The Dean Family

Our Summer

2011-11-05T21:27:00.012-06:00

We have had a lot of fun this summer as a family so I wanted to give a little recap of some of our favorite events. We got to ride on "Thomas The Train" which is basically the Heber Creeper with a Thomas look alike engine on front. It was a short little ride down the train track and back but Logan had a great time.

We also took Logan to Lagoon for the first time this year. At first he was terrified. We put him on one of the little rides and the whole time he was yelling at us to get him off. It took a few more rides until he realized it wasn't scary and then he loved it. He started running from one ride to the next and we could hardly keep up with him. Especially me since I was eight months pregnant (at that point I could hardly keep up with someone walking at a normal speed let alone a toddler running around). His favorite rides were the rocket (because it had a gun) , the airplane, the ferris wheel and the dragon roller coaster. Now every time we pass by Lagoon (which is pretty often since it's right by our house) he tells me over and over again that we need to go there.

We did a little renovation to our yard this year because we had a fence that was falling down on the side of our property. We put up a concrete wall in place of the fence and then poured concrete in the backyard so that we can build a shed on it. Taylor did almost all the prep work himself so we had a backhoe in our yard while he was working on it. Logan is obsessed with tractors, as most little boys are. He can point out every tractor and tell you exactly what kind it is. If you call it a backhoe and it's actually a digger he'll be the first to correct you. Logan love love loved working out in the yard with his dad and riding on the backhoe with him. It was a sad day when Taylor had to take the backhoe back to work.

July 1st we celebrated Logan's 3rd birthday. His big thing right now is airplanes so we made him a little airplane cake and had a family party. He got an excavator that you can sit on and dig in the sandbox, a toy engine that you can take apart that and put back together, and a bike. I wasn't sure how well he would do on the bike but after a couple of weeks he had the thing mastered. He cruises on it and rides all the time with his buddy Jace next door.

In mid July we went up to Oregon to visit my brother and attend a family reunion on Taylor's side of the family. We had a blast and it was great to have one more vacation before Jacob was born. We went to the Tillamook Cheese factory, and to the beach in Lincoln City. We ate at this really cool restaurant that was right on the ocean. We happened to be there during sunset and it was absolutely gorgeous. We also spent some time in downtown Portland eating and shopping. The family reunion was a lot of fun and it was great to catch up with family that we don't get to see very often.

Age 2

2010-12-07T21:45:00.004-07:00

Ok so this post is mainly for my own records. I seriously have the worst memory so I want to write down all the things that Logan is doing at this age because I know in 6 months I will have forgotten. By the time Logan turned 2 he could count to ten. Shortly after, he learned all his colors and just a few months ago learned all his shapes. For awhile he thought motorcycles were called motorcopters. Whenever he doesn't want something he tells it to go buh bye in the car. For example when I try to give him medicine he says "No, medicine go buh bye in car". Also if he can't find something he's looking for (mostly toys) he tells it to "come home". The other day he told me his first story. I was drying him off after he got out of the bath and he said "Throw towel in garbage....no no....timeout....hit bum....sorry towel. Logan doesn't hardly ever get spanked but apparently he associated throwing the towel in garbage as a serious enough offense to have his "bum hit" in which he would then need to apologize to the towel. When Logan wakes up in the morning he comes into our room and climbs into our bed. Usually Taylor has gone to work by this time so Logan lays on his side of the bed. The other morning Taylor was still in bed so when Logan walked into the room he yelled "Daddy get out". I was laughing so hard. Logan has learned who Jesus is in nursery and knows that all the paintings at church have Jesus in it. Now whenever we're at the store and he sees a painting he points to it and says "Mommy, Jesus". He also on a regular basis asks to go to Jesus's house. We've been trying to teach him about Santa Clause this year and told him Santa will come on Christmas and bring him lots of presents. He now asks me everyday for "Santa to come over" because he's ready for his presents. He's obsessed with boats, trains, helicopters, and airplanes. He's been on at least 8 airplane rides (possibly more but I can't remember) and absolutely has the time of his life. We flew to Reno in October and when we were taking off Logan was so excited he was laughing. The guy sitting next to me thought it was hysterical. He said he had never seen a kid laugh while taking off. His favorite song is "You are my sunshine" and he marches around the house and sings "Follow the prophet". When he wants you to chase him around the house he says "Mommy get you". We were in Reno one time I was laying next to Logan trying to get him to fall asleep. All the sudden decided to shove his finger up my nose super hard. It gave me a bloody nose so and when Logan saw he said "Mommy, fire in nose". Also if something hurts his eyes he says "fire in eyes". All and all Logan is a pretty good kid. He gets mad a things but he doesn't really throw temper tantrums. I think we are pretty lucky because I don't really feel like we're experiencing much of the terrible twos.

