Dog poo Saturday...our favorite!

Wowee....what an exciting weekend at our house! First, Brent made delicious omelets for breakfast Saturday morning, then we all threw on our warm clothes and shoveled months and months worth of dog poop. Great to read about I'm sure, but hey, it took up quite a bit of time! That's even after Brent put the hurt on it last weekend. Not too thrilled with the outerwear!

I see you...

We managed to get a nice walk in and lunch on the deck before the rain hit and boy did it! Torrential downpour. This morning I went for my run - I am back to training for a marathon (that was the plan last year before our big surprise). I had a great run this morning, but the longer distances I run, the more I realize that I probably am not going to have the time to be running 26 miles at a time. So, even though I'm doing the training for the marathon, I'm thinking that at about half way through I'm just going to settle for the 1/2. We'll see what happens - maybe I'll all of a sudden get a lot faster!

We did a lot of basketball watching as well. Go NC! Both Brent and I have them winning the whole ball of wax. Cash seems to enjoy watching basketball as well, who knows, maybe he'll be playing guard at 6'5" by the time he's in college. With all this talk about how big he's going to be, we're probably just jinxing the poor kid. 5'5"....he'll get the short end of the stick.

Dad & Cash enjoyed some basketball together this afternoon. Cash got a little warm and got his first heat rash, so we let him hang out in just a pair of sweats. He seemed much happier!

A trip to Pullman

Okay, so I finally got off my lazy butt and posted some pictures from last weekend when we went to Pullman. Aunt Colleen and Uncle Bob had made reservations at the Hobbs Hotel, so Brent, Cash and I stayed with Great Grandpa!!! We had a wonderful visit and once again Brent got to enjoy the creme de la creme of Pullman.....Cougar Country!!!! I gotta say, I'm surprised at just how many places are closing down in Pullman, it never was all that big to start, but even Taco Time has closed it's doors - you know it's getting bad now.

Cash is so close to laughing and rolling over now. I feel like if I take my eyes off of him for one second I'm going to turn around and he'll have rolled to his belly and I'll have missed it. JW has officially changed his first diaper (he claims that he gagged and fell over, then got back up and 'slapped on a new diaper'). He (Cash, not JW) has also found his thumb....I don't think he's quite figured out that the thumb is actually attached to him and that he is in control yet.

Our new sofa has actually arrived (they originally told us that it would probably be here by Superbowl....hmmm....), so keep an eye out because soon I'll be posting some pictures of the finished basement.

Thanks for the fun visit in Pullman - we'll be back in a month or so!

Another day in the life of Cash

No, you are not seeing things....this IS JW holding Cash - and they both seemed to be enjoying themselves! It may come as a surprise, but JW is a great uncle. Of course, Cash isn't much of handful either, I'd like to see what JW would do under pressure (a.k.a. crying or diaper changing)!

Here's a picture of Cash in his papasan chair, he seems to be happier with it now than he was before, guess it's growing on him. Speaking of growing.....I already have an entire box of clothes that don't fit him anymore. We have just been dressing him in 6 and 9 month clothes - they're a bit on the big size, but better too big than too small!

A picture of Cash in his cow jacket (thanks Cora!) - I hate to say it, but this is the first and last time that he has worn this little jacket. I completely forgot that it was hanging in the closet and we pulled it out today and realized that it's probably a no go from here on out. Of course, he could always wear it with the zipper down....or maybe just not right after he eats. It's the cutest thing, his little belly gets HUGE after he eats....like a little tick! :)

Too Much Fun

Has it really been an entire month since I've put anything on here?! Time flies when you're having fun. Cash has been such a wonderful little addition. He has already fallen right into our routine here at the Olson house - a perfect little boy....sorry Jenny, I can't scare you out of having a baby by telling you how horrible it is to get up every 2 hours to feed him, listen to him cry, colic, etc.....Cash has allowed us to sleep from 10:30 to 4am nearly every night for the past few weeks. He's really not a crier, a pretty happy baby for the most part. He has started smiling and letting out little shrieks of joy that I can't get enough of.

