Oliver and Daddy

Up in the Air

It's a good thing Matt is a doctor.  That way he can set Oliver arm right after he breaks it!

Sweet Suite!

 Matt and I were lucky enough to get to attend a Brewers game in the box suite again this year.  The big difference between last year and this year is 1) I'm not pregnant 2) The Brewers are busy Winning! 

 Awesome view!

Some of Matt's fellow residents

 I'm such a dork.  But seriously, who wouldn't want one of these?

 Ryan Braun... so dreamy.

I am the queen of bodily fluids

7:30 Get Oliver out of bed and he is soaked from his belly button down to his ankles.  Get him showered and in clean clothes.  Put Curious George on so I can feed Hazel.
7:45  Oliver pees all over the couch
7:47  Lay Hazel on the ground (with out burping her first) to clean up urine soaked couch (Sooooo grateful for leather).  Hazel pukes all over the rug.
7:49  While cleaning up puke Oliver decides to make his way to the bathroom to empty the rest of his bladder (is this child a Camel or what?!), which would be a good thing except he decided to pee standing up.  Now there is pee all over the floor and the front of his second shirt is soaked.  Give him a potty treat anyway.
8:00  Make oat bran cereal... can you guess where Oliver's breakfast ended up?  
8:15  Changing Oliver's oat bran covered clothes.
On the up side we went for a catastrophe free walk followed by a prompt poopie in the big boy potty!

This rack was intended to be decorative.  It has strictly become a drying rack for airing out of bodily fluids *sigh* 

Posh Party

Matt and I were invited to a congratulatory celebration for one of the Doctors he works with who was nominated for president of ASTRO (a super big deal in the radiation oncology world).  This was quite the party.  It's location was on the rooftop of a private-downtown-members-only-super swanky building...valet parking included. Toward the end of the evening guess who strolled in... none other than the Mayor of Milwaukee.  If I would have known I was going to be in such high company I would have made a point to shave my armpits.

 Friends of ours Diane and Bagley (fellow resident)

 Views from the top

How I Know I'm Getting Old

First sign of aging:
I get excited when my children have a good poopie everyday
I get excited when I have a poopie everyday.
When Matt gets home I ask him
"How was your day?"
-good
"Did you go poopie today?" 
-absolutely it was awesome. How about you? 
As you can see Matt is my co-conspirator in aging.

Second sign of aging:
Lame-o hobbies ie coin collecting (no offense Phil).
Our idea of a romantic evening is cracking open a box of dimes (a box contains 2,500 dimes) and searching for those rare 90 percenters (if you don't know what I am talking about you are obviously neither old or lame).  I am quite fond of the occasional Mercury head dime.

Third sign of aging:
I am genuinely thrilled when Oliver and I come across a new episode of Curious George that we have not seen before.  At the moment there are 43 episodes on my DVR.  I don't save them for Oliver, I save them for me so I don't have to watch the same one over and over, I like a little variety in my day.  That little monkey makes me smile.

Forth sign of aging:
Those pesky gray hairs that are making themselves at home on my temples.  I pull them out and try to pretend they don't exist but I have heard that for every gray you pluck, three more show up to it's funeral.  My head has become a funeral home of constant mourning.  So so sad. 

Our Super Awesome Vacation to Idaho!

We had a wonderful time in Idaho and Utah this last week.  It was so wonderful to see family and for Oli-pop and Miss Hazel to play with their cousins.  We went to the Zoo, Bear World, played in the water, had lots of good food and lots of good fun!  Oliver learned how to jump off of high objects, forgot how to use the toilet (sorry about the poop on the carpet Grandma Tina), and learned some important water gun skills.  Hazel was constantly entertained by Sara and Ella. She was all smiles.  We got to bless Hazel with cousin Roman.  Matt gave her a beautiful heartfelt blessing.  Another high point was seeing my grandparents and sisters who I have not seen in over a year.  Time goes by way too fast!

Hazel's Blessing day

Me and Miss Hazel (aka Sweet Cheeks)

The whole Wheatley clan

 Hazel playing with the big girls

 Anna age 3.5, Oliver 2.5 and Aria 2

 Awesome ride at Bear World

 Feeding Bambi

 Idaho Falls Zoo

 Train at Bear World

 All the cousins at Grandma Tina's house

Papa and Hazel

 Oliver didn't know what to think about water sports

 

 The family bed

Don't eat me!

 Matt and Billie with the babies

 Our Sunday lounge wear

 Oliver attempting an unwanted hug

 Me and my sister Diane

Devin, Sienna, Hazel and Oliver at my sister Kristine's house.

Oliver was not in the mood for a photo shoot. 

 Great Grandpa and Grandma Pitcher

 Great Grandma and Hazel were instant friends

 

Matt and I at the Logan Temple.  I'm glad we made time to stop by.  It was such a beautiful day.  I forget how blue the sky is in Utah.

Hazel's 5 month check up

 Hazel had her 5 month check up yesterday and she is doing really well except for the fact that she got 3 shots.  Here are the stats:

Height: 25 1/2 inches  62nd percentile

Weight: 15lbs 10oz  61st percentile

Head:  41.5cm  37th percentile

She has mastered rolling over (she prefers back to front because she loves tummy time).  She has started pulling her knees up under her and she can do baby push ups but not both at the same time yet.  She is finally in her crib now that Oliver is in his big boy bed.  It took a few nights for her to get used to her new surroundings but she is doing fine now.  

She spends so much time on her tummy sometimes she just passes out from exhaustion! The pink fluffy thing under her face is Woobie 2.0  I took Oliver to the store where we bought his Woobie and he picked this one out for her.  How sweet is that!

Book club at the park

On Saturday the members of Read & Feed Book Club met at the park for our first annual outing.  We all brought our families and had a pot luck lunch.  It was nice to meet everyone's significant other.

 Tanner and Oliver having fun swinging.

New Adventures

Our house has had a lot of changes lately.  First of all, Oliver is now in a big boy bed.  While it is cute seeing him grow up and move on to bigger and better things, I don't appreciate my new wake up time and the alarm clock that he threw at my head.  "Time wake up Mommy!"  The second new and exciting thing that is happening in the Wheatley house is Potty training!  WooHoo!  I have taken on the naturalistic approach and just let he run around the house naked. The look on the mail mans face was priceless when he was greeted at the door by a naked Oliver.  On the up side he has not had any accidents in three days.  The down side, once he has a stitch of clothing on he forgets to use the potty. 

Hazel is now 5 months and weighs about 15lbs.  She is eating solids and has recently discovered her feet!  She loves tummy time.  I'm afraid she will be crawling in no time.

deja vu!

I just came across this picture of me and Matt holding Billie's two kids.  I remember thinking at the time "This is insanity!  I don't know how she does it!"  The picture kind of looks like a snap shot of my current situation... and I couldn't be happier.

Hazel is growing up!

 What could be cuter than this?  She is in love.

Oliver decided it was time for Hazel to start eating real people food.  What a good big brother!

Tosa parade

 

4th of July Parade with members of our ward. (We are in the back row)

We feel so blessed to have so many great friends that are going through the same experiences with medical school/ residency.