Happy 9 Months to my crazy monkey!

To sum up Logan in one word......HAPPY!!!

He is sweet as can be and becoming quite the monkey!

He is 'officially' crawling and wants to explore........ He is pulling up on everything and giggles every time he realizes he is standing. He is starting to get really tired of 'baby food' and is liking finger foods alot more. Chef mommy better start getting creative! He is becoming quite the daddy's boy and loves to be held by daddy!!! Logan has good sleep nights and he will sleep for 10 hours and some nights he still wakes up a couple of times.....His daddy and I still tell him many times, "It's a good thing you are soooooo cute or you would be in trouble"

I LOVE this little guy!

I love how he blows raspberries with a full mouth of food and giggles because he knows he is a little stinker......

I love how right before he falls asleep, he pulls his paci out and softely babbles.....

I love how he gives the biggest and best slobbery kisses....

I love how he is learning to play peek-a-boo and giggles when he covers his face up......

I love how he stares at his hand and smiles when he waves 'bye-bye' ..........

I love that he snorts like a piggy throughout the day and then giggles......

I love how he LOVES to splash in the pool, the bigger the splash the better.........

I love his baby blue eyes and am soooo glad they didn't change color......

I love his toothless grin.......

I love that when he eats, he ALWAYS ends up with food all over his nose..........

I love his chubby feet and toes!..........

I LOVE that I am so very blessed to be his mommy!!!!!!!!!!!

peek-a-boo my little 'stander'

Red, White, Blue........and BBQ

Happy 4th of July!!!!

We had a fantastic day! Ella awoke to a couple of surprises......some stickers (which she decorated the walls with) and a bead kit to make a flag necklace (which she is modeling in the photo below) . Logan slept wonderfully last night from 7:15pm to 6:30am so he was a happy camper. The kids looked adorable in their red, white, and blue attire! It was really cute to hear Ella keep talking about the "sorceajeweleye"

We headed to the pool to enjoy the day. Logan liked his new crab....just a little. He was much happier sitting with daddy and splashing with some new toys and a new bathing suit....his belly won't fit in his other ones.....

Loving my kiddos!

Pool PARTY!

Jack and Pat (AKA Gilligan)

Patriotic Splashing!

Gotta love those baby blues on the sweet boy in blue!

Cuddles from Auntie Suz

BBQ'd shrimp ala Chef Paul

The PERFECT watermelon was devoured today!

After finally getting out of the pool, we headed out front to play with some poppers for Ella and Jack!

Ella insisted on a 'parade' so we went on a little bike ride down the street

We didn't make it to fireworks so we watched a bit on the t.v. It was a great day! I have two super tired little ones and a couple super tired 'big' ones too!

He's got an arm on him

Logan loves to play ball.......He giggles and shakes and gets excited. He sat on the floor the other night and played for almost an hour with golf balls. He played catch with Papa and Logan can throw the ball quite well. Not sure about daddy's dreams of golf and soccer......this little guy might just be the quarterback!

Fun with Food

Whoever said "don't play with your food" didn't know how to have any FUN!!!!

Logan's Yogurt FacialLaughing at his 'food funniness'

Raspberry Fingers


Another view of the facial

Winking at lunch

Summer=Swimming

The days are hot and the pool is perfect.......Here are some recent swimming pics! Don't worry about Logan's red/orange face....not a rash. He had just finished lasagna for dinner and headed straight into the pool. Big boy sitting all by himself on the step

LOVES to splash


Splash-monster

GrandBill and Logan

Super swimmer

Splashing Daddy

GrandBill and Ella

The goggle gal

Daddy, Ella, and GrandBill

Happy Birthday Jack and Sprout!

Happy 8th Birthday to our nephew Jackson!

Happy 7th Birthday to our doggie Sprout!

The Greatest Show on Earth......and a birthday party

I guess you could say it is now 'tradition' to head to the Greatest Show on Earth in the end of June. We went last year and Ella really liked it (Paul REALLY did too), so I bought tickets again a few months back. We loaded up bright and early so we could get down for the pre-show the hour before it started. We had some extra guests this year joining us.....GrandBill and Papa. We all enjoyed the show!

Snapped by the mommy papparazzi on the way. I got to ride in the WAY back again. It was okay because we watched "Ella Enchanted" which I love. Don't you love her shades?

The best seat in the place for the pre-show. It is nice being on the floor and seeing the 'fun' up close.

Watching the elephants paint their pictures....up close and personal

The elephants making their walk around the small ring......this is right before I got ELEPHANT SLOBBER flung on my leg......disgusting. Thank goodness I had the spray sanitizer to spritze on my legs!!!!

Traded for Shaq????

Our adorable little MEE-GICIAN.......She really was excited when this hat came with her cotton candy. She actually wore it for most of the show.

The gang.....Ella holding her magical wand she got at intermission

TA-DA

The END......walking out with Papa

After the circus and our drive home, we took the long 4 houses down walk to Sienna's 1st B-day party! The backyard was super fun for the kids with sprinklers and kiddie pools! Ella LOVED IT!

Logan watched his crazy sister and showed off holding his own sippy cup! Good job my sweets!

Happy Birthday Sienna! She did a GREAT job with her cake. Way to go messy girl!