Blessings.

Last weekend we went down to my sister's for our nephew's blessing. While there, I grabbed my other sister and had her snap a few pictures for us! It was freezing cold and we may have only gotten two pictures out of it, but that's okay! Oliver was a little trooper, just unhappy through it all. 

My "at the time" 23 week pregnant belly.

I absolutely love black and white pictures, Terry loves colored... Best of both worlds!

We are certainly blessed, and couldn't be more grateful for all that we have. 

Here We Go!

Well, the time has come! We knew it would happen eventually, but we're tackling our first major remodel! We are soo excited for this a project to be done and I seriously cannot wait! Our goal is to have it finished before Christmas, but the tractor tire broke off Saturday, and then Terry got the flu today... So we'll see how quickly this project comes along. We are taking out a major rock wall that is in the middle of basically two living rooms. It will make such a huge difference in our home. We are really looking forward to the end result!

Our new wood stove is the first thing to be put in. I will do a post when it's all done with all of the before and after pictures!

Rain

It was such a rainy day today, and all I wanted was hot chocolate. I figured I'd hold out until the evening and have it as dessert. Terry, however, wanted sticky popcorn. So we had both, except he got peanut butter popcorn (I like it better than caramel, and since I made it, I get the last say!) 

 

Oliver loved helping!

Terry lent a hand here or there as well :)

Peanut butter popcorn and hot chocolate, and Oliver got chocolate milk

Success!

Excuse my attire... Oliver enjoyed feeding everyone else as much as he liked eating it himself!

18 Months

We went in for Oliver's 18 month check up the other day! Here's a little update on him:

Weight: 24.5 lbs

Height: 31.5 in (approximately, he wouldn't hold still)

He is advanced in his vocabulary- he knows about 10 words and 4-6 is average for this age

His favorite words are: Tractor, cow, and dog

He sleeps about 12 hours through the night 

Takes about a 3 hour nap once a day

Is VERY clingy right now

Hates nursery with a fiery passion

Enjoys running wild

Baby update (Oliver and I both had appointments at the same time)

My due date has been moved up a few days because I seem to have big babies (at least for my size!) and was measuring big at our ultrasound. My due date is now March 10th, so we'll go in on the 3rd for a c-section.

We've been busy getting our place ready for some upcoming changes. Oliver's "new room" just finished getting painted today, and he was very helpful. We'll put up bunk beds, and pull out his toddler bed next week. We have a new wood burning stove coming next week that we'll get installed and then we'll start our "little" remodel! We're really looking forward to the changes coming around the house within the next couple weeks!

Oli-O-Saurus

Oliver went as a dinosaur for Halloween this year. We enjoyed lots of parties and donut night with our family and friends. Here are some pictures from our Halloween night.

Oli-O-Saurus, the cutest dino I know!

just the backside of his jacket...

I went ahead and dressed up this year as a Magic 8 Ball! Terry was supposed to be the part that said "Ask again later" but failed to play the part ;)

Not our best family photo, but we're all there!

Happy Halloween!

Hand, Foot & Mouth

Or more like head, shoulders, knees, and toes! Don't forget the eye, ears, mouth, and nose. Oliver got the virus going around know as Hand, Foot and Mouth. IT IS AWFUL. Poor kid got sores aaalll over his body. Mouth, ears, cheeks, back, arms, toes, and his entire diaper area probably got the worst of it. It's insanely contagious and most common in kids, and quite rare to catch as an adult. The poor kid could hardly eat. I basically gave him anything I could get him to eat, so there was a lot of fruit snack and yogurt eating. In kids, it's real common to throw up and have a head cold, so we dealt with that as well. Luckily, he only had one night that he didn't sleep well, but other than that, he slept 12+ hours. He was quite cuddly and always wanted to be held, but we couldn't blame him. Especially when his sores looked like this:

He took multiple baths a day, ate what he wanted, played when he felt like it, and cuddled as often as he chose. He's been doing so much better, as are the rest of us now. We missed our happy, go-lucky, little boy, and so glad he's feeling better!

Update**
I ended up getting this as well, thanks to my poor immune system caused by pregnancy.. Not nearly as bad as Oliver, but it is certainly miserable! So far, Terry has held strong for us.

Pumpkin Patch

My sister was able to come visit for the weekend, so Oliver and I decided to take a break from riding tractor for the day, and go visit the pumpkin patch! We headed over to Linder Farms and it was nothing that I had expected. First, I had to pay to get in! I was slightly shocked. I'd never even heard of Linder Farms before... We got there and it looked like and county fair. Oliver was only excited about the tractors driving around... Yep, I paid $4 for the kid to sit on a tractor, that he got kicked off of because it was someone else's turn. We could have done that at home, with no time limit. He did love the Petting Zoo they had though, and the stick he found and hit me with. Even though it wasn't what I had expected we enjoy doing things with the extended family, and getting out of the house is always nice too!

The Stick!

Stryker wasn't feeling well that day, and only wanted to cuddle with his momma. 

Reese was the most well behaved kiddo. Slept the whole time!