Frosting anyone?

Who do you think ate more frosting?

Making Logan's Bday Cake

The mess it required...

oh what a mess...

but look how cute! It's all worth it!

This is Logan's Island cake, if all goes as planned, there will be a plastic boat on the top of it!

Logan's 1st Birthday!

Hurray for cupcakes!

hmmm...this is delicious and oh so sugarie!

I know this picture is blurry, but it's oh so cute!

Do I like frosting between my fingers?.....I'm thinking no, wait, no, but I do like to lick it off!

Logan Oh Logan

Sleepy Boy!

Logan managed to fall asleep with his leg out of the crib slat. He didn't even wake up when I put it back in!

So it's kind of hard to see in the picture, but Logan fell asleep with his butt up in the air, snuggling his blankie. It was really cute!

Hurray for Concrete!

Mike has been working very hard this past week to get a walkway poured before our mud pit turned into a mud swamp. He did an amazing job! It looks even better in person! (And now I don't have to worry about my nice shoes getting all muddy) :)

Play days with Logan

Should I paint today or brush my hair?

Get me off of this chair!

How can you resist that face?

No we did not fall off the face of the earth!

Sorry again, it's been awhile since my last update. Nothing excitingly new on our end. We do however have some fun things coming up! Logan's birthday is just around the corner, so planning has begun for his royal 1st birthday party! The cake will be a tropical Nemo style fish, that I plan on making and decorating myself. (I'm sure there will be pictures posted at a later date. I'm hoping both the cake and pictures come out ok.)

Also, Mike, Logan and I are planning a vacation at the end of March to visit our friends David & Megan in Los Angeles! We're very excited! It will be a nice break to enjoy some warm weather after a cold winter!

I'll be sure to update the blog with plenty of pics from the birthday party and our trip! Hope everyone is well!





It's not very often Logan will snuggle with you, especially sleep while snuggling you. So, we treasure the moments that he does as if they were gold. This is one of those moments. I'm the happiest mom in the world right now! It's amazing how much clarity you get in moments like these.

As I was lying there with Logan, God spoke to me. It had been a fairly long day. I was irritated about this, that and the other, no major cause for irritation though. And Logan, sweet Logan, was just being his normal boyish self. Exploring things, talking his baby talk (with an occasional scream) and conquering the world. But for some reason, it grated on my nerves this day more than others.

As I was lying there with Logan sleeping on my chest, I reflected on the day. Wondering why I let myself get so irritated. Wondering why some days Logan was so irritating. :) Then, it all melted away as our little boy soundly slept in my arms. All the irritation turned into pure love. In that moment, God's grace became palpable. He showed me that all of our faults and all of our sins melt away when we snuggle into his arms and just let him love us.
It was a very special moment that will always be near and dear to my heart.

Eating with spoons

I'd say this picture pretty much explains itself.

Logan is learning how to eat with a spoon...all on his own...he's working on perfecting his technique.

At least he gets the spoon in his mouth!

Play time

Logan loves, loves, loves climbing over things these days. So, true to character, he decided to climb over my legs, daddy's legs, and then down the side of Koda. It's a good thing Koda is patient!

Logan watches as Daddy and Koda wrestle around

Here fishy fishy...

This, although hard to tell, is a fish, one of Logan's favorite toys.

this is Logan noticing that his fish is on the other side of the door.

"hey Mr. Fishy, where did you go?"

"Oh, there you are! I'm coming for you buddy! If only the gap between the door and the floor were a little bigger."

Logan the Big Tan Dog

Look at that curly mop ontop of his head!

How snuggly and cute!

Don't they look cozy?

I couldn't resist. I thought his feet looked so cute, I just had to take a picture!