A few weeks ago, we went and took some maternity/family pics with my very talented friend Alicia.  Enjoy!

Big Boy!

Sometimes when this kid speaks, I am amazed at what come out of his mouth.  I usually end up looking at Clif and saying, "How does he know that??"

He has started potty training and is doing pretty well.  I'm going to wait until the summer hits to totally stop with the diapers.  MDO isn't great about taking him to the potty so I want to wait until he has a break for the summer.  He's only there 2 mornings a week, but everyone keeps telling me that consistency is key.

Along those "big boy" lines, he also moved into his big boy bed last night.

 He was pretty excited about it and actually stayed in it all night!  Clif and my Dad made this gorgeous bed and it looks fantastic!  We modeled it after one that we like @ Pottery Barn.  I really would have been fine with him staying in his crib longer, but we will be needing the crib for #2 in a couple of months.

While we were getting ready to go to bed last night, we were hyping up the fact that "he was in a big boy bed!"  Well, he got pretty excited about it and told me that instead of Mommy or Daddy reading him his bedtime books ( as we ALWAYS do), he was going to read them "alllll by myself".  *Tear*

Thankfully, he let us go back to our routine tonight and Daddy and Cameron happily read their books before bedtime.  I don't think we'll do anything "big boy" for a while now, Mommy needs a break:)

Spring is here...and almost summer!

It has already gotten hot out, pretty soon we will be hanging out in the water all the time.  We went out to the barn on Saturday to let Cameron meet the new foals and look at the cows

The mare was being very protective of the foal, so we didn't get any close ups of the foals since I was holding Cameron.

 He did great with Darby, but for some reason he did not like her face...weird...

My parents and Grandma came to visit over Spring Break.  I couldn't resist taking this picture of all 3 of them in one of Clif's work trucks:)

                                   

Cameron helped build his new big boy bed!

                                        

We're also finding time for some activities indoors.  As it gets hotter, I'm feeling less and less like getting my pregnant self out in the heat!  Happy Spring:)

21 Weeks

This was taken a few weeks ago, as right now I am about 24 weeks pregnant.  Nonetheless, I thought I'd share my poor iphone picture:)

We've been getting a few things together but not much yet really.  Going to have to go hit the boxes and dig out all the stuff we'll need.  It is handy that our #2 will be another little boy:)

Little Stinker...

Tonight, Clif and I asked C what he would like to name the baby.  He promptly replied, "Monster". I could not quit laughing:)

Right now at 28 months old, one of his favorite games is "Ready, Set, GO!"  And then, he wants you to race him.  But regardless of whoever is ahead when he decides the race is over, he always proudly pronounces " I win!"

Thanksgiving and an Announcement!

This year, we traveled out to West Texas for Thanksgiving and hung out with my whole family.  My parents brought this piano down for us to have at our house but Cameron had lots of fun playing with Great-Grandma Vogler before it left Lamesa...

Also on this particular evening Clif and I were going to announce to our family that Baby Oberle #2 is on its way!  I stole the idea from my friend Erin on how to tell them.  Basically we took a before picture where we said "Cheese!"....see below...

Now, "We're Pregnant!!"

I love my mom's face!  I think Dad was asking someone "What did she say??" haha  Great idea, thanks Erin!  Baby Oberle #2 is due July 11th and we are all very excited!  

On Thanksgiving Day, we hung around at Grandma Vogler's house but I don't have any pictures!  The next day, we went to Lubbock to have Thanksgiving with the Thornton side.  After dinner, the cousins went with the kids to The Polar Express Train.  Cameron enjoyed everything at first, but it soon became overwhelming and he told my mom, "Ready to go to Daddy's truck!"

In PJs ready to go!

Cousin Wesley! 

 Wesley, Logan and George the Cat

Ready to Board! 

All of us!

"Let's go home Mommy!"  

Good times in West Texas!

What we've been up to..

So I just wanted to get some pics up here so I would remember everything!  This past Halloween Cameron was a DINO! (RARRRRR he would say)

We went trick-or-treating around the neighborhood with the Albrights and all had a great time!

On a free Saturday we went to Dewberry farms.  This place has a little petting zoo area, tons of things for the kids to play on and a pumpkin patch.  We played on the fun things but didn't venture out into the pumpkin patch this year.  Since we have had very little rain this past fall, we heard the pumpkins were "transplanted" (from the grocery store if you get my drift) into the pumpkin patch.

 Boy does this kid love tractors...

 This slide was lots of fun...for Cameron.  It was really difficult to get on with him without sliding down it while trying to sit down...

We had a great time this past fall with some fun adventures:)