23 months

Today Logan is 23 months old (almost 2 years old). It was about one year ago that Logan started walking on his own and has since turned that into running, jumping and anything else is tries to do. Logan has started to show his independence and when he doesn't get his way he either hits someone or cries if he is tired. It is all part of growing up.

Since we have been back, Logan has been sleeping in a big bed. We put our extra queen bed up against the wall and have pillows along the open side of the bed. We thought we would give this a try since we eventually want to move Ashley to the crib. He does pretty well but sometimes he gets put in the crib for a nap because he will not lay down on his own. Sometimes we will get an early wake up call because he has come into our room to tell us it is time to get up.

We have sort of started potty training. We bought some disposable training pants to try out (I have some cloth ones ordered). I have not been very diligent on asking him if he wants to try going but he will let me know after he has gone and we go sit on the potty anyway. We will try to work on that a little more as we get more things done around the house. If anyone has some tips please let me know.

Logan has been talking more and more every day. There are still a lot of times we have no clue what he is telling us but that is usually when he is saying an entire sentence instead of just a few words or short phrase. So we just go along with it and understand what we can. Hopefully in the next year we will be able to understand most everything he says.

5 Years

It is hard to believe that Tim and I celebrated our 5th wedding anniversary yesterday. We didn't do anything special since Tim had to work. We might try to do a dinner cruise or something next week when Tim is off if we can find a babysitter. I never imagined 5 years ago that we would be living in Hawaii with our 2 little cuties. Sometimes life just takes you down unexpected roads.

3 months

Ashley is 3 months old today. It was exactly 14 weeks ago today that she officially joined our family. She keeps growing all the time. She has just started to wear 6 month jammies but still fits into her 3 month clothes but not for long. She loves to have people pay attention to her. When you play with her, she coos and talks to you. I think she is going to be the talker of the family. She likes to kick and move whenever she gets the chance. I will usually lay her down one way for a nap and when I go to get her after she wakes up, she has turned 90 degrees. She loves to watch Logan run around and get hugs and kisses from him. He is starting to enjoy her more and tries to play with her. Ashley is very good at holding her head up and likes to sit up (with some support) and look around.

For the last month or so Ashley has been sleeping longer at night. It started when we were back home, she would occassionally go for a 6 hour stretch at night. Now for the last 2 weeks she has been sleeping for 8 hours every night. She goes to bed anytime between 8 and 9 and will wake up to eat around 4 or 5 depending on when she fell asleep. Then she goes back to sleep for another 3 hours. During the day she just takes 3-4 catnaps of around 30-45 minutes each which is okay because she sleeps at night. Sometimes I think she would sleep longer during the day but Logan goes and wakes her up. I need to find the door knob safety latches since Logan is able to open doors now. Ashley continues to grow and amaze us everyday and we are so happy to have her with us.

Look how big I am getting

Close up

On my tummy

But not for long

Mom found toys for me

More Pics

Tim & Logan riding on a tractor.

Ashley, Aunt Sarah & Aunt Lisa

Ashley hanging out in her carseat at church.

Ashley being baptized.

Ashley's baptism

Pics from our trip home

Here are some family pictures from Jill & Kenny's wedding. Ashley is 2 months old and Logan is 22 months old.

Family Picture

Ashley & Aunt Jill


Logan & Aunt Jill

Tim & Logan

Back Home

We have been back home for 5 days now. It was an interesting trip back home. The day before we were supposed to come back home, Logan got sick and we ended up taking him to urgent care because he had a temperature of 103. Logan ended up having a throat infection (we didn't have them test for strep) and the start of an ear infection. We considered not flying for a couple of days but I didn't want to fly by myself with the kids and have to pay for a ticket for Logan. The flight back home was fine. Logan's ears did not bother him from what we could see and both kids slept for most of the 8 1/2 hour flight.

After arriving back home, we got to move into our new place. Now we are in the process of getting the place the way we want it. Most of our stuff is still in storage because we want to paint while the rooms are empty. We have the bedrooms ready to paint. Now we are just waiting for an opportunity to paint (Tim not working while I watch the kids). Tim will probably get some painting done on Friday after he gets up from sleeping (he is working nights right now). After the bedrooms are painted, we will get the living room and dining room done. Then we can move all of our furniture in and go pick out living room furniture (we got rid our couch over a month ago). Once we get our place set up, I will post some pictures.

Monday Ashley had her 2 month check-up. She weighed 10 lbs 13 oz and was 23 1/2 inches long. Her length makes me wonder if the nurse at the hospital measured her wrong because she apparently grew 5 1/2 inches in just over 2 months. I have heard that babies grow about 5 cm in the first couple of months. Along with her check-up she got her first set of shots. She was fussy for about a day and then was back to normal.

Logan has been doing a lot more talking lately and communicating what he wants. Sometimes what he wants is not what we want to give him but once his mind is made up there is no changing it. Something else Logan has been working on is potty training. Every once in a while he will tell us that he needs to go and we set him on the toliet and he actually goes. It is a start. We aren't going to push it too hard right now since we are still trying to get settled into our place.

As for Tim and I, we are just trying to get stuff done so we can finish moving.