Wheeler Farm

My mom had the day off on Monday and the weather was great so we decided we'd check out Wheeler Farm. Harvey always points out barns whenever he sees anything that resembles them, and he likes animals, so we figured it would be a hit. It was. When he woke up we told him we were going to go to a farm and he got so excited. As we were pulling out of the house he raised both hands above his head and yelled "Barn!!" so excitedly! It was so cute. Then he said bye bye to pop pop's house.
The weather couldn't have been more perfect. We wandered around a bit and had a few minutes to check out some animals before we went on a wagon ride.

When we first walked in we saw these baby calves. This picture is so funny because he got nervous and didn't want to stand, so we was picking up his feet hanging from my mom, but still waving to them. Then a big mama cow in there "moo'd" REALLY loud and it scared him so bad. He gave my mom's neck a super squeeze for awhile. She was okay with that :) Since we've been there when he says we saw cows, the next thing he says is "loud!"

He also saw turkeys and chickens and big rabbits and horses. We went on a 10 minute wagon ride around the farm. It was really pretty! I don't think I'd ever been to the farm part of Wheeler Farm - just for some receptions or what not. It was cool for me too :)

His favorite part by far was sitting on some old tractors. He really got into it on the green one. He liked it better than the yellow one because apparently that one was hard to drive. It was d ifficult getting him off these to do anything else.

We bought $1 tokens to get to milk some cows. Well, they said it was a cow milking demonstration and that you'd get to try milking, but mostly they just let us try milking. I was really impressed that Harvey didn't freak out. He stood right next to the cow and watched me milk her for a minute and when I asked him if he wanted to try he stuck his hand right out and squeezed those teats. I think he was worried it was hurting her because he kept saying "hurt" and then he was really concerned about how dirty the cow was. But he milked a cow. And that was awesome. My mom even got after it and that was her first time EVER milking a cow. Totally worth the buck.

After tractors and cow milking and wagon rides, we just wandered around, threw rocks in the water, climbed a tree, ate a stick, saw some goslings, played at the park and then acquiesced to his request of pancakes for dinner. Unfortunately the Original Pancake House was closed, so we ended up at Denny's. It was quite tasty. The whole afternoon was just perfect, fun and beautiful! We'll definitely be going there again...probably when dad comes home!

Such a goof

My mom took these black and whites :)

 

Even Greta got a chance to milk a cow :) hehe

 

He was doing all sorts of talking and jumping and yelling and fanfare on this. So funny.

Mmm, pancakes!

Greta is two (months)

Oh Greta girl, we love you! I'm going to make this blog easy on myself and make a quick comment on all the exciting things that a two month old can have going on with them, and then dump a bunch of pictures :) Awesome, right? Well, Greta is just wonderful. Towards the end of the two month mark, she started going about 5 hr stretches at night, and then maybe 3 hrs after that. Not bad. She's still been kind of grunty and squirmy, but it seems to have subsided slightly.

My friend Steff gave her this set, and a few days after we left the blanket at the park and no one turned it in. My mom and I are still SO sad about it. Cutest, softest blanket that ever was. Ugh.

Some superficial comments about her looks - she didn't seem to lose much hair and at first I thought the top part was coming in a little lighter but I might be wrong - she might not follow in her toe-head brother's footsteps. Her eyelashes have come in and are long and dark and beautiful. Her eyes are so incredible to me. And we kind of lucked out and missed the baby zit phase. She only had a couple for a couple of days. But if she's anything like me she'll more than make up for it in her adolescent and young adult life. Sorry, G!

No bald spot yet

She looks bald here which is funny. But she likes laying on her tummy on legs.

My FAVORITE thing that has happened is she officially started smiling and talking and cooing on purpose a week before she turned 2 months. Oh man. Best thing ever. 

Harvey is still a great big brother and loves to hold her and will help out with binky patrol. If he here's her crying, he usually will say "B, crying" or "B, sad" or "B, binky!" It's super sweet. He bonked her on the head the other day and a couple minutes later, when she was still crying, he came over of his own free will and gave her a huge hug and kiss and patted her head saying "tay, tay" (it's ok, or maybe asking if she was ok...still so sweet. And that happened after 2 months, but I don't want to forget to write it down :) )

Are you kidding me?!

She's got to make some new friends as well. She met my friend Brooke and her son Garrett, who loves her and held her for such a long time. She had some more bonding with cousin Logan and got up close and personal with the dogs. 

Here's some other random cute ones.

G-lo LOVES her grammy!

She's got some good facial expressions and scowls just like her brother did.

Finding treasures in grammy's cedar chest

And she is much more of a chubby baby than Harvey was. She's gained a leg roll a week, it seemed like. But oh how I love those chunky legs! And, those CHEEKS! So kissable :) We took her to the doctor on her birthday and she got her 2 month shots. She weighed in at 13lbs 1 oz. Meaning she gained almost 3 pounds in just over one month. Nice work G! She was 98% for length and head and 90% for weight. Other than her umbilical hernia (just like brother), she is super healthy, and a very happy and content little sweet heart. Gosh we love her!

Sumo baby!!!

Dr. Leah Farley

 

Ouch ;(