Oh...the farm...

As I've mentioned before, we live on a farm.

Most of the time I love it.

But the last couple weeks have been a little crazy, and I truly have felt like a farmers wife as I find myself worrying about lost cows, broken swathers, no water, overgrown weeds, and stupid mice that keep eating all of our hard earned tomatoes and potatoes! 

So here's the story of our cow, Dolly the Colt.

It is long, so skip ahead to the pictures if you so desire.

If you are wondering why I named the cow Dolly the Colt, it is because my favorite movie growing up was Anne of Green Gables. Anne has a cow named Dolly that keeps getting loose and Anne frequently has to chase it down. Clark's favorite movie growing up was Man from Snowy River. In it a wild colt gets set free and joins up with a herd of wild horses called the Brumbies. Keep this in mind as I relate the story...

The weeds in the empty cow pens are getting out of control, so after talking to Clark's Dad, we decided to buy a couple cows, to eat the weeds down. So, we went to the livestock auction. Now for all of you who have never been to one, you should go. They are hysterical! We brought snacks and Kyson sat on my lap, mesmerized for two hours. There is this old cowboy who rattles off things that sound like a foreign language, and somehow, everyone knows how much he's selling the cows for. The people bidding don't even raise their hands, they just nod, or lift a finger, and the auctioneer knows they want it. It's a good thing Clark was there, because I couldn't even tell if he was selling them by the head or pound! By the way, if you ever go, where some type of flannel shirt, preferably long sleeved and tucked in with a large belt buckle, and a hat. You will feel very out of place if you don't. 

We bought three black heifers (females), that were 1,000 lbs each (translation: a big cow). Clark went by later to pick them up and brought them home. I was in fixing dinner when he was unloading them. He came running into the house, madder that I've ever seen Clark, and said that one of the cows bolted from the trailer, ran across the cow pen and jumped the fence. He got the other two cows locked in, jumped on the four wheeler, and went after it. The cow ran across the neighbors corn field, crossed the road and kept running. Clark trailed it for miles, and called our cowboy neighbor and his brother Don to come help him. The three of those guys chased the cow for a couple hours, with no success. Each time they tried to herd it back towards our place, it would charge them (female cows normally don't charge...) and finally the cow joined in with a herd of cows about 5 miles from our house. 

Clark talked to the owners of the herd, who said they would be sorting out their cows in September and they would rope ours up and call us when they had it. So, Dolly the Colt now resides with the wild brumbies down the road. We hope she is still there. If we ever get her back, she's going straight to the sale again. The other two cows are nice and eat weeds like their supposed to. We'll keep them.

I've told a couple of my patients this story. They say that we should have gotten llamas and goats. Haha. I can just imagine myself going to buy a llama. 

View out our bathroom window at sunrise. We have been getting up early and exercising lately, and it is so pretty in the mornings out here.

My little friends while Clark and Don chased down Dolly.

The two good cows. They are not named yet. 

Thoughts on pregnancy!

I'm 30 weeks pregnant now. I don't know if I ever even posted that I was pregnant, but I am.

I have been extremely bad about documenting it, so I thought I'd put down a couple things so I can remember them.

I was sick again, but not for as long. I only took Zofran from weeks 7-16, then I started doing a Unisom each night and a vitamin B6 and ginger supplement each morning. This seemed to help as much as the Zofran. I threw up the last time with Kyson at 33 weeks. The last time I threw up was at 26 weeks with this child. I still take a 1/2 a Unisom each night, because whenever I don't I throw up...but anything is better than what I did with Kyson!

The first 16 weeks I felt SOOOOOOO tired and worn out. I don't remember feeling this way with Kyson. I couldn't believe it, it was all I could do to get out of bed and shower each day. Around 16 weeks I really started perking up and things have been good since then.

I have heartburn, which I did with Kyson as well, it is annoying, but manageable.

I haven't felt this little boy kick nearly as much as Kyson did. The doctor said my placenta is anterior meaning it is on the front side of my uterus. So he said I probably won't feel the kicks as strong because the baby is having to kick through a much thicker surface.

I'm 30 weeks and feel like I'm as big as I ever got with Kyson! I don't know if that's just how I remember it or not. But I know that I am SUPER excited to go on a long run again and be able to paint my toe nails without getting out of breath. 

