Oh, now I see......you just need one of these....

Because I am known for sometimes talking about inappropriate things, ok, alot of the time I am. Most of you know that I have not been to crazy about this whole nursing thing since Hutch was born. After many tears and some curse words, we have it figured out enough to get some fat on that boy. A few months back, I was finally starting to feel like I had nursing figured out, then it was time to go to work and let the pumping begin. I kind of hate pumping but I have worked so hard to get to this point that I refuse to give up. I thought most women were going through this struggle until I saw this picture and wondered to myself if I need to invest in one of these.





This is maybe the most unrealistic picture I have ever seen. Come on, no one wants to talk to you on the phone while you are pumping unless they also like to talk to you when you are running a vacuum cleaner. I also start to get faint when I think about wearing something like this under my clothes on a hot summers day. Oh and nice denim shirt lady!!!

This is my shout out to all you women out there that are crazy (like me I guess) to stick with this nursing thing and pump at work. Nursing is suppose to be so natural but this picture is the furthest thing from natural that I have ever seen.

to bright?

What do you think?

This past Saturday I celebrated my 28th b-day. Woke up late, hung out with my boys, ate some good breakfast at first watch, ate sushi for lunch and hung out with some lovely ladies for apps, wine and makeup. A friend of Hannah's, Gina, gave us ladies a little lesson on makeup and answers some questions every girl may have about makeup. How do I apply bronzer? What brushes do I need? Can I get good makeup at Target? (the answer is yes on that, I just got new foundation at Target that I think I like better than my expensive foundation). I may do a post on the products that I am now trying instead of the products you can only get at the counter. Here are a few fun pics from the party.

Oh, and I am not done celebrating, tonight I am going to dinner with some more friends to Blue Koi where I am going to eat so many dumplings, I may make myself sick, I LOVE THEM!!!

Thanks friends for making me feel so special on my birthday!

full house

This past weekend was another wonderful weekend of family and friends. We were able to host Brett's parents, my parents and a house full of friends and kids all in one weekend. I tell Brett often that if I could, I would spend all my money just hosting people for dinner and parties, I love having people over and just hanging out in the kitchen eating. (Clark, I know you are with me on that one).

This weekend was a reminder to me of why I would like to have a big family, the more going on in this house, the better. Bring on the craziness!!!!!

Love you all family and friends, we really do have a great circle of friends!!!!

so far, so good

Have to say, this weekend is going pretty good so far:

- Car is running like a champ

- AC is up and running

- Cold peach pie for a warm summers day turned out and was wonderful

- Good time with family

- Husband mowed yard and it is perfect just the way I like it

- Got pictures hung in family room finally

- Planted a Jade plant

- House cleaned

- Got to hang out with one of the sweetest boys I know

Can't wait for tomorrow!!

something to cheer us

I have tried to not get down about our current situation of being a one car family (Brett's Jeep bit the dust a couple weeks ago and we still have not found the right car for the right price) and now we have not had power for the last 18 hours or so. It is 96 degrees out so it would be nice to have a little airflow tonight while we try to get some shut eye. I also have over 240 ounces of "B Milk" in my deep freeze that I worked pretty hard at getting so hopefully the $60 worth of dry ice that we bought this morning will keep it frozen. Anyway, Brett and I went home over our lunch hour and where heading back to work as we were complaining about how the air-conditioner in my car really sucks and needs to be charged when we both saw this truck in front of us and could do nothing but laugh:

Seriously, someone does this??? Apparently they do a lot of it or they would not spend the time to repaint a whole truck with the word "poop" on it. I did a little research and for a low price of $7 a week I could have Debo's poop removed from my yard. MMMM, that's OK, I enjoy going out there once a season and picking up what Debo has not already eaten for for a hot treat. (yes, he is a cute dog but does eat his poop, thus the blog about getting his teeth cleaned, Think how your breath would smell if you ate your poop).

I am in no need of this service but if you are you can go check it out at:

http://www.northlandpoopscooping.com

Ahh, thank you Northland Poop Scooping, not for cleaning up the stinkies in our yard but for giving my husband and I a much needed laugh.

