I'm sorry for the lack of updates lately! My Dad had spent about a week in the hospital (week before last) and then spent last week at home resting up. Last week, Logan and I spent the week laying low and catching up since I had spent most of the previous week and weekend with my Dad at the hospital.


The last few weeks have been exhausting but we're hanging in there....What's new with us beyond that?? Well, we got Logan a wonderful new swing set as an early birthday present. (His birthday isn't until the end of May, but we wanted him to be able to enjoy it during these beautiful early spring months.) We also got his sandbox put back together and filled with sand here since we took it apart during the move. He is in heaven in his new backyard!! We spent last weekend relandscaping our front flower beds and they look SO much better. They were an overgrown mess when we bought our house and Shane couldn't wait to get his hands on them.


Side Note: This has been the craziest winter ever. We are 1/2 inch away from the all time largest snowfall during a winter that Dallas has ever seen. Here's a picture Shane snapped of our backyard on March 21st. I'd estimate about 6 inches of snow everywhere.
Also, Logan started swimming lessons this week! I was very nervous since he would be getting into the pool with a teacher (not me) and I would not really be participating in any way. This is the first class that I have ever enrolled him in and the first time he'd have to listen and work with a teacher. However, I felt really strongly about him having swimming lessons this summer since my parents have a pool and water safety is very important to us. He also loves the water and has already asked to swim several times when we're over there. Anyways, back to the first lesson--he did awesome!! I was so relieved. He walked right up to the pool and sat on the little turtle sponge and let his teacher put on his flippers. He loved kicking and was so excited every time she took him out in the water. There is only one other little boy in his class, so they each get a lot of attention. I was even able to leave the room and watch from the observation window! I was such a proud mommy watching him laughing and having fun with his teacher. He watched the other little boy go under and receive a small trophy. His teacher asked him if he wanted to do this too, and he said yes. Off the side he went! I couldn't believe it when he came up happy from under the water. What a big boy! At the end of class, they walked around the pool and went down a small slide into the water and his teacher caught him. He said that was his favorite part.
Here's a picture of him right before we left for his lesson.

The Easter Bunny comes this weekend, so we're all looking forward to that. We plan to make our annual Bunny Cake and do some major hunting for eggs ;) Happy Easter to you all!!


Thomas the Train

What a BIG day!! Shane took yesterday off of work and we took Logan to see THOMAS!! We bought the tickets weeks ago and he has been looking forward to it ever since. Every day this week we'd ask him, "What are we going to do on Friday?" And, he'd say, "GO SEE THOMAS!!" When we first arrived, Thomas was chugging down the tracks to pick up an earlier load. Right away, Logan's little face just lit up. He was so happy!

They had a lot of activities there including a petting zoo. Logan loved the ducks and I made Shane ask if he could pet them first. (Of course Shane, said "Kam-it's a petting zoo. Don't you think he can? Ha ha. But, sweet husband he is, he went and asked anyways.) The lady told him that they were new and to just pick them up so they could get used to it. Logan cracked up because the duck started saying, "quack, quack!!!" right as Shane picked him up. He also loved the little bitty goat. So cute!

Chickens!

They even had Sir Toppam Hatt standing by to greet the kiddos.


Logan was really excited to see that Emily was there too =)


And, finally--on the train we went!

So happy!Logan got a kick out of it because the conductor came around and punched our ticked while we were riding on the train. Here he is looking through the hole.
A family picture on the train

One last picture before we headed home. What a great day!





Weekend

Last weekend we took a trip back to Little Rock to visit some friends and catch up. My good friend, Megan recently had a baby and her oldest son was turning 2. It was so much fun for Logan to see his friends! Our other good friends who moved to Nashville shortly after we moved to TX also came into town. Her son Connor and Logan are exactly 2 months apart and were really close. They remembered each other right away and ran up to each other. It was the cutest thing ever! We all had dinner on Friday night and the boys couldn't stop dancing and playing together. Paxton and Logan were bobbing their heads at each other and cracking up at the table. While the adults caught up for a bit, the older boys (Logan and Connor) ran circles around the table together. They haven't seen each other in 4 months but they remembered. It was amazing.
"Sand" Angels (ever since the snow! LOL)
After the park, it was off to lunch and back to the hotel for a nap. (Thank goodness we wore him out enough to nap!)
After naptime, we headed over to Megan's for the big birthday party! Here are some of the boys jumping in the bounce house. I think every adult also took a turn!
Our three little men--Connor, Paxton and Logan


Me, Megan (with baby Emory) and Tracy


I couldn't resist a little new baby snuggle time...

Does the mantle in that picture look familiar?? Megan's family bought our house when we moved to TX! It is so wonderful to know that a loving family (and one that we love!) is living in our house and taking care of it. Plus, we get to visit!
We had SUCH a wonderful weekend! I'm so grateful to have wonderful friends in several states now! I think it was a little bittersweet for all of us, because as great as it was to get the kids together, it reminded us that we don't have that interaction together every day. We made a commitment to stay close and get together every few months. These are the women that I was with 3 times a week since before Logan was one year old. Our babies grew up together!
I couldn't resist pulling some of the first pictures taken of them together for comparison.
Logan is in the stroller on the far left and Paxton is the tiny baby in the carrier in the front. We were at the Zoo together here.

Our first playdate at Tracy's house. Megan is holding Paxton and that is Logan playing in front of her.

Same day--Connor is next to the little girl and in front of Logan. I know that Logan had just turned a year old and Connor was probably about to turn one here. Haven't they grown? Somehow it makes me happy and sad at the same time to see these pictures.