Big Changes

As busy as we are and as crazy as life is, we are going to be experiencing some big changes before year end. Yeppers, you guessed it...we are having a baby!!! We actually found out the day before Logan's birthday but thought we'd wait to tell everyone. We are due December 7th. I've been sicker than I ever was with Logan and the past few weeks have been somewhat rough. However, I am starting to feel better and life is getting somewhat back to normal. The kids will be 20 months apart and we are trying to keep in mind Logan will be older than he is now when the baby comes! We are really excited to have our family growing. At times we wonder what we will do with two kids but most of the time we can't wait! We'll keep you posted as time goes on!

A Few New Things

Okay, I know everyone is dying to get to the good stuff......birthday pictures and video. However, I need to tell you of a few exciting things! Thanks to Macey Bishop, you can now view the entire videos that I create! No more cheap software that only lets me do 30% of my video! However, as good as I make this sound, I am still working on uploading my videos and getting them into viewing mode for you! Please be patient, you know who you are dealing with! Woohoo! Second, again thanks to Macey Bishop I now have enabled the 'comments' section of the blog. So, if anyone would like to make comments (be nice ;) please feel free to do so. We'd love to hear from you! Okay, enough of me.......on with the show!

Happy Birthday!

April 3rd was Logan's 1st birthday! We celebrated with a huge hamburger cake (made by mom) and wafer cookie fries on the side! We had a few friends over to help us eat all the treats and watch Logan open his presents. He wasn't too sure about all of the people looking at him and singing and mom helped him blow out the candle (much to dad's dismay). Logan's friend Jace Birch gave him a really cool beanie and mom and dad gave him a set of big Lego blocks! I think we are playing with them more than Logan. That could be because we aren't sharing very well! Logan is doing great! Not yet walking but he is climbing the stairs (thanks to dad)! We decided we can't call him baby anymore because he is now a big boy and oh my how he acts like it! He is learning and growing everyday and we have so much fun with him! We are so blessed to have such a beautiful, healthy, happy boy!

Crawling!!!

On the last day of January, Logan decided he wanted something bad enough to just go after it! Unfortunately, the free software I downloaded to be able to convert my movie clips so you can see them will only let me convert 30% without having to pay $70! Sorry everyone but I'm cheap and you can get the general idea (who hasn't seen a baby crawl?). Anyway, we have been working with him for weeks and we knew he could do it but he just didn't want to. Last night I was in a meeting down stairs and I could hear Seth and Logan upstairs laughing. When I came up to see what was going on after my meeting Seth showed me this video. Apparently his toys aren't motivating enough, he has to have the keys! Right now we are really excited about this little mile stone. However, we know that once he gets good at it, we are in big trouble! He is already learning that he can pull himself up to things, open cabinets and drawers, and 'no' is a game!

Our Vacation

So, we made it to Arizona and back in one piece! We had to leave a day early to beat the second storm headed to Denver. We drove through the middle of it but made it safely (we missed the first storm by days).

Christmas was great! It was so nice to be with family. We got to do some really fun things. Seth's family put together a hay ride and a nativity where Logan played the baby. He was a little big for the cradle but was a good sport. On the hay ride all of the caroling was too much for him and he fell asleep. It was still a lot of fun. On Christmas eve he got to open his Christmas pj's that I made. We all had matching ones. It was pretty fun. We had a little get together with our friends there and Logan wasn't too sure about baby Maddie. She liked to touch his arm and kiss him (she's only 6 weeks younger than him) and he wanted to pull her eyes out. The different between girls and boys I guess. We enjoyed the vacation and had a hard time coming back to 'real life'. However, we are glad to be home and back into a schedule (even if it means Logan helping Seth fold clothes).

Needless to say, Logan is ever-changing. He still isn't crawling but he rolls EVERYWHERE and is getting into EVERYTHING! He likes to talk (well...yell) and loves to play peak-a-boo. He is starting to pick up on some sign language as well. He can sign 'more' (he uses it all the time when he's eating) and is learning 'please' and 'bath' and 'all done'. He knows the sign for water and gets excited when you show him but he can't figure out how to do it yet. He loves stories and animals! It is so much fun to watch him grow. Thinking back to this past year, I can't believe how much he has changed! We are loving every minute of life with him. He's still and excellent baby...always happy, never cries. We are so blessed!

Here are a few pictures we took during the vaction and when we got home. Logan loves the camera. While opening his presents at Christmas, he had to stop and give a cheesy smile before he could finish!