One Day at a Time...

We've had a busy few weeks since Christmas!! Sorry for my lack of blogging, but we've all been sick since the New Year and we've been focusing on getting well!

On Dec. 28 I turned THIRTY!! We had a wonderful dinner with my family. I really enjoyed being close enough to celebrate and have them over for dessert at our house! I guess this is/was a big birthday for me, but only in a good way. I celebrate every year and look forward to many more birthdays!

The morning after my birthday I woke up sick. I mean--sick. I didn't sleep much the night before and was soooooo achy and feverish. I was in bed all that day and the next before getting to the dr. on Wed. afternoon. Turns out, I had a bacterial throat infection which required antibiotics. The doctor said that my throat was incredibly swollen despite having my tonsils removed. He gave me a shot of antibiotics to give me a boost before we headed to the pharmacy. I was in bed for another few days after that. So much for celebrating the New Year with friends! This is the second year in a row that I have been incredibly sick right after my birthday. (Just in case you don't remember last year, you can read about it here: http://kamionedayatatime.blogspot.com/2009/01/soooooooo-sick.html) While I was sick, both Shane and Logan began coughing. They both went to the doctor this Monday and were both also put on antibiotics, Logan for an ear infection and Shane for bronchitis!! Now the entire family is on antibiotics and recovering. Hopefully, we're all on the mend and gearing up for a good 2010!

Logan is going through a major "why?" phase. I knew this was coming but I don't think that I could have possibly prepared for it. Everything (and I do mean EVERYTHING) is followed by "why?" or "why not?" this is an actual conversation from this morning:

L: "Mommy! I want some milk please."
K: (heads to the kitchen to get milk)
L: "Mommy! What are you doing?"
K: "getting your milk"
L: "Why?"
K: "because you said you wanted some milk."
L: "Why?"
K: "I don't know why, Logan. You're thirsty?"
and it goes on....

Arrrrgggghhhhh.....it's exhausting. I have found myself resorting to "because I said so" more often then I care to admit. Not to mention the antibiotics that he's on are upseting his stomach which is giving him a terrible diaper rash. So, he fights me tooth and nail for every diaper change. Have you ever tried to wrestle a 38 pound toddler with no diaper and poop on his bottom? I have and it is NOT FUN. (Side note: Potty training??? Ever?? Will you ever happen??) He's also going through a little separation anxiety right now. I cannot leave the room without, "Mommy!! Where are you going?" (which, of course, is immediately followed by a "why?") We went to playgroup this week and he sat in my lap the entire time. It's just not like him....

I have to say that this stay at home mom thing is not for the weak!! I LOVE him dearly, he truly lights up my life. The majority of the time he has wonderful thoughts and cracks me up with his comments, but I have to say that sometimes, he simply drives me nuts.

In other news, Lucy and I are in the works to get on with Methodist City Children's Hospital in Dallas. We're really excited about this opportunity and getting back into the swing of things with our volunteering. Shane and I are working on getting my sewing room up and going ASAP which will be wonderful. I've had quite a few orders over the last couple months which is super exciting!! I can't wait until all my sewing stuff is organized and I can really get down to business here.

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Here are some pictures of our Christmas celebration with Shane's parents. They gave Logan lots and lots of Thomas the Train stuff and he LOVES it!

Putting together the new train set

He's been really into airplanes and spaceships lately. He's flying one here!

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Decorating the tree at our house. Look at how much he is starting to look like a little boy and not as much like a toddler!! I can hardly believe it....Putting the star on top
Picture with Mommy (You can see all the white walls we still have to paint! Since this picture was taken we have painted the dining room, which you can see in the background, and gotten our china unpacked.)

We took Logan to a train exhibit benefiting the Ronald McDonald house that was at a mall here in Dallas. He LOVED it!

They had sections for many major cities including Dallas, Washington DC and NYC. The little people moved and all the trains passed each other. It was amazing!

SNOW!! This is the snow falling in our backyard on Christmas Eve.

Luckily, the roads didn't get too bad, so we headed to the Children's service at church and then to my parents for our Christmas Eve celebration. Here's a cute picture of Logan and my Dad.

