My 28th Birthday!

My birthday was last wednesday...the weekend before Nick and I went to the Wisconsin Dells. We stayed saturday night and spent sunday there also. The kids stayed with my parents. Was nervous about leaving Drake...the last time was in October, but he did great and had fun, even took a nap there on sunday! We stayed at the Polynesian Resort...they have a huge indoor and outdoor waterpark, but we didn't do any of it. What a waste, I know! Saturday we walked around downtown, rode on the Wisconsin Ducks, saw the Tommy Bartlett show and went to HoChunk Casino. The Ducks were alot of fun...when we went in the grassy area we saw a couple deer and a fawn. I told Nick to take a picture...they were so close to us, but he noticed I forgot to put a camera card in. Ugh!! We went further down into an area covered in ferns and wouldn't you know...another deer sitting right in the ferns. Really pretty...of course no picture! After we had to hurry get to the Tommy Bartlett show. I didn't really know what to think...wasn't sure if I would enjoy it much, but it turned out to be great and really entertaining! We went to the last show of the night...they had a water/light show at the end with Proud to Be An American playing...totally made me tear up! I was starving after, so we headed to Pizza Pub. I have to say that they have THE best pizza! We were off the the casino after eating. I'm not much of a gambler, but I figured what the heck, I can bust out a 20 for it tonight! Ha Ha! Lost it of course. Nick played Blackjack and ended up losing. We didn't stay long...it was already late. Got to the hotel, went to bed. At least I TRIED to sleep. I had indigestion really bad from eating pizza so late...we had a ground floor window right next to the exit door and some idiots were outside the window at 2:30 am being loud. I kept thinking they were going to leave, but they finally did about 20 minutes later! Nick of course was sound asleep. I don't know what time I finally got to sleep, but was wide awake at 7!! Needless to say, sunday I was exhausted. After we got ready, we headed downtown to have our picture taken at one of the old time photo places. I hate having my picture taken, but it was alot of fun. We got lunch, did some souvenier shopping for the kids and headed to the outlet mall! Found quite a bit of stuff for Nick, the kids, and the baby. I fell asleep on the way home. We got to my parents at 7pm and they had supper ready for us! Nothing like a home cooked meal! We had a great time and I'm glad we got to spend some time alone before the baby comes. For my actual birthday, we didn't do a whole lot because Xavier had a baseball game...which they won. Nick got me a cake from my favorite place. YUMMY! He also got me a new lens for my camera :) I also got cards and gifts from other thoughtful people :) It was a nice birthday!

The Princess...

Hard to believe from these pictures that she's just going to be turning six in two months and not sixteen!

Drakey Turned 2 1/2...

well, ten days ago, but here are some pictures I took of him on that day.

Guess Who's Potty Trained...

Drakey is! YEA!! He's done very well...with some poops in the underwear, but he even took a couple hour nap today and stayed dry! This is him modeling his favorite "truck underwear." He does great when we are out places, he'll yell "I gotta go pee pee on the potty!" He says "I pull my underwear down, sit on potty and go psssss." It's pretty funny. He's quite proud of himself. At least I will get a little break on diapers...until the baby comes.

32 Weeks Ultrasound

Me @ 33 weeks

Last week we had our 32 week ultrasound. I was laghing when he first came on the screen the lady asked how big my other babies were (all 8+) and she said "yea, because this one has a pretty good sized head." Yes, I could count on that...we always joke about the Olson head...it's big and durable! My kids rarely cry when they hit their heads, unless they hit their heads with the other's head! His heartrate was 143. My fluid level was at 10. His weight was 4pounds 10oz. She said I'm just destined for 8 pound babies (I kinda figured that out by now). At least she didn't say 10 or 11 pounds! He was in the 63 percentage for growth. Good news is that he's head down now. =) She said he has lots of hair (picture number 2). We can't wait to see what color it will be! She tried to get a good 3d picture of him, but he was too smooshed in there. The one she did get is the 3rd picture. You can see his eye socket, nose and lips. Not the best, but we don't have much longer to see it in real life! The first picture is his nose and mouth kinda peeking in. The kids are getting VERY excited and so am I...just a little nervous also. Everyone wants to know his name, but we are keeping it a secret until he's born. I will say it starts with a D and is not all that common.

Goofy Girl

Just had to put this on here...Xandria just got in trouble for "accidentally" pushing Drake. After she got out of the corner, she went and drew a picture. She said it's of me holding Drake (he was crying) while yelling at her. I thought that was too funny! After she gave that to me, she made another picture...she said "it's me and mommy smiling." She's a goofy girl, even when she's in trouble.

Our 4th in Photos

Drake LOVED watching the smoke bombs!
Our crazy dog Scooter actually grabbed one and ran off with it! He only did that once!
Drake wanting Dad to light another smoke bomb. Dad of course had to have his own fireworks to do.

Yea, she's ABSOLUTELY a firecracker!!
My sweet boy letting me take one picture. Drake getting into the spirit of the 4th. Haha
Drake's always the goofy one
My three babies!

Sunday at the Park

We took the kids to the park on sunday so that they could ride their bikes. Drake LOVES to ride his bike and does so well. One day he couldn't manage to get on by himself and would get stuck trying to pedal and the next day he was hopping right on and taking off! He wasn't a fan of the helmet, until he was told he couldn't ride without out...now there's no complaints about it! Nick and Xavier played catch most of the time. Xandria rode around and I tried to take pictures. I LOVE having my camera back! Can't say the family is as excited as me though...haha! When the kids finished riding, the older two and Nick went to the ball diamond to play catch and practice pitching, Drake played in the little flowers while I snapped some pictures of him. He would sniff one and then throw it. He was also trying to blow on them. It was pretty funny. We had a really good time :)