Hello Kitty

One thing that Logan has never been afraid of is animals. In fact, it's quite the opposite. He loves most animals especially one in particular. Taylor's parents have a kitty that Logan is obsessed with. Whenever he sees the kitty he tackles it and then proceeds to lay on top of him. Now you would think this would upset the kitty but it doesn't. The kitty sits there and purrs while Logan climbs all over him. Here are a few examples of what I'm talking about.

This is two seconds later after the cat tried to get away but Logan took him back down again

Hawaii

A couple of months ago, some friends of ours invited us to go to Hawaii with them. After some serious number crunching and realizing that Logan was too young to notice if he didn't get a Christmas, we decided to go. (Yes, of course I'm kidding) We left the little guy home with Taylor's mom and off we went. We stayed on the island of Oahu at a Marriott on Waikiki and seriously had the best time. We went to the Polynesian Cultural Center, did a ton of shopping, and spent the majority of our time on the beach. A couple of highlights from the trip were Hanauma bay, which had amazing snorkeling, and visiting the town of Haliewa. It's this cool little town with lots of surf shops, great restaurants, and an amazing beach. Thanks to Tiff and Trent for letting us come along, we had a blast!!!

Mediterranean Cruise

As most of you know Taylor and I just returned from a Mediterranean Cruise. I have to say it was by far the most AMAZING trip I have ever been on. We flew into Barcelona where we boarded the ship and then went to the following destinations. Naples Italy, Rome Italy, Florence Italy, Nice France, and Marseille France. Altogether it was a ten day trip. We left Logan at home with my parents and although we missed him so much, we still had a really great time. We went with Taylor's family, so there were eight of us total. The cruise ship was a blast. We did a lot of laying out by the pool and a ton of eating. I mean A TON. The cruise ship had all kinds of things to do including minature golf as well as shuffle board. Turns out shuffle board isn't just for 80 year olds. It's actually really fun and we had some serious tournaments going on between the family. To go into detail about everything we did off the boat would take forever so I will just go through some highlights from the trip. Visisting Pompeii and eating authentic pizza in Naples. Seeing the Colosseum, the Sistine Chapel and pretty much everything in Rome. Seeing the David sculpture by Michaelangelo in Florence which by the way is huge and absolutely incredible to see in person. Hanging out on the beach and going shopping in France. We are so sad it's over but it's good to be back home with Logan. We seriously took hundreds of pictures but here are a few favorites.

Trevi Fountain in Rome

St. Peter's Basillica - Vatican City

Rome

The entire group

The beach in Nice France

Nice France

The Sistine Chapel

Inside the Colosseum

Entering the Pantheon

Castle in Naples

Pompeii 

Formal Night

On the ship (Barcelona in the background)

Our double decker tour bus in Barcelona

Happy 1st Birthday!

AAHHH!!! I can't believe my little baby is one year old. I seriously remember being in the delivery room like it was yesterday. As I reflected back on the past year I found myself getting choked up. There have been lots of laughs, lots of tears (both mom and baby), and tons and tons of sleepless nights. But some of the best memories I've ever had are from this past year. I'll never forget the beginning of just being able to hold my baby in my arms while he slept. And as the months went on, watching him hit each milestone. Rolling over for the first time, clapping, waving, crawling and mimicking sounds. I would get so excited I'd have the still camera in one hand, the video camera in the other, and a phone attached to my ear with Taylor on the other end giving him a play by play of what was happening. All day, I kept telling Logan there was no whining or crying on his birthday, but he didn't seem to listen. We had a great little birthday party though. He got lots of new toys which was great because he hates all his old toys. And he enjoyed his very first cupcake. However, I think he was more interested in the frosting all over his fingers to really focus on what he was eating. Thanks to the family members who attended or called for his birthday. And for those that didn't (you know who you are), I don't know how you sleep at night. Happy 1st Birthday Logan!

Little Swimmer

Today we took Logan swimming for the first time ever. To say he liked it would have been an understatement.  He absolutely loved it! He splashed and kicked his legs like crazy the whole time. The best part though was when he stuck his face in the water and tried to drink it. We had to try and convince him that that wasn't a good idea. Anyways, we had a great time and look forward to many more trips up to Grandma and Grandpa's pool.

