By request...

Here are some pics of the progress on Dylan's new swing set from Gpa and Gma Hodgson, the progress on Project New Garage and of course, what post would be complete without some pics of DD too!?

Here is Eric sorting out the parts - all 10 billion of them.

DD and his dandylions.  

And here is where Eric got to yesterday with the swingset.  He plans to start and finish the roof of it today.  Is good practice for building the roof for the garage, me thinks.

And here is what remains of our crappy old "garage."  

Thats it!  Hope you enjoyed the special post just for you Gpa Danny!

Weekend Wrap Up Time!

Well, the pictures are all out of order thanks to Blogger's crappy uploader!  So bear with me!

Here is DD the boat captain.  To see another pic of him driving the boat, check out our shuttercal webpage!  www.shuttercal.com/calendar/dylansmom

The boys enjoying the views on Platte Lake (the lake connected to our lake)

Dylan has wanted to play a game of croquet for the past few days.  Today he finally got his wish!

He hits with his mallet very similar to how he hits with a hockey stick - you really have to WATCH OUT.

Here's one of my purdy flowers. (click on this one, its spectacular up close!)

And here is Miss Avery and I on the boat (thanks Blogger for uploading out of order!)

37 weeks pregnant today.  Many days to go (more on that in a bit) before Avery arrives.

Here is Dylan a few days ago marching towards the bridge.  I thought he looked so tall and grown up, so that's why I posted this pic.  Eric was in Illinois, so it was just him and I.  As you can see, he's about 10 paces ahead of me.  Apparently my waddle is too slow!

Here they are trying to blast away the silt that is around our dock and swimming area.  (by the looks of their outfits, one would think it's fall weather outside!  It was.  The weather has been very lame around here lately.)

And here is Dylan making his mom a sand castle.  What a nice boy!

Alright, no more pics.  Blogger is such crap.  Anyway, as I said up above, Miss Avery will be staying in Casa de Mom a bit longer than we expected.  The dang doctor and the Brainerd Hospital pulled a fast one on me (changed their c-section policy - I must be OVER 39 weeks pregnant to have one and my old date of May 29th was 2 days shy of that) and added 6 more days to my sentence.  So as of now (and I'm not holding my breath that this date sticks either!), Avery's new birthday is set for June 4th.  Clearly, I'm not happy about doing this for an extra 6 days, but I will if I have to.  I think in the long run, Avery would be happy to have a June birthday instead of a stinky May birthday.  So really, her mother should just suck it up and deal.  Who knows, she could still surprise us and pick her own birthday, right?!  So for the next 17 days, I'm going to TRY to be zen mama.  Take this time to enjoy my son and my husband and our sleep.  Because once she arrives, all hell will be breaking loose!  Did I mention that they are pouring the cement for our new garage starting on June 4th?  Oh yeah.  Its going to be good times around here.  Once the cement is poured, garage construction will begin and Daddy will mysteriously disappear leaving.....Zombie Mom to care for the children.  Zombie mom is coming!  Zombie mom is coming!  AHHHH!!! Run for your lives!  Does anyone want to come visit?  I swear it will be fun!  Zombie Mom might say some really whacked out stuff and from what I hear - she mixes a mean martini!  Come on, people!  You know you want to!  We have a lovely guest suite! : )

Well, thats it for now.  See ya next week!

Mother's Day Weekend 2009

Well we had one semi nice day before we went up north for Mother's Day (and by nice, I mean, it didn't rain) so Dylan and I spent some time outside "relaxin'" together.  Here are a couple pics of that.  

And here are some pics from Kelli's graduation from nursing school.  Dylan was reunited with his Honduran cousins Reed, Ella and Addi and got to see cousin "Easter" again too.  The babies put on quite a show for the onlookers that were there.  

Addi and Easton hammin' it up together!

And here is Mother's Day.  I look so glorious without makeup (and this is even retouched - yikes!), so thanks to my husband for taking this picture!  HA.  There were many more of me, but they were just too scary to post.  Anywho, here I am with my card and Egg McDanny.

And here are my 36 week belly pics.  18 more days to go!

Thanks for stoppin' by!  Don't forget to check out our shuttercal too from time to time!  That has a new pic daily and I know some of you are just jonzin' for pics of the Wikoff Family!  I mean, who wouldn't be?!?!  www.shuttercal.com/calendar/dylansmom

Weekend Wrap Up

Channy and Lulu came for a quick visit this weekend.  Here's Dylan showing off his hockey skills for them.  

Gotta try to hit the light! 

Here he was spinning around and around...he likes that sort of thing....

Dylan and Channy having some cereal for breakfast - Dylan was wanting to do whatever Channy did.  So since Channy was having cereal - so was Dylan!  No waffles on this day!

And here is the first ride on Pontunia this season!  It was not as warm as we would have liked, but it wasn't too bad.  Surprisingly, quite a few people around the lake had their docks and lifts put out already!

Channy was driving and texting...a big no no!  ha ha!

Lulu, me and Avery.

And here is Dylan at the Harding park on Sunday.  He is still waiting for his swingset to appear here, so we had to make due with the park one.  He was pretty timid at first and wouldn't go anywhere without his Daddy with him, but eventually he climbed around on his own and went down the big slide by himself too!  My camera battery died after a few pics and a few minutes of being there, so these were pretty much the only pics I got. 


Then on Sunday afternoon, we took Pontunia out for a spin under the new bridge (pretty fancy!) and looked around part of Platte Lake before Dylan demanded that we go back to the bridge.  We'll get to the rest of it eventually!  

I think thats it for exciting news from us except.....  25 days to go until Avery arrives!  Woohoo! 

Pelicans!

Hundreds of pelicans swooped in for a visit on Saturday.  I ran outside in the 37 degree weather in my short sleeves and barefoot to take these pics!  It was definitely a gorgeous sight to see!

Here I am working on another painting masterpiece.  This time, its for Avery's bedroom.  Its a butterfly.  Yes, I am aware that it looks nothing like a butterfly in these pictures, but its a work in progress.  

Here is Dylan's cool new bridge for his cars.  I knew those vertical blinds would come in handy for something!
And finally, here I am at 34 weeks!  Only 32 more days until Avery's birthday!  Get out your party hats!  Woohooo!
Well, I think thats all we have to report this week!  Check back next week for more wildlife photos I'm sure!  They just keep coming!