Easter

This is the best picture of Logan I could get in his Easter outfit. He looked so handsome. I didn't even get a picture of Grayson in his outfit before he outgrew it. This post is going to go backwards since that's how I did the pictures. Sunday ended up being a sad and crazy day. My grandpa passed away that morning so we unexpectedly flew to Oklahoma that night.

On Saturday we went to Scott's parents' house to celebrate Easter. It was beautiful Easter weekend so we spent a lot of time outside enjoying the weather. Instead of looking for the eggs with his cousin Grace, Logan decided to just run around the backyard pushing the cart.

I couldn't find the boys for awhile and when I found them, they were playing with Scott's cars from when he was a kid. How this can possibly be hereditary I will never know but Logan loves cars and plays with them exactly like Scott did when he was little. I can tell you Scott didn't teach him, he developed the love of cars all on his own. So funny.

Saturday morning we took Logan to an Easter egg hunt some friends of ours throw every year. There were tons of families there so there were LOTS of eggs to find. Logan found a couple and then decided the swing set was where the fun was really at.

On Friday we did Easter baskets, which I didn't get a picture of, went on a walk and played at the park, decorated Easter cookies, and dyed Easter eggs. This was the first year Logan could really start enjoying that kind of stuff.

His creation...

Recent Pictures

Logan does this with his cars at least 5 times a day. He faces them all the same way, sometimes forwards sometimes side by side, and rearranges the cars to his satisfaction over and over. He's very particular about his cars.

Love this picture. It's my boys to a "T".

TWO!

Logan turned 2 years old and Grayson turned 2 months this past week so it's time for an update. (Um..this post has been waiting to be finished for awhile so that's a little outdated at this point)

Grayson:

*Can hold his head up

*Can sit in the Bumbo

*Rolls from his stomach to his back (yeah it's no joke)

*Has been sleeping through the night since he was about 6 weeks old

*Smiles, coos, and even giggles...I have to add that he does this especially when he sees or hears mom

*He still LOVES to be swaddled and will go right to sleep if he's wrapped up nice and tight

*He's a bit of a mama's boy. Since the second he was born, I'm the only one that can get him to stop crying just by holding him with my magic touch.

*He's already on the move. Whether I lay him on his stomach or back, he will literally move all around. In about 15 min he went from laying on his back facing our tv to facing our kitchen to facing our backyard to facing our long couch to back to facing the tv.

*He's 12 lbs 14 oz and 24 in long.

Logan:

*He says more words than I can count now and even puts two word phrases together.

*Can open every door in the house. I've had to start locking Grayson's door so he can get some good naps without Logan interrupting him.

*Has become quite the Romeo and has started kissing girls, or should I say A girl, in nursery.

*Loves to take off all his clothes and then his diaper and run around naked.

*Loves to race and yell "ready, set, go!"

*Can put together puzzles (I know this happened a long time ago but I never mentioned it)

*Can watch the movie Cars over and over without ever getting tired of it and also works the DVD player pretty well.

*Still LOVES playing with cars.

*Weighs 24lbs 8 oz and is 34 in tall.

I know there's probably more but that's all I can think of specifically. It just shocks me how smart kids are at such a young age. Every day Logan does or says something that I just can't believe he's already doing. ( I would have had more pictures but Blogger hasn't been working for me lately. More pictures to come...)

Father's and Son's Campout

Scott took Logan to the Father's and Son's campout a couple weeks ago. He literally has been looking forward to this since I was pregnant with Logan and now he was finally old enough to go. The weekend of the campout we had record breaking cold temperatures here. I tried to talk him out of taking my baby camping in the freezing cold but he insisted. It pretty much turned out how I expected. I'm not sure if anyone nearby their tent got any sleep. Logan either wouldn't or couldn't sleep and then wanted to play outside the tent where it was freezing cold, wet, and even snowing. Needless to say, Scott came home cold and exhausted. If Logan was tired, he didn't show it. Scott would never give me the satisfaction of saying he wished they hadn't gone but it definitely wasn't as good as he'd hoped. Now he has the camping bug and wants to give it another shot when the weather is a little more cooperative.

