Just want to write this down - Ethan got a Handy Manny radio thing for Christmas. It "breaks" and you have to fix it. One of the parts that breaks is the circuit board - or as Ethan calls it, the Circus Card. :)
I have a bunch of pictures to post, just need to get them resized and uploaded. Maybe I'll get to that tonight. :)
The best part of my whole day is the 15-ish minutes after Logan wakes up. I usually get up before he does, so I'll go in to check on him, and if he's awake, he'll look over at the door and instantly break into a huge gummy grin. I lay down beside him, and let him out of the swaddle, and he stretches and yawns, and smiles. We 'talk' to each other - I tell him how adorable he is, and how much I love him, and he smiles and coos back at me. We usually lay there for a good 15 minutes - until either he decides he wants his diaper changed, or until Ethan crashes the party and climbs all over us and gives Logan kisses and hugs. He sure does love his little brother, and Logan loves him right back. :)
It's been too long since I've posted - maybe I should have done Holidailies? Ah well. Here I am now.
It was a monumental day in the D household today - Ethan filled up his potty chart! He's been doing SO well going poop on the potty - he's only gone in his pull-up twice this week, and he poops at least twice a day, so that's doing really well! Oh, I am so, so proud of him, and he knows it, too. :) The other night when I was out at my cookie party, he said to Shawn "Mommy and Daddy are really proud of me!". Awwww. :) So the reward for filling all 100 squares was a special trip of his choice, and he's been begging to go to Chuck-E-Cheese all week. So as long as the weather cooperates, we're going up to Cedar Rapids tomorrow to celebrate. :)
We're back in Iowa for Christmas from now until next Sunday or Monday, I'm not sure when we're going back yet. Here at MIL's until Wednesday morning, then at my parents' for the rest of the week.
Logan had his 6 month appointment this week, and he's not gaining much weight - only 8 oz. in the last 2 months, bringing him to 14 lbs. even. He is gaining length and head circumference, though, and is meeting his milestones (though slower than Ethan did) so our ped. isn't worried about the slow weight gain. Now that he's started solids, hopefully he'll start chunking up a bit. When I told him not to grow up too fast I didn't expect him to take me so literally. :)
Solids have been going really well - he's had avocado, sweet potatoes, apples, pears, oatmeal, and peas. Didn't care for the peas much, though Shawn said they were really thick and it may have been a texture thing. We haven't tried them again yet, so we'll see how take 2 goes. He does love the others, though, and is eating a serving of oatmeal mixed with a whole (small) jar of food at a time. He doesn't like to eat when I feed him, though - I have a feeling he's thinking to himself, screw the food, gimme boobies! :)
On the way over here tonight, Ethan grabbed my Boppy and 'fed' Bear-Bear with his boobies. It was way, way cute. :)
Logan is getting really good at sitting up unassisted - we still use the boppy when he sits, but if he gets tippy, most of the time he can right himself without falling over. He's still very content to just sit and watch what's going on. He's mostly a very happy and smiley boy and I love him to bits. :)
Ethan finished his fall semester of preschool last week and I'm sure he's already ready to go back - he LOVES going to school and seems to have a really good time there without me. He did have a bit of a pushing/hitting problem one day, but hopefully it was a one-time thing.
I am constantly amazed at how smart he is - he got a thank you card from one of his teachers in the mail the other day, and he was able to read almost the whole thing to me. He loves pointing out words when we're out and about - it's definitely beyond having words memorized, he is reading them. He's also started to take an interest in telling time - he's always looking at the clock and telling us what the hands are pointing to, and he knows that when the clock points to 10, it's time to go night-night. (Though, here it is, 1am, and he's still going strong playing with the dogs. Ah well, it's a special night.)
I'm sure there were other things I've been meaning to write about here to remember them, but of course I've forgotten. Whoops.
I'm all in a tizzy tonight because I got in a fight with someone on OLU. Fight, me? Noooo... *shuffle* This bitch I hate anyway helped her friend with her newborn and had SUPER DOULA as her usertext. I sent her a PM saying it was insulting to actual doulas. She flipped out, I fired back, yadda yadda yadda. There goes another year off my lifespan. *sigh*
Logan had oatmeal for breakfast this morning, and LOVED it! It's so cute watching him eat, he tries to help with the spoon and fails miserably, and it's just adorable. I can't believe he's almost 6 months old already.
We went out and bought new lights for the Christmas tree tonight - faceted C6 LEDs. They're gorgeous and I love them. :D We got a new sparkly silver star topper, too. No ornaments yet - I'll have Ethan help me with those tomorrow, and then I'll take a picture. :)
I really need to get pictures uploaded. The oldest pictures on my camera right now are from Halloween. I've been a slacker.
It was a bittersweet day in our house today. My baby boys are growing up. *sniff*
Ethan started "big-boy" preschool today - I've been going with him all semester, but today was the first day he went by himself. I don't think he even noticed I was gone. LOL I barely got a hug and kiss out of him before he was off running around with his friends. They made a Froot Loop necklace for their craft today, but he was apparently more interested in eating the Loops rather than stringing them, and the few that did make it on the necklace were history by the time we got home. :)
Logan had a big day today as well - his first solid food! He went to town on some avocado and did really well - no tongue-thrust reflex, no gagging, nothing! He was definitely ready to start. I almost cried afterward, though - for the first time in his life, he ate something that didn't come from me. *sniff* I'm so proud of us that we've made it this far with exclusive breastfeeding, and I have no intention of stopping any time soon. I'd like to make it at least 6 more months so we can wean straight to milk instead of to formula, and I have no problems going longer than that, until he's ready to be done.
We put up our Christmas tree tonight, but of all the strands of lights we have, not a single one of them fully works. So I need to peruse the ads tonight and see if anyone has a good deal on lights. I'd love some faceted C6 LED lights, if I can find them cheap enough. They're $11/box at Target and we would need at least 2, if not 3 boxes.
I got my latest Bag o' Crap from Woot today, and I made out pretty well! I got a Crock-Pot, 4 universal car chargers (without the tips), a Mr. T read along book that has a vinyl record for the audio, and a digital camera bag. Not too shabby for $8!
I was just discussing this article with Shawn and made a comment about how parents apparently missed the lesson where the word starting with N and ending with O was taught. Ethan started saying "starts with N, ends with O" and I asked him what N-O spelled.
CROCODILE!
Logan has started reaching out for me if someone else is holding him. It's so nice to be loved. 
We are home. More later or tomorrow when I am not one-handed.
I made my first sale on Etsy! Woohoo!