Grandma Olson made a Target run the other day and got him a little safari play mat (I guess that's what you'd call it). He just lays there and 'talks' to the toucan and the giraffe, he loves it! He turned 6 weeks yesterday....he's now a 'big boy'. His next appointment won't be until 2 months, but he sure seems like he's getting bigger - longer for the most part, he really doesn't seem all that much heavier to me. It's so amazing to watch him grow and change daily, but I'm so sad at the same time.

I have gone back to work, although most of my day is spent calling home to see how Cash is doing - I swear I'm worth every government penny! Brent is also hard at it at the old C'Mon Inn, but the real work has been here at home. We've been working on the basement for the past few weeks. We've finished painting (we got our red wall), Brent's become quite the electrician (thanks to Christian) and they are putting the carpet in as I am writing this. We bought a fantastic sectional and a giant tv. We all know what that means - more B.O.S. days! We were hoping to have everything all set up for the Superbowl, but maybe it's a blessing in disguise that the couch hasn't arrived - at least this way we'll get to be the first ones to spill on it!

Okay, so I got a few pics up, but I am currently working on a slide show....so come visit us again soon - it'll be up and running!

Are we there yet?! 14 days and counting....

Pics from the Cat/Griz game....what a blast!

These are my favorite pics - Brent and his 'driving gloves'....I swear he drives better when he wears them!! Ha, ha, ha....I have to say I had never, ever heard of such a thing. He says that you wear them when you're driving so that your hands don't get cold. Hmmmm....last time I checked all of our vehicles have heat - guess he grew up in North Dakota with no heaters?!

Ah yes....the belly - I know it's not the best view, but I can't get it to turn, so you'll just have to turn your head to get a good look at the ol' thing!

BIRD'S EYE VIEW.....NO TOES!!!! :(

Here's some of the room pictures. As you may notice, there are no handles on the dresser. Yes, pregnancy has only enhanced my laziness. It is full of clothes though and they have all been washed, so I haven't been a complete slacker.

We are planning to go to the playoff game this Saturday, but I suppose that will depend on Three. While grinding meat at Mike & Trina's house last night, it was cleverly pointed out that this baby will most likely make it's entrance on December 3rd. We'll see! I know one thing for sure - there's no more room in there for baby growth!

I have a feeling that this room is going to get moved around a few more times before it's all said and done. The dresser/changer finally arrived today and Brent surprised me by coming home from work early and setting the whole thing up, not to mention a wonderful meatloaf ready and waiting for me when I got home. What a great man! I couldn't have asked for better!

Pre bedtime update:

Three has officially had the hiccups for the past 5 minutes....it's the funniest feeling ever! Brent is off playing hockey. Turns out the team has had a few injuries: broken nose (I'm pretty sure that's what I heard), stitches and a bad knee or back or something from Miotke. Well, Brent has bravely taken up his skates and stick and has become the sub for the night (and probably many to come). Let's all pray that he comes home with everything in the same shape that it left in! Oh, and so much for having dog beds - Windsor has decided that our bed will be his for the night...hmmm....not going to fly. His last babysitters said that he only gets on the bed when asked.....boy was he pulling the wool over their eyes! Sneaky. Aren't 12 year old dogs supposed to be getting to the point where arthritis is setting in and they can't JUMP on beds? I'm thinking that Brent has his dog ages mixed up because that dog is as healthy as a horse and as far as I can tell, has no problem with jumping! :)

Big Jim

I finally got this picture today....figured we'd better get a picture of Dad with his buck!

North Dakota: more than just pheasants and flat roads!

Brent was extra excited to be able to have one last hunt with his Dad this year on his Dad's land in North Dakota, drawing this out of state tag will likely never happen again (Brent's pretty lucky sometimes, ya never know). After the first day of hunting I got the report that they had seen about 6 bucks and were going to go after them the next day....my response was, isn't it opening day, why wait? Turns out Brent and his Dad have a much more laid back personality than mine! Their plan worked out just fine, the second day of hunting brought these bucks out of the woodwork for the boys. Brent says that this is probably the biggest whitetail that he's shot (top photo). I've got to say, they're both (Jim's, bottom photo) a whole lot bigger than mine! Well done boys!!