Enough about that, we are extremely excited to meet another little boy. Every time I look at Kyson I think of the joy he brings me, and think about that joy doubling. I don't know if I'm ready to do the no sleep thing again, but when I think about having a little cuddly infant again I'm willing to give up the sleep.

Kyson is very excited for his "bebe brover" and I can't wait to see the two of them interact. As you'll see below, he's now sleeping in a big boy bed. In about 4 weeks I'm going to cut the tip off his binkie and get rid of it! I don't think we'll get potty trained before, but that's okay. 

So that's it! Ten more weeks to go, and I have a list 20 items long of big projects that I want done before the baby comes...so it's go time!

28 weeks

4th of July

We had a fun 4th of July this year...although it was different than most. We had to stay in Idaho because I had to work the next day...Roy and Brenda are on a mission, and Don and Angie were gone...so that left us all alone! We had a fun time none-the-less!

We spent the day boating with my Aunt, Uncle and cousins that live in Twin. Then in keeping with the Wyatt tradition, we got Pizza and did fireworks. Clark gave us a good show, and then we watched the Twin fireworks from the porch.

Kyson LOVED the pops and went through box after box.

Cornbreads come to the farm

Our friends the Corbridges came to visit us this past week. We met them in Texas, but now they live in Utah, and we live in Idaho, so it's perfect! We had a great time with them, and Kyson still asks about Garrett almost daily.

We helped Clark finish up a window job (when I say helped I mean, we filled his water buckets and got him new rags and ate ice cream while Clark and Mike washed most of the windows. Amber and I did get down in a couple window wells and brave the spiders so I guess we deserve a little credit!)

They loved running around together and we would frequently find them partially dressed running around.

It really is beautiful this time of year in Idaho, sometimes I take it for granted.

Games, games and more games. 

We lowered the basketball hoop so the boys could shoot, and Kyson LOVED it. He kept playing while the rest of us were doing other things. I couldn't believe his dedication. He is his fathers son!

Cute baby Nick.

Amber was a good sport and helped me pick and pod TONS of peas!

This is Kyson, 3 hours later, still shooting hoops. Look at that form!

Picnic at Shoshone falls

Shoshone Falls

This is my first try at taking someone's pictures. These are Nick's one year old pictures. Any advice from photographers welcome!

Kyson LOVED baby Nick and was always following him around wanting to give him a hug or hold him.

On our last night we decided to have a campfire. I've been wanting Clark to build a firepit for weeks, so I was so happy we did it! It is still not finished, we'll post pictures when we get it looking pretty!

Thanks for coming Cornbreads! We already miss you!

What a sweetheart!

Having a kid was the best idea Clark and I ever had. Kyson is truly our best friend and we love doing stuff with him. We really don't do much on the weekends because we have so much fun having family movie night, working in the yard together, picking peas, etc. He helps me all day long with cooking, cleaning, & laundry. Every morning he wakes up and wants to make "cookies" for breakfast. When he says "cookies" he means pancakes from scratch. He knows exactly how many teaspoons of baking powder and sugar go in the recipe because he puts them in each morning.

Some of my favorite things that Kyson does lately are:

Yells out the window to Clark, "breakfast dear...." 

"DEAR!" (in an exasperated voice that is so funny because I know he says it that way because he's heard me do it a million times)

"Hey little buddy" (whenever he sees Clark because that's what Clark calls him)

"my sweetheart" (because that's what I call him)

"Bye Bye Love Ya" (To everyone, including nursery leaders, grocery store clerks, etc)

I am already sad for when he leaves for college/mission. I know this is weird. But I truly am. I watch Finding Nemo with him and I almost cry when Nemo leaves for school, because it makes me so sad that my little buddy will someday do something other than be my sidekick. 

The first picture below was posed for, the next two were not. Kyson frequently during meals will pull Clark's arm over to him and want a hug or to eat for a while with their arms around each other. It's adorable, and I hope he never stops doing it.

Our garden is in full bloom and our squash, melons and cucumbers are finally growing well! Kuddos to Clark. Our peas are almost done, and I've spent my last two weeks picking and podding peas. Kyson LOVES fresh peas and will sit out by the garden while I pick and eat peas for hours. 

We are loving life and are so glad we have each other. Family really is an amazing thing. Who would have thought that you could have so much fun with a husband and a two-year-old???