Hawaii - Again!

2010-10-22T23:57:00.009-06:00

I never thought we'd get to go back to Hawaii again but we were soooo excited when we found out that the Dean Family was planning a vacation there. We've been looking forward to this vacation for months and it was everything we'd hoped for. We stayed in this amazing house right on the beach on the North Shore of Oahu. The house had a pool, hot tub, pool table, ping pong table, fuseball table, and badminton - pretty much anything you could think of to keep yourself entertained. And if that wasn't enough you could walk right out the back door straight down to the ocean. We spent a lot of time just hanging around the house and laying out on the beach but we also did quite a bit while we were there. We spent one day at Pearl Harbor touring the USS Missouri as well as the Air Museum. We went to the Waikiki Aquarium, and to Hanuama Bay to go snorkeling. I'll be honest, things in the ocean still freak me out no matter how old I get. We also went to Waimea Falls which was incredibly beautiful. I had been there years before but didn't remember how cool it was. We also spent some time in Haliewa shopping and eating snow cones. All in all we had a great time...Logan especially. He LOVED the ocean and playing in sand. Too bad he won't even remember this trip but I guess we've got the videos to prove it to him.

24th of July

2010-07-31T21:59:00.010-06:00

Do you ever have one of those days (or weekends) when you have a million things to do around the house so instead of doing it you just leave and avoid it all together? Well that's what we did for the 24th. We had big plans of getting all our chores in the house and the yard done and at the last minute decided we'd rather go play instead. So we tried to pack in as much into our three day weekend as possible. Thursday we drove up to the family cabin and had a little barbecue. Afterwards we took Logan down to Causey dam and let him play around in the water and also let him fish for the first time. It would have been more exciting if we actually caught something but it was still fun. Afterwards we went for rides on the Rhino (that's a 4-wheeler) and then back to the cabin for our traditional monopoly match. Friday morning we woke up, cooked breakfast and then headed off to Pineview lake. We spent a few hours there just hanging out on the beach and playing in the water and then headed home to go to the rodeo with some of our friends. This was actually my first rodeo I had ever been to and I was quite entertained. I'm not really sure what possesses these people to do these "sports" where they could be trampled by a horse or a bull and seriously injured but I guess I to each his own. Logan loved watching the rodeo and as I put him in bed that night the last thing he said to me was "mommy, more horseys". Saturday morning we woke up and got ready to head back up to the cabin. We had to stop by the paint store first because the deck needed to be repainted and we decided that we'd get a little work done while we were up there. When we got there we started working right away and let me tell you, it's not all these easy painting and trying to keep a two year old away from where you just painted and all the paint supplies. Luckily for us though, Taylor's parents had come up and were able to keep Logan distracted. After painting we took more rides on the Rhino and just played outdoors. We spent the night and then came home Sunday afternoon. It was a fun little weekend and although we came home to a lot of work that needed to be done it was completely worth it.

Happy 2nd Birthday

2010-07-26T22:01:00.004-06:00

I know I keep saying this but it really is so hard to believe how fast time goes. We celebrated Logan's 2nd birthday this month by having a little family birthday party. He's obsessed with tools so he got a little home depot tool bench set. It's pretty amazing that in his little vocabulary are words like drill, wrench, screwdriver, hammer, nails, screws and wood. His other current obsession right now is basketball hoops so we got him a little toy one that he plays with in the house. In fact his first sentence was shoot ball in hoop and that's the first thing he asks to do when he wakes up in the morning. He also loves trains so I made him a train cake and almost a month later he still asks me for his "choo choo cake".

