He's Here!

Evan Daniel Olson arrived yesterday at 9:50 a.m. He is 6# 11oz and 19.5 inches long. It was a very intense labor and I am glad its over. I had contractions at 2 a.m. pretty strong and close together (5 or less minutes apart). We dropped Owen off at Grandmas and arrived at the hospital at 5 a.m. and by 9:50 a.m. he was here. Thank the Lord for epidurals! Were all doing great. Owen loves his brother (well see if that changes once we get home : )

Summer Fun!

Ethan and Owen

Letters for the Boys Room

Here are the letters I painted for the boys rooms

What's happening at the Olson's!?

Well, were getting ready for Evans arrival. I have been busy cleaning, organizing and getting clothes washed, etc. It's a never ending process because just when I think I am done, I get the urge to start all over. I had a dr. appt today and I am 1 cm dilated (Yah, it's something). I only have 25 days to go... They are going to induce me on 8/9/10. I am ready to be done but if it means keeping Evan out of the NICU we can keep him in there a few more weeks.

Owen has been talking up a storm. He recently started to hate bath time so that is very interesting. In fact, he hates them so much that he threw up last night in it. NO FUN for anyone. We will just keep trying since I refuse to have a stinky kid, lol.

Eric has been working like crazy. Money is nice I guess but time away from the family is not but I guess you do what you have to do.

I think that's all for now : )

Productive day today

Today we got up made chocolate chip pancakes (pregnancy craving). Headed to the store for some groceries. Eric and I steam cleaned the refrigerator, it literally sparkles its so clean. Eric played outside with Owen while I steam cleaned the kitchen floor. Laundry had been going all day, everything from the sheets to the rugs. Its such a good feeling : P

Mom and I went to get some flowers. I got two HUGE hanging baskets and some plants to plant in my two pots by the garage. The baskets look so good and add so much to the house its amazing what some color can do : ) Mom planted the two pots for me.

We have to go to grandmas to dig out some flowers that she is dividing which is great because I have plenty of room to add to our garden. We really need some mulch but I am too cheap the spend the money on some "wood chips".

Still plenty of time left in the day to enjoy : )

NEW ZOO

We took Owen to the new zoo yesterday. We had never been there but its a very popular place in Green Bay, WI. It was a ton of fun. Owen had a blast. His favorite part was feeding the giraffes and the goats. We spent about 3 hours there and ate lunch at a little place at the zoo.

We went to dinner with the Olson's last night to Ida Wild. Its about 30 minutes south of here. Its a nice place with good food. I had steak and shrimp and Eric had their signature pecan crusted chicken. It was a nice time.

OSHA Seminar(s)

I have completed the OSHA 10 hour General Industry course. WHEW! Its a lot to learn and remember and the books are HUGE. It was very interesting and informative. I have been in a safety administrative role at work for the last few months now and have taken this course along with OSHA recordkeeping which is also a challenging topic once you get into it. Both are very good and if you ever get the opportunity to take them I would highly recommend them. My company paid for me to go and it was money well spent.