Logan's New Fire Truck

Here is Logan with his new "car" as he likes to call it. He loves, loves, loves to be outside and he will sit in his new fire truck car and turn the wheel, beep the horn, and press the walkie talkie button over and over. Luckily, it has been so nice out this week that we have been able to play outside. Today we are going to My Gym and then going to come home for lunch and get outside as soon as we can. It is supposed to be 80 today - woo hoo!
This picture says it all! He also loves to open and close the door on the car. It is really grown up looking.
The car is even better when Dylan comes out and pushes Logan around. The problem is that Logan doesn't like for you to stop!
The walkie talkie

Baby #4's Name

We finally pinned down a name for the baby boy we are due to have in September.

His name will be...

Hampton Patrick

and I just love it!

I am really excited to have found a name that we agreed on and that I love so much. All the other names that we discussed I just felt like they were "ok" and I was settling, but now I am really happy with what we have come up with!

Logan is 14 months old!

It is so hard to believe how fast time is flying. Logan is already 14 months old! He is now so mobile and is into EVERYTHING! It is a lot of fun and very exhausting. We are having so much fun with him and just love watching all the new things he learns on a daily basis. Logan's favorite thing to do is be outside. If you ask him if he wants to go "bye-bye" he doesn't care, but if you ask him if he wants to go outside, he gets all excited and starts heading towards the door. He is very inquisitive while he is outside and loves to pick up sticks and rocks. That has been very hard to keep him from doing, so we have gotten him some new toys to play with outside to keep him occupied.
Logan likes to climb on things also and while Blake and Dylan were trying to play basketball on Friday, Logan kept climbing on the back of the goal so they couldn't shoot (you know if they were to hit him, someone might lose a head).
These blocks are on the base of the goal to keep it from blowing over and moving. Logan loved them!
Logan's two favorite people are Blake and Dylan. Those two can make him laugh harder than anyone else. They also have a great way of spoiling him! Blake was here for the week last week and it was so nice. He is so loving and kind to everyone and he is even moreso with Logan. He was great to help me out so I didn't have to carry Logan a lot and Logan just loved it. The only time Logan will prefer me over the boys is 1st thing in the morning when he has his one and only bottle of the day. He gets so excited to have that milk!
Logan loves to play with balls. We went to Toys R Us on Sunday and we ended up with 6 balls in our cart before we left. We only bought 2 cheap ones for him to play with outside though. The older boys were really sweet to share their basketball with Logan the other day.
As the picture shows, Logan is looking and acting more and more like his daddy. He likes to dress like him too :). Before we went outside the other day, he had to put the glasses on and yesterday we went to McAlister's for lunch with Aunt Sara and he wore them there also. It is so funny!
Logan's words for the month are "eyes," "da-ddy," "momma," "car," "sock," "uh-oh," "duck" and I am sure he is trying to say more but it just comes out as a scream.
We are reading a lot these days also. Logan's favorite thing in the world is a book. He will bring me all his books and we will just sit and read. It is lots of fun. He still loves the Quiet/Loud book and we probably read that about 5 times a day. He just smiles when we do the loud parts. He also loves all the flap books where he gets to help open the flaps. That is lots of fun, but I am sure by now he has memorized what is going to be underneath each flap.
Logan laughs all the time. He loves to laugh at his brothers and at himself. Tonight for dinner he was chewing up his dinner and spitting it everywhere and laughing as hard as he could. It was so gross, but the laugh he had was so cute and hysterical that you had to turn your head to keep him from seeing you smile. Dylan taught Logan to spit, so I have him to blame :)!

Sunday Patrick, Logan and I went shopping for some patio furniture and for some fun outdoor toys for Logan. Daddy has gotten the basketball goal and the car put together now and Logan is not that crazy about the basketball goal - he just wants the ball. Daddy and Dylan try to get Logi interested, but he would rather throw the ball and chase it. Maybe he is too young?
Daddy making a shot for Logan. He was really just trying to eat the rim!
After a little basketball, Logan found a board and was much more interested in that than anything we had to offer. Really - why do people ever buy toys??? It is the most random thing that a child is going to want to play with instead.

Notice that Logan is wearing his new pair of shoes that he absolutely loves. They are crocs and they are bright red "Cars" ones. We got them Sunday and on Monday morning he saw them and brought them to me to put on him. He wore them with his pj's all morning and I finally got them off of him when he went down for his morning nap!
Logan is so precious to us. We feel so blessed that God has given us this special little boy! Every day he does something new and it is just amazing how smart and wonderful he is. Logan really helps us to stop and take time out of anything else we have going on in our lives and just smile and laugh. Children truly are the most precious things ever!!!

I am so glad that I have SO many of them and love them all so much.

How amazing is it that just a year ago he could barely hold his little head up and now he is this amazing little boy who walks, talks, and surprises us each and every day???
Logan,
We love you and love all the smiles and laughter you bring to us.
Lots and lots of love,
Momma, Daddy, Blake, and Dylan

Tag - Your it!

That's right, I've been tagged! Denise tagged me a few days ago in a game of blogger tag. So, here's the deal...I have to give 10 random, little known facts about myself and then tag 5 other people to do the same thing. I am not sure if I can come up with 10 little known facts about myself because I am so open about myself and everything going on, but I will try!

1. I used to work in the collections department at a Credit Union while I was living in Alaska. It was very hard because I always felt so bad for people and why they couldn't pay their bills - especially since I was a single mom and couldn't pay mine a lot of the times!!!