Wings

Ok I seriously am the worst about updating the blog. But I have tons of things to post so I'm going to try and be better. As most of you know, I have ridiculously curly hair. Well lucky for Logan he's inherited that from me. His hair is starting to get really long and curly. This is a picture we took after pushing him outside on the swing. Needless to say he started looking like a little girl with curls on his sides so we had to give him his first haircut. He wouldn't hold still and kept trying to grab the scissors so it made for a very difficult task. In the end though we were able to clip off his wings.

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The Nursery

I've been meaning to post pictures of Logan's room for months now. I swear I have a million friends who are pregnant right now and we've all been talking about decorating. I decided early on exactly what I wanted to do for the nursery. I had Taylor install a chair rail and then together we painted the room. Let me just say that painting stripes was one of the more challenging projects that we've ever taken on. First came the measuring, making sure that each stripe was the exact same size. Then came the taping, making sure that the tape went on perfectly straight and that in was pressed down perfectly to ensure there wouldn't be any bleeding. Then came the painting (that was the easy part). Luckily the room turned out close to perfect. We didn't have any bleeding through on the stripes which is was seriously a miracle. So here are some pictures of how the room turned out. 

Thank Heaven For Little Boys

There is something to be said for little boys and that born intuition to act "so boy". There have been many things here and there that I've noticed in Logan's 7 short months that tell me he is 100% boy. Like the other day when I burped out loud and Logan started laughing hysterically. Or how he can never seem to get out a sneeze or a cough without farting at the same time. Or mine and Taylor's favorite thing, which is  how he loves to growl at things. I often find him playing with his toys and growling at them. However, his favorite is when you interact with him and growl back. It It is so adorable to see this little tiny baby making these noises. As you can see from the video, Logan's arms and legs are constantly on the move. The kid never sits still. I'm sure once he learns to walk he will be just like every other little boy that runs around like crazy and never sits still. 

Happy Holidays!

Wait, wasn't Christmas yesterday? Nope, we are halfway through January. I seriously can't believe how fast the holidays came and went. One minute I'm putting up Christmas decorations and the next minute I'm taking them down and complaining that I put them up in the first place. I never learn. 

Taylor, Logan, and I had a GREAT Christmas. We spent this year with Taylor's family. It's always hard being away from your own family for the holidays but luckily I have really great in-laws. Taylor got some shooting equipment, I got clothes and jewelry, and Logan got toys and a play cell phone. The best present though came from Taylor's family. We got a Wii and RockBand.  We've spent some quality family time rocking out and making fun of Taylor on vocals.  We've had a great 2008 and look forward to 2009!

Taylor and Berlin 

Taylor, Berlin, Lexi, Logan, Sage, Brian

Happy Half Birthday

Happy New Year, and Happy Half Birthday to Logan. 6 months ago today at 5:44 pm we had a beautiful baby boy. It's hard to believe it's been 6 months already. I know this is totally cliche but I swear it was just yesterday that we brought him home from the hospital. Already in this short amount of time he has changed so so much. He used to scream his little head off pretty much every evening for the first two months. Now he is rarely fussy in the evenings. He loved to be held, then he hated to be held, and now don't even dream of setting him down and walking away or you're going to hear about it. His favorite things are peek-a-boo and the itsy bitsy spider. Of course, who doesn't love the itsy bitsy spider. And in honor of his birthday he decided to roll over from his back to his stomach for the first time today. Although, once he realized what he'd done he started crying because he HATES being on his stomach. Logan LOVES eating and so far his favorite food is sweet potatoes. Peas seem to be his least favorite. I don't blame him though. I got a little on my finger so I licked it off and never again will I subject myself to something that nasty. He loves to laugh and thinks his mom is the funniest. (I've trained him well) And he's totally ticklish on his neck. You're almost guaranteed a laugh with that one. I seriously LOVE every minute with this little guy and I can't wait to see what another 6 months will bring!