The Zoo

2010-05-23T15:18:00.005-06:00

The past couple of months Logan has started talking a ton! One thing he loves to do is say the different animals sounds. For awhile he thought every animal said ruff ruff so it was a big step for him to learn that not every animal is a doggy. I've been so excited to take him to the zoo to show him all the animals we've been learning and we finally had a warm enough day to go. We went with my friend Tiffany and her little boy who is also named Logan. We walked around and saw all the animals and then took the kids on the carousel and the "choo choo". A few temper tantrums were thrown after getting off the rides but I managed to distract Logan with a new exhibit so that he would calm down. They also had a little playground that we let the kids run around in. We had such a good time and I can't wait to go back!

The Park

2010-05-09T22:06:00.005-06:00

My mom was in town this week so Jenny and her family came up to hang out. We took the kids to this really cool park and let them burn off some energy. I am so glad it's finally starting to get warm so we aren't stuck in the house all day.

Happy Birthday to Me!

2010-05-09T21:47:00.004-06:00

This year I celebrated my 27th birthday and I can honestly say it's been the best birthday yet! My amazing mother-in-law took me on a fabulous trip to Vegas for the weekend. We did three things: eat, shop, and sleep. We were only there for two days but we managed to make it to three different malls, and we came home with an entire suitcase of new stuff! I hope Taylor's got big plans for my next birthday because this one is going to be hard to top.

Inside Planet Hollywood at the Miracle Mile Shops

December

2010-03-05T22:25:00.007-07:00

So a couple of weeks ago my wonderful husband stepped on my MacBook and broke it. I thought I was going to die. I pretty much didn't know how to function on a regular computer and therefore didn't blog or do hardly anything. But happy early birthday to me, I now have a new Mac and I can finally start blogging again. I'm trying to play catch up now so here's what took place in December.

Christmas Breakfast at the Grand America with Santa

Yes, Logan was petrified of Santa and wanted nothing to do with him. Oh well, we had some good food. (The three girls in the picture are my nieces from Taylor's side of the family. Aren't they cute?)

Playing in the snow with Daddy

Logan loves more than anything to be outside so we knew once it got cold that we were going to have to buy a snow suit. We didn't let him go out all that often but when we did he had a blast.

Christmas Lights at Temple Square

It was freezing, and every year I swear I'm never coming back.

Christmas

Logan got this chair as part of his Christmas and it seriously has been the greatest gift he has ever gotten. He spends at least a couple hours a day sitting in it, jumping off it, flipping it over, and climbing on top of it. Who knew a little chair could do so much?

I tried to find a picture with Logan actually looking at the camera but it doesn't exist. He is way too busy.

This year we spent Christmas in Reno with my family.

Hello Kitty

2009-12-06T16:38:00.004-07:00

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

2009-12-03T23:44:00.004-07:00

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

2009-08-03T21:53:00.009-06:00

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!

2009-07-03T22:08:00.007-06:00

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

2009-05-18T21:54:00.005-06:00

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

2009-05-14T21:39:00.006-06:00

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.

The Nursery

2009-03-18T22:36:00.006-06:00

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

2009-02-22T20:39:00.004-07:00

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!

2009-01-17T21:48:00.006-07:00

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

2009-01-01T23:38:00.005-07:00

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!

Thanksgiving

2008-12-03T23:21:00.010-07:00

This year for Thanksgiving my ENTIRE family was together! I realize that we aren't all that large of a family, but it's been years since we were all together. We were able to go down to Reno to celebrate Thanksgiving at my parents house. We did the important things like eat at Port of Subs and In-N-Out multiple times (our two favorite restaurants that don't exist in Utah or Oregon) went to a couple movies (yes, Twilight being one of them), and did a little shopping. Here are some highlights from the trip.

Preparing Thanksgiving Dinner

Eating Thanksgiving Dinner - Notice the champagne bottles, we're heavy drinkers over the holidays. Ok just kidding, it's Martinelli's

Logan's first trip to Grandma and Grandpa's house

Noah, Sammy, Greg, Michelle, and Dad all had birthdays in November and December. We celebrated with a party which included a whale pinata. Here are a few shots of the fiesta.

Notice Greg in the background stealing candy from the little kids. I don't know how you sleep at night.

Only 1 year old and already posing for the camera. So adorable!

All six of the grandkids!

