Border Battle Buddies

Saturday was the second game in the Twins Brewers series and Kim organized a Border Battle Buddies party. There were 33 of us that went to the game and it was almost a 50/50 split between Brewers fans and Twins fans, although I am sad to report I think there were more Brewers fans then Twins fans. It was a blast though! Kim and I had made a sign for my brother Mitchell since he wasn't able to attend (see below), and then I had a co-worker help put together the Border Battle Buddies sign (see below).




Our goal was to have Bert Blyleven circle us. Bert does the analysis for the Twins and each game circles fans that have signs. This year a certain fan is picked to get circled and then gets $100 in scratch off lottery tickets. We wanted to win the scratch offs, but settled for getting circled. And it didn't take long into the game to get circled. We were circle before the game even started. See the video clip below. Sorry it's kind of a bad clip, I DVRd the game and then had to take a video of the DVRd game with my camera, but you get the point.

[Youtube yelled at me for infringing on the Twins copyrights...sorry the videos gone....]



Then Kim had requested a Twins-o-gram for my brother as well. (See the picture below.) So that was really cool and up on the big screen.



Then a lady next to us won the Bauchman's flowers of the game, so the camera guy was close to us. Steven started talking to him and the next break they did the Kiss-cam on the big screen and Brian and I got on that. I know the picture is hard to tell that it's be and Brian, but take my word for it it is.



The Twins ended up winning 6 - 2 and ended up sweeping the Brewers in the series. Sorry Brewers fans, but GO TWINS!

Some other pictures from the afternoon and the game.

Uncle Steven and Logie


Just un-rolled the "Circle Us Bert" sign


Steven and Crystal held up the other sign for Mitchell the entire game.


Logie enjoying the remains of a beer on Uncle Dan's lap.


After the beer....


The rest of the weekend was just relaxing and working around the ranch. Nothing major. I am pretty excited though, I got some hanging flower baskets for the front of the house and they look awesome! I'll try to take some pictures and post them on the blog. Everything is up in the garden, so that's looking great even though we've had no rain all spring. The only thing we've lost so far was the homemade pickle plants. Two of them are still hanging on, but I don't give them much longer....oh well, we'll either plant more or just pick the other cucumbers when they're smaller.

Hump day tomorrow already!! Gotta love the short work weeks!

Oh and that reminds me...Many thanks to all the American service men and women that have served or are currently serving in the armed forces. We depend on you, believe in you, and need you more than you know! Thank you!

Barney and Friends

"Hey Barney! What's up with you and Baby Bop!"



"Are you f'ing kidding me, someone stole all the rocks from my yard!?!?!"


"HAHAHAHAHA, Barney you're such a kidder! You almost had me for a second!"

Bloom and Bus Races

This Saturday was jam packed for the Meyer's.

First Brian helped Mikey pour concrete at the cabin. The pour went really well and the concrete looks amazing! It's so exciting to watch the cabin come together. It reminds me of watching Brian build the ranch, all the excitement and anticipation as each new step is completed. Great work Mikey! Can't wait to see the finished product.

Then Saturday afternoon we had Jovie and Jaylee's first birthday party. It was fun and the girls are so cute! Jaylee just loved being able to dig in her cake, Jovie on the other hand didn't get too excited about it...but it was fun to watch!






Then Saturday night it was off to the 5th annual bus races! Brian had brought the bus home Friday night, so he could bring it to the track on Saturday, so Logan and I had a chance to take some pictures and play in the bus. Logan thought it was the COOLEST thing. He just loved sitting on the seat and especially loved pulling the air horn. Every time the air horn would go off he's start laughing. Needless to say we've got a driver in training....



