New Vehicle

We got a new vehicle. Yes, it was about time to retire my car. It had been a good one these last six year but with 200,000 miles creeping too close and the amount of traveling that we tend to do it was time. So the next big question.... what to get. I knew I wanted an SUV with another little one on the way (so much easier than bending down all the time with car seats). The real question came down to size. Short-term or long-term (Lord willing.) After some debate and test driving we went long term. It just made more sense. Even if the Lord only blessed us with one more child after little Feb. Lindberg, where would we put him :)

I'm soooo very happy with our choice. (A Ford Explorer.) I told Matthew if it had a bathroom I could pretty much live in there for awhile. After the original purchase wears off (because let's face it, no matter what you get new vehicles aren't cheap) its pretty exciting to have a new-to-you vehicle!!


~Olive


p.s. not my photo work. decided it would be easier just to pull a photo off the internet :)

Feeding the Puppy Dog

After a week, Emmett finally was willing to pet the puppy dog.... we eventually got him to even feed the puppy dog!!! Now, when the puppy gets to close, he just pushes the puppy dog away and tells him to 'git'. My brave little man!

~Olive

Baby #2

My apologies if I was supposed to call you in person to let you know that *Yeah!* we're expecting BabyLindberg #2. I'm not so good about knowing how these things should be handled so I usually tell my family and let word of mouth take care of the rest. It usually seems to work but at times it doesn't quite do it.

We're about 12 to 13 weeks along (there's some discrepency due to the baby's size so everyone pray that this one is not a 10 1/2 lber again :) . We're of course very excited. We'd love either a boy or a girl as long as its healthy!!!!

I'm very excited about the OBGYN I've found in 'sort of' our area. I actually have to drive about a 1/2 hour but that's not too bad! YEAH! I was super worried about that to be honest because while there are a lot of options in our area.... I'm pretty picky.

I'm excited about the hospital too. They're opening up special rooms (we might be one of the first ones to get to use them) for babies born without medication and its just reassuring that you know whoever is working in there knows about your expectations before the whole labor thing begins!

Anywho. I'll probably keep you updated from time to time. I'm just now getting over a icky stomach flu that's lasted going on ~4 days. I'm starting to feel better but weak because I haven't been up to eating much. I've been reassured the baby is FINE though and I actually have an appointment tomorrow so we'll probably get to double check then.

~Olive

Poison Control on Speed Dial

Our son now has me convinced that we need to put the Poison Control number on speed dial. He doesn't purposely try to give me gray hairs but he does such a very good job at it.

The other day we were at my parents and Emmett so desperately wanted to go outside. He had several willing, yet busy takers. Once outside he was on cloud nine: chasing cats, hitting the dog, shooting hoops with his uncle, sweeping the sidewalk with grandma.... Only problem was no one person was for sure in charge of him. (You would think it would for sure be his mother but I was inside making supper and trying to keep a random eye on him from the front window.)

This is where we lost him for a bit. His Auntie did eventually find him locked in the garage (his new thing is shutting doors), swinging the golf club around (we think all the vehicles are okay) and playing with a spray bottle of OdoBan. Scare mommy to death! We quick peeled and label back and it said if on skin contact you had to wash for 15-20 minutes. Auntie jumped in the shower with Emmett and continually scrubbed him down while I called poison control.

I might not have have been as worried but he has a squirt bottle at home he likes to use as a sippie cup so how much of it he drank is still unknown. Thankfully, he was going to be fine.... just needed some juice because I guess it has some alcohol in it.

Emmett's fine. Poison Control is going on speed dial for sure with this one. I had a VERY clean kid at the end of the day :)


~Olive

First Ear of Corn

This is a pretty long video... Emmett's eating his first ear of corn. We didn't really have to show him what to do, he had been watching us the day before. He did however pretty much clean off the ear!!!