Some of Logan's First Steps

Logan has taken steps before but this is the most he had taken at the time. I love how excited he is!

A long overdue update

Grant said to me yesterday "After a month of no blogging and you blog about Patrick Swayze??" Haha I thought it was funny. I really can't believe I haven't posted anything since Drake's bday though... So here is an update!

This is all of our things stored away in the garage. Sometimes it doesn't seem ideal, but we really are lucky to have a place to keep everything.


This night was funny because the boys had been playing all day long and they could hardly stay
awake for baths and I took this pic of them trying to finish their bottles... but I think they both crashed instantly.

Mkay and then this is Grant's latest ambition. He is building a shed in his parents backyard. He thought we could store some of our stuff in it until we find a house and then his parents will have it after we move. When he first told me that he was going to build a shed I didn't know what to say. He has never built anything like a shed before. And I was thinking how do you even know how to? But once again Grant has suprised me. When he wants to do something he studies it and reads up on it and before I knew it, the walls were up... I really admire that quality in Grant, he is ambitious and willing to try anything.

These are a few shots of Logan's hair that I'll be trimming up soon. I needed a good "before" pic for his baby book. I think it's kinds cute long, but if I don't trim it soon Grant will take matters into his own hands. . .

Drake had a bad day yesterday. He was running while pushing this truck all around the driveway and the truck hit a lip in the cement and Drake flew over the truck and landed on his head and got this huge egg on his forehead! Once he recovered he wanted to go back outside only to get scratched by the cat ( I think Drake was trying to lay on top of the cat) But I think he was partly so upset because he loves that cat and didn't see it coming...

I was so sad when I heard that Patrick Swayze died. I've seen Dirty Dancing and Ghost hundreds of times. I think he was such a good dancer and sooo HANDSOME!! I'm way bummed! :(

Drake is 2!!

Drake turned two last weekend... everyone says it, but I really can't believe he is two already. And it's so funny because the day after his bday I swear he seemed older. He is trying to talk more and more and we are loving it. His little voice is so cute and sweet. His most used words right now are "pass" for his paci, "go", "pees" for please, and "maa-ee" for cousin Madison (I think he says Madi for both Madi and Ella though...) Despite some terrible two moments, Drake really is such a sweet little boy, and we are so proud of him!!!

Here are some pics from the partay:)

The birthday boy

That face gets him out of lots of trouble, believe me!!

why make it yourself when costco cake exists? Sooo good

Make a WISH

Logan trying to steal Drake's new car! Actually the car is for both of the boys... but Drake doesn't know it yet :)

Drake got so many cute presents, and of course I didn't get pictures of all of them! He got some really cute clothes, a Mickey book, a fireman dress-up, some big trucks and cars, a Jazz player potato head, a Mickey movie, I know I am forgetting things... but thanks to everyone for such sweet presents, he is loving everything!

I did get a pic of his new Mickey Mouse Clubhouse... Hot dog hot dog hot diggity dog!

Drake's Michael Jackson impression

Some Stuff We've Been Up To...

I haven't blogged for a while so I need to play catch up now. I've been putting it off because I hate getting pictures/videos off my camera/recorder, it's such a CHORE... We haven't done much yet for the summer but we've still been having fun. Here's what's up with us

Granty G- Our biggest news is that we sold our house and we are getting ready to move. We are scheduled to close on July 15th. The bad news is that we will be homeless for a while. Most of the houses we have looked at won't accept any offers that are contingent on us selling our house, so we have to wait until our house is officially sold before we can offer on any houses. SO we will be moving in with Grant's parents until we find a place. Grant also sold his bullet bike to get some extra cash for a down payment. I was so emotional that day. I get really sentimental about stuff. I think it's mostly because he has wanted a bike ever since I met him in high school and he finally got one and I hate to see him give up something he loves. Especially since he was so careful and never worried me on it.


Me- I was very busy cleaning my house spotless almost everyday up until our house sold. I had to keep it clean for showings, and it was a challenge with the babies. And even after we got the offer I had to clean big a couple of days because the buyers wanted to come back through and then again with their family. It was my life... cleaning. And it was exhausting. Now I get to look forward to packing, UGH. My really good news is that I'm officially done nursing. Logan is taking the bottle sooo good now and it is awesome!! The trick for him was sweetening the formula with apple juice and giving it to him with a straw at first. Weird but it totally worked!

