Happy Birthday to Me!

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

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

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!