One Day at a Time...

Posted in: on Thursday, December 11, 2008 at at 1:50 PM 1 comments  

Here are some pictures of Logan hanging his ornaments on his advent calender. Shane's Mom made it for us last year and we love it! He wants to hang all of the ornaments on there at the same time. So, every morning I have to explain that we can only hang on one today.

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We went to the doctor this morning for Logan's 18 month check up. Hard to believe it's that time again! He weighs 28 lbs and is 33 inches long. Wow! He has gained about 5 lbs since his 15 month check up. The dr said that he is proportionate in height and weight but just a big boy. This is soooo hard to believe since he was so tiny for so long! (Anybody else remember those baby pictures where he looks super super skinny??) She was impressed with his signing and very complimentary of him. I was so happy to be able to tell her that he was talking now!

Here is an updated list of his words:
Mama
Dadden (daddy)
Wa-wa (water)
Kitty
Uh-oh
Memaw
Mmm-dad (Granddad)
Booker (kind of sounds like Booger)
Hot
Cookie
Yeah!
Turkey

Signs:
Please
Kitty
Baby
More
Eat
Dog
Banana
Cracker
Thank You
Milk
Water
Horse
Diaper

We made it home safe and sound from Mom and Dad's last night. But, I came home to a broken dryer (anyone know anything about dryers??) and an empty house. Shane had to be gone last night for a meeting. Logan had so much fun last night playing with all of his toys. It was so funny because he was wanting something out of his crib and kind of pointing and yelling. I asked him what he wanted and he said "ruff!" He wanted his stuffed puppy! He didn't know how to say dog but so he barked instead. So cute!

Posted in: on Wednesday, December 10, 2008 at at 2:03 PM 0 comments  

Here is a picture of Shane and I last night at the party. We had a great time! It was nice to have an adult event at our house! We had about 25 people over and it seemed like everything went really well. We had the Wii set up in the office which was a huge hit : ) The company had paid to cater the party and the food was wonderful. I had cooked a couple of things too and a lot of people brought dips or desserts. There was a TON of food!

This is a picture my Mom sent me this morning of him playing Mr Potato Head. Okay, so maybe it's getting time for a hair cut......

Posted in: on Saturday, December 6, 2008 at at 11:44 AM 3 comments  

This has been such a crazy week so far! We drove home on Sunday and got in that evening. We had such a wonderful trip and enjoyed being with family. It is always an odd combination of chaotic and relaxing, but we love it : ) As you can tell from all of the pictures, Logan had a great time and was spoiled rotten by all of the attention.

Shane's been on "vacation" this week. (I say it this way because he's been working so hard here at home this week!) Monday, we sort of recovered from our trip but we had to do major grocery shopping to get ready for the TWO Christmas parties we're hosting this weekend. I usually meal plan and shop for 15 days at time, so making the list and grocery shopping is a chore alone without the additional party planning. Poor Logan was tired and hungry by the time we finally made it to Walmart. Shane wound up carrying him around the entire time! Uhh! Oh, and we put up our outside Christmas lights.

Yesterday, I had a hair appointment in the morning (I have bangs!) and then we had our family pictures done in the afternoon. This is the first time we have attempted this with all 3 of us, and I think we might have gotten a few good shots. I will say that short of strapping an 18 month old down, there is no way to get them to sit still for a picture. Impossible! So, the pictures of him by himself are not as good. Not to mention to fact that they made us wait 15 mins which is valuable time to a toddler! After this, we wound up running errends in town and didn't make it home until time to put Logan to bed.

This morning, I had an eye appointment, playgroup and have been packing for Logan. We're meeting my Mom halfway tomorrow and they're going to keep him for the weekend. This makes my heart race just a little bit. (No offense Mom and Dad! I just have never been away from him like this before!) I've been packing and making lists like a mad woman. Since we're hosting 2 adult only parties this weekend we felt like it was a great time to let Logan go stay with Granddad and Memaw. I totally trust them and know that they will do a wonderful job with him. My Mom is so good at making sure she sticks with our routines which really helps Logan. (I'm sure most of you know, this is part of the stress of leaving them with someone else. Will they do things the way you would do them??)

Well, I'm off to tackle the rest of my to-do list for tonight....

This is Logan outside while we were putting up the Christmas lights.

I finally got him to wear a hat!!!

Here's Shane on the roof....

Posted in: on Wednesday, December 3, 2008 at at 8:14 PM 1 comments  

After Thanksgiving, we went over to Shane's parents to spend some time with them and celebrate Thanksgiving. We had a lot of fun! We went to the mall and hit up some of the sales. They also have some great new shopping opening up near their house, so of course we had to go check it out. Unfortunately, Shane's Dad had to work that day (the post office never sleeps!!!) but Logan did get some good quality time with him before he melted down (see the picture....)

Here's Logan snuggled up on the couch

This is a funny face that Logan has started making lately
Grandma, Logan and Daddy playing

Here's Logan playing in his pj'sLogan and Grandpa. He was sleepy and ready for bed. Silly Mommy just wanted one more picture....boo.....
After we got back to my parents house....Booker and Lucy made themselves quite at home there. Shhhhh!!! Don't tell my Mom!!!!
Logan and Memaw playing the piano
Logan riding in the wagon at Granddad and Memaw's house

This is Shane and Logan right before we left on the roadtrip for Thanksgiving (this pic is a little out of order!) I thought they looked so cute because they matched : )

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We had such a wonderful Thanksgiving! We got to spend a few days with family which was wonderful. It's so much fun now that Logan is learning who everyone is and can participate in the holidays! Here are a few pictures from our Thanksgiving Day. More entries to follow with the rest of the weekend...

Here's Logan chowing down on his yummy food!Here's Logan and Memaw My cousin's wife Christi and their little boy Brody. He is only 3 months older then Logan.

Big Hugs!!!!
me and my sister-in-law Jill
Cute picture of Logan playing outside

This is our traditional family picture. All of my cousins and I have gotten together at my parents house every Thanksgiving and Christmas for as long as I can remember...over the years our group has just grown and grown!

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