The bus races are such an amazing event each year! It's so fun to watch the students and community pour out to support Brian and the bus. I am sad to report that BMeyer wasn't able to pull out a victory this year...officially...but we all know who the best driver on the track was on Saturday night. And of course he's the only driver to ever needed to throw the bus in reverse to keep it from tipping over...(see the video is below). Upon later review of the tap the 15 lap feature race was cut down to 12 laps and no white flag was waved to indicate one lap left. If he would have had one more lap he would have been victorious, but again, we all know who the best driver on the track was Saturday night. I just love watching everyone support Brian though. It was so cute, after the races these two kids had come up to my Mom and Dad and asked if Brian was around and if he'd sign their shirts for them. Unfortunately we had already left because we had to get to my 10 year high school reunion. :-( But you can see just how much everyone loves Brian and how each year at this time he turns into a local celebrity. We went into the bar later that night and everyone was slapping him on the back and congratulating him. I'm so proud of you babe! If you look on youtube for "Osceola Bus Races" there are some videos on there with the full feature race as well as a few of the other races. If you get a chance and want to watch.









Then as I mentioned before it was off to my 10 year high school class reunion after the races. We didn't get there until almost 11, but there was still a ton of people there and it was so good to see some of my friends that I haven't seen in literally 10 years. Those events can be so awkward, but if you try to remember everyone feels the same awkwardness, then it makes it a little better. Anyways, Saturday was a long and eventful day, but super fun!

Then Sunday we just relaxed. Our apple orchard is in full bloom right now and so beautiful! Here's some pictures below as well as a few shots of Logan and Stella playing with the dandelions in the yard. And then a couple of Logan playing in the sandbox at Mike and Deb's cabin. The kid loves to dig in the sand!

Meyermania IV - July 25th

Just wanted to give everyone the heads up that Meyermania IV will be July 25th this year. We'll also be celebrating the 9th anniversary of Brian's 21st Birthday as well! Mark your calendars.

22 Weeks

Belly Pics...

Subs So Fast You'll Freak

I never knew how true that statement was until I went to Jimmy Johns today.

I walked in and they immediately start yelling at you, "Heeyo" which is weird and uncomfortable since then everyone in the restaurant looks up from their subs to see who just walked in the door. But I walk to the counter, trying to ignore the 15 pairs of eyes on me and the sub girl, not the cashier, but the sub girl next to him immediately grabs the sub bread, cuts it open, rips out the inside of the bread and violently hurls it into the trash next to her, all before I can even say, "I'd like a #3 with no sprouts and can I please have the inside of my bread." Both the cashier and the sub girl stop and look at me as though I just spoke Mandarin Chinese to them. Then the sub girl begins to glare at me because I've disrupted her super speedy process of throwing subs together before people can even say what they really want on them, but she proceeds to grab the next piece of sub bread, again cutting it open and literally ripping out the inside of the bread and angrily throws it on the counter next to my sub which has moved on to the next sub maker in this super fast sub assembly line. If it wasn't for the fact that I could see everything they were doing with my sub I fully expected to get a large lugi in my freaky fast sub.

But can someone please tell me what the point is of cutting open the bread, ripping out the soft, moist, most delicious part of the bread and chucking it into the trash, leaving behind a crusty, hard shell of a sandwich? Why? How much money is Jimmy John's wasting each year to bake the inside of their bread only to throw it away as soon as someone even waves in the direction of their restaurant? I don't understand it. Find a way to bake the bread without the inside, or just bake flat bread, or even better, leave the soft, most delicious part of my sandwich alone! Or at least don't look at me as though I've just pushed your Grandma in a snow bank when I ask for the inside of my bread. Damn it!

Surprise!

Pictures from my dad's birthday party on Saturday....

Steven and I on the lookout for Dad


SURPRISE!!


The old man.


Me and my Dad


Old Fart!


Logie and Kim...he was so tired that night.


Nice Smile Steven


The party


And a sort of belly picture....I'll try to post some more later.

Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day to all my fellow mom's out there. Here's a cute video a co-worker sent me...



