Fun Times

This wonderful man took me out for dinner and a movie on Friday night.

Saturday we spent the afternoon having a picnic and just relaxing with the kids in Hastings by the river. He is wonderful and made my weekend wonderful.

Every time I tell Peyton to "be nice" she gives him a kiss and a hug.

Every time he cries, she does the same.

Suck on your fingers DJ, here they are.

Here, try mine, there is some "cocolate" on them (chocolate).

Want to get your 2 year old to leave you alone for 15 minutes, try this.

I got more done in this 15 minutes than I did all day, I swear!

The last three weeks have been very challenging for me at times. My mother-in-law made a comment yesterday, something like "A couple of weeks ago you were protecting her from getting hurt, she is only two" as I am explaining that I feel like I am constantly telling Peyton not to touch, be gentle, be nice, stop it, leave him alone, I will spank you, naughty and NO.

I never thought I would feel so bad for Peyton, I feel like we took "her" world away from her and gave part of it to her brother.

Peyton is 98% of the time fantastic around DJ, it is the 2% of tired, wound up Peyton that makes things really difficult. The poor guy will toughen up real quick, that is for sure.

Peyton turns 2 on Sunday! Two years old already! Of course, we are pulling this weekend, so we are having her Birthday party on Labor Day, Monday the 7th. Those of you that are around, stop out, we will be BBQ'ing around 1 pm'ish to celebrate.

We bought her this picnic table for her Birthday. It folds flat so we can take it to the pull's.

She ate supper at it last night. She says "I like it".

Wearing Grandpa's gloves on her feet at the pull in Pepin, WI. The pull rained out, we got 2nd in the light class and the heavy class was cancelled.

Saturday, Cam left with his Dad for a little while, Peyton was just coming out of the bedroom as he was walking by the window, leaving. "Daddy Go"? "Pullin' with Daddy", "Pullin with Daddy". She ran to her dresser and got out those same red shorts and pulling shirt you see in the picture. Put the shorts on over the ones she already had on and said "Pullin' with Daddy!". I picked her up and explained that he didn't leave to go pulling and he would be back in a couple hours. She looked me in the eye and said "I want my Daddy" clear as day. Hurt my feelings, a little.

Birth announcements for DJ???? I will get to them, I suppose.

Saturday we pull in Arkansaw, WI and then hopefully we can make it to Cumberland for a Hockey Assoc. fund raising pull too. It will be a hectic day.

And Then There Was Two

So, Tuesday morning the 4th of August I woke up at about 5 am with tightening and then about 30 minutes later, the same feeling. I laid in bed till 6 am thinking that is was just contractions and it is still 2 weeks till my due date and then 30 minutes later, the same feeling and I started to argue with myself. You know, Peyton came really fast and thinking to myself that the doctor DID say to come in immediately with ANY signs of labor. So, I convinced myself to take a shower and get ready for work and then, the same feeling again, hmmm, this must be real. So I got out of the shower and woke Cam up. I told Cam "I think you might want to get up" He said, "What the hell for" and I said, "I think we need to go to the hospital", boom, he was up! We got to the hospital and I was dialated to a 2 and everyone was arguing whether my water was slowly leaking or if it completely broke or not at all. At about 12:00 my water broke, leaking or not, it broke the rest of the way. Cam Laughed at me! He laughed. Good thing we have a sense of humor. Forty minutes later Daniel Joseph was born, 8 lbs 0 oz. 20.5" long. So I should complain about the nurse who knew what she was doing. She put the IV in for pain meds and then said, I need to check something in your file before we administer and then she said we better check you too. I was completely dialated!! Too late!! Too friggen late for pain meds again!! I was mad. I looked at Cam and said, crying, "They did it again!" So baby #2 arrived with no pain meds just like his sister.

Peyton LOVES D.J. She kisses him and hugs him at least 50 times a day. Every time he cries, she has to kiss and hug him. It is too cute. I gave him a bath the other day and he screamed. She pushed me away and said "Teyton help brodder" (Peyton help brother) it was so cute.

We had his 1 week checkup yesterday. He now weighs 7 lbs 13 oz and is still 20.5" long. We have to go back next week just to be sure he is gaining some weight. They tested him for Jaundice too, he is a just slightly yellow in the face. His Bilirubin was 10.2 which I guess is just a touch high, so no worries. We are doing nothing about it at this point, just keeping an eye on him.

Last weekend we pulled in Hammond, WI. DJ attended his first pull at 5 days old, just like Peyton did. Cam got a 2nd and 3rd, he pretty much has the Championship won. We have one more points pull but it doesn't look like there is a chance anyone will catch him.

This weekend there is a pull Friday in Zumbrota, MN and then in Pepin, WI on Saturday.

I feel like there is a ton more to post but I will have to catch up little by little.

Oh!! Congrats to Kelly and Dean! Kahlen Anah was born Tuesday the 11th at 1:01 pm. 7 lbs 9 oz, a20.5 inches long. DJ and Kahlan are exactly one week apart, Peyton and Jo are exactly 3 months apart. Kind of fun how things work out.

You know, this may be a first in a long time. I have no pictures to post. I know, stop the presses! I could find some, if anyone is dying to see a picture.

Saturday Cam built Peyton a sandbox. Oh she loves it. It is huge and you would think I could have took a picture or two of him building it, but he preferred the camera stay away. So I listened. I took Peyton to Crazy Daze in Cannon Falls, wow, there wasn't much there. The town is slowly shrinking.

We didn't pull this weekend. We pretty much spent the weekend together, just the 3 of us. It was pretty fun. I can't believe how much Peyton is talking. Every time something new comes out of her mouth I can't help but wonder, where did that come from and how on earth did she make that into a sentence. It all comes together like magic.