Chris's (BIL) birthday is Tuesday, so I'm being a good SIL and making him some chili and sweet/sour meatballs to put in his freezer. Well, Shawn is making the meatballs, but I'm reading the recipe off for him. LOL
Shawn is taking one of the garden tractors home to use as a snowblower/lawn mower. It's just sitting around and rusting here, and his mom won't ever use it, so he figured he might as well take it. So Chris is bringing it to our house in the back of his truck tomorrow. We really should put a hitch on the back of the Aztek. Or just buy a new vehicle that has one. Like a minivan. :D
Didn't do much else today. We ran to town tonight to get stuff for the chili/meatballs, and I stopped at Joann's and got 5 yards of black felt for a photo backdrop. Can't wait to use it!
We're heading home tomorrow! I'm excited to get home and start decorating for Christmas!
I forgot a Thanksgiving post. Damn. Ah well.
We rocked the Black Friday sales today. Got almost everything we went for.
Still at MIL's house and bored out of my mind. Usually there are other assorted family members around, but this year it's just us. And I forgot my pump so we can't even go out without the kids.
Don't really have much else to say.
[ONE] Who was your last text from?
Don't remember - I don't text much.
[TWO] Where was your default pic taken?
Do I have a pic on here? I don't think I do.
[THREE] Your relationship status?
Married.
[FOUR] Have you ever lost a close friend?
Yes.
[FIVE] What is your current mood?
Good, a little tired.
[SIX] Whats your brother(s)/sister(s) names?
Katelyn
[EIGHT]Where do you wish you were right now?
Taking a nap.
[NINE] Have a crazy side?
Yes
[TEN]Ever had a near death experience?
No
[ELEVEN] Something you do a lot?
Nurse my kid.
[TWELVE] Angry at anyone?
Not really
[THIRTEEN] What's stopping you from going for the person you like?
I went for him and married him.
[FOURTEEN] When was the last time you cried?
The other day when Ethan was throwing a mondo tantrum and I just couldn't take it anymore.
[FIFTEEN] Is there anyone you would do anything for?
Yes, two of them, actually.
[SIXTEEN] Who do you think about when you are falling asleep?
Logan, mostly, because I'm trying to make sure he isn't getting squished.
[SEVENTEEN]Who was the last person you talked to on the phone?
My mom, I think.
[EIGHTEEN] What is your favorite song?
I have a lot of favorite songs. My song of the moment is "Looking for a Good Time" by Lady Antebellum.
[NINETEEN] What are you doing right now?
Sufing the web on the couch
[TWENTY] Who do you trust right now?
Quite a few people
[TWENTY-ONE] Where did you get the shirt you are wearing?
Wal-Mart
[TWENTY-TWO]Have you kissed someone in the past week?
My husband and kids.
[TWENTY-THREE] Who is your friend that lives closest to you?
Hmmm. I think Rachel lives closest to me, maybe.
[TWENTY-FOUR] Describe your life in one word?
Happy.
[TWENTY-FIVE] Who are you thinking of right now?
Kirsten, because I'm reading her answers as I delete them to type my own.
[TWENTY-SIX] What should you be doing right now?
Not a gosh darn thing. Well, napping, if I knew what was good for me, but I don't. LOL
[TWENTY-SEVEN] What are you listening to?
Trans-Siberian Orchestra and Ethan playing.
[TWENTY-EIGHT] Who was the last person who gave you a hug?
Ethan
[TWENTY-NINE] Who was the last person who yelled at you?
Ethan
[THIRTY] Do you act differently around the person you like?
Nope.
[THIRTY-ONE] What is your natural hair color?
Dark blonde.
[THIRTY-TWO] Who was the last person to make you laugh?
Probably one of my kids.
[THIRTY-THREE] Who was the last person to make you sad?
Hm, I don't know.
[THIRTY-FOUR] What do you hear?
MIL talking on the phone.
[THIRTY-FIVE] Is your hair curly or straight?
Straight.
[THIRTY-SIX] Has anyone ever called you "scrumptious" before?
No
[THIRTY-SEVEN] Do you have a best friend?
Yes
[THIRTY-EIGHT] Held hands with the opposite sex in the past 3 days?
No
[THIRTY-NINE] Do you use smiley faces on the computer?
Yes, all the time!
[FORTY] Have you ever changed clothes in a vehicle?
Of course!
[FORTY-ONE] Are you happy with life right now?
Yes.
[FORTY-TWO] Are you currently jealous?
Always a little bit.
[FORTY-THREE] What jewelry are you currently wearing?
My wedding and engagement rings.
[FORTY-FOUR] What were you doing Friday night?
I don't remember. Nothing noteworthy.
[FORTY-FIVE] Have you ever had your heart broken?
Yes.
[FORTY-SIX] Have you ever broken someone's heart?
I doubt it.
[FORTY-SEVEN] Is there anybody you're really disappointed in right now?
Not really.
[FORTY-EIGHT] What was the last reason you went to the doctor for?
Bronchitis, last February.
[FORTY-NINE] How late did you stay up last night and why?
2-3am, I think. We were watching Without a Trace.
[FIFTY]Have you ever dated someone longer than a year?
Yep
So we've been waiting until 6 months to start solids with Logan. However, I think he's getting to be about ready. Shawn was just munching on some Froot Loops and Logan grabbed one out of his hand and got it just inside his mouth before we caught it. I think he licked the sugar a bit and got all excited. It was really cute. :) That's one of the signs of being ready, right? Grabbing for food and trying to feed yourself? I'll have to do some more looking and reading up. He's 2 weeks away from 6 months, so it's not like we're starting THAT early.
We're back in Iowa for the long weekend. Not sure what we're doing tomorrow - possibly a trip to Iowa City, we'll see. I want to eat at Sonic. :D Yummy, yummy Sonic. I can't wait to get one at home!
Quick post tonight, I just got Logan nursed down to sleep and realized that I needed to post yet. We went to Woodfield tonight and checked out the new play area. Pretty nice! Ethan seemed to enjoy himself. It's really big, which is good in that it can accommodate a lot of kids, but bad in that it's hard to keep an eye on your kids amongst all the others.
Tomorrow is my last day of preschool! Woohoo! LOL Starting next Tuesday, Ethan will go all by himself, and I can't wait! It'll be a nice little 90 minutes of time with Logan. I'm glad his school is so close to our house - I can drop him off and come home and still have a good length of time before I need to go back.
We're heading to Kalona after preschool tomorrow and staying until Sunday. I have a feeling I'm going to forget to post. Only 6 more days of NaBloPoMo!