2. When I was in 10th grade I got an "F" in all my classes at least once during the year because I was too busy to do school work. You would never believe after that that I was on Honor Roll 11th and 12th grades and graduated with High Honors from USC.

3. This is dumb (but hey, I am trying) - I take two showers a day. I like the way it feels to get in the bed all clean and I have to take one before I go anywhere or do anything during the day.

4. I am addicted to sweets and carbs. I really struggle with both of them. My worst addiction is Dr. Pepper.

5. When I was in 9th grade, I got kicked off of the cheerleading squad because of my conduct grades. I quickly fixed that and then let my grades slip!

6. In the car, I think I can really sing :). I am also a very good judge for American Idol!

7. I can't stand for my eyebrows to be touched/messed with (which Patrick likes to pin me down and do) and also can't stand for Patrick to mess his up on purpose.

8. I used to be skinny - I was a size 4 when I married Patrick. I am sure I still am somewhere in there :).

9. I remember dates very well. I don't usually forget a birthday or anniversary.

10. I am very good with math and very good at budgeting.

So who can I tag??? I say Jennifer G., Jennifer B., Elizabeth, Amy, and Shannon! You are now it!

Ultrasound pictures

I know these aren't that great. But, I decided to just take a picture of the ultrasound with the camera. You will get the gist of what they mean - ANOTHER BOY!
This one is pretty obvious. Several people have asked me if I am sure the girl was right and this picture pretty much sums it up!

A Beautiful Spring Day with my Boys

Yesterday was so nice out. Logan and I had taken the wagon up to the mailbox to get the mail and then we decided to play outside for a little while. He had the best time picking up gumballs and sticks (which I kept having to take from him). Blake and Dylan ran around shooting their nerf bow and arrows they got for Christmas. I am pretty sure one of the arrows is still on the roof!
Notice the hole by Logan in the fence. That is Dylan's eye you see there in it. I had to make him move because Logan kept putting sticks through that hole and I just knew Logan was going to put Dylan's eye out with the bamboo stick he was holding.
Dylan and his new haircut that he hates, by the way. He told me that next time he wanted to go to a barber because maybe they would understand what he means when he says he doesn't want it short. He also told me that now that he doesn't have his hair, the only thing going for him now is his funniness and his sexuality. How crazy is he!
Logan loved picking flowers (AKA weeds)
Logan got ahold of one of the bows and took off with it.

Blake has the best ways of making him laugh!
And, it is never a dull moment with all boys around!!!
I know I haven't posted this yet, but Blake is here for his Spring Break and we are pretty much taking it easy. We have just been hanging out and it has been really nice. He was able to come to the doctor with me yesterday and was there when they told me what I was having. That was pretty special!

A day on the Boat

It was 80 here on Friday, so we took the boat out and had such a nice time. It was Patrick, Logan and me. We tried to give Logi a nap on the boat, but he was having none of that. I forgot my camera so the only pictures I have are of us getting ready to leave - really Logan and I were waiting on Daddy (the story of our lives)!


I just love that face!!!

Thursday at the Zoo

Thursday was so beautiful out (77 for the high). Patrick and I decided to take Logan to the zoo. He has been only once before at 2 months, so this time was so much more fun. He actually got to see and appreciate all the animals. We got there kind of late, so we ran out of time and didn't really get to see all the animals. But the ones we did see Logan loved! We can't wait to take him again!Logan looking at the seals
Logan and Daddy intrigued

Logan staring at the gorilla


He couldn't quite figure out that elephant
This is more Logan's size!

We found a caterpillar on the ground and Patrick let Logan feel it...
When it moved, it freaked him out a little :)
Looking at the turkey
Logan loved the Lions
And we ended our trip with some nice could Dip 'n Dots!

Boys, Boys, Boys!

Ok, so I went to the doctor yesterday to have my 16 week check up and everything went well. The heartbeat was good and we are both doing well. Carrie did an ultrasound to check the sex and we are definitely having another boy (I will post a picture of the ultrasound as soon as I can figure out how to do it on my printer - it isn't working correctly right now). Yesterday, I was pretty sad. It was not that I was sad I was having a boy - I am sad because I am never going to have that girl I have always wanted. But, God knows better what I need and can handle than I do. I certainly believe there is a reason I am not going to ever have that girl! Anyone who knows me, knows that I have wanted a girl so bad for so long. So this is really hard to accept right now. Blake put it into perspective for me though...I should be glad I can even have children because so many people can't. And that is true! But, I am still sad that I am never going to have a daughter. I know, I know - poor pitiful me. I'll get over it though.

Anyway, I thought I would share the big news of the week. Oh yeah - and Patrick is elated to be having another boy! Now the battle begins over the name!

Dylan in DC

So, here is little Dylan pouting in DC. He was mad that we were not going to the Segway's when he wanted to and he did not feel like walking around and then he got into a fight with Blake. He got into trouble because he was slinging my camera around while he was trying to fight with Blake. So needless to say, he was a little cranky. But, we could not do without getting pictures of him. It was so sad...I meant to zoomo in on this before I posted it, but Dylan saw us taking his picture and he was trying to hide. In this picture he actually has a grin from trying to hide. It was so funny!
Just pitiful
Looking at the birds
In the left of this picture is Blake with me and then Dylan sat as far away from us as possible (on the right). I am so glad we have all these pictures to remember his behavior that day!
Awwwww...
If this isn't the saddest picture you have ever seen!
I am sure he isn't going to appreciate my posting these, but I hope it will teach him a lesson not to act that way just because he doesn't get his way! Oh how hard it must be to be 13!