Keosauqua

On Tuesday, June 21st, Andrew's parents came down to pick us up on their way to Keosauqua to visit family. They also picked up our shower/tub and brought it down to our house for us!

Before we left we gave Dad his Father's day gift...

On the way...
We had so much fun catching up with family we hadn't seen in forever! It was a beautiful day so we chatted outside, ate pizza and ice cream, and took a little walk.

Thanks so much for the fun day Reimers and family! Can't wait to do it again!

Finally Father's Day

My goodness... I am way behind! Finally here is Father's Day...

Ollie gave his Daddy an Iced Tea Maker, a couple days early :)

On Saturday, June 18th, we headed up to my parents gym to have Father's day there with my dads side of the family. Here is ollie in the Lego table...

and Andrew with Mackenzie...
After dinner we all headed into the house to relax and play games.

and of course empty Grandma's bag drawer...
My Grandpa Massner...
they played games until wee hours of the morning :)
On Sunday, after church, we stopped at the Snake Alley Art Fair to see a friends booth. We ended up buying a couple pieces of her art which I am super excited to hang! Then we headed up to Dad and Mom's to grab a snack and give Dad his gifts before we headed up to Iowa City.

One fun gift we gave him was a picture of all the grandkids in St. Louis Cardinal gear, it was so cute and he loved it :)

Dad and most of his kids and grandkids... we missed you Dustin and Leah!

We then headed up to Iowa City to do some shopping and to eat at Dad's choice, Texas Roadhouse. Those rolls are to die for!


We had a wonderful Father's day and are so blessed with two wonderful father's that are so wise and great examples. Oliver is also blessed to have such a fun and loving dad! We love you Dads!

Our Sweetie

Memorial Weekend

Saturday: Dad came down to help finish tearing out the bathroom

Sunday: Drove over to IL to celebrate my grandma's 90th birthday! Had fun staying overnight and hanging out with family, which included playing Uno with no electricity :)

Monday: Baby shower for my cousins and birthday party for my aunt. Some shopping and Monical's Pizza on the way home :)

Here is a recap in pictures:

11 months

On Tuesday Ollie was 11 months. It is so crazy that in less than a month my baby will be 1! Yikes! He just keeps getting more fun and more ornery :) I love that I get to stay home with my buddy and watch him grow and learn new things. It is such a blessing. Andrew will be working for my dad this summer so I got a pool pass to the pool in my sister's town. I can't wait to see how Ollie likes it!? Andrew has also started the demo on our main bathroom. I will have to write another post about that soon. It should be a busy summer :) Here are some new things:

• a couple weeks ago he figured out how to go down the stairs by himself (now we don't have to keep a gate up!)
• he holds movies up to me (veggie tales or baby einstein) and makes a noise to let me know he wants to watch a movie. i usually say no... unless i need to take a shower :)
• he has been finding our keys and pushing the red panic button because he knows it will make a noise.
• he won't hardly eat any baby food and is nursing 2x a day. he loves spaghetti, pizza, and fruit!
• has started throwing food on the floor!
• gets into everything and gets around everywhere but still won't stand on his own without holding onto something.
• he is loving his new workshop from Uncle Zach and Aunt Annika...

Ollie still loves balls and we love his sweet, cuddly, fun personality! Now to plan a party...

Mother's Day

My first Mother's Day was wonderful! Andrew made me breakfast, we enjoyed church, and then headed to my parents for lunch. We had a relaxing afternoon and then Grandpa and Grandma, Aunt Pam, and the kids came over to Dad and Mom's for dinner to celebrate. It was a beautiful day...

We are so thankful for our mothers and what a blessing they are to us and our families. I am especially grateful that I get to be called Mommy!

Jake's 1st Birthday

On May 7th, we celebrated my nephew, Jake, turning 1! We arrived at Aaron and Nichole's a little early so the boys could go play disc golf and then we had a haystack dinner. Jake had a farmyard birthday party and the cake was so adorable.

It was so fun watching him dig into his cake. It was so cute! He had to have a bath after he was done eating and Ollie jumped in with him. I'm so bummed I didn't get a picture of it and a better one of Jake on his big day!
Ollie walking behind the baby stroller...
Ollie trying out Jake's new four-wheeler...
Happy Birthday Jake! It was so fun to watch you grow the first year of your life and we are so excited to see you and Ollie become best buds :) We love you!