Spring Break

For the last time in a very long time, Ryley was allowed a spring break.  So... we jumped in the car and headed out of Salt Lake!  First we headed off to Ely to spend some time with the family....

Aunts and Uncles can wear a guy out!

Logan's best buddy... his uncle Aydan!

We made it back to Salt Lake City just in time for the snowstorm...so Ryley could sneak in some research and studying.  Then we headed off to Moab!  Some med students were heading down to do some service with skin cancer awareness, and since we had never been to Moab before, we decided to join them.  We originally were planning on camping, but the nights were still pretty cold.  Instead we ended up renting a cute little cabin.....

Life sized chinese-checkers at our "campsite"

And life sized chess.  You can see the cute cabins in the background.

Each cabin had two beds and a heater... there was a bbq outside, and Logan loved his hot dogs and smores made over the fire!

We spent most of our time at Arches National Park.  This is "Balanced Rock".  The rock structures were so amazing!  

It was almost 70 degrees in Moab, and Logan had tons of fun playing with dirt, climbing on rocks, and looking for "wizards".  (One of these days he will learn how to say his l's. :))

Logan with Delicate Arch in the background

Double arch is behind us, but really, I just love the look on Logan's face. 

Me and our baby girl at 23 weeks! 

Double Arch

Ry and Logan inside one of the arches

Logan was such a trooper... he was starting to come down with a bad cold here,  but he kept on smiling!  This was at Turret Arch.

Logan and his cute dad at South Window.

It was so nice to get out of town for the week and spend time with family and my two handsome men.  All of the sunshine we soaked up made us really eager for spring!  Let's hope it doesn't take too long getting here....    

Our week

The Big Brother.....

is just a little bit of a nut. 

Here he is on Valentine's night... apparently the fruit and other sweets for dipping into the chocolate fondue weren't good enough for Logan. :)

After this picture was taken he began smearing the chocolate all over himself.  Unfortunately, I was a bit too busy trying to keep him from smearing chocolate all over the house to get a picture of it.

Here is the man on his big boy "Buzz Lightyear" bed.  Logan picked out the bedding himself... Walmart had a clearance section.  I was hoping he would go with something a little more neutral, but once he saw Buzz, that was it. :)  He has successfully slept in this bed for over a week... Hooray!  Despite the fact that he climbs on everything, he never figured out how to get out of his crib, so it is a nice surprise every morning to wake up to his little face inches away from mine.

While nighttime sleeping has been great, nap times have almost disappeared. :(  We still put him in his room for about an hour.... today Ryley looked in and found him riding his Tow Mater truck on top of his bed while waving a golf club around.  I would love to be able to read his mind!

Logan's preferred outfit.  He loves to "save the day" with the "power to read!" 

Some other fun things Logan has said this week:

After a fun Saturday together, we were all cuddled up on the couch together watching a movie.  Logan looked up at us, grinned, and said, "My happily ever after!"  Me too, bud, me too.

We were watching "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" when the dragon scene came on.  Logan was fascinated, and when Harry Potter fell off his broom and was hanging off the tower as the dragon looked for him, Logan shouted, "Harry Potter needs his mommy!"  I like to think that my son sees me as someone who can save him from dragons. :)

When I gave Logan his chocolate milk this morning, he took a big drink, looked up at me, and said, "You make me so happy!"

As for our little girl, she is a mover and a shaker!  I have actually been able to feel her moving since about week 15, and Ryley has been able to watch my belly move around since week 18.  Maybe she will take after me and be a soccer player! :)

Ry's doing great with school, and we are way excited that this is a three day weekend.  Hooray for extra family time!  

Some Big News....

Three years ago on Valentine's Day I received a positive pregnancy test that turned into this crazy little boy....

This year on Valentine's Day we got to see our little girl for the first time... :)

That's right!  Our little girl will be making her appearance in the first part of July

EDD 7/7/12

We told Logan that we would bring him balloons when we got back from the doctor's office.  If the baby was a girl, we would bring him pink balloons... if it was a boy, blue.  We were hoping to bring back pictures, but the ultrasound system shut down at the end of our appointment, so they are mailing them to us.  We do have a DVD that is fun to watch...which I paused and took pictures of for the blog, so they are a little bit blurry. :)

I should put a disclaimer in that this baby was very shy, so we are just mostly sure that it is a little girl. 

 Celebrating with my guys at Olive Garden. :)

Almost 20 weeks along.  This was the only picture where balloons weren't completely blocking me, and Logan was decent. :)

A Big Boy Week

This has been a very big week for our little man....

Our trial run for Logan's Valentines

Marshmallow Love Bugs!

Painting his treasure box

This is why we usually paint with vanilla pudding.
This was NOT vanilla pudding... after taking this picture, Logan licked his hand.
Clean up was extra fun. :)

Our self-proclaimed "Super-Loge!"

