Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Easter Pictures

Of course (you know me) the boys had to have Easter Pictures made. We did them the 4th and they turned out so cute. Check them out at www.naturallywonderful.com Stacey always does such a good job with what she has to work with. Logan is getting over having his pictures made all the time. He just wanted to run off the entire shoot! He's 2! After the shoot, Logan ran under this tree and said, "Mommy, I pay Jungle." It took me forever to get him out of there! I had to go get him and threaten him!
Yes, we had to resort to a lollipop to get him to sit still during the pictures. So, in some of them the lollipop made an appearance.

Then, he wanted to pick flowers. So sweet!
Blake was not happy to be having his picture made, nor was he happy we were there for 2 hours!

Happy Birthday, Sarah Beth

On the 4th, we went to Sarah Beth's 1st Birthday party and had so much fun. It was a gorgeous day and the kids all had fun playing in the back yard! Logan kind of did his own thing (as usual), but finally started interacting with others towards the end...Logan playing on Sarah Beth's slide. He stayed here most of the time.
Sweet little Stuart
Logan eating his hot dog for lunch. He did very well eating!
James and Maddox. I thought this was so cute of them haning out together. Such sweet brothers~!

Sara Grace got there a little later. She looked adorable of course!!!
Singing Happy Birthday to the Birthday girl
She's not too sure what to think about all this attention!
Aunt Chappel with Logan and Sara Grace
YUM!
Happy 1st Birthday, Sarah Beth!
We all had so much fun at your birthday party. Thanks for inviting us!!!

Monday, April 20, 2009

Logan is 26 Months

Another month goes by...We are all in awe how much Logan grows each and every day. He is talking so much more than we ever thought would happen this quickly. The things he comprehends is amazing. It is nice that he can understand so much now and can carry out tasks and clean up after himself when instructed to - it is so neat!
He is so happy and we all enjoy him so much.
Right now we are working on sharing. I am thinking this might take a little while. Just this morning he had a bag of Little People animals that he wanted to play with. There was one representing every letter so 26 of them. He had a fit because I let Hampton play with the zebra and he walked around and kept saying, "Ogi have that now." I just kept repeating that he had to share.
Last week we had playgroup at our house and he went and hid all his tools so he wouldn't have to share them with his friends. When the left he said, "Ogi pay tools now." Pretty funny, but we are trying to work on that!
Still having eating issues...
We are still working on getting him to eat what we have for dinner. He doesn't get anything other than what we have (except he may get a fruit and we don't). Usually, we can get him to eat a few bites, but that is it. Sometimes he doesn't even try it which is extremely frustrating. He doesn't even like for me to eat things he doesn't like. He starts getting upset and saying, "Mommy not ike it." I just calmly tell him that it is yummy that Mommy does like it. What do ya do???
Blake was here last week before Easter and Logan was so very happy! Blake was so helpful which was nice considering Patrick was out of town for the week. It was really sad for Logan because every time someone would come to the house, he would say, "Daddy here." Or if he would get upset, he would say, "Daddy hold Ogi." It was so sad. He was certainly happy when daddy got home. He just didn't understand.
This is daddy's little boy right here...
Patrick loves to dress Logan in Carhardt's - which I certainly don't love!
But Logan does love to play outside in the dirt and with his "tools."
He will get his little gardening tools and his little trucks and play for hours. It is very difficult to get him inside. We had a couple of rainy days, so it was not easy for us to get him outside. In these pictures, it was drizzling and he didn't care. He was going outside no matter what that day. I was ready for him to go outside. Too many days of rain does all of us in!
Logan is still obsessed with Big Trucks and Tractors. He is right beside me right now playing with one. His daddy is out back cleaning up the yard and using his forklift and Logan is dying to get out there. He keeps saying, "Ogi go outside now...Get Ogi's shoes on." It's so sad but they are actually working and Patrick can't keep an eye on him right now.
My favorite thing Logan does is say his prayers and meal time and before bed. He is so cute especially at night. After we brush his teeth, he gets in his crib and I kneel down beside him and we close our eyes. He says, "Kank you Jesus for dis day. Kank you for Mommy, Daddy, Mimi, G-daddy, Aunt Bapple (sometimes its Uncle Bapple), Uncle Barney (Marty), Sara Gace, Sara, Kat Kat, Bake, Doo-Doo, Ha-ton, Uncle Tom, Uncle Tommy" (Uncle Tom and Tommy are the same person), and then we do a few people over and over. It is so precious - especially when he squeezes his little eyes together. He stands there and sways trying to think of everyone. Then he starts jumping.
Luckily, Logan hasn't tried to climb out of the crib yet. We are holding off on the big boy bed as long as possible. I am aiming for 3 years, but I am sure it will be before then.
Logan's favorite thing to do is sing. He loves to sing in the bathtub and play the drums...basically, I sing and he plays the drums. It is very loud and obnoxious. We are trying to learn new songs though. I am sick of some of them!
Happy 26 months sweet baby boy. We all love you so very much!!!

