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Internet, I sat down to blog about the past two very eventful weekends, but after downloading pictures and checking my email I just don't have the energy anymore. It's late and I'm tired. But here's one picture of my sweet boys to hold you over until I do make time to post more.



Frogs up after the TCU/Wyoming game October 9.

22 and 2/3 Months

Where does the time go?! I've been meaning to blog, but I'm just so dang tired most nights. I just wanted to post a few pictures for the faithful followers and maybe and update or two for myself. I was showing someone my printed blog book the other day and was reminded about how good I used to be at posting. Our 2010 book will be pretty thin.

Logan sees me with my sunglasses on my head and thought he'd try it, too.

Since the weather has been so nice lately, we've been heading to the park at least once every weekend and maybe once during the week, too. He is a little daredevil on the winding slide (in the background). He climbs up it and stands at the top looking over the side. Makes us pretty nervous, but we're aware that this is pretty low on the scale of dangerous behavior to come.

We had our trees trimmed the other day and then found this in our driveway. I don't think I've ever seen a praying mantis (outside of the zoo of course).

A friend of mine invited us to bring a friend day at Little Gym a few weeks ago. Logan learned to do a somersault (assisted) and liked to hang from the low bar. Here's a picture from Mr. Brian's iPhone.

Hannah turned 1 in late September. This was Logan's first time in a bounce house. It took some convincing, but we finally got him in. Logan still doesn't know how to jump. I'm not bothered by it really because we don't do a lot of jumping around here, but I took an online survey the other day and realized he's in the bottom 10% for this skill. Are all the other moms lying? Maybe we should practice more. Hmmm.


Silly, silly, silly is what Logan is these days. He is a silly little boy who does goofy things for a laugh. Hide and seek, running and screaming, walking like a bear in the buff before bath time, blowing bubbles in his milk, squishing his peas. He gets in trouble for the last two.

Logan screams his ABCs through E then kind of yells bits and pieces of the rest - in tune though! He also relates candles to birthdays. Our supper club was at our house last weekend and I was lighting several candles throughout the house and he started singing Happy Birthday.

One thing that really amazes me right now is how Logan knows his way around town. He points out the turn off to the road that takes us to the baby pool. The park is near my friend Kim's house and we were going for a visit the other day and he asked if we were going to the park. We've been for pancakes a few times a little diner and he starts talking about it when we get close. He knows when we pass Target or Walmart, when we're headed toward TCU. He knows that we pass roller coasters (Six Flags) and a the big ball (Dallas skyline) when we go to cousin Raleighs. I'm blown away at how much he pays attention in the car.

Brushing his teeth has become a chore again - a wrestling match some nights. He's sleeping great, but stalls at bedtime. We rock and read books, sing and pray, then we put him in his crib. For several months we have played a game where we give kisses through the bars of his crib. First, he would just move from one end of the bed to the other and get a kiss. Up top, down low, crib left, crib right, etc. Then Monkey joined in and we gave him kisses too. Next, was kissing multiple body parts - toes, hands, head, knee. And the other night when we had been through all of this, he paused for a minute and said, "high five?" So I stuck my hand through the bars, we high fived, and that was it. Can't wait to see what's next!

Logan is still content in his crib. He could definitely get out if he wanted to, but is never upset enough to follow through. Several times I've seen him pull up and get a leg on the top rail, but I warn him that he'll fall down and he stops. I don't want to rush him into a big boy bed, but we're in a dilemna about whether to buy Logan new "big boy" furniture or to buy Aaron (99% sure that's boy #2's name) a new crib. And do we move Logan to a new big boy room or do we leave him in his room? We don't want him to think baby stole his room, ya know? We're going to put this decision off as long as we can.

Other goings on include a visit from my mom last week for some shopping and the birth of Logan's second second cousin, Kennedy Tatum (Andrew's cousin Derek's second baby). My camera didn't make an appearance for either event. We took dinner to Dallas Wednesday to see Kennedy and OH MY GOODNESS! I'VE FORGOTTEN HOW SMALL BABIES ARE! It made me a little nervous about #2. Excited, but nervous.

Tomorrow is another TCU home game, Sunday we start a class at church after the early service, so Logan will be doing double-time in the nursery for 5 weeks, and Bob and Judy come on Thursday. Until next time. . .

Best Friends

This is Monkey. Monkey and Logan have always been pretty tight, but their relationship has really been taken to a new level lately. Monkey, we think, is a real person to Logan. Monkey does everything Logan does. Monkey ride bike. Monkey climb up tree. Monkey read book. Monkey brush teeth. Monkey touch it. Change diaper Monkey.