Fathers Day Delight

Who can resist a man with a baby??? Not me. I am always running for my camera every time my heart melts when I see my boys together. Brett is a wonderful father and Hutch loves his Daddy without a doubt!!!
Happy Belated Fathers Day to all you good Daddy's out there!!! Hope you had a great day!

I Heart small towns

This weekend we took off Friday from work and headed to my old stomping grounds, Sabetha, KS. For some reason, this is becoming my new favorite vacationing spot. It is not a far drive, there is always great food (I had an amazing steak this weekend) and wonderful time with family.

This weekend I had another couple reasons to love the small town. A few months ago we were told by our vet here in KC that our dog really needed to have his teeth cleaned. I did not disagree, Debo likes to eat his own poo poo from time to time so his breath was out of control. I got a quote from the vet and it was near $250 to have them cleaned!!! Since there are a few other things that may come before Debo having his teeth cleaned such as clothing my child and eating, I thought we would see what the cost was in Sabetha.

The grand total came to:

$60 bones??? What a deal!! They even trimmed his nails for free while he was out. I am forever going to Sabetha for check ups. I had almost a $200 savings !!! Maybe this is a business opportunity for me. I take your dog for the weekend to the farm to wear him/her out and get any vet visits taken care of for a small charge.

The other reason I love small towns so much is because they really help you regain your confidence. This weekend I ran in my first 5K since I got preggers. I just started to run again and watch what I eat so I am pretty slow these days yet:

I got third in my age group!!! Ha ha. Everyone in my family placed in their age groups so we were all feeling pretty good. I may have run the slowest I have ever run but I still got a metal and a bag of dog treats that I won in the drawing ;)

If I could get my friends, Target, D'Bronx, Okie Joes and our church to move to Sabetha, I am pretty sure we would be moving tomorrow;) I love where we live but the small town is the best place to live if you ask me. Go shopping and out to eat in the city but just live the good life in a small town. Maybe someday.

p.s. Dad and Joce, thanks so much for making the weekend so relaxing and enjoyable, you do a great job of entertaining your guests!! Oh, Hutch misses the farm already! Can't wait to come back.

10 Years ago

Yep, 10 years ago I was a senior at Sabetha High School and I am going back to my home town this weekend for my ten year high school reunion. I have been warned by my good friend Sarah not to go, I am going to take my chances.

Here are a few things that are different about me since I was in Highschool:

- I drove a red VW bug until it kept breaking down and I had to drive the family Pontiac Sunbird
- I was dating a guy that was in the army.
- I worked as a nurses aid at a nursing home
- A fun night out was dragging main in the town 15 miles from Sabetha
- I was eating DQ chicken strip baskets at any chance I got.
- I went to Topeka for fun (that is the arm pit of Kansas incase you didn't know)
- I shopped exclusively at American Eagle (I must have been pretty cool because I think the kids are still shopping there)
- I was a runner up for the queen of hearts at the Valentines Dance but did not win. (I am still upset about this)
- I had a retainer that had a tooth hooked on it while I was having a tooth implant. I would pop the retainer out to eat and I would have a large gap where my tooth was going to be. (The funny thing about that is Brett also had this in highschool, we are soulmates)
- I would wake up on days I had gym class and could not wait to play dodge ball (wait, that is not different than now, I still wake up wanting to play dodge ball)
- I did not enjoy learning (this is the reason my spelling is so stinking bad, I only started to learn how to spell within the last 5 years of my life) Being social was a priority for me in highschool, not homework. I was the girl that took home ec. and shop class instead of a English College prep class.
- I was a swimmer and now I am a runner
- I listed to grunge music (Green day, No doubt, Superdrag, The Refreshments, The Cranberries)
- I never wore heels or wore much makeup (wait does carmax lip balm count as make up?)

I am sure I could think of a million other things but I think I covered most of it. I will be sure to blog about how the reunion went. GO BLUEJAYS Class of 1999!!!!!

Mothers Day Delight

Well, it is the end of mothers day and I am pretty sad the day is over. I have to say, I think I like mothers day more than birthdays or Christmas (not that I really like either of those holidays all that much). It was the perfect day, my boys took great care of me today and I feel like a million bucks.

