From Our House To Yours

Here's a glimpse into 5 minutes of our afternoon...
ummm, gotta love some drool!

Mommy wasn't gonna complain. At least he was in a good mood!

A Morning With Nina

Today I met my mother-in-law in Wichita. Our clever meeting was fueled by the need to get my handy, dandy breastpump to my sister-in-law who is starting back to work. However, it doubled as a great chance to let Logan out to run(at Target!) and an even better reason to visit Olive Garden(our favorite). He was in such a good mood. Here he is sitting with his Nina at lunch.

Yay for warm winter days!

On Thursday we took advantage of the great weather and went to the zoo!
For some reason the lazy animals basking in the sun just weren't that entertaining to Logan.
All he wanted to do was run wild and play with the statues.

Oh yeah, and eat of course. He really thought the lion was going to get his pretzel.

But the real lion was kind of spooky!

There was no one else there and we had so much fun!

Here is Logan waving goodbye at me. He didn't want to leave.

Silly Brothers

These two are so funny together. Our evenings are so much more entertaining when 'Bubba' as Logan lovingly calls him, is here!

From one extreme to the other...

Here lately it seems we go from this...

...to this, for no apparent reason!

Logan is feeling much better and we are officially done with antibiotics. He is still getting in these awful fit throwing moods though. I am sure it is just his age. We gotta figure out what is going on with his sleeping though! He is waking up sometimes multiple time in an HOUR. You go in, lay him back down and shuuuuush him and he goes right back to sleep. You no more than get back in bed and he's screaming again. It is so weird, and exhausting!

Mr. Coloring

Logan loves to color...just wish he could say "color." Instead it comes out "caca." That is not so good. He likes crayons and markers but tries to eat them both. Mommy's pens though, now that is SERIOUS business! He will scribble on a scrap of paper all day long and become completely pissed off if he drops the pen for even a second! He is either going to be a great businessman(in one way or another, but we already knew that with his dashing smile, right?), or a hopeless writer...I am praying for the first! I made this awesome potatoe soup tonight all from my own head and Logan ate it so well that I might just have to share the secret soon!

Piggies and Paws

Last night we had a Piggies and Paws party. Somehow Logan didn't get his picture taken while doing his print but I caught everyone else! The artwork they make from the kids' hands and feet is sooo cute. But most of all we just enjoyed playing with everyone!

What Is Logan's Obsession Today?

...taking his own temperature!

I think maybe we did a bit too much of it in the last two weeks!

Cheese!

We are busy, busy, busy today! We went to play with Gray and Payton this morning and had a great afternoon at home. We had dinner with Papa then Nana came tovisit and we saw everybody! Logan also said, "A.J." for the first time! The second time I caught it on video and it was soooo heartwarming. It made my day that even though he is far away, Logan still loves his uncle...

How We Have Been

We have been soooo much better! Logan is feeling much more like himself(Iknow i said that in the last post). It is just puzzling to me that we couldn't find anything but he obviously had an infection somewhere in his little self! We are all happy and healthy just in time for my weekend off!

Oh, How We Love Pancakes!

Yes that is a box fort in the background...still around from Christmas! Logan is feeling better. No fever today yet and he has slept through the night 9-5:30 the last two days. Praise the Lord! Mommy was really starting to get crabbly. Today he has been all about eating. We had yogurt, cereal and a whole pancake for breakfast this morning.

We had to run to Walmart and get groceries. He did really well until the very end then was bucking out of the cart and throwing an absolute fit. I opened the bag of cheese balls, handed then to him and he was good as gold. We won't discuss how taking them away went...I'm pretty sure the people at Walmart thought I was crazy giving my toddler an enitre bag of cheese balls at 9:00 a.m. I'm starting to find out, I really just don't care! It's kinda like breastfeeding in public came to be for me. I just don't care what anyone thinks about where, when, what or how I feed my child! He was pretty cute with his orange fingers and mouth though!

Logan's 1st E.R visit

So today Steve called me at work...Logan had been screaming uncontrollably for 3 hours. I paged the pediatrician. She recommended that with his fever and the crash this week that we take him to E.R. to be checked out. I decided to leave work and meet them in El Dorado. I was thinking, "Really, if something is wrong they will diagnose us quickly and send us to Wesley." So I get there about 15 mins after Steve...Logan is screaming unconsolably. They gave him some Motrin(duh, we had been doing that!) and repeat a strep screen(duh, we did that at the drs Thursday along with a flu screen, CBC, CMP, Sed rate and blood cultures x 2 + a urine specimen). Of course the strep test was negative. They decide that he must have pharyngitis that is NOT strep...anyone heard of that because in all my years at a Strep prone patient and an RN I HAVE NOT?! Told us they thought he was teething...must be why he is so crabby. Really? They gave us amoxicillin and sent us on our way. We didn't want an antibiotic! We wanted answers! To top things off the poor kid is now covered head to toe in a fine rash...as an RN with limited peds experience, it looks like a viral rash. Then why the heck did they prescribe antibiotics? Now amoxicillin might not work the next time around when we really DO have a bacterial infection. It's so frustrating to see your happy go lucky kid screaming in pain and no one seems to care. Kind of makes you feel like a failure as a parent. I'm not only a parent, I'm a freaking nurse! Since when did teeth cause a fever of 102.8 that won't break despite Tylenol and Motrin...grrrrr...I am hoping actually is bacterial and the antibiotics take care of it. The fact that his fever finally broke today and now he has the rash suggests viral. Oh, the viscous circle!