Drakey- He is almost two and definitely going through some terrible twoage... He is starting to say more words now. No sentences yet but he will soon enough, I'm sure. He is starting to realize that Logan can be his playmate. Logan was reaching for a toy at the same time as Drake and when they grabbed it at the same time they started laughing, it's so fun to see them together. Drake is a really good big brother. If Logan's crying he is a good problem solver, he will bring him a paci, a blanket, then toys

Logan- He is crawling!! He has been for a week or so. It is good because he can entertain himself for longer but bad because he is a tornado now like Drake. But he and Drake are definitely playing together more now that he is mobile. He is getting tooth after tooth and has been fussy. But I love his little grin! I'm starting to feel that having kids so close in age will pay off soon. I think they will be pretty good friends.

Mkay it feels like I just wrote a Christmas card recap or something! Hopefully I won't get so behind again :) I will post a video of Logan crawling around soon ;)

Now that Logan's getting around they like to do trouble together...

What a FEAST

Tonight after baths, in new jammies. Mmm there is nothing better!

Same with Drakey... all clean and new jams

Cuties

The boys' favorite game to play with Grant. Put EVERY stuffed animal they have in the crib and play in there. Weirdos :)

MMMMMmmmm so good

Lil Logibear

Any excuse to use the cute frog towel. (On the new bedding I got for Drake... I think it's so cute)

Happy Birthday Hot Stuff!

Happy Birthday to Grant! Finally we are the same age. I hate that I have to be older than you for 6 months each year. Now we are both oldies! haha

Some reasons why I LOVE you --

*Because we are best FRIENDS


*You work so hard to provide for our family (I've known you since high school and I've seen you grow from a boy to man. I think you are amazing)


*You are the best daddy. Drake and Logan adore you and I'm so happy that you are so involved in their lives. You can never resist Drake when he wants you to play with him and that is why you are sooo sweet


*Because you are HOT (especially your smile)


*You act so tough and masculine all the time and don't like to be all lovey dovey but I know that you are teddy bear underneath it all


****There are many more reasons but I hope you know that I love you more than you can possibly imagine**** Happy Birthday BUG :)

Help! Advice Needed!

My little Logan is 8 months next week. I'm still exclusively nursing him and I'm SO ready to start the weening process. For the last few months he has been waking up in the night (sometimes every 2-3 hours) and there was a time he was sleeping through the night so it feels like we are taking a huge step back. And in the day he nurses every 3 to 4 hours so I feel like his appetite is growing and I can't keep up. Here's what I've tried so far.... I've been trying to give him more solids, but he is still only eating 1 and 1/2 to 2 a day. I offer him bottles w/ formula and he REFUSES to drink any. He cries and screams and then I usually give in. He sometimes pulls at my shirt and I feel if I don't ween him now, it will be so much harder later on. He will drink an oz or so of apple juice from a bottle so it seems he doesn't like the taste of the formula. I called his Dr and they suggested going cold turkey but warned me that there will be a few really hard days ahead but if he is hungry enough he will take the bottle. I'm not sure what to do?!? I guess since I'm already up so much in the night I should just do it and not give in. And if it were just Logan I think I would be trying harder but I have Drake too. And I am not sure I can handle TWO fussy boys at the same time. If anyone has any advice I will take it!!

Beach Time

When we visit Florida, I think my favorite thing to do is go to the beach. I love the sand and the water and the warm sun. It is so relaxing and I wish I could go everyday! The only bad part was the nasty sunburns me, Whit and Grant got on our backs. We were so busy reapplying sunscreen on the babies, we totally forgot about our backs! Sick! Anyway here are some of our beach pics :)

Disney World

We had such a fun time at Disney World. It was a lot of work to go with the boys, but I'm so glad we did. There are sooo many pics so here's a slideshow. After Disney we spent most of our time at Whit's house and at the beach. So more pics to come!

Easter

Logan, Happy on Easter morning ;)

Buddies

Playin cars

Bink babies

The Easter Bunny came!

There's only been a few days warm enough to play in this! Is Spring finally going to stay?

We hope everyone had a Happy Easter, we sure did!