Hutch slept in to 7:30am this morning so that was his gift to me along with a full package to pamper myself at a salon. Brett said Hutch picked it out all by himself :)

Then we had brunch at our house with our mom's and some family and who does not love egg casserole (made by Brett of course), orange and cranberry scones and a wonderful fruit salad??? Yes Please!!!

A highlight of the day was dedicating Hutch in church today, it was a very special moment for me to be able to do that on Mother's Day. Hutch slept the whole time but I will never forget it.

Oh yes, the day gets better..... Went out to lunch and home so the boys could hang and take naps while I did a little shopping solo.

To top it off the boys took me out to Mochi-Yo for my new favorite dessert, it was perfect!!!

Now I am headed to bed so extremely thankful for my husband, my sweet baby boy and of course, my MOM's :)

Happy Mother's Day Ladies!!!

Back to Work

Today is a bittersweet day. It is my last day on maternity leave with my first born. Becoming a mother has changed my life in so many ways. I never thought I could love a little baby so much. I am so much more thankful for my family and wonderful friends after these past 12 weeks. Thank you to all of you that were so supportive and brought us food after Hutch was born. I did not have to make meals for almost 5 weeks, that is alot of meals people!!! Thank you for all of you that stopped by to visit Hutch and the phone calls and emails to call and check in on us. We truly have the best friends and family!!

Mochi-Yo

No, I am not learning Japanese while on maternity leave, I am letting you all know about my new favorite place for a sweet treat. Oh yes, I will always love Foo's and a small town DQ but Mochi-Yo is my new favorite that I finally got to try on Saturday!! Oh, if you are a MTV Real World fan, you may like this place even more since the owner use to be on the Realworld. Mochi-Yo is frozen yogurt with a great tang and fresh fruit for toppings. It is very similar to Pinkberry in LA which I tried a few years ago and loved. Now if we could just get an In-N-Out burger joint up in this city!!

Yes, going to Mochi-Yo does require a little drive "out south" but it is well worth it. Hey, you can stop into the best shoe store in KC too. Habitat Shoe Boutique is doing a drawing right now for some hot shoes and clothes which of course I signed up for and plan on winning (as I always do) ;)

Here are a few pics of our fun visit:

This is me enjoying the sweet goodness

Wes (the owner) from the Realworld is the guy with the red hair.

Pink Bathroom.... Who would not want to pee in a pink bathroom???? yes please!!!!!

Easter on the farm

As most of you know, I love Easter!!! I do love the Bunny's, pastel colors and spring flowers but I love the reason for Easter even more. Yes, I know most people love the Christmas holiday the most because Jesus was born. Come on, raising from the dead??? That is pretty impressive if you ask me. Babies are born every day but do they raise from the dead?? Ok, I guess Mary was a virgin and she got preggers, pretty impressive I suppose.


We always spend Easter on the farm, my family has a wonder Easter lunch and it is a get together that I hate to miss. Plus the Ham, potato casserole, hot rolls, jello salad and chocolate mousse are a must!! Hutch loved going to the farm, he got to meet all his great aunts and second cousins and hang with Grandpa and Grandma Joce.
Hutch really wanted to go turkey hunting with his dad Saturday morning but Brett said he was too young and he does not have his hunters safety permit just yet. Hutch did get to take a picture with the prize bird that Brett killed though, sweet boys!!!!

wake up everybody!!!

I guess Hutch wanted to play while Brett and Debo decided to take a much needed nap. That is one happy Beagle and one bored son!!! Oh, there is a reason you should not wear horizontal stripes Hutch, you look chubby, good thing I love fat babies!!!

A new fan

Not, that I had anything to do with it but guess what???

I found out today Hutch loves the Cosby Show!!!! YES!!! That is my son, my son!!!

A couple shout outs:

Donna: Thanks for the onesie, he looks great in it, doesn't he??

Andrea: Hutch loves his new blanket, thanks so much!!!!

Aunt Callie: these pants so stinking cute!!! I heart spring colors!!!

