Boys...

Here they are, my two boys:
Oliver really loves his new little brother. Unfortunately, the way he wants to show his love for Oskar is usually too hard. :) We are having quite a time teaching him "soft touches" and "soft kisses". Oliver is just so THREE years old. He doesn't quite know what "soft" means.

Fortunately, Oliver's school and soccer have provided him with a good amount of time out of the house. It has also been really nice to have something that is just about him. Here he is ready to go to school:

Oskar is beginning to get his own face---and looking less like a newborn:

We had his 2 week check up with his Doctor and we were all shocked at how much weight he had gained! He was born at 8lbs, 6oz, but left the hospital at 7lbs, 14 oz.
Well, 2 weeks later and he is 9lbs and 9 oz! Guess the breast milk is suiting him just fine!

Oskar Brooks Milne

On Monday, September 13th, Our beautiful little boy joined us:

Oskar Brooks Milne:

It was a perfectly boring birth experience!
Here I am getting prepped for the c-section:

Here's Oliver meeting Oskar for the first time:

Bryce held it together pretty well considering how traumatic the last experience was for him. I still think he had it way worse than me last time...

Another of me and my boys:

Here is Oskar just after birth. He was;
8 lbs, 6 oz and 22" long

Oliver's first day of Pre School

Well, Today was Oliver's first day of pre-school. It was huge. I was not able to go with him, which (judging by how hard the pictures alone made me cry) was probably for the best. Bryce took him and he was such an amazing little student! We didn't really know what to expect. It was a day when the parents stay, and it was just an hour.
Here's our little man walking up to his room:

Here he is leaning on a desk with the name things that the teacher made for each student:

You wouldn't know it from the picture, but Oliver was one of the brightest kids (of course I am going to say that!). I love this shot of him sitting the wrong direction on the mat:

He DID figure it out eventually and turned around:

We were so surprised by how outgoing Oliver was. He can be so shy sometimes and he's never really been in a situation like this before. The teacher was reading a book about a llama and asked the question "What is a Llama?" Bryce was surprised to see Oliver's hand shoot right up. The teacher called on him and he said "It's a, uhhh, its like an ant, but bigger"

Priceless.

He goes to his first day by himself on Thursday. I've decided to just let Bryce drop him off until he gets used to it. He's doing so well and I don't want to ruin it for him by being emotional and letting that effect him. I am WAY to pregnant to have to handle this right now.

Speaking of pregnant:
We are scheduled for a c-section delivery of our newest little guy on Monday. We'll report more after he's here!

bad....bad...blogger returning...

So, I have no real excuses for my absence....okay...I actually have tons.

Its been a GREAT and busy summer so far. We are all moved and and mostly settled into our new home in SLC and loving it.

One of our summer highlights was having *most* of my family under one roof for a few days
---and the roof was OURS!

Here's all of us:

We are only missing Dad and Amy & Justin and their 4 boys. We were together (parts of us) for 5 days! We camped in Yellowstone, had water fights, went swimming, hiking, made home made ice cream and just sat and talked a lot. It was so wonderful. It is hard for me to not live near my family and this was just what I needed.









Here is Oliver and I and the BELLY. I am doing great and the baby is doing REALLY well. He is measuring a bit big---like Oliver did. I am due September 20th, but we think we'll have the c-section a week or 2 before that.





















I promise to be a better blogger from maternity leave!

keep checking!

xoxo

Goings on...

So...a lot has been going on. I have been a bad, bad blogger.

Here's a rundown:

We put our cute Provo house on the market

It sold in 21 days

We moved in with Bryce's parents in Salt Lake City

Bryce got a job with Jet Blue

OH, and P.S.:
I'm 10 weeks pregnant.
Here is an ultrasound of our little gummy bear.
She (its my guess) has a good strong heartbeat.
I am due September 20th.











I owe some more updates....more to come.