Twilight Series

2008-11-13T22:33:00.006-07:00

Ok so I'm a little embarrassed to be posting about this but I just couldn't contain myself. I've been hearing for the longest time about these Twilight books and how good they are. I was never interested in reading them for that very reason. Whenever someone talks something up so much, it's never quite as good as you expect it be. Well I was completely wrong. They were better than I ever could have imagined. To say I liked the books would be a huge understatement. I think I might actually be obsessed. I found myself reading in excess of 500 pages a day. I'm not even all the way through the series and I absolutely love them. And to top it all off, the movie comes out in a week. I'm totally going to be in line with the 13 year olds dying to get in. Yep, I LOVE these books!

Baby's First Halloween

2008-11-06T21:31:00.004-07:00

This year was Logan's first Halloween. Obviously he was way too little to have any idea what was going on but Taylor and I sure enjoyed it. We dressed him up as a little cow and took tons of pictures. We went up Brian's house (Taylor's brother) for the evening with all of the Dean family. We had dinner and then the kids went Trick-Or-Treating. I sent Taylor out with Logan to score some candy for Mommy. Here are a few pics of Logan in his costume.

Mommy Dearest

2008-10-29T23:32:00.005-06:00

Today I'm doing a blog in honor of my mother. Taylor has been out of town on his annual South Dakota hunting trip so my mom has been staying with me. For those of you who don't know her she is Miss Organization. She is probably the biggest clean freak/organizational freak that I've ever met. Growing up I wanted to shoot myself. My room always had to be clean, every square inch including all my drawers, closet space etc. As much as I hated it during my childhood I love it now that I'm grown up. Every time she comes up now, she helps me de-clutter and organize my house. This time we went through all the things I had in my basement storage and cleaned it out and organized it. I had a few rough moments where I curled up in the fetal position in the corner because there was so much stuff it was overwhelming, but she always talked me through it. And now that it's organized, I am soooo glad. Thank you mom!

Besides organizing, we had great time. We went shopping, went out to eat (a few more times than we should) went to a pumpkin patch with Jenny and the kids and played non-stop with Logan. I'm so excited for Taylor to come home but I'm sad for her to leave.

My New Love

2008-10-09T22:30:00.006-06:00

We finally did it! What seemed like forever of looking and talking about buying a new car, we went out and actually purchased one. It's a 2008 Toyota 4Runner and it's a beauty. It's an SR5 V6 4x4 with limited rims, running boards, and a sun roof. We absolutely love it!! Now, anytime we go anywhere, we fight over who gets to drive. Usually the person who wins is the one that can run out the door the fastest and get in the driver seat. Now that we have the 4Runner we are going to be selling the Chevy Cavalier. Jenny asked me if that was going to make me sad and I laughed. Don't get my wrong, it's been a great car, but it has its issues. I'm pretty sure my Cavalier was a special model that they made with only 1 cylinder. 0-60 in 1.2 minutes if you know what I mean.

Things I'll miss about the Cavalier aka the Crapalier:

(1) How the car shakes uncontrollably when I come to a stop

(2) The oil leak that never stops no matter how many times we've had it fixed

(3) The clanking noise the engine makes

(4) How the air conditioning only has two settings - small breeze and hurricane

(5) The scratch on the side where the pole jumped out from nowhere and hit my car

Cousins

2008-10-02T23:42:00.006-06:00

As many of you know my sister Jenny was pregnant at the same time as me. Once I got over the fact that she totally stole my thunder it became really fun. :-) We called each other all the time to compare who was throwing up more, or whose heartburn was worse. And we called each other after every doctor's appointment to compare notes. The best part though was when we found out we were both having boys! Our due dates were only a day apart but our babies ended up being born 12 days apart. Everyone has been asking me if our babies look anything alike. Well here is a picture of Logan and Gavin so you can be the judge. I personally don't think they look anything alike, but they both are adorable. We're pretty sure they are best friends already. The other day they were staring at each other smiling, and making cooing noises. It was like they were having their own baby conversation. I'm sure Logan was saying something funny (he is my child after all). :-) I can't wait until they get a little older and can really interact with each other.

P.S. Logan's shirt says "Mommy's Little Monster"....it's my favorite

Logan

2008-09-26T00:02:00.008-06:00

It's been awhile since I've posted anything but not a lot has been going on. Anyways, I thought I would just post some updated pictures of the little guy. I took him to the doctor a couple of weeks ago and he's up to 9 lbs 7 ounces and 21 1/2 inches long. He is still so little for his age but the doctor said he's growing just fine. He has turned into such a happy baby and smiles all the time. And he laughed for the very first time today.

