Tug of War

This is Chloe, Gammy & Grandad's dog. She is their baby, so whenever Logan comes over they are always fighting for center stage. Or rather Chloe is trying to regain it. That's why I think this video is hilarious, because this a great representation of them.

Happy Birthday to Logan!

Saturday we celebrated Logan's 1st birthday. Wow, this year has really flown by. I can't believe how big my sweet baby is. We just had a simple party for him with presents cake and ice cream. I also made my first attempt at decortating a cake, it didn't turn out too bad...but I will need to perfect my skills before I can do Spiderman. Here are a few pictures and highlights from his big day.

This was the cake that I made for Logan to tear into. The marshmallows

are supposed to be bubbles.

I made the cupcakes for him to take to daycare.

My look how you have grown baby.

Merry Christmas

We are at home tonight with a sick baby. We were supposed to head to San Angelo this afternoon to have Christmas with Adam's family. However, Logan got pretty sick, as did some other family members. He has been fighting off bronchitis for about 4 days now. So, we are staying home tonight and we will try to leave tomorrow. I think after another good nights rest and Santa gifts he will be doing much better. :o)

I hope this finds everyone else well. Have a wonderful Christmas. Lots of Love.

Blissful Ignorance

As a mother it is hard to be away from your baby all day. One of the things that bothers me most about this is the thought of missing all of Logan's firsts.

The other day as I dropped Logan off at daycare I felt I needed to share some thoughts about this with his teacher. I told her, "I just wanted to let you know that if Logan takes his first steps here, please don't tell me". She laughed a little, "Are you serious?". I said, "Yes, I do not want to know. I want to believe that I am seeing Logan walk for the first time. I want to be blissfully ignorant." She said, "Ok, but I'm sure he will walk at home." I told her, "You've got the idea."

It wrenched my heart that somone else might see him walk for the first time. It wouldn't even mean anything to them...they see it all the time. That is a treasure that belongs to a mother & father, to remember that sight forever. Their sweet little baby walking to them. This is a resemblence of what a parent's and child's realtionship should always be. The child learning to spread their wings with the support, confidence, and love that their parents offer. And it is about trust, knowing that Mom & Dad will be there to catch you when you fall. I hope Logan will always feel that trust and support radiating from us.

But for now, I'm blissfully ignorant. Logan took his first unassisted steps tonight at home with Mommy and Daddy, and it was delightful! He was so proud of himself and very excited when he saw our reaction.

My little Tortoise

My mommy made me be a turtle for halloween. But don't be mistaken by my mask I'm a quick turtle.

Baby Truancy

Logan was sent home from daycare with a fever yesterday. It was a strange little bug, he ran a fever on and off for about 12 hours and had some congestion and a cough (it's always hard to tell if that is his alergies or something more). He wasn't running a fever this morning but had to stay home anyway because of daycare policies. So Logan and I played hookey today and just bummed around the house not doing much of anything...it was quite nice.

Here are some more cute random pictures.

Swinging with Daddy

I've still still got Nebraska blood!

(Grandma wants to make sure I remember roots)

Looking shaggy

My first haircut.

Logan's Photo Shoot

These are the pictures I recently had taken of Logan. I had these done while my mom was here, she helped me pick out his outfit...and got it for him. I love it! I hadn't planned on being in them also, but they asked so I said sure why not. This is why Adam is not in them as well. So we will have to plan a family portrait later on. Let me know which picture/s that you like and I will let you know what I have of those. My scanner was dirty or something, so they didn't scan very well.