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.