Taylor holding Logan

Bath Time

So Fresh and So Clean

Daddy and Me

He Smiles!

2008-09-07T11:29:00.005-06:00

Logan has started smiling and it is the cutest thing ever! It is so fun to interact with him and try different things to get him to smile. My mom was playing pat-a-cake with him the other day and he loved it. I've never seen him get so excited. My dad also figured out that if you call him a handsome baby then he gets a big smile on his face. One might think he doesn't understand english yet but obviously he does. Cute and smart!! He is still a little fussy during the evenings but he is the best sleeper at night. Last night I put him to bed at 10pm and he didn't wake up until 7 this morning. Yeah Logan! Mommy loves it when you don't wake her up in the middle of the night.

Happy Anniversary

2008-08-21T21:37:00.007-06:00

Taylor and I celebrated our 4 year anniversary yesterday. It's hard to believe it's been 4 years already. We celebrated by going up to Park City, doing a little shopping at the outlets, and then going out to dinner. We took Logan with us and luckily he slept most of the time. Logan has decided that if he's awake and in his car seat, he needs to be screaming. So thank goodness he stayed asleep. It was a perfect outing for our new little family.

Happy Birthday Taylor

2008-08-18T14:11:00.004-06:00

This past week we celebrated Taylor's 28th Birthday.We had a little birthday party at the house and went out to dinner at the Mandarin restaurant with his family. For Taylor's birthday we splurged and got a new macbook laptop. It is the greatest thing ever! For those of you that own a mac you know what I'm talking about. Everything is 10 times easier and there are so many cool features. Thank you Taylor for having a birthday.

Preggers

2008-08-11T20:44:00.006-06:00

So I've had some requests for pictures of me while I was pregnant. A lot of you never got to see me and I guess you want proof. So here I am in all my fatness. I put on around 25 pounds and I think 20 of it went to my face. My sister was pregnant too so I posted one of the both of us. The fact of the matter is, when you get that big it's hard to do anything. Getting out of bed was a workout in itself. Putting on my shoes...nearly impossible. Oh, and I kept running into things because I would forget that I stuck out so far. I can't tell you how many times I ran into the corner of the counter, and let me tell you, it hurts. On the flip side there were so many exciting and fun things about being pregnant. I'll never forget the first time I felt him move or our first ultrasound when we got to see all his little features. 9 months seems like such a long time but it's amazing how fast it goes by.

Logan's Blessing

2008-08-05T23:38:00.005-06:00

Sunday we had Logan's baby blessing. Here are some pictures of Logan in his Tuxedo. The tux is huge but he still looks pretty darn cute in it. Thank you to all the friends and family that came to support us. (Don't worry Greg, that doesn't include you). ;-)

2008-07-29T20:11:00.000-06:00

OUR NEW ADDITION

Everyone has been telling me that I need to start a blog so here it is. As many of you know we recently had a little addition to our family. Logan Taylor Dean was born on July 1, 2008 at 5:44 pm. He was 5 lbs 8 ounces and 19 1/2 inches long. Just a little guy but so adorable. It's hard to believe that he is a month old already. He's already gained over a pound and is doing really well. He's a pretty good baby all and all, just demands a lot of attention. He prefers to be held about 90% of the time. It's hard to get much done so forgive me for not getting back to many of your phone calls and emails. Right now it's hard to tell who he looks like. Taylor and I don't think he looks like either of us but maybe that's a good thing.

I am doing really well. It's definitely a huge adjustment but I love being a mom. The middle of the night feedings are probably the hardest. As many of you know, I love my sleep. There was an unspoken rule that no one called me on Saturday mornings before 12pm because I probably was still sleeping. Well all that has changed now. I'm up at least every three hours. It's probably good many of you haven't seen me because you know how cranky I get on so little sleep. But I'm adjusting. I thought that I would be so bored at home but it's amazing how a baby fills up your time. I do have to admit that when Taylor gets home from work I'm ready for a break, but it doesn't take long before I miss holding Logan and I'm ready to step back in.

Taylor has been so great. For never holding a newborn and never changing a diaper, he has sure risen to the occasion. He is so great with Logan. Sometimes I think Logan likes his dad more than he likes me. He seems to always calm right down for Taylor which is a good thing. We are so grateful for our new little baby and can't imagine life without him.