Ethan pooped on the potty tonight! WOOHOO!! *twirl* He hadn't pooped all day, which is very unusual for him, so before bed I asked if he had to go. He said yes, insisted on sitting on the big potty (thank heavens!), sat down, and pooped! I think this is the third time he's done it? So, so proud of my boy!
I made a big Thanksgiving dinner today - turkey, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, stuffing, gravy, Jello salad. It turned out really, really good and I am stuffed! It was a 20 lb. turkey so we have a TON of leftovers! I'm going to make turkey dressing when we get home from MIL's next week, and we'll have hot turkey sandwiches tomorrow night for supper. There should be at least 2 quart size Ziplocs of turkey leftover after that. I'll probably use some of it for baby food when Logan is ready for meats.
Speaking of Logan, he's awake, so I should go get him. :)
We kicked the crap out of Minnesota today. Go Hawks! Here's to the bowl gods looking down upon us in favor and giving us a January bowl berth. :)
No Red 40 today and Ethan was really good! A few minor squabbles, but no possessed devil-child behavior. Yay!
Logan is extremely tired but refusing to sleep. Not fun. Let's hope he's saving up for a good night's sleep. One can hope, right?
This NaBloPoMo stuff really wears on a person. LOL
I'm starting to suspect that Ethan's behavior issues might be tied to artificial food dyes, specifically Red 40. He had a great day today...until he had a few Mike and Ikes. Within a half hour, all hell broke loose. So we're going to eliminate it for a week and see what happens.
Don't know much else today.
Gas is $1.99 across the street! Woo! We didn't get any because we get shitty mileage with that brand, but still. It's the principle of the thing. LOL
I got a Bag o' Crap from Woot today and I really wasn't even trying. I was feeding Logan in the bedroom when I heard the sirens go off. Took me a second to realize what it was, and then I came out to see if I was too late. The buy page hadn't come up yet, so I kept refreshing, and eventually got the order screen. Tried in vain to get 3, but the button was broken, so I just hit the order button. Got an error because I forgot my CVV number. Submitted again, figuring there was no way I would get one. A billion server errors later, I got logged in to my account, and sure enough, my order history was Crappy. Score! A highlight to my otherwise shitty day.
Ethan was hideous today. We almost didn't make it to preschool because he just would not get ready. He just shuts down sometimes and it's infuriating.
Our car is leaking coolant. You know, because we have just a ton of extra cash laying around right now. I have two friends whose husbands are mechanics, so if it's something Shawn can't do himself, at least maybe we can get it done cheaper. I'd like to just get rid of the damn thing, but we're $2k upside down on it so that probably won't happen.
Shawn is on call this week and has been paged every night. Sucks. But on the bright side, he won a free phone in a raffle at work today so at least there's some kind of reward. And he's on vacation now until next Monday, which is awesome.
Hopefully tomorrow is a better day, I don't think I can handle worse. Sigh.
Double posting to catch up, but I'm cheating and just posting a contest link. :D Go here to Or use the HTML code:
win 20 Pairs of Baby Leg Warmers from babySNAZZ!
And then I went to bed early last night and forgot to make my second post. Dammit.
Last night was good - we went to the library. Ethan played with the trains, and Shawn, Logan, and I played Guess Who. Fun game. We should get it. :) Ethan came over and played a little, too.
After that we got groceries at Target. We're doing our own little Thanksgiving this weekend. I'm making a 20 lb. turkey for the 3 of us. :D I want a lot of leftovers to make turkey dressing. Yum!
Ethan is driving me up the wall, what else is new. Today has been particularly trying. He threw a fit because I wouldn't let him pour apple juice, because I didn't want to clean up a spill. It was such a fit that he threw my nursing stool across the living room. He finally calmed down and I decided to just let him pour. He did great, didn't spill a drop. Put it back in the fridge for me and everything.
So then he wanted a PBJ. I opened the fridge to get out the jelly, and the juice fell out, the cap popped off, and half the bottle went all over the floor. FUCK. Sometimes I just can't win.
Both boys are 'napping' at the moment (Ethan isn't sleeping, but he's in his room playing quietly, which is something, at least) and I'm finally eating something for the first time all day. Gosh I love being a mom. It's super fun.
I forgot to post last night. Crap. Oh well. I'll just post twice today to make up for it.
I had an awesome time last night - did a game night with some of my friends. We played Scene It and Guesstures, and had a blast! Definitely need to have more game nights.
I tried some white merlot and it wasn't half bad. Definitely something to try again in my quest for wine I like.
Off to the library, more later. :)
I really don't have much to post about tonight. LOL Logan actually slept last night, so that's good, but he's barely napped at all today. Ethan is being his usual self, no surprises there. At least he took a nap today.
I got a kick-ass deal on a carseat tonight - $46 shipped for a Britax Marathon. Let's hope I actually get it - there are rumors that's a mistake and Target will cancel the orders.
Yeah, that's about all I got. There's snow on the ground. I yelled at an asshole lady in the Walmart parking lot tonight for pulling forward into the spot we were pulling into, and not backing up to let us have it. Who does that? Especially in an angle parking lot? Argh. One of these days I'm going to get arrested for assault at that godforsaken place. This is why I shop at Target.
A friend of mine's sister posted this on his Facebook (she went to Iowa, he went to Iowa State). Too funny!
Oh the weather outside is frightful
And clown fans are getting spiteful
Not a single bowl is where they... Read More’ll go
That Must Blow! That Must Blow! That Must Blow!
They always show signs of flopping
And out of the poll they’ll be dropping
Once again the Hawks steal the show
That Must Blow! That Must Blow! That Must Blow!
When another kick sails wide right
How they hate that that is their norm
Now they’ll stay in a toxic waste site
Have fun watchin the Hawks in your Ames Dorm?
Mac’s spin is slowly dying
‘Bowl Championship’ they’re just not buying
While the Hawks bask in Floridas glow
That Must Blow! That Must Blow! That Must Blow!
Leaving in a bit to pick up my boy! Woo!!
Yeah, I didn't finish my to do list. Go figure. But, I did get 2 things done - my Etsy store and catching up on laundry. So at least my week of freedom didn't totally go to waste. :)
We're meeting my mom in Madison tomorrow at 1 to get Ethan. I can't wait! I miss my boy. It was nice to have a quiet week around here, and my stress levels are much improved, but it's time for him to come home. We'll definitely be doing this again, though. If my mom will have him back, that is. LOL Maybe Shawn's mom will take him next time?