This is Logan "helping" Scott unload the car after their big weekend. You'd never guess it was freezing outside or that he had only slept a few hours the whole 24 hours before. This kid is seriously the energizer bunny.

A New "Do"

Ok so I'm in desperate need of a haircut and I've been trying to figure out what to do with my hair. I know I want it long but it needs some shape. Anyway, I found these pictures and I'm curious what your opinions are. I know which one is my favorite but I'm not sure if either of these will even work with my round face so I'm a little nervous to do anything. So...what do y'all think? Should I do one of these or keep looking?

Visitors

After Grayson was born my family came to visit for a week. Even my brother Jared got to come which was really exciting because he's never been able to come visit before. We had so much fun just hanging out, going out to eat, going on walks to feed the animals and to play at the park, and going to the AZ museum of natural history.

Here's just some family pictures.Jared was loving being an uncle. He and Logan were best buddies and Logan would pretty much go to him over anyone else. In this picture they are chowing down on both of their favorite snack popcorn and I was unsuccessfully trying to take a picture during the all important movie "Cars." They were two peas in a pod.Here's just some pictures from the museum. There were lots of dinosaurs, bones, panning for gold, and digging for fossils. Logan loved it all.

Updates!

So I haven't done an update on Logan in awhile and now I have 2 updates to do each month so I really need to get on the ball. Grayson went to the doctor at 4 weeks and he was 10lbs and 22 in long. He started having little belly problems from the beginning. He spit up a lot from the first time I fed him and he started screaming and crying during and after all his meals like he was in pain. I knew it was reflux since Logan had the same problem. The doctor put him on some medicine and he seems to be doing a lot better. After all the tile, carpet, and furniture cleaning I did the first year of Logan's life, not to mention all the wardrobe changes, I really hope it doesn't last near as long for Grayson. He's almost six weeks now and he slept til 5am this morning and I'm hoping it's not just a fluke thing. He loves being swaddled and after a lot of coaxing, loves his pacifier and will go right to sleep. He's a champ napper and only smiles when he's falling asleep or eating. Logan was a terrible napper and smiled in response to people at 9 days old. It's funny how you can already see differences in your children at just a few weeks old. It's so exciting to see this little guy's personality unfold.

These pictures were taken at 2 weeks by my friend Kim. I may not be the most objective person but they're all beautiful. I have them all posted on facebook if you want to check them all out.

Logan recently turned 23 months. I can't believe how much he's changing into a little boy. Logan is very independent and has to prove it by not doing anything YOU ask him to do until HE decides it's the right time. I'm afraid the terrible 2's have started because he has become extremely defiant and does exactly opposite what we ask and with that much more intensity. He has finally started embracing the idea of talking...using real words. Every day he shocks me with new words he just pulls out of nowhere, however, it's not guaranteed he'll say it later when I ask him about it or want to show someone else his new word. He is still obsessed with cars, trucks, and anything else with wheels. He loves playing at the park and can go down slides by himself, swing on the big swings, and climb ladders that would make any mom nervous to watch their "not even 2 year old" climb. He has also become an amazing helper. He'll get me diapers, wipes, blankets, burp cloths and anything else I ask for. He still loves to clean up. I'm proud to say he got this from me. It has evolved into him picking up toys and taking them to his room when he's on his way back there, putting trash in the trash can, or even picking up after other people like taking Scott's shoes and putting them in their spot in the closet without being asked. He absolutely loves being a big brother. Grayson gets about 100 kisses a day and anytime he cries, Logan has to go check on him and make sure mom takes care of him. Scott was feeding Grayson a bottle the other day and got up to do something and turned around and Logan had picked up the bottle and decided to take over the feeding. He can now reach most of the light switches and some door handles and has gotten very skilled at getting anything that was once completely out of reach. His new favorite show is "mighty machines" which we rent from the library and he figured out how to use the DVD player. I could really go on and on. Logan seems to learn something new every five minutes. He just loves life, loves playing, and loves his family. He is just so full of love and doesn't know how to show it so he hugs and kisses EVERYONE and EVERYTHING.

I thought this was so funny both of them watching TV. Grayson in his "cage" straining to see the TV and Logan watching his favorite show but staying as close to Grayson as possible.