One night last week I was reading Logan a book before bed. He took it out of my hands, climbed off the rocker, grabbed Monkey and tucked away into a cozy spot between his rocker and his bed. He made sure that Monkey was sitting up straight right next to him then he searched the pages for the "gorigga" (or rigga when he's in a hurry). Once he found the page with big gorilla on it, he grabbed Monkey's head and pressed it up to the picture, "Gorigga, Monkey." Then he continued to grab Monkey's head and move it from picture to picture telling him what each animal was. I could've watched this all night. I wish so badly that I had it on video.

Monkey rides to school with us every day and stays in Logan's car seat all day. The way that Logan's face lights up when they are reunited after school is too sweet. This has become one of my favorite times of day.

Logan and Monkey sitting on splatter guards in the kitchen.

This evening after Logan and Monkey were done riding the bike we went to play in the sandbox. When we went back to the bike later there was a lizard on it. We watched it for a while as it jumped from the wheel to the seat and crawled around. Then Logan wanted to touch it. When we encouraged him to touch it he said, "No. Monkey touch it." I guess Monkey is a little more brave than Logan right now. So he ran to get Monkey, held his hand and stretched it out toward the lizard. Neither ended up getting to touch it, but it was fun to watch them point and say "boo lizard!"

I think Monkey is starting to seem a little real to me too. Maybe having another real playmate in the house will be a nice change for us all.

Oh yeah - we're having another BOY!

A busy weekend

Saturday we started at the duck pond with Asher. The place was a mess because the recent rain had flooded it, but we still had fun and the ducks were very hungry. Asher had never been to the duck pond, so it was fun to watch him explore. He loves water and crossed under the chains and went for a little swim. Fortunately we were very close by and momma Jenn (who is 8 months pregnant) jumped in after him. It was quite a sight! Both were soaked from head to toe. We didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Our duck pond visit ended pretty abruptly.

After nap time we headed out to the TCU game. We were pretty nervous about this season because of Logan's age. Notice the "if lost, please look inside" bracelet on his arm. Our sweet boy has no fear and has some serious speed, so we took caution. The heat index was 105 and the sticky bracelet didn't last long. I'll loop it through his shoe next time. There was nothing relaxing about tailgating - it was hot and we rotated turns following Logan through the parking lot.

Here is our sweaty, red-faced baby boy eating his first brownie. He also managed to cute himself into a giant cookie from another tailgate, so that took care of dinner! So much for the Chick-fil-a nuggets Corey brought him. I know it sounds gross, but I could've sniffed on him all day. I LOVE sweaty baby boy smell.


In the stands with daddy. It was hot up there, too, and he was worn out.
And once the game started he did this the entire first quarter. Turns out it was the noise. "TCU loud" is a common phrase around here now. It took us a while to figure out what his deal was. I thought maybe the heat, so we pulled his jersey up and blew all over him and tried to give him lots of water. He did better in the 2nd quarter because I kept his ears covered. We're getting a sitter for the Baylor game this weekend because it is a nap-time game and it promises to be much louder.

After church on Sunday we swung by Target so I could grab a card for a baby shower that afternoon. I'm a sucker for the toy section and we found this bike 1/2 off! He pretty much loves it. Too bad he doesn't know how to pedal quite yet because Andrew and I have to do a lot of pushing.

Pudding and Puddle Jumping

On occasion I pack sugar free vanilla pudding in Logan's lunch box. A friend of mine at work (also pregnant) has been eating chocolate pudding, which I always think looks so yummy. So last time I was at the store I picked up a vanilla/chocolate value pack. Logan found it in the pantry, opened the box and brought me chocolate pudding. It was a holiday weekend, so he had dessert before dinner and thoroughly enjoyed it.

The remnants of hurricane Hermine have dumped a ton of rain on us the past few days. We're glad for the free lawn watering and we love puddle jumping. Everyone wins!

Labor Day

We had a very relaxing weekend once all of our house guests left on Sunday. It was nice to have Labor Day off to re-group. We drove up to Keller to have lunch with our old neighbors. Katelyn and Logan are so much fun to watch now that they've started almost playing together.

Katie was so sweet to share all of her toys with Logan. Mostly this car. He spent 93% of our visit in this car.

Football's back!

TCU kicked off the season with a win over Oregon State last weekend at Cowboys Stadium. We had several friends in town and had a blast hosting at home and tailgating at the game. Logan stayed at home with the sitter. Jerry charged us an ungodly amount for tickets and we just couldn't risk not getting to see the whole game.

I made a special batch of (virgin) purple lemonade and had blueberry vodka available to mix in. It was a pretty yummy (and festive!) drink I hear. So that morning I had to go to Walmart to get a cooler with a spout for my new game-day beverage. We had some time to kill, so we strolled through the toy section. I made several laps around the aisles pulling Logan. He didn't want to take his sunglasses off, so he looks extra cool I think. Not to mention how old he looks.
Hanging out in the back yard while the guys played around

Royce, Matt and Matt

Our tailgate with Jerry's house in the background