May Olson Update

This feels like writing one of those Christmas card letters. And actually, we were just speaking about how it's a travesty to not get an "update" on what's going on in the lives of our friends and family except for at Christmas time. We'll start, then it's your turn! :)

Oh, and FYI, for those of you who haven't received a Christmas card from us in the past couple of years, don't be alarmed.. our Christmas card writing has been on hiatus since 2008. 

Issac has been very busy with work, but thoroughly enjoys the hectic and exciting nature of his job. He, the former self-proclaimed 'lover of cold weather,' has now caved and is beckoning summer (or even springtime) weather to come our way so he and Amelia can log some miles on his bike. Tonight, May 26th 2011, the temperatures are set to dip below 32 degrees overnight!!

  {Nicole has clearly spent more time BEHIND the camera lately, we couldn't find a current photo! 

But picture this: Pregnant lady, Watermelon in hand}

Nicole is doing well, though pregnancy slows her down a bit. Issac likes to say that she now "functions like a normal person, sleeping 8 hours a night and not doing 200 things every single day." She and her friend Jess have resurrected blogging at www.babyfoodscoops.com which they have been having a lot of fun with. She is also enjoying her garden, parts of which were in the ground already on April 23, and hoping that some of her 'wild' berries and fruits planted near the pond produce this summer. 

Amelia is keeping us busy with her antics and mimicking. She enjoys "feeding" her babies things and saying "mmmmm" and making them clap when we sing nursery rhymes. She is also starting to try to sing along to familiar songs and play "dress up" by taking mom's clothes out of her closet and walking them to the other side of the house to check them out in the mirror. Her newest words are "sit".. "time"... "water"... "off" (which sounds much more like "oschf") and "car." She has been enjoying playdates with her friends Natalie, Natalie, Jacob, Levi and Ryland lately and LOVES to be outside. Nicole jokes that we could put a baby gate on the deck and leave her out there for hours to wave at the birds, talk to her strawberry plants, and push around her baby stroller. Next week she has her last swimming lesson of the session (don't tell her, she'll be devastated!) but not to worry, once the weather gets nice Nicole has grand intentions to introduce her to the Neenah outdoor pool!

Littlest Baby Olson is also doing well. Baby is quite active, Nicole can feel many more movements than she did when pregnant with Amelia. We're now far enough along that Issac can feel the movements as well, and if you ask Amelia where "mom's baby is," she will pat Nicole's belly. There is an Old Wive's Tale that if baby's heartbeat mid-pregnancy is over 140 beats per minute, baby is a girl. Less than 140, baby is a boy. Today, at 23 weeks gestational age, just to keep us all guessing, Baby Olson #2's heart rate was 140 beats per minute.

That's all we've got.. what's new with you? We would love to hear!