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!

Logan's 1/2 Birthday

We had a 1/2 Bday for Drakey when he was 6 months so we had to do it again for Logan! Nothing too crazy, just some cake:) Time has flown by (it honestly seems like Drake was just a newborn) I can't believe Logan is 1/2 a year. We love him:) Smooches LogiBear!

Little Cute face!

Cake and present

MMMMmmmmm!

I am in love with digital scrapbooking. But the downside is that you can keep fussing with it and changing it (a very bad thing if you are a little OCD like me) I made a page and I HATED it. Grant kept saying it was fine and asking what was wrong with it. But I couldn't let it go. It was one of my favorite pics of Drake and I didn't want it on an ugly page! So here is my first attempt...

GAY!

And I'm MUCH happier with this one...

Sick Boys = Miserable EVERYONE

Well on Sunday night Drake got a runny nose and I didn't think much of it, but that runny nose turned into a bad cold and fast. And of course Logan is sick also. Both boys were crying and miserable all day yesterday and even worse today. Drake is so stuffed up he can hardly breath and hardly slept last night. I was up on and off with him until 4 am and that's when he woke up for good! Luckily Grant is awesome and stayed up with him until 7 when he went back to sleep. And then who decides to wake up soon after that?? Logan of course! Then Logan falls asleep again around 9 and I'm thinking I'm good to go back to bed. So I get all tucked in and warm in bed and I hear Drake crying AGAIN, and he woke Logan up... UGH! This pattern has continued most of the day. And I cannot wait for their Dr appointment tonight. I cannot think of anything worse than sick babies. Me and Grant have been drinking Air Bornes like there's no tomorrow but we are both feeling yucky anyway. I hope this doesn't last long and we can't wait for warmer weather.

The only good thing about being stuck in-doors is the time to catch up on some scrapping:) I hope everyone else is doing good and that no one catches this yuckiness that's going around!!

Did you know that Batman and Spider Man are best friends??

If I ever have a daughter, one of the things I'm the most excited for is dress-ups.... but I'd say these are just as fun!


Spider-man


Batman!


WOOHOO