Dad's surgery went well today. He's taking 2 weeks off work and can't go back to driving for something like 10 weeks, so I imagine he'll be bored out of his mind sitting in the office at work, just like after his motorcycle accident. He did learn to use a computer then, though, so not all was lost.
I've been following stories about my hometown (Postville, IA) on the Cedar Rapids Gazette website, and a couple of weeks ago I posted a comment to one of the stories. I think I wrote about that earlier - how my friend from high school called me the next day and asked if it was me? Anyway, I commented again last night, and someone replied back and was kind of a snot. I didn't recognize the name, so I asked Mom tonight if she did. She didn't, but she said that she'd heard I was commenting on things at the hospital today when she was waiting for Dad's surgery to get done. LOL Too funny. I changed my display name from Lacie D to L M D so hopefully from now on it won't be so obvious that it's me. The joys of growing up in small town Iowa, I tell ya.
I think we're going to try and get the Christmas lights up this weekend before the weather gets any worse. Doesn't seem like it should be that time of year yet. I'm excited, though - I think this will be the first year that Ethan truly 'gets' Christmas, and of course it's Logan's first, so that'll be fun too. We finished Ethan's shopping tonight - Once Upon a Child had the Imaginarium train table for $45, so we got it. I can't wait to give it to him, he's going to LOVE it. :)
Yay! I FINALLY got my Etsy store up and running! If anyone needs holiday cards, check it out! Tell your friends!
Shawn went to a movie tonight, so it was just me and Logan. Ooh, he's home! Yay. He can hold Logan for a bit. LOL I don't know what's up with the boy, he's not sleeping well and is a lot crabbier than usual. I know, I know, I've made that exact same statement multiple times this week. It's got to be because he's got a bit of a cold.
My dad is having surgery on his toe tomorrow. Mom has to take him so apparently Ethan is going to my great aunt's house. She has a home daycare, so I'm sure Ethan will have fun playing with the other kids.
I registered Ethan for pre-preschool this afternoon. He needs to be current on his vaxes, so it looks like we'll be getting the chicken pox vax instead of waiting for him to get it on his own. Which is fine. I can't even imagine having 2 boys with CP at the same time, sounds like hell on earth to me. He also needs to get his Hep B. They say he needs 3 doses, but we can't get 3 doses in before January, so hopefully getting the series started will be good enough.
One more Ethan-free day. It's been nice to have a bit of a break, but I think I'll be ready for him to be home on Saturday. It's just too quiet around here without him.
Logan slept like absolute crap last night. Up every 2 hours at least. Don't know why, though I'm guessing either the runny nose or the gas had something to do with it.
Met Julie and Lacee for lunch at Panera today, and although it was nice to be able to actually eat my lunch in peace, hanging out with their kids made me miss Ethan. *sniff* Then my mom called tonight and said he was bouncing off the walls and being a brat, and it made me glad that I don't have to deal with that for 3 more days.
Still not getting far on my list because Mr. Needy has been on the boob a LOT today. I'm pretty well touched out and hoping/praying that he falls asleep soon. I really want to get the Etsy stuff done tonight, so I can start on the rest of my list tomorrow.
I'm so kidding myself that it's all going to get done.
It's been 2 years since my first miscarriage. :( It seems so long ago. I'd have an 18 month old. How different things would be. But you know, I really think things worked out for the better. I don't think I would have been the kind of mom who could deal with 2 kids in 2 years.
It was so quiet in the house today. Too quiet. I did get quite a bit of work done on my Etsy store, though. Nothing's up yet, but I have 10 cards ready to go, and I want to get at least 4 more designed. Then I just have to make watermarked images and I'm ready! Yay!
Ethan got his hair cut today. Mom said they used a 1 guard on the cutter. That's short. Really, really short. But there was mention of scissors on top, so hopefully the top is still a little longer. I can't wait to see it!
Logan is crying. Again. I hate it when he wants to cluster feed at night. Argh.
Man, for as much as I whine about the kid driving me up the wall, I sure do miss him when he's not here. :(
Happy 5 months to my baby boy! Wow, he's growing fast. Hard to believe it's been 5 months since his fabulous birth, but then again, it's hard to remember a time before he was here. And oh, how I love him. He's such a sweet, happy boy. I just watched him nod off to sleep in his swing and my heart melted. :)
I had a little chat with my doula, Kelly this afternoon. I hadn't heard from her in months, so it was wonderful to catch up with her! She asked if I'd be willing to give her a good reference and of course I said yes, and told her that I was bugging Shawn to write up an article about doulas from a dad's perspective. Apparently the birth climate in Rhode Island is very, very different (in a bad way) from here in Illinois - she said that the one independent CNM in the area is thought to be practicing witchcraft. Scary. Another lesson in "however bad you think you have it, someone else always has it worse". :(
I have so many things I want to get done this week, since I'll have more free time. Perhaps if I make a list here, I'll feel accountable to someone? Worth a shot, anyway.
*Clean/declutter living room
*Catch up on laundry
*Start Etsy shop for holiday cards
*Clean out/vacuum car
That's enough, I think. Don't want to overwhelm myself or I won't get any of it done. LOL
I wonder how long it'll take Ethan to miss us?
Slow internet sucks. I'm going out of my mind here.
We're heading home tomorrow. Without Ethan. *sniff* It's going to be a long, quiet week. I'm going to try and get a lot of work done at home while he's gone, though. Specifically, decluttering the living room. I'm tired of living in a messy toy pit all the time. We are desperately in need of more storage, so that'll be one goal. And I need to get better about not letting paper pile up. That's what the recycling bin is for. I want to sell/Freecycle a bunch of stuff, too. If we're going to move in March, I don't want to move a bunch of crap AGAIN. We seriously have boxes of stuff that haven't been unpacked in 5 years, since we lived in Iowa City.
I'm hungry and there's nothing to eat here. The nearest open store is 10 miles away. Blah. This reminds me why I never want to live in a small town again.
Awesome day today! Started out the morning at my grandpa's auction. Lots of memories there, for sure. I got a couple of old cameras and a newspaper from the day man walked on the moon for $6. We had to leave before they started the tools, so Shawn didn't get anything.
We went straight from the sale to Shawn's cousin's wedding in Red Wing, MN. We didn't make it for the wedding, just the reception, so we pretty much drove almost 300 miles round-trip to eat. Sigh. At least we got to see most of Shawn's family, which was nice.
The highlight of the reception was "watching" the Iowa vs. Penn State game on Chris's phone...and they won!! Talk about an upset - a 5-4 unranked Iowa team beats the undefeated #3 team in the country. So freaking awesome. Gary Dolphin had an awesome quote about getting the morons off the field when the crowd rushed on with :01 to go after the game-winning field goal, but I can't find the exact quote. It was funny, though.
