Bringing Home Bunny

VIDEO HAS MUSIC!!! TURN VOLUME DOWN IF YOU ARE GOING TO GET CAUGHT WATCHING THIS AT WORK!! THIS IS VERY VERY FUNNY!!

This is our new bunny. We got her the week before Easter from a breeder, Bradbury Bunny Barn in Perry Utah. She is about 7 weeks old in this video. Her name is Athena. Athena was/is the Greek goddess of wisdom and strategy. Our bunny is authentic to her namesake! So we are continuing with our naming of bunnies after antiquity! She is very smart and we have seen her a few times try and escape!
It is pretty much official that we will probably have bunnies for a long time. We are hoping that the two we have live a little longer than Caesar. We still really miss him!

Easter

Our first Easter with Gavin was spent much like any other Easter for us. Saturday we went down to some of the Christensen family property north of Elberta, Utah to ride 4 wheelers. The weather was not quite what it normally is on Easter due to it's early date so we did not actually ride at all. Gavin was also a little sick with an ear infection so we stayed in grandpa's camper most of the time just spending time with family. It was still a very fun time. Sunday, as you will see, was Gavin's first Easter egg hunt. He got one with the help of his mom!

Fun fact for the day: We all experienced the colder than normal weather this Easter due to the early date. Which begs the question, how do they figure out when Easter is to be? Well, the combination of events is so complex, that the combination will never repeat itself for 5000+ years. Easter falls on the first Sunday, after the first full moon, after the vernal equinox. This year the vernal equinox (first day of spring) was on the 20 th march, the full moon was the very next day, and Sunday was only two days later. So Easter was on the 23rd of March 2008!

Gavin's Blessing

We would like to thank all who were there in body or spirit to support the Oler family today. There were some who could not make it due to weather...and many who braved the weather to make sure and be there. We love you all and feel so much gratitude for having such great family and friends. I will be posting snippets of his blessing and a formal thank you for those who stood in the circle on Gavin's blog soon. There are lots of pictures from the day there so check it out!! For those who don't want to link to another site, here is a teaser. If you click on his picture, it will send you to his blog.

Also, I am trying to re-compile my contacts list. So...friends and family, please send me an email from your most used account and send me details....Names, any email addresses, street address, birthdays, phone numbers, anniversaries, and any email addresses of mutual friends and family. Send this email to mandiandgarrett@gmail.com
Thank you

Gavin Woods Oler Blessing

It is about that time for Gavin to be blessed. We are going to do so on the first Sunday in February which is the 3rd. Our church starts at 9:00 am. (Sorry!) We are planning on having anyone over afterwards as well. So please come and participate with friends and family! Here is a map to our church...I was not sure of the address so I guessed...but you should get there.
Also, go to Gavin's blog to see more new pictures of him. You will see a link in the family and friends section of this blog.

Love you all!

Oler Family

Gavin Update

Here is Gavin's 2 week photo. Because we have so many cute pictures of him, we gave him his own blog... www.gavinwoodsoler.blogspot.com. We will obviously update how he doing here, but most photos will be there. After just over 2 weeks, Gavin is still doing very well. His two week apointment showed that he gained nearly half a pound so he is a whopping 8 lb. 3 ozs. We are well also...he sleeps pretty good and therefore so do we. We love him lots!!!

Gavin Woods Oler Says Hello

GAVIN WOODS OLER Born Thursday December 13, 2007 at 8:53 in the morning. He weighed in at a healthy 7 lbs. 14 oz. and a long 21 1/2 inches tall.
With a full head of hair, unlike is paternal grandpa, the strongest legs on a baby ever, and a face that although looks much like his fathers, for some reason he gets ALOT of compliments!! Our little man is here to stay and make his mark on the world.

Mother and Baby

Mother and Baby are doing just great! Mandi and I arrived at the hospital at about 9:00 pm on Wednesday night. After checking her over and seeing how strong and close together her contractions were, she was admitted at about 11:00. Strong as she is, Mandi wanted to wait to receive her epidural...but after about an hour, she realized why people choose to receive them. She received her epidural around 1:30 and they gave her patosin (however you spell that word) to strengthen her contractions. She progressed through the night getting a minute of sleep here and there and at about 7:15 the nurses said she was ready to go. They called the doctor, Dr Irion, who actually is the doctor who delivered Mandi 25 years ago, and she began to push. After only about an hour of pushing and 10 hours of labor (plus the 5 or 6 hours of contractions before the hospital which she handled like a champ) out came little G Dub with very little extra effort. Mandi looked great and was told all day that she did not look like a woman who had just given birth! A day later, mother and baby are still doing great. Baby kind of sleeping while mom tries to get a minute or two here and there.
We love our Gavin and love all who have congratulated us, visited, prayed, or otherwise been of assistance to us. Mandi and Gavin will be here at Murray's IMed hospital (the new hospital off 53rd South) till Saturday morning. Visitors are still welcome but call please first as Mandi is trying to feed and sometimes needs a few minutes or so of privacy. And feel free to leave comments here!