She still only has one tooth but I think she might be getting another one.  She loves her brother so much.  The first thing she does when she wakes up is try to go wake Ollie up... it is so cute :)  She is really into playing with cars and will push them on the floor.  She totally learned that from Ollie because he plays with cars all the time and she is always trying to take them from him.  She is nursing 3 times a day and will not eat baby food but does a pretty good job at eating table food.  She is signing "all done" and "more" but I don't know if she always knows what they mean :)  She usually takes 2 good naps and lately has been doing a better job of sleeping all night.  She is still wearing 6 to 12 month clothes, such a petite little girl.  She is so dramatic when she is mad or sad.  When she gets mad she puts her head between her legs and cries.  The other day she did that when she was in the tub and she came up coughing... I just had to laugh... she hasn't done it since!  She loves taking baths!  I have been horrible at taking pictures lately...

All ready for her friend's birthday party!

Playing while Grandma M was here helping me paint.

She is such a sweet little girl.  In two months you will be 1 Emmie!  Love you Baby Girl!

Easter 2013

We had a wonderful Easter, celebrating Saturday at my aunt and uncles, and Sunday after church at my parents.  Andrew didn't feel well all weekend but was a trooper and came along.  Ollie had fun dying eyes and finding eggs with his cousins...

We love spending time with family and are so thankful that Jesus not only died for our sins, but he arose from the grave!

Kiddo Update

Things have been a little crazy around here for Emmerson.  Last Sunday ( March 24th ) Emmerson got sick (sick to her stomach sick) and she fell of a chair and landed on her arm.  She just laid on me and slept all day on Monday.  In the evening she started feeling a little better and when I set her down to crawl she couldn't.  At first I thought maybe it was just because her arms were weak but then I noticed it was just the arm she fell on that she couldn't put pressure on.  We kept an eye on it and she never would crawl, not even Tuesday morning.  So Tuesday morning we went in and got her arm x-rayed and found out she has what they call a green stick fracture in her arm bone up by her shoulder.  Poor girl!  We are so thankful she didn't have to get a cast!  He said when she is ready to use it she will, and she already is!  We just need to make sure she doesn't fall on it again.  He said it will probably be around 3 weeks until it is really healed.  To top it off she got her first tooth on Monday and that wasn't too fun for either of us :)  But the exciting thing is that she took her first steps during MOPS today!  I was soooo bummed that I didn't get to see it but she did take  a couple for me after I picked her up from the nursery.  It will be so nice for her to walk outside this spring instead of crawling all over.  So yes,  a lot of changes for Emmerson lately.  In 9 days she will be 10 months!

Her 1st ponytail!

Oliver hasn't been quite so eventful which is a good thing I guess :)  He is really loving both Cars movies right now and knows all the characters names.  He asks all the time to watch Cars videos on YouTube.  He loves getting all his cars out and plays so well with them.  I pointed to my pinky the other day and asked him if he knew what it was called... he said, "Lightening McQueen"!  And my thumb was Holly Shiftwell ( the purple car from Cars 2 ) Silly boy :)  He is also obsessed with Thomas.  He chooses his Thomas book to read ALL the time and always asks to go to his cousin Jakes house to play with his train set.  He will probably be getting one for his birthday!  His latest phrase is, "Follow me," and gets mad if you don't!  He still LOVES to cuddle, run, and jump.  He is such a sweet little boy.