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Playdate with Sara Grace

We went to Leapin Lizards for a play date with Sara Grace a week and a half ago and the boys really enjoyed it! It wasn't very crowded which made it so nice for us and the kids! Logan bouncing away
He got to slide on the slide so much and had the best time
Hampton was asleep when we got there and took a pretty good nap. When he woke up, he was a little disoriented...poor baby!
Logan loves puzzles. For whatever reason, he likes to play with the ones we have at home..
Here comes my sweetie - off to slide again!

There's a smile!

Playing together (kind of) - and yes, they are dressed alike!
Sara Grace has just started walking and she enjoyed pushing the shopping cart around.
Look at her skinny little legs. I don't know how the hold her up!
She liked getting up on here and bouncing around.
Logan shopping for his groceries
All three of them. It is really hard to keep Logan sitting for pictures nowadays (hmmm - maybe I burnt him out on the whole "picture" thing). So, this is the only picture we got of the three of them together.
Then, it was just Hampton and Sara Grace.
Hampton even got to play with some age-appropriate toys for the first time.
I got in to bounce with the boys, but it was really hard to be in there. I kept falling over.
See...even Logan fell over.
Logan and Sara Grace playing on the alligator
Hampton even enjoyed the alligator for a little bit.
Sweet little SG bouncing away!

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Hampton - 7 Months

Wow -another month has gone by. And, boy was it a big month for Hampton. He all of a sudden started doing new things.He loves this little around-we-go still. He pretty much goes in circles all day long in it. There is a track in the carpet which is pretty funny looking. He is so happy to be in there and watch whatever is going on around him - usually something Logan is doing.
I just love how happy Hampton is. He smiles a lot and especially loves it when you make silly sounds to him. I just LOVE his smile and how it lights up the room! He is such a happy and complacent baby!!!
Hampton started sleeping through the night last week (March 31st) and has done so every night since (except last night). Hopefully, that was just a little hiccup and he goes back to sleeping the 12-13 hours he had been. You never know - he has had such sleeping issues before, this could be another one of those times for him. But, we will pray it's not!
Hamp is now on a pretty good schedule as far as eating goes. He nurses usually every 3 1/2 hours and after his 1st morning feeding and before bed feeding he has a few tablespoons of rice cereal with milk. During the two feedings in the day he has a 1/2 jar of vegetables about an hour or so afterwards. He is doing well now that he has gotten himself on a pretty good schedule.
The sleeping at night is going well...
He goes down at 7:30 every night and usually gets up around 7:30-8:00. I try to get him back down for a nap about 2 hours after he gets up, but sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. Depending on whether or not we are going to be home that morning, he will go down the 2 hours after he gets up. If not, he will sleep in his car seat - which I hate doing because he doesn't sleep as well or as long there. I try to have him home in the mornings, but that doesn't always happen. Right now he is taking 2-3 naps a day, depending on how long he sleeps each time.
Hampton is talking a lot. He likes to say, "Mama" and "Baba" a lot. I am working on getting him to say, "dada," but he just laughs at me when I say that. It is so funny to him that he actually giggles when I say it. I am sure daddy would love to hear that soon!
Hampton did cut his first tooth on Friday, April 3rd. I am so glad because he seems to have been drooling a lot and shoving everything that he possibly could into that mouth. The second tooth appeared yesterday morning, so I am sure we will actually be able to get pictures of those very soon!
He is sitting up pretty well now, but I still put the boppy around him just so he doesn't get hurt. I hate for him to fall over. He likes to lie back on the boppy and then roll over so that he is looking out over the it. The problem with that is that he doesn't like to be on his stomach very long, so he gets cranky when he gets himself into that position.
He started rolling over a couple of weeks ago and now doesn't last very long on his back - which means we have to be right there because he doesn't like the tummy either. It is really a demanding time! A couple of times he has gotten himself onto his tummy in his crib and he really hates that, so I have to go up there and rescue him when that happens. I can't wait for him to start rolling over both ways!
Another milestone Hampton has accomplished (kind of) is getting his paci into his mouth by himself. He doesn't do it all the time, but has a few times - which I am so happy about. I feel like once they figure that out, getting them down for a nap or bedtime is so much easier. Luckily, Hampton started putting himself to sleep last month and loves his bed. I love that both boys will go to bed without having to be rocked or held! Yay for sleeping babies!!!
Hampton, Happy 7 months!
We are so enjoying watching you grow and are looking forward to all the fun months coming up.
We love you so very much,
Your family