Busy Bee's

It was a pretty busy week here at the Olson house. Work has been keeping Cody busy which means there are more often late nights than not.  Hanley and I managed to keep busy too.

Monday: Hanley had a play date with the babysitters daughter...He slept the whole time :o) Which was fine because if gave April and I a chance to talk about some details (dates, times, etc).  I am feeling much better going back to work knowing he will be in good hands.

Tuesday: I had a Dr.'s appointment on Tuesday. Nobody really tells you the reality of recovering from childbirth. Don't us Mama's go through enough!? Not to mention, the prescription they gave me was $195 (thanks to our high deductible plan). Yikes! So...I didn't fill it. Good thing I am tough :o)

Wednesday: Another play date! Sarah and Brooklyn came over for lunch.  It is sooo darn sweet to see Brooklyn with "Baby Hammy" (as she calls him). 

Thursday:  We had an office meeting so Hanley got lots of cuddles from all the ladies at work. Next month I will be attending the meeting solo since Hanley will be with the babysitter. So, hopefully I am not a bag of tears at next months meeting...lol.

Weekend: We made a family trip to the brew store Friday night (Hanley has been in far too many brew stores for his young age! Haha). We drank batch 1 (clearly not all of it-we have a 3 month old to care for!), Cody bottled batch 2, and brewed batch 3. His goal is to fill our garage refrigerator with home brews (aka: his treasures).  Cody is finding it difficult to drink his beer because it decreases his treasures (I ran to the grocery store and he had me pick up a case of Bud Light for him..lol.) Unfortunately for him, I don't have the same problem drinking his treasures..they just taste too darn good!

He has named all his beers, now he just needs to give the brewery a name!

Batch 1: Virgin Mary Blonde (in honor of it being the brewery's first batch)

Batch 2: Bare Moon (it should taste like Blue Moon)

Batch 3: Terry PORTER Triple-Double (in honor if the Blazers of the early '90's)

Bottling Day!

3 weeks later, it's ready to drink!

Cody and Loren went to the Sportsman Show on Saturday to pick up our elk tent (complete with a stove!)! We went in halves on an elk tent with the in-laws.  Cody and I plan on using it Memorial Day weekend at Crescent Lake. That way, Mr. Hanley will stay warm and dry (especially if it snows again!).  Cody and Loren will also put it to use when they go hunting in the fall. I think it was a great purchase but I am going to apologize to everyone in advance...I may not leave the tent the whole weekend :)

Another big event of the weekend was Hanley took the bottle without putting up a fight! We hadn't given him the bottle since my Mom was here last weekend but he seemed pretty interested in sucking on his "play" bottle. So, I warmed up some milk and gave it a shot. He took it right away! I was warned that he may never take the bottle if I am home so I was shocked when he let ME bottle feed him! After that, I definitely had an extra pep in my step the rest of the evening :) It takes off some of the going back to work stress and will hopefully free Cody and I up for more date nights.

Hanley turned 3 months old yesterday.  Seriously, where has the time gone?! He "talks" a lot (he comes from a family of talkers though, just look at both of his Grandpa's!), he's a great sleeper (thank goodness!!!), he LOVES bath time, I have already had to box up a bunch of clothes he has out grown, he's at the stage where everything goes in his mouth (fingers, toys, etc.), and we couldn't be more in love with him!

He often finds these 2 fingers which is funny because these are the 2 fingers I sucked as a baby

 

He loves sitting propped up on the couch with toys! Sometimes we catch him watching the TV, so I turn it off!