Uncle Marty and Aunt Jill gave Logan this dump truck and he LOVES it! He's been loading up blocks and all sorts of stuff and "delivering" them all over the house.

Christmas Eve Night-back at home getting cookies and milk ready for Santa!

Christmas Morning! Santa brought Logan this t-ball set, Rocky Robot, a fire truck and a helicopter (or heptacopter as he says!)

This is the kitty timer that Logan gave me for Christmas. I had to get this funny picture of Sebastian with it! Ha! (Also, this is Sebastian's favorite place to sleep in our new house--on the stairs!)

Kitty hugs

Shane's parents came over for breakfast Christmas morning. It was so great to be able to spend some time with them. Logan loved showing them all of his new presents.

Snow ball fight Christmas morning!

me trying to get Shane while he was taking the picture

Are they going to throw that HUGE snowball at ME???

Sweet boy just had sooooooo much fun in the snow

Later Christmas day we headed back over to my parents house to have lunch and see our cousins. Here's Logan playing with my cousin Spencer and his little boy Brody who is only a few months older then Logan.

The boys playing

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First Candycane of the season! Working on a gingerbread house

Helping put up Christmas Lights outside the new house

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We've been working steadily on the house since we moved in two weeks ago. We managed to squeeze in a little Christmas decorating too! These are a few pictures of our family room. It's not "done" yet since we still have laminate floors ready to install and pictures to hang on the walls, but you sort of get the idea.

(A little note....yes....there are 4 stockings hanging on our mantle. When Shane and I bought these stockings it was Shane, me, Booker (our older lab) and Sebastian (our kitty.) Since then, our family has grown and changed but the stockings on the mantle have stayed the same. We use stockings that Shane's mother made us for Santa to fill on Christmas Eve night. Shane and I also have keepsake stockings that my Mom did for us using family heirlooms. The ones we hang up just look pretty. I tried to talk Shane into only hanging 3 this year but he said it didn't make sense with our N-O-E-L stocking hangers. Maybe next year we'll change them out to something more personal, who knows!?!)

Posted in: on Sunday, December 27, 2009 at at 8:05 PM 1 comments  

Here are a few recent pictures so you can see what the little man has been up to lately! We joined a new playgroup here that we are really enjoying! Even though nothing will ever replace my AR mommies (HUGS! I miss you all SO much!) we're really enjoying meeting new people and getting out and about here.

This is Logan right before we left for the playgroup Christmas party. Isn't he handsome?!?

At the party doing a craft. He did eat about as much popcorn as he glued on

his star ornament, but hey-it turned out cute!

Playing with some new friends

Playing the drums in our new house

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After we got the keys (YEAH!) we brought the whole family to the house. I'm sure all the neighbors thought we were nuts with the three of us and 2 labradors running circles in the backyard. Here's the family going in for the first time with the keys:

Since then, it's just been a whirlwind. We hired painters to paint the main living room because it was 2 stories high. They then spilled a half a bucket of paint all over our brand new carpet....They spent 2 days trying to get the stain out with no success. Good news is that the paint looks great! The carpet, not so much. Saturday, was major repair day and our new appliances arrived! My brother taught be how to use a tile saw and we successfully tiled the laundry room. It turned out pretty darn good if I do say so myself! We had WONDERFUL friends and family that helped us move everything we own into the house on Sunday. What a HUGE blessing not to have to hire movers! Now, we're working on unpacking millions and millions of boxes and attempting to figure out where in the world we're going to put all of our stuff. This in addition to many smallish (and some mediumish) projects we have going on. Overall, the house is good. There is good space and all of our furniture fits. However, we're definitely breaking it in and learning that it has it's quirks! (Including our neighbors! Don't park on the opposite side of the street from our house or a tiny old lady will yell at you.)

Oh--and we're technologically in the dark! We have no TV or internet yet. Shane set up our flatscreen with a paperclip in the back, so we can watch a little TV and DVD's. It is soooo strange for me to be without the internet but I think this is good for me. I usually spend way too much time on the computer. I have learned that I miss nothing on FB from being gone for a week (no offense everyone! I love you but I'd much rather catch up in person or on the phone!)

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