A 2-year-old!

Can't believe that Lane is 2! Well, I guess his birthday isn't until tomorrow, but we celebrated on Sunday, so it "feels" like he's 2 already (and he's acting like he's 2...he's upstairs running around in his room when he is supposed to be sleeping so that Mommy can take a nap too!).

I decided to do a construction theme for his party (really only the cake and colored plates, he doesn't need much!). I thought that the cake turned out really cute. My friend Kara did a farm theme cake for Braden's birthday, so I kinda copied her! It was super easy to put together and Curtis and I had fun shopping for the candy and the toys!

Lane got lots of cool presents from family...a tool set...

A Play Doh set.....

A Tonka crane....

Lane was so excited about the toys on his cake that he didn't eat any! He just wanted to play in the "rocks".

After we were done with all of that, we took Lane out to the garage to see his gift from Chad. Chad made an excavator to go behind a trike (a hand-me-down that is still too big for Lane). It's so cool and Lane loves it! He hasn't quite mastered how to actually scoop with it, but he likes to watch Mommy use it ;) Curtis is planning to paint it yellow and black like the John Deere excavators. Should be pretty cool when it's all done!

It was really fun to celebrate with everyone and I'm pretty sure that Lane had a great time! The next day, I told Lane that it was Mommy's birthday, and he just looked at me like, "uh huh, it's not your birthday, I'm the only one who's supposed to have a birthday." Crazy boy.

As a side note....Lane and I went out to the field this morning. He said something when he saw Curtis, and I said, "Tractor?" He nodded and smiled, so that must've been what he meant. It actually sounded like tractor...so maybe we're getting closer to some words!

26 weeks

This photo is a little late (I'm about 28 1/2 weeks right now), but here's a pic of me at 26 weeks. I'm starting to outgrow all my shirts and have dug into Curtis' drawers for t-shirts already!

Only about 12 more weeks to go! Can't wait to meet baby girl!

Lane must have some Reimer in him...

Since Lane has been in his big boy bed, I've gotten into the habit of checking on him after he falls asleep. Mostly because it hilarious to see what he's gotten himself into, but also to make sure he isn't suffocating himself with a stuffed animal :)

Today, I checked on him and found this:

Yep, he piled all his animals and pillow into the corner, sat on them, and then fell asleep sitting up. Kinda reminds me of Grandpa Reimer! I moved him to a more normal position before I went to take a nap :)

What I like to do...

Since it's been nice out, Lane loves to be outside. Being outside with a hose and a big pile of dirt, well, life doesn't get any better for a two-year-old boy :)

Lane also has fallen in love with his closet. He likes to take all his stuffed animals, blankets, etc. and put them in the closet, then go in and shut the doors. Then he "hides" from Mommy.

Naptime hair!

He also likes to tug on his way-too-big pajamas with the "woof woof" on them.

April and Easter

April started off with dyeing Easter eggs! I thought it might get a little messy...and it did...but Lane did super good and had a blast. He got 5 eggs that he could keep dunking as much as he wanted and I did the rest to make them pretty.


It's always more fun when Grandma comes over to help!

Easter was gorgeous this year! We weren't really planning on an egg hunt, but since it was so nice, we just had to! Lane really caught on fast and loved finding the eggs, especially once he figured out that some have chocolate in them :)

We even hid Easter "baskets" for the boys...good job finding yours, Curtis!

Curtis was also busy Easter weekend making a sandbox for Lane. Lane really enjoyed "helping" and has spent quite a few hours playing in it already!

Spring is here!

It's been so long since I updated my blog that I almost forgot my password...forgive me!

Here's what we were up to in the month of March -

Playing at the park (Lane can now do everything by himself!)


Fixing everything, including the dishwasher....



Hunting birds with Daddy.....

Curtis went goose hunting with some guys from Utah....

Lane fixed his slide....

The toliet exploded on Curtis (luckily it was clean water).....

We played at the Children's Museum in Lincoln with MOPS....

And that's about all! I am so excited for this warmer weather, although I could do without the wind :)