ETA: "Get off the field! What are these morons thinking?" LOL
We gave Chris a ride back to his place after the reception and we got to see his new apartment. It's really nice. I'm a little jealous. LOL
That's 'bout all I know tonight. I need to go to bed, I'm exhausted.
OK, so I cheated and set the time back, it's actually 12:51am on the 8th. Whoops. Forgive me, NaBloPoMo gods? :D
It snowed today. Huge fat gobs of snow. I'm so SO not ready for winter yet. There's been a lot of news coverage of the blizzard in Rapid City, SD and I am in complete denial that that'll probably be us at some point in the next couple of months. I hate winter. Snow is nice for Christmas and that's really about it. At least Ethan will have fun in it, he loves snow. Ah, to be a kid again, when snow is nothing more than a plaything and you don't have to worry about where your coat/snowpants/boots/hat/mittens are because that's Mom's job. Sigh.
Anyway. Today was my mom's 50th birthday and we celebrated at Mabe's. I heart Mabe's. Their pizza is pretty much the only thin crust pizza I like. There's just something about it, dunno what. And their cheesebread kicks ass, too. Yum.
She got a bunch of 50 balloons from her coworkers and Ethan is having a blast playing with them. Just in case you were wondering, it takes more than 50 balloons to lift a 35 lb. kid off the ground. LOL I'm surprised he hasn't broken anything yet - he's been running around the house with the bunch. He was attacking Grandma with them, too. Poor Grandma. I don't think she knows what she's in for next week. :D
You know what's weird? We priced out diapers (Cruisers) vs. Pull-Ups tonight, and the Pull-Ups were actually cheaper. I always thought Pull-Ups were more expensive, guess not.
Logan was attempting to latch on to my chin tonight. He was a persistent little bugger - he did it about 10 times before he finally figured out that no milk was going to come out, no matter how hard he tried. Do you know how convenient it would be to have a nipple at the end of your chin? No fumbling with shirts or bras, just give the kid a chin and let him go to town.
(I'm sleep-deprived, can you tell?)
Tomorrow is my grandpa's auction. It's going to be hard for me to restrain myself from buying a ton of tchotchkes that remind me of him and my grandma. Like the gigantic tapestry of W.C. Fields that hung in their trailer at the river. Do.not.need. Besides, I already have 2 of the best things from the house - the nisse and a Snorks playing card game. I used to play it with my grandma all the time before she died (in 1988, so I was a little bugger) and it's the one thing I really wanted from the house when Grandpa decided to move to town. Mom had absolutely no clue what I was talking about when I asked her to grab it for me, but I still knew exactly where it would be, 20 years after the last time that deck saw the light of day. And I really wanted the nisse, because what's a home without a nisse in the front window? (You're all wondering what the hell a nisse is, aren't you? Here you go. Mine looks like this, only mine is probably 30 years old and painted by Laura Hoeg herself, and it's much better looking.)
Baby's crying, so I shall stop here. Yay for Blogger post-dating. I hope it works. :D
I'm on YesWeCarve.com!!
We're at my parents' house for the weekend. Stopped in Madison on the way to visit Michelle and family. Ethan had a good time - at one point he, Riley, and Jack were running circles around the kitchen table, screaming at the top of their lungs. It lasted for like 10 min. LOL I'll have to get the picture uploaded sometime - we took a picture of us and the kids, almost 3 years to the day after the first time we met, and Ethan and Riley just laid on a blanket on the floor like lumps. In their defense, they were only 2 months old at the time. It was fun to see Jack, too - his birthday is 2 days after Logan's (a year earlier) so it's fun to imagine Logan doing the same things this time next year.
Don't know much else, really. Tomorrow is my mom's 50th birthday, so I imagine we'll go out for supper. I was going to be a rotten child and put a bad picture of her in the paper, but typical me, I forgot. LOL
I expected this day to be so, so happy - and it is, don't get me wrong. But at the same time I'm so disappointed in California for passing Prop H8.
Logan has been SO crabby today and has been nursing seemingly non-stop. I hate days like this. Plus, Ethan was his usual infuriating self, but at least he took a nap.
Leaving for Postville tomorrow, with a stop in Madison so Michelle can finally meet Logan! Yay! We'll stay until Sunday or Monday, then Shawn, Logan, and I will come home, and Ethan is going to stay with Grandma and Patee for a week. I still don't know how I feel about that - I'm excited for my mom and dad because they've been waiting for this for 3 years, and it'll be a welcome break, but man, am I going to miss him! *sniff*
OK, tired of typing one-handed so that's all for today.
Wow.
Is there really anything else to say?
I am SO PROUD to be an American right now. So proud.
There is a moment, a simple moment, before history gets recorded.
Before it goes in the books.
Before it appears as a question on a game show.
Or on midterm exam.
A moment right before the headline is written.
There is a moment when history lives in the present.
When we can watch it unfold in real time, right before our eyes.
And we can all assume our place in it.
Some people live for history.
We live for the moment just before.
This gave me chills this morning. I SO want to be down in Grant Park tonight - unfortunately, going down there with two kids when you can't take strollers or bags in would be a huge PITA, and we don't have any last-minute babysitters. Sigh.
I've already got CNN on, watching the first poll results come in. History in the making. I can't wait to see the final results - even if Obama doesn't win (I really think he will) I'm just so, so happy that the Bush administration is coming to an end.
I remembered what I wanted to post the other day about Logan. I love it when he falls asleep while nursing and keeps doing a little flutter suck every minute or so, even though my boob is nowhere near his mouth. It's so stinkin' cute. :)
Ethan went 5 hours straight in underwear without having an accident today! Woohoo!! Very proud of my big boy!
Typing one-handed so this will be a short post. Not much else happened today - we got Ethan a room-darkening roller shade in hopes it'll keep him from waking up with the sun. Another gorgeous fall day - Ethan was out in shorts and a t-shirt and didn't mind a bit. Got some cute pics of the boys but they're not off the camera yet.
A little "You know you (used to) live in Iowa when..." - I read a story on the Cedar Rapids Gazette about Postville the other day and made a comment. My friend Levi called me tonight and said that he'd seen the comment and wondered if I was the Lacie D that posted it. I live in Chicago and he lives near Rochester, MN, yet we both still read the Cedar Rapids, IA Gazette and he knew that comment was mine. Too funny. LOL
I'm excited and nervous about tomorrow - I have a feeling I'll be glued to CNN most of the night. Go Obama! Yes We Can!