My mother's day was just about perfect. Brian got me a KitchenAid mixer that I've been drooling over for about two years now. I was very excited! Then we spent the day in the garden, which was exactly what I wanted to do. I was so excited to get seeds in the ground and play in the dirt! Logan had a blast as well! He only ate a huge clump of dirt twice. It was so hilarious watching him try to spit all the dirt out of his mouth...heheheh...it's a good thing we've just got good old fashion little boy eating dirt on the ranch, no chemicals or anything! This year we've planted, potatoes, peas, greed beans, onions, lettuce, carrots, beets, cucumbers, watermelon, corn, and pumpkins. We've still got our strawberries and raspberries growing from last year and still have to plant the green peppers, tomatoes and pickles. I can't wait until we go out to the garden and see those first few little greed buds sticking up out of the ground! It's such a great feeling! So yes my mother's day was just about perfect...the only thing that could have made it better was having little Oscar here with us....but he has to bake longer...not quite ready yet.

Saturday was my Dad's 50th Surprise birthday party. He had no idea and was so surprised! I'll try to get some pictures and post them soon. Thanks to everyone that came and/or made food. I know he had a really great time and really appreciated it. Although he was feeling the full 50 years on Sunday morning....those dang Jag bombs can do that to you... :-)

Monday May 11th....Week 22...only 18 more until Oscar is here...we're on the down slope

Fred

Ok, I'm not sure how many of you follow dooce.com, it's the last link to the left, but Heather is pregnant as well. She's farther along then I am, but this mornings post is hilarious!!! And completely spot on for me at this point in my pregnancy even though I'm 13 week behind her.

Here's the exert...

"If everyone could give a warm welcome to my good friend Fred, The Protruding Belly Button, he's crashing on our couch for the next six weeks. I didn't hear him knock or drop his suitcase in the living room or notice that he's been eating all our Lucky Charms. In fact, I had no idea he was here until Jon grabbed my shoulders one morning, looked me directly in the eyes and said, sweetie, I hate to even bring this up, but I think your belly's got an erection.

I'm resigned to his existence, and sometimes when I'm bored I like to wear really tight shirts in public and watch people try their hardest not to look at him. He's an evil third eye, a really gross physical abomination that demands attention, and when I notice that someone is actively trying to look elsewhere I'll start scratching my belly right next to him to give them an excuse to indulge in the fascination. GO AHEAD. LOOK AT IT. LOOOOOOK AT IT. LOOOOOOOOOOOK. You want me to lift up my shirt and start waving him back and forth? Because I totally will. No, really. Watch, if I bend over like this it looks like he's trying to say something. Hey, don't run away! Come back! My belly button just wants to talk to you!"

Yes, Oscar has caused my belly button to protrude directly straight out of my stomach as though he's saluting everyone that walks by. While patriotic it is quite embarrassing when a strong wind blows and it appears as though he's waving to people. I'm not exaggerating either, my belly button can literally flop up and down...it reminds me of a children's song...

Do your ears hang low?
Do they wobble to and fro?
Can you tie them in a knot?
Can you tie them in a bow?
Can you throw them o'er your shoulder
Like a Continental Soldier?
Do your ears hang low?

Except my version is....

Does your belly button stick out?
Does it wobble to and fro?
Can you wave it up and down?
Does it make you want to frown?
Can you throw it o'er your shoulder
Like a Continental Soldier?
Does your belly button stick out?

Happy Anniversary!

Three years ago today a small town boy married a small town girl...and they lived happily ever after!

I love you babe!

A boy and his dog

Oscar Meyer

We've come up with a fetus nickname.

Saturday at the Twins game we were watching Coco Crisp, the center fielder for the Kansas City Royals, and so we got to discussing other very bad names. Milton Bradley for one. And I jokingly said to Brian, "Babe I really think if it's a boy we should name him Oscar". Oscar Meyer...every where that kid would go people would start singing the Oscar Mayer bologna song. "My bologna has a first name it's O-S-C-A-R..."

So we know for sure that if Meyer 2.0 is a boy we would definitely NOT name him Oscar. So what better nickname while he/she's a fetus!?! So we had a "Cletus the fetus" and now we've got an Oscar Meyer. Now we've just got to come up with some real boy names....why are boy names always so hard?

News Bulletin: Meyer Baby 2.0 Debut

Check out the pipes on this kid already!! :-) Show off!