Crabby Boy

Pictures are soooo deceiving! I try to catch him at his best for you. Does anyone really want to see the screaming, crying, tantrum pics? I don't like to witness it so I am guessing not! This guy has been one cranky boy. We went to the doctor yesterday because his low grade temp wouldn't break even with tylenol and motrin. They ran all sort of swabs and blood tests...all negative thus far so that's good. Doesn't give us a reason for his fever though. I am guessing it's viral. He has just been hateful too! I'm sure you can't believe that with his smiley pictures but it's true. After three days of being home I hate to say that I am ready to go back to work. I usually enjoy my child, even at his worst but tolerating hatefulness is not something we have had to deal with yet. Hopefully it isn't a preview of histerrible twos!

Cutie Pie

Well, Logan was in a bit of a mood today. He was up for about an hour and half last night...then only took a 45 min nap. We are ready for bed! This was the best shot we could do this evening. Dad spent the day car shopping and we stayed with Abby, Gray and Payton. I can hear the beds calling our names!!!

Dinner at Papas

Sunday Aunt Kate came to town and we had dinner with Papa. It was nice to see everyone and sing some music while the boys played guitar. I can't believe three days later I am just now getting these pics!

Exciting News

I am sooooo happy to share that there are very exciting things going on with my mom! Many of you expressed your enthusiasm as well when she started her own blog and I know that realizing you all are reading her page has been a constant source of support for her. Shortly before Christmas she made the decision for a number of reasons to leave my father...it's been rough...don't get me wrong. But, the changes I have seen in them both since then have definitely been for the better. Please help me encourage her mission work simply by visiting her blog and leaving a brief comment. I LOVE that the blogging community is sooooo supportive! Pics to come(I promise!) of your favorite little blonde haired blue eyed man!

Snowy Wreck

Well our bad luck streak continues on...on the way to drop Logan at daycare and go to work this morning we slid off the icy roads. Thank God we didn't hit anyone else. I took out two signs and badly damaged the car. All the side airbags deployed scaring the daylights out of us. The insurance adjuster looked at the car and the estimate was over $5,000. Yuck! Just what we didn't need. Thank goodness for full coverage. I can't help but be a little pissed that is seems the road crews have made no progress today with the roads(they still sucked on the way home tonight) and tomorrow we get to do this all over again. I hate winter!!! I am very thankful though that a small bump on my head was the only injury. Logan didn't even cry...what a trooper!

Our Week

I don't usually say this but it's been a rough week! Monday and Tuesday were fine...Monday Mom had lab drawn. Mom and Logan stayed home Tuesday(wishing there was somewhere to go). Tuesday night Logan woke up puking...then Wednesday morning Mom woke up puking and had to call in to work. Dad decided to stay home and take care of us both. Thank God for Daddy! Mom had just settled back into bed in the guest bedroom when Dad came running to the bathroom with Logan, puking again! SO mom decided Dad should go get Sprite...I will spare you the rest of the details but the whole day went on like this until about noon. Yuck! Wouldn't wish it on anyone! Despite the puking, Logan sat on the bathroom floor by the toilet and laughed. Maybe it was funny that we were holding his head over the potty...I'm not quite sure. Here's a few pics from puky day!

We didn't get out of our nasty jammies all day!

Thursday Mom went to work and these pics are from today...we took advantage of the 50 degree weather and went to the zoo with Abby, Gray and Payton. All was well until Mom fell over a rock holding Logan, banging both her knees and worst of all Logans head, against the rock. So Logan has two goose eggs and Mom two banged up knees but we're alive!

We got to take the new wagon to the zoo for the first time. Here's the wagon buddies. They loved it! So much better than being buckled in a stroller!

New Years Eve

This is how cousins make a huge mess opening gifts!

Playing ukelele with papa

On New Years Eve we went to Haven to go to Steve's family Christmas...little did we know it was actually on New Years Day! After we had a good laugh we decided to stay and hang out and do our Christmas anyway. The kids all had fun opening way to many gifts and making a huge mess with the wrapping paper.

Then it was off to Douglas for the Howell family Christmas. It seemed smaller this year, Maybe just because so much of my immediate family wasn't there. Good food, good people and good times were had then it was home early so mom could go to bed in order to work the next morning!