Logan's become more of a Daddy's boy since Grayson came along which has actually really helped me out. When I took this picture Logan had laid down right next to Scott and was doing every single thing he was doing. If Scott's arm moved, so did Logan's. Of course the second I got the camera out he moved his arm so I couldn't get him in the same position as his dad.

I'm glad to say we're finally getting into the swing of things and I'm figuring out how to balance out time and attention to everyone. I have really gained a greater respect for people with lots of children all close in age. Go super moms! Maybe I'll be like you someday.

I know. Finally...

So it's been awhile but I still wanted to blog about having Grayson. I was scheduled to be induced on Friday at 10am but at 9:40 I got a call and found out there was no room in the inn. Since I was literally about to walk out the door, I didn't want to just sit around the house waiting so Scott and I decided to look at model homes. After two more calls to the hospital they finally told me I could go in around 4pm. That was only the beginning of how completely long the labor process was going to be. They decided to take the very slow route and give me something to prep my cervix that took 12 hours. That didn't start the labor like they thought it would. Then they decided to break my water early Saturday morning which definitely increased the contractions but also didn't progress anything. They finally decided to give me the smallest dose of pitocin which increased the contractions and pain more but only got me to a 3. So, after a few hours they decided to increase the amount of pitocin which put me in excruciating pain with contractions every couple minutes but after a couple hours of that, nothing had really happened and I was asking for the epidural. Well apparently that's what I needed because just a couple hours after that wonderful epidural I was at an 8 and 45 min later Grayson was born after only 3 pushes. I hated their method of trying to start labor without actually inducing because of how long it took but this time around was a piece of cake. Unlike when I had Logan, every nurse was wonderful, my epidural didn't wear off, they let me hold him and nurse him immediately after he was born, and I was able to get around by myself within a day. If it hadn't taken so long, it would've been absolutely perfect. My prayers were truly answered. Even Logan did wonderfully. He stayed with Scott's parents and was completely happy and loving every minute of it. He didn't miss us one bit. Right before pushing time.A proud but slightly awkward dad...not quite remembering how to hold a newborn.The first time Logan came to see Grayson, he was completely uninterested. The second time, he was hooked. Ever since then he's been a very attentive and loving big brother. The only problem is that involves Logan trying to smother, kiss, pick up, high five, give knuckles, hold, and feed Grayson. Pretty much nowhere is safe for Grayson so I have to watch the two of them like a hawk. It's exhausting and puts me in a very tricky situation to make sure Logan doesn't kill Grayson but continues to love his little brother instead of resent him since he's always getting in trouble for bothering him.Me and my beautiful boys.Home sweet home on Monday morning.

It's a boy!

Grayson Maddox born 4:23pm 8lbs 3oz 21 in long. Mom and baby are doing great. Pictures to come.

21 Months

It's hard to believe how old Logan is getting. Every day he amazes us with how much he's learning and growing. Here's some pictures and just a little update.

One of Logan's new favorite places to play is the laundry basket, toy box, or anything else he can fit in. He's also starting to love hats.His new way of eating green beans...opening them up and eating the beans out of them.

Just like dad. He watched Scott loosen the tires to prep them for rotating and the second Logan could get his hands on this tool...whatever it's called...he had to get to work on the tire as well, grunts and all.

One of Logan's other new favorite places to play...the car. He would play in there for hours if we'd let him. When we get in after him, the radio is all the way up, the a/c is blasting, all the lights, blinkers, and hazard lights are on.

Logan has started gathering things for fun. He's always very proud of his collections.

Hiding in the closet. One of his favorite things.

*New words/phrases:

Sure, bubble, hat, chair, tickle-tickle, no-no-no, two (which says over and over as he's trying to count), this, choo-choo, papa. There's probably more but that's all I can remember.

*He does somersaults.

*He likes to help clean and pick up.

*He understands EVERYTHING we say even if we aren't talking to him and can pretty much point out any object in a book even if you've never taught him what they are.

*He can tell you what an elephant says.

*He sleeps in a new big boy room. He just thinks he has 2 rooms now instead of one.

P.S. I hate that blogger doesn't keep my format. That's why this looks so messy.