I'm so very excited to introduce Meyer Baby 2.0!!!!

The ultrasound went great! The ultrasound tech was so cool. She was joking around with us from the start when we told her that Mom didn't want to know what it was, but that Dad wanted to try and guess. She said, "[chuckle] ok, I'll just let you know when I'm 'down there' so Mom can look away and Dad can look harder". :-) Then when she got close to "down there" she goes, "Ok, I'm getting close, so look if you want or don't look if you want." She was so fun! Brian got a good look and I did not. He thinks he knows, but again is sworn not to say a word to any one. (Although he did call me after the appt. and said, "It's so hard not to tell people what I think it is." We'll see how long he lasts! :-) ) The tech said she knew, so it must have been pretty obvious....we'll see if Brian's right. I think once I go into labor I'm going to have him tell me what he thinks it is, that way he can't change his guess after the baby's out. :-)

Let me back up for a min. I had my regular 20 week appt. before our ultrasound, and for my fellow Mom's out there, you know that at each appt. you need to give a urine sample. You also know that you need to have a full bladder for your ultrasound appt. So I drank the 32 oz. of water an hour before the ultrasound and headed in for my regular dr. appt., informing the nurse that I'd be able to give a sample after the ultrasound. By the time the dr. came in for my regular appt. I was ready to pee, but still holding ok. I got up on the table so the dr. could hear the baby's heart tones and for some reason she couldn't find them. I wasn't worried at all, since we stopped and just watched my stomach for a min and you could see the little alien inside of me moving around. The baby was just kicking away, but in a weird position and we couldn't find the heart tones. She finally found them, after a little poking around to get the baby to move. At this point (after the poking and laying flat) I really had to pee, but still thought I can make it to the ultrasound which we were already 3 min late for. So I'm thinking "Yes, we'll get there and they'll be ready for us! We'll walk right in and I'll be able to go to the bathroom in no time." WRONG!! We waited for another 10 mins once we got to the ultrasound area and by that time I had to pee so bad I could barely walk and had tears in my eyes from holding it. Brian was laughing of course, saying,

Brian: "You really have to pee that bad?"

Tee: "Yes, caveman I do! How would you like a tiny alien poking you in your bladder when you're about ready to burst with urine? Now back off!"

I finally went up there to ask the receptionist how long it would be. (On top of my bursting with urine, Brian had to be back at school in 20 mins.) She took one look at me and said, I'll call the girl and we'll get you in. :-) Thank you!

So the tech comes out and we go back to the room. Again she was super nice and I wasn't upset with her at all. She said right away, we'll take a few pictures and then let you go to the restroom so you can enjoy the rest of the ultrasound. But as soon as she placed the wand on my bloated stomach, she goes, "Wow, you're bladder really is full!" What?!?! No way!?!!? Is that what this blinding pain is?? The need to urinate?!?!?

Anyways, after that everything went perfect and I was a much much happier camper. And when the tech placed the wand on my stomach again, Baby Meyer had completely flipped around. He/She was just so squished in there with all that urine. Poor thing! The baby was moving around like crazy during the entire exam. The tech had to change positions a number of times to get the right pictures, etc. cause he/she would just keep moving. It was so fun to watch. They were even opening and closing their mouth! Too cute!! We're going to have another active one on our hands lady's and gentlemen!! :-)

Logan came to the appt. and just sat on Daddy's lap the entire time. He was smiling and laughing when we heard the heart tones in the ultrasound. (Heart tones were about 150 with the Dr. and 146 with the ultrasound tech.) He's going to be such a great big brother to little baby Meyer 2.0!

Speaking of Baby Meyer 2.0....I need your help!!! When Logan was just a fetus, we had the adorable and endearing nickname of "Cletus the Fetus"...but for Baby Meyer 2.0, we've been unable to come up with a fetus nickname. Please post your recommendations for a fetus nickname. While Baby Meyer 2.0 is unique, it's just not as adorable or endearing as another name would be. I would really really appreciate your suggestions! We can't just call this baby Baby Meyer 2.0 for another 5 months!