Bum da da dum bum da dum.......
A BIG BOY BED!!!
We decided that it was about time for Logan to get a big boy bed,  and after searching KSL forever, I found a better deal on Amazon... Hooray!  He has successfully had 2 naps and one full night sleep in it.  His Buzz Lightyear bedding is on the way. :)  He was so excited this morning when he woke up... he ran in to us, shouting, "I didn't sleep!  I didn't sleep in my bed.  I slept in my BIG BOY BED!"  He was so proud. :)

Logan also decided, quite randomly, that he wanted to only go potty on the potty this week.  He watched Ryley, walked upstairs to me, and informed me that he needed to go.  So I put him on the potty, and he peed.... and then pooped!  I know, TMI, but this was the first time EVER for number two.  For some reason, until this week, Logan had a really hard time with the whole pooping-while-sitting-down thing.  But now he does it.  And we are almost completely done with diapers.  I'm still just a little terrified for grocery shopping without one. :)
Here Logan is modeling his big boy undies the only way I could get him to... sticking his tushi out the door of his tent.

Logan playing with his Daddy.
Some fun things Logan has said this week...

Me:  Logan, please come pick up your toys.
Logan: I can't
Me: Why not?
Logan: I have to do my homework.

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Logan: I don't want to be in my home!
Ryley: Well then, where do you want to be?
Logan: Paris

We have no idea where he even learned about Paris.  Little Einsteins, maybe?

Swimming and Balloon Animals

Here's some of what we have been up to this month:

I ordered this cute little lacy outfit from groopdealz, just in case I ever have a girl. :)  It was a really good deal, so I figured that even if I don't use it for a good number of years, it was worth it.  Little did I know that I would get my money's worth that very day....  Logan found it, put it on, and declared himself "an elf."  

He's kind of a little ham....

Logan loves to sing... these are two of his favorite songs.  He loves to belt out "I am a Child of God" in the middle of the grocery store, at the pool, in sacrament meeting..... anywhere it echoes, really.  The second song is "Baby Mine" from Dumbo.  He always wants it sang to him whenever he is sad or hurt.  He likes to bonk me on the head now, cradle my head in his hands, and sing this song to me.  It's so cute that I can't even get mad at him for bonking my head. :)

We were bored the other day, so we got out the felt and the glue gun and made the three little pigs and the big bad wolf. Logan has some sort of weird fascination with eyeballs, and loves to pour out my stash and roll in it.  He didn't notice the eyes stuck to the side of his face for almost two hours.... much to my entertainment.

His three little pigs and the big bad wolf.  He loves this story, but always lectures (and then usually throws) the big bad wolf, because, "we don't blow down other people's houses.  It's not nice, and it's dangerous."

This past Saturday we got to see the Thatcher family!  It was so good to catch up with them, and made us really miss our little basement apartment when we lived right across the street from them.  Their little girls are growing up so fast, and Logan has been asking about Anne and Rachel ever since they left. :)

We are absolutely loving our gym pass.... and Logan is turning into a fish!  A week ago he wouldn't let go of Ry or me, even while wearing arm floaties.  Now he won't let us touch him.  He swims until his lips turn blue, and then his mean mom and dad make him get out.  He always tries to convince us that his lips really aren't blue, but his little chattering voice usually gives him away. :)

I am pretty sure that I have spent more time on this picture than the whole rest of the blog combined... and for some reason I still can't get it to rotate. :)  Oh well.  Anyway, here is a shot of my super handsome guy working on one of our new hobbies... making balloon animals! :)  I bought some long skinny balloons for a craft I'm doing, and Ry started playing around.  Soon he realized that balloon animals are actually not hard at all, and Logan has been thrilled with all the dogs, bunnies, swords, and turtles that have been created.  :)

The Silly Ways of Logan...

Logan is definitely the funniest kid I have ever met.  I am so blessed to get to stay home with him.  How many moms actually miss their kids during their naps?  He is my best little buddy...and I just love being around him.  Here are some of the things he is into right now.

