A few random items...

A few random toughts and pictures:

• I'm loving being a mommy of 2 - it's a little more work, but totally worth it.
• Our second baby is alot easier than our first, it could be because we are more laid back now, or have a little experience under our belts, but either way, it's great.

• Olivia has found her inner funny girl. she loves trying to make us laugh, laughing at herself, and laughing at others.
• Her favorite phrase lately is "Be Happy!", which she says any time we make a facial expression that she doesn't understand, or when we look sad or confused, when someone is crying, or just in general when she would prefer that you be happy!

• Olivia now chooses at night between a bath and a shower - who knew that a 2 year old would enjoy a leisurely shower? She loves standing in there and it's so much easier to wash her hair (for both us and her).
• Wyatt is growing much faster than his mother would like. Jake was gone a couple of days this week and when he returned, he was shocked to see how much bigger his son is. That newborn look is nearly gone.
• I'd love to show you some pictures of Wyatt, growing, but our computer thinks otherwise. We're looking forward to getting our hospital bills paid and then looking for a new computer. There will be fewer and fewer blog posts until then.

CONVERSATIONS WITH OLIVIA

Our friends the Lindsley's (see their website on the right) share snippets of funny things their daugher Charlie says. They're always hilarious, and we love reading them, so I thought we'd share a couple of our own.

This morning Olivia woke up from the thunderstorm, and seeing that it was 5am, and Jake was going to be leaving soon for an all day softball tournament, I told Jake that Olivia could climb in bed with me to sleep for a couple more hours. I don't know why I thought this was a good idea, knowing that she has never before slept in our bed, but I did. Here is how our morning went:

Mommy: Olivia, you can lay down in mommy's bed and sleep until the sun comes up.

Olivia: Okay.

Mommy: You need to lay down and close your eyes.

Olivia: Mommy, it's thundering.

Mommy: Yes, just close your eyes and go to sleep

Olivia: I can't. My eyes are busy looking around!

A version of this went on for nearly an hour, when I finally realized neither of us were going to be sleeping any time soon, so we woke up for the day. Note to self: Olivia should remain sleeping in her own bed.

Amazing to me

I now have 2 wonderful children, and each day it is still amazing to me. Amazing how I can be so blessed. I just love these little munchkins!

We recently held a little "photo shoot" in our living room to capture images of these 2 precious little ones. When Olivia was born, we did this every month, and I plan to do the same with Wyatt.

But, having 2 of them together in a photo shoot will definately be a little interesting!

Hopefully I can still get a few good shots, but I think I can pretty much guarantee that there will be plenty of wild ones, too!

A few more

Just a little update to let you all know that we are doing well! Actually, I think we've transitioned quite smoothly from a family of 3 to a family of 4. It just feels like Wyatt has always been here with us.

Daddy with his 2 kids!

Mommy and Wyatt

Wyatt is such a good baby. He is really settling into a routine, and seems to be pretty laid back. Of course, we still just can't believe we've been blessed with a son, he is just so precious. Before Wyatt was born, I wondered what it would be like to have two children. Would there be enough love for both? Would I like my next child as much as I liked the first? I suppose all mothers go through some version of these questions, but the amazing thing is, the answer is always YES! I just LOVE my son so much, I enjoy holding him and looking into his eyes. I love getting to know him and bonding with him. I just pray God can give me the wisdom to raise him to be a wonderful man.

Olivia continues to flourish in her roll as big sister, continually checking on her baby brother, smooching him, and helping. She is often asking, "What's he saying?" and then attempts to mimic the coos Wyatt makes. She just can't get enough of her baby brother!

Wyatt Allan Boerger

Wyatt Allan Boerger

June 3, 2009

4:02pm

8 lbs. 1.6 oz.

20 inches

Mom and baby are doing well!

Thank you all for your prayers and well wishes!

Update...

I know many of you are anxiously waiting (along with us!) for news of the arrival of our 2nd child. As you can tell by the ticker on the right, we are now 4 days overdue! It's so difficult waiting after my due date for our baby to arrive. I never thought I would be here - I always wanted my babies to come early or on time, not late!! Anyways, in case you're wondering, we are doing as well as can be expected. Each day is a bonus day to spend one on one time with Olivia and enjoy our family of 3 before it becomes a family of 4. Of course, we also don't really know what to do with ourselves, because all of the preparations have been in place for weeks and we certainly thought we'd be home with our baby by now. So, each day we're trying to find something to do to keep occupied, and it's pretty difficult, if you can imagine!



I am scheduled to be induced tomorrow if the baby hasn't come by then - so please keep us in your prayers. We'll post an update as soon as possible.

Still waiting...

Spring is in the air

We've been enjoying the beautiful weather lately along with some of the spring-time blooming that's been going on in our yard. I mentioned in my last post that we've attempted to plant a garden, and seeing that it is now in it's 4th day and all of the plants are still alive, we'll consider that a success (at least for these 4 days!). The tomatoes, cucumbers, strawberries, and green peppers have survived record temperatures and sunny days. We'll see how the weather the remainder of the summer!

Our apple trees in the back were pollinated last weekend by a few busy bees, and the blossoms have all fallen off during the last couple of days, leaving us anxiously awaiting the arrival of true apples. Olivia is so excited and seems to recall (at least somewhat) enjoying them from the tree last year. Everyday we're in the backyard checking on the apple tree and watching the process. I'm hoping to make better use of the apples this year with some homemade pies and crumbles.

When we first moved into this house, there were rotten tulip bulbs galore. Many of them didn't bloom, and just grew stems, but some would manage a colorful flower or two. They were growing so randomly around the house, that we decided to pull them. It's been 4 years of pulling, digging, and attempting to clear out the spreadng bulbs, but they continue to win the battle. This year, we had three blossom, and it had me wishing for more color around my house. Maybe those bulbs will just win this one in the end!

And, of course, we continue to be successful at growing the little yellow lawn flowers (dandelions), and Olivia loves collecting them as gifts. We occasionaly have paper cup vases of them in the house.

As many of you are wondering, we still have not had our baby. Check out the ticker on the right side of this page to see how many days we have left until our due date. We can't wait to share the news with you when our 2nd little one arrives!