I had grand plans to do NaBloPoMo, in which I would write one blog post every day during the month of November. You can see how well THAT worked. LOL Kind of like my neglected 101 in 1001 project. At least I have like a year and a half left to accomplish that. :D
Today was a very productive day. First of all, the weather was GORGEOUS for Nov. 2 - I think the high was in the upper 60s. I'm going to miss that. Not ready for winter yet. Anyway. We got the backyard cleaned up and all the toys put in the garage, and put some straw in Abbie's doghouse. There will be no cops accusing us of failure to provide shelter to our dog this year, thankyouverymuch. (Have I mentioned that I'm still pissed about that?)
We also picked up our new snowblower this afternoon, courtesy of Freecycle. I have no clue if it works or not (the guy we got it from said it did the last time he used it 4 years ago) but Shawn is pretty good at fixing things, so hopefully we'll have a functioning snowblower for the winter. Our driveway is hella long and my poor husband had to shovel it last winter, which was not good on his back, especially with all the heavy wet snow we got.
Still working on the potty training thing. He's getting better and better, and we had him in underwear for over an hour last night before he had an accident. Baby steps. He doesn't have preschool on Tuesday, and we're not doing gymnastics this session, so barring any unforeseen circumstances I'm going to do potty training boot camp starting tomorrow. We're going to my parents' house on Thursday and then he's staying there all next week (and my mom has been nagging at me to get him trained so I'm sure she'll be on top of it), so with any luck he'll come home and be day trained! There's no way he's ready to be night trained yet - he's woken up dry maybe twice. That's OK, though.
Yesterday we went to the American Baby Faire in Schaumburg. Basically a ton of baby vendors giving out free samples. It's awesome. :D Anyway, Chicco had a race thing with their Rodeo horses, and we entered Ethan in it. He won! Not that it was much of a competition - it was open to ages 2-3 1/2, and I think the other 5 kids in his race were all quite a bit younger than him. He kicked butt. LOL He crossed the finish line and totally didn't understand why I was whooping and hollering, it was kind of funny. He won a Chicco Bilingual Smart Driver, which I though was kind of a weird prize for a race for 2-3 1/2 year olds, since it's a 12+ month toy. But we figure we'll just give it to Logan for Christmas (from Ethan, of course) and buy Ethan a toy of comparable value to replace it.
Friday was Halloween, of course, and we had a good time. We made a quick trip to Streamwood's Safety Town for ToTing, and apparently they're going to be on the Streamwood Park District website at some point. I'll post a link if they are. After that we came home and went ToTing around the neighborhood. We were just going to go around our cul-de-sac, but only 5 people were home and Ethan was having fun, so we went up the street a little way. You know, I realized before this that whoever designed this neighborhood really packed the houses in, but that wasn't truly clear to me until we went ToTing. We walked a half mile loop to 4 other cul-de-sacs in our neighborhood and his bucket was overflowing with candy. It was nuts! He had a lot of fun, though, and by the end he had the "Trick or Treat"/get candy/"Thank You" thing down pat. :) Logan tagged along, but somewhere between the 3rd and 4th cul-de-sacs he fell asleep in Shawn's arms. It's so tiring being a cute little monster.
I leave you with a few pictures of the last couple of days. Don't forget to vote on Tuesday!
My boys at Safety Town ToT
My sleeping Logan-monster
Our pumpkins
Ethan's Rodeo debut
My grandpa died last week. It's a surreal feeling. For most of my life, I've had 2 grandparents. My paternal grandpa died before I was born, and my maternal grandma died when I was 6 - I remember her, but not really well. So it's surreal that he's gone. He's been sick for a while - congestive heart failure and COPD, I think, but he'd always pulled through the various illnesses he got. This time was just too much for him. I'll miss him. In the line at the visitation quite a few people made comments about how he was a good grandpa, and he really was. The best.
Explaining it to Ethan was hard, but easier than I thought it would be. Of course he knew who Papa Curt was, but since we didn't see him on a regular basis, it's hard for him to grasp the concept of him being permanently gone. But he understood that we were sad, and gave me a lot of hugs. I'm sure he'll always love John Deere tractors because of Papa Curt. :)
Yesterday was our last day of parent/tot gymnastics. I almost got teary - we've had Miss Beth as our teacher for 2 years and while she does teach the Preschool class, we've decided that it'll be better for Ethan if we move to a new teacher. He's so familiar with her that he doesn't listen to her very well. And besides, when Logan is ready to start next year, I'd like him to be in her baby gym class. :)
We're skipping this 10-week session of gymnastics because we'll miss quite a few classes because of holiday traveling. So in January he'll be in the class by himself, and I can't WAIT! Plus, after Thanksgiving he'll go to Preschool by himself, and I will have 4 glorious hours a week where someone else can deal with him. :D Don't get me wrong, I love the child more than life itself, but Momma needs a break!
Ethan is a UPS man for Halloween this year and we've been getting our money's worth out of the costume, for sure. Yesterday we went to my mommy group's Halloween party. It was at my friend Carrie's house, and she is a braver woman than I, because there were like 70 people in her house at the same time and it was NUTS. Pandemonium. I couldn't do it, I'd have a panic attack. But it was a fun time, and I think she escaped with her sanity intact because she offered to host the holiday cookie exchange. LOL
Today was the preschool Halloween party, and let me tell you, it is damn near impossible to have a party for 12 two/three year olds in only an hour. I think we ended up going 15 min. over. They did the usual circle time with dancing, then a parade to the other classrooms and office. I hear they wanted to play with the toys in every room. LOL Then back to our room to decorate treat bags and bats, and then the bags were set up on the floor and they were supposed to help us pass out treats. Yeah, that didn't go so well. I ended up doing it myself after Ethan whipped the little can of Play-Doh into a bag and almost ripped it. Whoops. LOL Then they decorated sugar cookies and had juice. I was hoping there would be extra cookies for the parents, but no such luck.
Tonight we did pumpkins - I hate carving, so I got some of those Mr. Potato Head pumpkin decorating things on clearance at Target. They turned out pretty cute - Ethan's is a pirate and Logan's is a vampire. I did carve a Barack O'Lantern last night just so I could get on YesWeCarve.com. My picture isn't up yet but I'll be sure to link when/if it goes up.
Tomorrow we have ToTing at Streamwood's Safety Town, then I guess we'll come home and pass out candy. We got like 5 kids last year, so I'm not expecting much. Then there's a Boo-nanza at Schaumburg's rec center that sounds fun, and we might go to that. They decorate the gym and have all kinds of games and stuff, and ToTing in that Safety Town (which is behind Ethan's preschool and he begs to go there every.single.day).