Cam had a great weekend. That Red Squirrel that has been haunting him for, oh 2 years now, is GONE, yes gone! He got him, with the assistance of Petie. Petie caught him. Cam finished him. And then on Sunday, he got another one! Two in one weekend!

Sunday we relaxed most of the day, we deep fried a turkey and Gina & Bryce came over to help eat it. Just a nice relaxing day.

As for me and baby, nothing happened yet. I did, however, get my bag packed for the hospital. So I am ready, I guess. By this time in my pregnancy with Peyton, she was born. So the last couple of days have been a little nerve racking. I am experiencing some things that I didn't with Peyton. All are normal, I just skipped a lot of it with Peyton. I have a doctors appointment Wednesday morning. We will see what they say.

This weekend there are 3 pulls. Not sure which we are going to.

Friday - Neillsville, WI (I do NOT care for that town)

Saturday - Almena, WI (not sure, we will see)

Sunday - Hammond, WI (Points pull, we will be there)

I was either camera happy or we had a pretty eventful weekend.

Friday we pulled in Glenwood City, WI - two 2nd place finishes, just by 2 feet both times!

I wish this kids head would not have been in the way, I like the picture anyway, Cam is looking out the window to see if he passed the almighty cone that marks the furthest distance. His tires are still spinning like crazy.

Saturday we pulled at the Little Log House Pioneer Village in Hastings. 1st in the Heavy Class and 2nd in the Light Class. Okay I need to brag a little bit. It always seems when we are close to home that we aren't as successful at anything we do, I always blame it on all the people watching us that we know. Well this time he laid down one heck of a pass, he wasn't giving up anything other than clutch dust. Put 5 feet on them in the heavy class, which is pretty awesome!

We had a little bit of spare time at the pull so I snuck Peyton up to look at all the tractors at the show, she got to sit on one of my Dad's tractors, look how serious she looks. She was in her element, that is for sure. Working, just like everyone else around her. She was on the edge of her seat walking around that village, she just loved it.

Sunday Cam fixed the brakes in the Explorer, with Peyton's help of course.

She dug right in. She had one proud Daddy that is for sure!

That pad they are sitting on is what Petie normally lays on, so when Cam sat on it, Peyton flipped out telling Cam to get off, it was Petie's!! It was kind of cute. She was looking out for her puppy!

Here is a picture of Peyton on her Toddler Bed. She LOVES it. We took it out of the Explorer and Cam couldn't unload it quick enough, she was going 100 mph saying "bed, bed, bed, mine, mine, mine". We set it on the ground to get a better grip on it, she jumped up on right away. We had to carry the bed in the house with her on it. Needless to say, the bed hasn't been allowed to leave the living room now. I guess I don't have to worry about her being afraid to sleep in it!

Every night when we get home we have to go to the garden for Peas. We are getting pretty low, the peas are almost done. Peyton loves the Peas, to a point where she cries if I tell her we picked all of them and have to wait a couple days for more. We head for the raspberry patch after the peas and she eats them just as quick as I pick them. Petie picks the berries and eats them too, it is a bonding moment for the two of them.

I am 37 weeks now, going to the doctor tomorrow morning. We will see if anything has changed. I have the baby book, a blanket and PJ's packed for the little guy. That is it though. I better get that all ready, I suppose.

Priceless moments

Over the weekend we went on a boat cruise in Stillwater. Here is a picture that is just "priceless" to me. Peyton and Dad are sitting on the floor in the lounge area of the boat, they were playing with Peyton's new toys she won that day.

Friday night we pulled in Arkansaw, Wi. Cam got 1st in the light class and 2nd in the heavy class.

Saturday was the show~n~tell where I work, before heading out for our Safety Meeting/Cruise. Here is a picture of the truck and Gina's dragster, both were on display. Peyton loved the boat ride and the water, her eyes were just huge when she realized the boat was leaving the dock.

Sunday we went to the Car Craft Car Show, it was a gorgeous day for walking around the State Fairgrounds. Peyton was a Daddy's girl all weekend. I think she gave him at least 100 hugs. He learned the trick. You say "Ouch, Ouch" and Peyton says "Hug" and gives you a hug to make it better. Cam was soaking that up for all he could.

I have a feeling Peyton may have allergies. In the past her right eye has always watered when she was outside. I always figured the wind got to her or something. On Sunday when we were walking around the fairgrounds her eye was just watering like crazy and then her nose started to run too. It was to the point that she was holding a Kleenex herself and wiping the tears off of her cheek and wiping her nose on her own. When we got in the car to head home, her eye and nose were cleared up within 15 minutes. My mom has been saying she thinks she has allergies for probably about a year now. I think she is right. The doctor gave me a couple of tips, we will try them to see if they help, if not, we are off to the clinic for a visit.

I had my 36 week checkup yesterday. I am 1 cm dilated. The doctor leaves for vacation next week and comes back August 7th. I have an appointment with her on the 10th and she said she will be surprised if I am still pregnant the 10th! Uh Oh!

Last night my co-workers took me out for dinner/shower, I went home with lots of new clothes and some neat toys too. Thanks to all of you that were there.

Thank you Cam for washing and waxing my car! Really, I have been trying to wax my car on my own for the last month. Cam ~ you rock!!

This picture below is what I got when I asked Peyton to say "cheese". I guess "go Daddy, go" is the better statement, at least she shows excitement when she does that. She is looking at me like I am crazy or something.

MMmmm.....tacos! Thanks for the tacos Saturday night Lois. Check Peyton out with her Dad's hat on. I am telling you, she was a Daddy's girl all weekend. She looked like one of those pouter dolls.

This Friday we pull in Glenwood City, Wi and then on Saturday we pull at the Little Log House show just south of Hastings, MN. Sunday we pull in Montgomery, MN. Another action packed weekend!