Knocking on a Door.

Here are some pictures from Kasey and Andre's wedding from a couple weeks ago. It was a lot of fun and it was great seeing Oliver hang out with everyone. Him and Lexie started off a little rough but by the end they enjoyed playing together. It was cute. Really, when I think about it, Lexie is the only other kid he's ever actually played with. :(  #antisocialparentsproblems. 

SO going a little backwards because the photos loaded from back to front, here are pictures from the reception and after the reception and some of oliver and lexie outside playing. 

Oliver fell asleep before the reception even started. It was cute. 

Now after the reception.. 

 Rebel.

 Prem was a big hit with both lexie and oliver. When we got home oliver actually was all cute and affectionate towards kitty for a couple days. Thats over now though.

 And... here are photos from the wedding in Minnie.

A popular storm drain  during the ring ceremony.

Oliver loved Barbara's cane and went for a little walk with it.

Take My hand.

I got behind on blogging... again. I think it'll probably be like this until I make it a new years resolution or something. Maybe I'll get better in the fall? I'm really looking forward to fall this year. Chad says I am taking over his favorite season, I guess mine use to be summer but I think I've gotten a good dose of summer this year. Also, I feel like summer is a lot worse when you have a kid to run around after in a hot un-air-conditioned apartment. Summer is good for lounging, something I guess I use to do during a lot which might be part of why I use to love summer a lot more then I do now... So its all about Fall now. 

To back it up, my mom came to visit us!! It was a lot of fun and I am very glad she got to come see our home and town and little Oliver.  Here are some pictures from her trip and a couple before she got there. 

Como Park

 Sparklers for Fourth of July

Cut the Chase

Just the past week.... 

So Chad officially has a job now and it is super cool. He works from home, is a ios mobile developer, and works his own hours (well is contracted to work a certain amount of hours on a project and he picks how quick or slow he does them). Its pretty much our dream job. We just hope the hours stay consistent. He also has a pending job with the Timber Wolves but he isn't sure if he should take it because he wouldn't get to work from home and the pay is less. So.. we will see what happens. 

But since chad is working from home now I actually can't bother him in his office any more so i've been trying to play a lot with Oliver. Which is going pretty good, I've taught him to play doctor with his dinosaurs, so we are getting somewhere...

Anyways.. just some pictures.. 

We made another fort and ate lunch under it. 

Cheese face.

Kitty was the heavy weight holding it together.

We play this snack game with different foods and his tackle box and that keeps him entertained for a little..

Just playing cars.

And thats it. I have a bunch of photos on my phone from when we've gone out and about but thats too complicated right now. I'll probably post them later... or never :)

Long Story

It's a little late for a garden but I finally got around to the start of one this summer. I bought some Ikea shelving for $15 which fits real nice on our porch. Its not as pretty as our old one, with the nice brick wall but I have some ideas. 

Im just starting out with a little cherry tomato plant and some yellow snapdragons. 

Afterwards, Oliver played in the dirt.. with water, so actually mud.

Kitty was a little concerned.

And on other news I'm now a monthly contributor for a blog called Doublethebatch.com.  Its pretty fun and you can see my first blog post here. I'm working on my next post and its going to be a real fun one!

Better Lock it in your Pocket.

The other day I realized I'm turning into one of those people who I never liked. The ones who take billions of baby pictures but then slowly stops taking photos once their kids start growing up. So I got my camera out of my room and its back on my kitchen counter ready to be used for those every day moments, not just the ultra cute ones. 

So here are a few photos that have been sitting on my camera for awhile... its funny how Oliver changes so quick, another reason why I absolutely should be taking photos more often. 

I think Oliver looks like a little old man in this photo. 

We made a fort and ate cookies one day.

Oliver is a Huge play dough fan. Huge.

Oliver wouldn't smile for the camera so Chad tried to help him out a little.