I can't believe it's time to turn the clocks back already. I'm so not ready for winter. This summer went by way, way too fast. I doubt we'll ever leave the Midwest, but it sure does seem like an attractive option about this time of year. LOL
Here's a couple of pics of the boys yesterday - Ethan in his UPS man costume and Logan in his little devil outfit. Gosh, they're cute. :)
We took advantage of the gorgeous weather today and went to the beach! That would be Illinois Beach State Park in Waukegan, along Lake Michigan. We went last year around this time of year and it was quite a bit chillier!
I hadn't planned on it being warm enough to swim, so Ethan wasn't dressed for it, but he ended up getting wet anyway. He had a blast! Logan seemed to enjoy himself as well - we dipped his toes in and he didn't scream! LOL I wish this place wasn't so far away, so we could go more in the summer. Maybe gas will be cheaper next summer.
Speaking of gas, we allllllmost paid $2.99 today, but the station's credit card network was down. Bummer. We ended up paying $3.19 instead - not that I'm complaining, it's still $3.49 across the street, and both prices are better than the $4+ from last month.
I actually have some pics to share for once! Shocking, eh? 
Ethan is currently standing at the back fence, peering through and yelling BARK BARK BARK! to people that walk by. 
In other news, Logan is 4 months old today! Gosh, he's growing fast. Too fast. And he just keeps getting cuter every day. 
I love my kids. 
I was coming here to post something cute about Logan and now I've forgotten. :( This will teach me to procrastinate.
In happier news, I've finally unloaded my camera's memory cards. One step closer to posting new pictures!
This is going to bug me. What was it? He squeals when he's happy and it's the cutest thing ever, but that wasn't it. I love when he wakes up in the morning and is all happy in his little burrito made of swaddling blankets - best thing in the world to wake up to. But that wasn't it either. I thought of it when he was sitting next to me on the couch.
Bah. I forgot. Maybe I'll remember later. Hopefully if I do, I'll remember to come here immediately and post about it.
I'm already really bad about updating this thing. Someday I'm really going to regret not writing more about Logan, I know I am. :(
So, let's see. What's happened since Ethan's birthday? We ended up having to cancel his friend birthday party because Shawn and I both woke up sick that morning. :( So he was pretty bummed about that. So instead of a party, we took him to the library for the first time, and it was a hit! They have trains that you can check out and play with on a table, and of course he loved that.
For his actual birthday, we went to lunch at the All Aboard Diner in Downers Grove. It was awesome! The counter has a train track running around the inside edge, and a model train brings your food to you! Ethan was a little freaked out at first, but our server was awesome and she let him push the buttons that control the train, and after that he wasn't so scared. They gave him a free cupcake for his birthday, too, which was great! They also have a little model train setup where you push buttons to run the various things, and Ethan loved that as well.
After lunch, we went to the Toys 'R Us a few doors down and played for a while. We still hadn't bought his birthday present, so we were trying to find something good while we were there. No dice. After that we went to the mall and let him play in the play area for a bit, and then went to Target to get a cake and look for presents again. We ended up getting a Viewmaster with Thomas and Incredibles discs, and a Play-Doh Fun Factory. He loves them both! And it's a nice change from his beloved cars. Though, I was hoping in the last 20 years since I had a Fun Factory, that they'd have made the hole round instead of square. Sadly, no. And it's still just as much a pain to clean out as I remember.
He picked out a Spongebob Squarepants cake, and he did a fabulous job of blowing out the candles. :) My big 3 year old!
We'd been planning to get Ethan a Power Wheels at some point, though we didn't think it would be for his birthday as they're a bit pricey. But I got extremely lucky and happened to check Craigslist at the right time - someone was selling 2 Power Wheels - a Jeep and a Silverado truck - for $25! What a deal! So we went to get them on Tuesday of that week. She said they wouldn't come with a battery, but she did end up giving us one that didn't hold much of a charge so we could at least be sure they worked. Ethan didn't take long to catch on to how to drive them and he's been having a lot of fun! Shawn got lucky and found a like-new battery and charger on eBay for $22.50, so now we have one good battery and one not-so-good battery, and a charger, plus the two vehicles, all for less than $50! I love Craigslist and eBay!
The following weekend we headed to Iowa City/Kalona for Iowa's homecoming - it's an annual tradition among our college friends. We got there on Thursday night so we'd have plenty of time to get to Iowa City for the parade on Friday. We met up with friends at the parade, and didn't really watch much of it. We were in kind of a bad spot for watching, and I got in a little fight with some other parents while trying to find Ethan a spot to sit, so he ended up watching while Grandma held him. After the parade we went to the Vine with Jon and Daisy and family and had wings, just like old times. :) And I breastfed in a college bar. THAT was interesting. LOL
Saturday morning we were up bright and early to go to the BBQ. It was going to be at City Park, but CP got flooded pretty bad in June, so we moved it to a different park. Well, nobody from the parks dept. came by to unlock the water/electricity, which sucked. They also told Daisy when she called that there was a grill - well, they were wrong. So we ended up bringing a portable propane grill from Shawn's mom's house. So no harm done, though it did suck having to rely on game updates from Bobo's Blackberry instead of being able to listen on the radio. The Hawks blew it anyway, so it's not like we missed much. Sigh.
It was good to see everyone, though, and lots of babies have been born since last year so it was fun to see all the new little ones. Ethan had fun playing with the other kids and was quite worn out when we got home - he crashed and took a 4 hour nap.
Unfortunately the day's excitement wasn't over yet, as Shawn's aunt Shirley, who was down for Ethan's b-day party, had a fainting spell in church and we ended up having to call an ambulance for her. Margaret went with her and was at the hospital until 3am, so we had to do a rush-job on the party preparations. I went to bed around 3:30am, Shawn finally came to bed around 6am, and Margaret didn't sleep at all. But everything got done, and the party went off without a hitch. Ethan was very excited to see everyone, though having 4 different grandmas in the house was a bit confusing. LOL (Margaret, my mom, my grandma, and Shawn's grandma)
And now this week, which hasn't been the greatest week. I'd forgotten that Abbie needed booster shots, and she was almost past the point of being able to get them without re-starting the series, so she had to get those on Tuesday morning. Then Ethan had preschool, of course, and I had scheduled a root canal for Tuesday afternoon. Too much activity for one day! To top it off, Logan has been really fussy and not sleeping well this week, so Shawn had his hands full taking care of him while I was out running around and didn't get a lot of work done that day. Oops. The pain from the root canal/temp crown was payback enough for me, I think.
