Baby's First Halloween

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

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

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

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

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!

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.