I know that some of you out there might be getting sick of all of the hunting blog posts, but don't you worry, there's a baby on the way and soon you'll be sick of seeing baby pictures too. Guess our lives are pretty mellow....hunting and baby. Maybe we should find a new hobby?! With any luck Brent will be able to play hockey this season, so we should have some good entries from that as well.


Brief, first dating story:


I went to the hockey rink to watch Brent play for probably the first time since we had begun dating. I sat right next to the glass, just to the side of the goalie, by myself. I saw Brent skating around the back side of the goal and watched as some big man from the other team brought his stick right down across Brent's arm - which I later learned is called 'slashing' (I think that's right...). The second that this happened Brent exchanged choice words with the man and tells me later that all he wanted to do was take the man out, but worried that I would think he was some sort of macho man brute, so ended up letting the guy have it with his 'choice words' - which I won't include as a quote - then he skated away. What he didn't see (or hear) was me standing up on the bleacher seat yelling at him to take the guy out! Turns out there's no fighting in this hockey league...oops. I'm sure that all of the wives, girlfriends, friends and children that were there to watch the rest of the team play (without 'taking anyone out') were more than impressed with me and my antics! Sometimes I can't belive that he still married me. :)

Flatlanders in Montana

Brent's folks made it out to visit at the end of August and boy did we have a fun weekend! We spent Saturday riding 4 wheelers up in the mountains and picking huckleberries. Mmmm....huckleberry pancakes - we thought of that the next morning when we were sitting down at Eugene's eating breakfast! Oh well, they kept just fine until the next morning. Sunday was Dad's birthday and we declared it a B.O.S. day (bag of s&!$ day)...a nice relaxing day after a night of farewell at Joe and Lisa's house...our good pal Hanna has taken a job working for the state near Red Lodge. Best of luck Hanna and watch out for snow bunnies!

The dogs fared pretty well that weekend too....I don't know if they could have possibly put one more treat in their bellies or have taken one more brushing or extra round of loving! Spoiled a little? No.....lucky little things! Three had a great weekend too....we were surprised with many gifts for our little one. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!

There's music on this little video - you'll have to pause or mute the music at the bottom of the screen to hear it.

Vacation Recap

I've been slacking on pictures with this blog, so I thought I'd add a few that we finally got downloaded. Reading about people's lives is fun, but seeing pictures is what you're really looking for....I know how this works! Here it goes....

A medley of August fun: Lewis and Clark Caverns, doggie play days (always a fiasco) and my sweet Gramps!!! I love you Gramps!!! :)

The Very Beginning

Well, here it goes. Crissy gave me this idea, so yes, it has been stolen. I wonder who will pick it up next?! Brent and I (I'm thinking mostly "I") thought that this would be fun and a great way to keep in touch with all of our friends and family. I know there's not much for photos here, so may not be the most exciting 'blog' you've seen, but hey, ya gotta start somewhere, right?!

As most of you know, Brent and I were married on May 23rd in Paradise, MT at our very favorite vacation spot, Quinn's Hotsprings. We were so pleased to be able to spend such an important day with family, we only wished that everyone could have made it out. I will be posting pictures as I get them of the wedding, I promise!

Brent and I are also expecting our very first child. We are more than happy and become more and more excited every day. I had a Dr.'s appointment yesterday....Brent and I got to hear the heartbeat (150 + bpm) and even a few kicks! Very exciting! Not to worry, we'll be putting up some ultrasound pictures as well. We have a few from 12/13 weeks, we just have to figure out how to get them on the computer! Our next ultrasound will be next month....I know that everyone will be sitting at the computers, waiting for the pictures!

I hope that you all enjoy this little blog of ours.....and I really hope we can keep up with it.....