Ethan started out having a great day in preschool yesterday - he didn't fight me when it was time for the art project, and he was playing with more than just the cars, as he usually does. Unfortunately, one of his classmates was bothering him while they were playing with the fake food, and Ethan shoved him down into the corner of a cabinet. It was very scary, and I felt absolutely awful. :( I never know if I do the right thing in situations like that - I ended up putting Ethan in time-in (holding on to him and talking to him about what he did and why it was wrong) and I think I got through to him, but I always second-guess myself. At least the other boy wasn't hurt.
Not sure what's going on this weekend - I have book club tonight, and Court and Tara are supposedly coming over tomorrow, but other than that we don't have plans. Maybe a trip to the library, or to one of the apple farms. That'll depend on the weather, I suppose. I love fall. I hope we have a nice long fall this year, because I am SO not ready for winter yet.
Will attempt to work on pictures tonight. Don't hold me to that.
Dear Ethan,
3 years, bud. And I'm not crazy yet. Well, maybe a little. You are so infuriating but then you go and do something totally cute and melt my heart and I make it through one more day. This year has been a big year for changes in your life - most notably, becoming a big brother. And with a few exceptions, you've been a fabulous big brother. You're such a good helper when you want to be, and when you think I'm not looking, I see how sweet you are to him. I know he's not a whole lot of fun now, but he will be, quicker than we all think. And then he's going to pay you back for all the times you've beat on him, and I'm just going to laugh and say I told you so. :)
You constantly amaze me with how smart you are. Every 5 minutes you're asking me what different words are, or what number somebody is, or why we do something or why something is the way it is. I can almost see the wheels turning in your head when you're trying to figure something out, and the look you get on your face when you finally do is priceless. I love how excited you get about the smallest things - a new car-car, reading a word, going to the park, playing with friends. And it's so cute how every other kid, everywhere we go, is your friend. I hope you always make friends so easily.
I know I get upset with you a lot, and I know it's been hard for you to not have my full attention anymore. But I promise that it'll get easier as we go along. Even the best boys have their moments of insanity, and you're definitely one of the best boys in my life (your brother and daddy share that honor with you). I thank my lucky stars every day that I get to wake up and make your waffle and banana and get you some juice and milk and water and juice and milk and milk and water and juice. Did I mention that you're very indecisive?
I love you, goofball. From your always messy hair, to your sticky cheeks, and your big round belly and cute little butt, to your always dirty feet. What would my life be without you to exasperate me and make me laugh and make me cry and make my heart fill up with so much love it almost bursts? Happy, happy birthday, my big 3 year old love. Be a good boy this year, and eat your vegetables, and don't hit your brother. No, really, don't hit your brother. I really mean it. Do it again and you're going to time out. ETHAN!
All my love,
Momma
P.S. I don't know what it is about you and New York, kid. You spent your first birthday there, and today was the last game ever played at Yankee Stadium. Somehow I think NYC is going to play a big part in your life.
Today we started potty training. Full-on potty training, that is. We've been putting him on the potty occasionally for months now, but today we started the day in underwear and going potty every 20 minutes. He had a few accidents when I couldn't get to him right away because Logan was eating, so we went to Pull-Ups instead. It still worked really well - he's a champ at getting them pulled down and is very excited to sit and pee when the timer dings. :)
I have a feeling this is going to be more than a couple days' process, but that's OK. He's very proud of himself and I'm very proud of him too. :)
Tomorrow is his very first day of preschool. It's a 2 day program for an hour a day, and I'll go with him. I was hoping to get him into regular drop-off preschool, but his birthday is 21 days too late for that. Sigh. But I think this will be good for both of us - it's a more gradual introduction to something new for him, and I hope to get ideas of activities to do with him at home.
...that's why we drink it here, and when we're gone from here, our friends will be drinking all the beer! GO HAWKS!!
Happy 5th Anniversary to me and Shawn! With all that has changed in our lives these past 5 years, it's kind of funny how today is so similar to our wedding day. Lots of rain and a Hawkeye victory over the Sucklones! Couldn't ask for a better day. :)
Shawn has been on vacation all week, so I've got a lot of pictures to upload and share. That'll be a post for another day, though, as we're going to head out and celebrate! Shawn's mom is here to watch the kids, so we can have a nice date night. I'm very much looking forward to it. :)
Welcome to my blog! I've decided to get away from board-based journaling and keep everything in one spot. Not that I make any promises about frequent updates, mind you.
If you're new to my life, I'm Lacie. I've been married to Shawn for almost 5 years (our anniversary is 9/13/03, this Saturday!). We have two kids, Ethan and Logan. Ethan turns 3 on 9/21, and Logan is 3 months old today! The above picture refers to Ethan - he's a very, shall we say, spirited kid. He drives me crazy on a good day and drives me out of my everloving mind on the bad ones.
Let's see, what can I say about Ethan? He's wicked smart. Doesn't miss a thing. He's working on reading at the moment - he recognizes a ton of words, and tries his best to sound out unfamiliar ones. He gets them right sometimes, too! He loves NASCAR and can name quite a few drivers. Jr. is his favorite, of course, and he also likes Jimmie Johnson. He's also an Iowa Hawkeyes fan, as any child of ours darn well better be. :) His favorite thing to do is stand on the top rung of his slide and look over the fence to see the po-pos, ambulances, fire trucks, and semis go by. He's in gymnastics and has a blast with that - this is the last session where we go with him, and then he'll be in a class with just a teacher and other kids! Very exciting. He also starts preschool next week! I go with him for the first half of the year, and then he'll go by himself in January.
Logan is my little sweetheart. He's very much a momma's boy, probably due in large part to the fact that I possess the boobies, and the boobies are his very favorite thing in the world. He's quite the fan of his big brother, regardless of the constant poking, hitting, and general pestering he has to endure from Ethan on a daily basis. He's a very smiley boy, and is starting to laugh, though his laughs sound a bit like a donkey at this point. He loves tummy time, and swinging, and looking at himself in the mirror. He's also quite a fan of cuddling with Daddy, and the crook of Daddy's arm is a guaranteed napping spot.
I hope to keep this blog updated as a record of their childhood - I've kept journals since I was pregnant with Ethan and I love having all of that to look back on and help me remember. It's amazing how much I've forgotten about Ethan's babyhood, though it was only 3 years ago. And being that it's me that's writing, I'm sure there'll be some complaining, because that's what I do best.
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