• Logan speaks like a normal human now.  Full sentences, adjectives, nouns and verbs.... mostly in the right places.  
• He knows just about every primary song and nursery rhyme, and will sing them constantly throughout the day.  
• He also loves reading, and has several of his books memorized.  It's pretty entertaining to watch him silently (or not so silently) mouth the words as you read to him at night.
• Logan has the most amazing imagination.  We are constantly under attack at our house, by blue monsters, pirates, backsons (from Winnie the Pooh), or aliens.  Logan always leads the counter-attack (with one of his handy golf clubs).  One of his favorite games is stealing baby monsters from their mommy's.  Whenever he comes running at me with a frantic, maniacal look on his face while cupping his hands, I know that he has succeeded in his quest.  The rest of the day we spend fighting back the mommy monsters who want their fluffy baby's back.  I have no idea where he got any of this.  Such a crazy kid.
• He also has 3 imaginary? friends.  One's name is Bobby, and he is a regular companion.  Every once in a while a girl friend makes an appearance.  And lately, "a boy named Jack" has been showing up around the house.
• Logan is an amazing chef, and is always making me yummy things in his kitchen.... unfortunately, sometimes I find that he has taken the lid off whatever drink he has that day, and used the contents in his "soups" or "noodles" or "cake."  He has also gotten into my flour once or twice.... which is always extra fun to get out of a play kitchen set's cracks.
• Logan can count to ten easily, and to twenty if you don't mind him skipping over 17.  He can count anything you put in front of him, and will usually do it all by himself.  Whenever he has his toys out (or candy/cereal/etc.) he will line them all up, and proudly count them over and over again.
• He also knows his ABC's song, and is slowly learning the letters.  Whenever he sees letters he asks, "what's those letters say, mommy?"  
• He watched the show "Super Y" at Grandma's house, and now whenever he is excited he pumps his fist and yells, "The power to read!"
• Whenever he sees a set of scriptures, he yells, "My power!", and then proceeds to sing the "Scripture Power" song.
• He loves nursery, and it is now actually harder to get him out of the nursery room than it is to put him in.
• He can say his own little prayers, and it always cracks me up when he uses the phrase, "We are so grateful for....."  Ry and I must say that a lot.
• Last week we watched "The Little Rascals" as a family.  A few days ago, Ryley was studying, and Logan wanted to play.  He took me by the hand, led me into his room, and gave me one of his golf clubs.  He grabbed one too.  I thought he wanted to fight, like he usually does.  I said, "On guard!"  Logan looked at me, said, "come on you on guard."  I followed him into Ry's study room, where Logan started waving his club around and shouting, "Choose or Die!"  It took a second for us to get it, but when we did, we definitely had to choose Logan. :)  He must have been relating to Spanky.  He wanted Ryley, and Ryley was choosing homework (Darla). :)  
• We also bit the bullet today and bought a pass to the rec center here.  Logan is a fish, and loves the pool. Maybe now I wont constantly be asked when bath time is. :)  That kid could live in the bath.  He loves his "wrinkly fingers", and is always sure that those naughty backsons are going to steal them away... which they somehow always manage to do, no matter how carefully he hides them. :)

There are about a million other stories to tell about this crazy kid of ours, but Ry needs the computer now to study, so I will have to write more later.  

Happy Tuesday!

Christmas Break

So.... I am way behind in posting... :)

Happy New Year!

Christmas Break for us consisted of driving to Boise, driving to Sandy, OR, driving to Ely, and driving back home.  The driving part I could have done without, but it was so wonderful to be able to see family!  We are so blessed to have such amazing families who so thoroughly spoiled us.   

Logan was actually pretty good in the car.  He entertained himself with stickers, movies,  silly putty, and stories.    However, I think we completely traumatized him with the 32 hour trip, because he now throws a massive fit every time we go near the car.  :)

Unfortunately, this wonderful sight only happened for a total of 20 minutes out of approximately 32 hours of driving...

In Oregon, Ry's parents took us to OMSI to see Body Worlds,  which was amazing.   I wish my anatomy classes would have had some of those dissections!   Logan really liked the rest of OMSI....

Ry and Logie playing at OMSI's physical science center

Logan's favorite part... the sandbox

More sand

Logan and Zoa in the sandbox

One of Logan's gifts for Grandma and Grandpa Enz.  He loves them so much!

While in Oregon we got to meet our new niece.. Mable!  She is such a sweetheart, and Logan absolutely loved helping out with her.  He affectionately refers to her as "Baby Nabel" :)

On our way to Ely from Oregon we took a break at a hotel and splurged a little bit to get a jacuzzi in our room.  Logan absolutely loved the bubbles that it made!  

Happy, little, naked man. :) 

Daddy and Logan in his cool muscleman swimsuit. 

Logan in Ely... He was absolutely in Heaven with all his aunts and uncles showering constant attention on him!

On Christmas morning Logan woke up with a high fever (he caught my cold), but Tylenol fixed him up pretty quick. :)

Logan's present from Santa... a jumpolene.  He loves this thing so much, and I am still trying to figure out where to put this massive thing.  Right now it is taking over Ry's study area. 

While in Ely we chopped lots of wood for Great Grandpa Poulsen.  Logan was a big helper. :)

We also headed out to cave lake to roast marshmallows.

My crazy husband and two of my silly sisters. :)

Logan crashed a little bit early on New Year's Eve, but woke up to blow his horn and celebrate the arrival of 2012!

Logan and Aydan bringing in the new year.