Montreal & Quebec City

We just traveled to Montreal and Quebec City with our family and my parents (Tim and Penny). We had fun and the girls got to experience many new things. We were in the mountains at Mont Tremblant and got to hike, see waterfalls, go on gondola rides, mini golf, paddle boat and much more. In Quebec City we were able to see the "characters" as Maddie calls them, beautiful architecture, more waterfalls, eat delicious food, and hear lots of French. Maddie started saying Bonjour! and Merci! by the end of the trip. She also became quite the poser for pictures. She would beg for her picture to be taken and get in a pose. It was very funny. I will post a few pics from each place.

Baby Olson #3

We had our 20 week ultrasound a few weeks ago to check on our new little ones growth. She is doing great and growing well. That's right I said she. We are having another little girl! We are very excited to have 3 girls in our house. I am so glad that Hailey and this little one will be so close in age. I am hoping they will be great playmates and friends. Maddie has named the baby "minnie mouse" and we are going with that name for right now.:) Unfortunately, we don't have any girl names picked out yet but we still have a lot of time to work on that. For the time being she is being called minnie mouse. She looks like her sisters on the ultrasound picture with that cute little pug nose. I will try to scan that in eventually.

Other than that we have been very busy with our summer activities. Maddie just finished up soccer/TBall and she not surprisingly likes soccer better because of the running and activity involved. We also have been on quite a few outings with friends. We went to the como zoo with the Parker girls. We have gone on a boat ride on "Bumpa's ribber" as Maddie calls it. We visited the Larsen lake cabin and my parents Shabin. We went to Teddy bear park with Ella (and Melissa the girls babysitter). We went to MOA to visit the backyardigans with Brenna and Paige. We go to the Baden's pool weekly to swim and play. Maddie is getting to be quite the swimmer and can jump in and goes under without being afraid. We also walk around Colby Lake with Jaimie each week. We are still hitting up the puppet wagon and the library weekly. Maddie wakes up each day and asks where we are going today. We are going on vacation soon to Montreal and Quebec City with my parents. So, we are getting ready for that as well.

Hailey Mae's 1st Birthday!!

Hailey turned 1 and she had a blast! She spent her actual birthday July 1st by going to the Teddy Bear Park in Stillwater, out to eat at Grand Pizza, and then to our families favorite, Nelson's icecream for dessert. Auntie Kinsey was staying with us for the week to help mommy so we could get ready for the party. Grammy and Bumpa and Unky Punky joined us in Stillwater to eat also. Then, Hailey had her birthday party on the July 3rd and she had a great time. She enjoyed eating her cake and was very neat at first but then had that frosting rubbed in her hair and all over her body. She also loved all of her presents and has been playing with all of her toys daily. We set up the kiddie pools and she enjoyed swimming with her little buddies. It was a hot day so it was a great one to go swimming. After the swimming, she was exhausted and went down for a nap.

Hailey also had her one year check up at the doctor and she is doing well. She is growing and weighs 17lbs. exactly and is still in the 1st percentile for weight but she is following her growth curve for both weight and height. Her height is in the 20th percentile. At her last appt. the doctor had mentioned that if she continued to go down in percentiles for weight she would have to go to the endocronologist. Thankfully she has gained 3 lbs. since her last visit and the doctor thinks she is healthy and growing well. She is just a little peanut and has the Larson genes.

Hailey 11 months and summer fun

Hailey is 11 months her birthday is coming up on Thursday and she will be one already. This 1st year has flown by so fast. She has such a nice temperment and personality. She is very easygoing and happy. It is fun to see her talk back a little to her big sister when appropriate. She is still super smiley and loves to meet new people. She is talking a lot. Trying to mimic many of the sounds and words we say. Some of her new words are dog, baby, doll, hi daddy!, pooh, and bye bye. She is crawling and standing like crazy but not walking quite yet. She can stand on her own but gets scared and sits down. She furniture walks and is standing up on anything she can though. She is healthy and happy and we are looking forward to her big day!

We have been having a lot of fun this summer so far. We go to the puppet wagon, library, picnics, walks around the lake, swimming lessons, swimming at our friends pool and in our little pools, and going to MOA. Maddie has been loving all the activities and playing with all her "friends" that she meets at each new place. She is a very friendly and extroverted girl. She also has enjoyed playing with our neighbors. One very cute story that melted my heart is at swimming lessons the teacher asked her who her best friend was and I overheard her say Hailey. They have been interacting, talking, laughing, and playing a lot together this summer. I am so glad that they love each other. That is about all for now. I will update after the big day.

3's

I just turned 30 and have had many celebrations which has been fun. I figure it is the year of 3's since I am 30, 3 months pregnant, and will be having 3 kids the first week in December. That's right, we are expecting again. I am actually about 15 weeks now and starting to feel better. I was very sick the first 3 months and the biggest gift I got for my birthday was starting to feel less nauseous.:) We have had one ultrasound at 11 weeks and got to see the little one jumping around. I will have another ultrasound in about 5 weeks and we are going to find out the gender hopefully at that time. We will be a busy bunch at the Olson household.:)

Memorial Day weekend

The girls enjoyed the hot weather Memorial day weekend in their swimming pools and with the new swing set. We also celebrated mommy's 30th birthday with the Giesbrechts at the lake. Maddie helped mommy make a patriotic cake.

Hailey 10 months old & Maddie 3 1/2

Hailey is 1o months old and actually almost 11 months old so I thought I had better update the blog before the new month begins. She is crawling like crazy and standing up on everything and everyone. She is talking and babbling away. She loves playing with Maddie and tries to copy everything her big sister does. They laugh together and make noises and sing together and play together now. It is so fun to watch. Hailey also got her first two bottom teeth this month. She didn't fuss very much at all. She is still very good natured and has an easy going temperment. She is still very smiley and happy almost all of the time. We are blessed. Maddie is 3 1/2 going on 16. She says the funniest things and makes us laugh and surprises us daily. She just had her first dance recital and she loved it. She loved performing on stage in front of all the people. She loved getting her hair and makeup done and wearing a pretty costume. She loved the energy behind the show. After I finished doing her hair she looked in the mirror and told me, "I am beautiful! I am stylish!". The other day she asked to put my sunglasses on and then once she did she said," I'm a rockstar!" It is funny to hear how she views the world. We also went on our wedding boat for Maddie's preschool class. She had a blast and loved the boat and all the activities. We are now gearing up for summer and just got swingset that our neighbors generously gave us and have been playing in our pools. Both girls love the water and cannot get enough of the pools and bath time. I will post some pics and another blog soon for 11 months and family news.