Farewell Monte

Monte is the name of the mouse we have been trying to catch for the last two days (Brett named him). Yesterday at 1:12pm his life was ended as he attempted to eat the sour Lifesavers gummy ( I felt kinda bad that he did not at least get a last good meal before his life was ended). I really didn't think you could get mice in the city but I guess you can. It worked out that my mom was in town this week so she and Brett were the mice hunters and I just stood back and let them do the work.

Monte,

Sorry we had to kill you little guy, I hope it was not too painful to get your neck snapped in half but I really can't have you around my house. You are dirty and gross and I am a clean freak. I do hope this was a sign to all your little friends to not come around my piece no mo!!!

Pretty Cute

Ok, I know I said I would not make this blog about my first born but he is kinda my life these days. I had to share these pics my good friend Hannah took. Pretty cute if you ask me ;)

Baby Hutch

He is here:

Hutcheson (we shall call him Hutch) Jay Wiese!!!

Born at 2:32 am on Sunday, Feb 15th!

He looks just like Brett which I love of course!

I will try to keep up on the blog but I may be taking a couple weeks off to take care of the new little one.

baby pool

Ok, now that my event is over and I am wrapping stuff up at work, I can now relax a bit and think about pumping this little guy out. I think everyone was a little surprised I made it through the yesterday without going into labor. The highlight of the event was getting to meet Dara Torres (our speaker for the night), she was so nice and asked when I was due. She even wanted to know the name so I ran it past her to see what she thought. Her response :"Oh yes, that is a great name. It is kinda unique but really hip too". It kinda sealed the deal for me, I think Brett did a great job of picking the name so I am excited to announce it to you all in a week or so.

My due date is next monday and I feel like people are starting to make bets so I figured I would go ahead and start a pool and give out a grand prize to whoever gets the closest. Brett has picked Feb 20th at 10am and I have picked Feb 21th at 10:30 am. I guess if we get are the closest then we get our own grand prize ;)

Ok folks, now is your chance. Leave the date and time of day you think Baby Wiese will get here and we shall see who the winner is!

Good Luck all!!

Oh, some of you have been requesting one more preggers pic of me, I will try to get that up. For now I thought I would post Dara since this is what I would like to look like this after the baby is born ;) Hey, Dara did it, maybe I will too. Who knows, maybe you will see me at the next Olympics ;)Ummm, no.

sneak peek

Here is a sneak peek of the baby crib. My sister did a great job of sewing this, I love it!!! I still have a few things to put on the walls to add some color.
I have hung just a few pictures (actually my good friend Andrea did) but I still want to do a decal above the crib and a few other things. My mom is going to recover a glider I found on craigslist (of course, I can't stop) and I hope to find an armoire by this weekend for some more storage. Baby Wiese, we are getting ready for you but don't think about coming out for three more weeks ;)

I heart Friday Nights

Friday Night Lights that is! This is my favorite show and I have been waiting way too long for the season premier which is this friday night on NBC. My obession for this show started last season but since then I have gone back and purchased the first season and have watched it and loved every minute of it.

I love this show for so many reasons but I would have to say my top three:

1.) I love the small town feel of the show, it reminds me a lot of how I grew up and what football season was like in a small town.

2.) I love the relationship of the Coach and his wife. I love the way they talk to eachother and how they are such a team when it comes to their home life and in work. I have actually requested that Brett talk to me how Coach talks to his wife. You will just have to watch the show to see what I mean by that.

3.) I love the team aspect of this show, I have always thought that a team of young boys that bond over a sport is so cool. Hopefully our son wants to play football and I can watch him bond with his team and beat some people up in the process. I also just love how everyone respects the Coach and how Coach is like a father to so many of these boys.

One more thing I love about the show that I have to mention is the character Tim Riggins. I have a minor crush on this character, ok, who am I kidding, I have a serious crush on him to the point where I kinda want to name our first born Riggins. Maybe Riggs for short? Any takers? Here is a picture if you need to know how cute he is:

My old roommates brother out in LA also loves Friday Night Lights, he has much better reasons for loving the show than just having a crush on Riggins and loving the drama.

Happy Watching!!!