31 Weeks, Happy New Years Eve!

I'm 31 weeks pregnant today! I've been more fatigued this week but I think it's a little anemia creeping up on me, I had slight iron issues with L's pregnancy so I'm just going to increase my iron intake during the day and see if it helps. We started ordering our nursery items this week and it's coming together really nicely. We have a few more things to collect and some things for Logan to receive on her birthday for the room and then we can put it all together (I refuse to do it before I have everything because it'll drive me nuts to have it only half complete).

2 years ago today I went into pre-term labor with Logan! I was 34ish weeks with her and I think she wanted to see if we could get our tax credit. So thoughtful, but the Dr. was not ready for her to be here. I spent a couple of hours and got a nasty shot of terb. in the hospital and then was sent home to be on bed rest for two days. This one shows no signs of wanting to come any time soon so I think we're safe. :)

I tried to get Logan in on some of our pictures but they turned out way too fuzzy (Mike's still learning the new camera) and you can barely make out shapes (in fact, this was the only really decent picture that wasn't blurred badly of me). I'll try and get some good New Year shots of her tomorrow for you all.

A White 26th

We woke up to quite the snowfall this morning! We were only predicted to get about 3.8" and ended up with about 10 so it was a big surprise at the end of the fall to see how much had actually come down. We were hoping Mike's store would close so he could stay home with us today but they did open and conveniently stayed open his entire 8 hour shift and then closed right at the end of it...figures, right? Logan and I spent the day cuddled up watching Handy Manny and then when her nap finished I took her outside for a while. We played and our neighbor came out and took her down the sled a few times since I couldn't quite hold my balance on it (wonder what's throwing it off? ;)) and then I had to bribe her by telling her Mike would take her back out to get her to come inside.

It's hard to tell because she wouldn't stop moving, but in some spots the snow way above her knees. She chose to trudge through it sideways a lot to keep her balance.

I LOVE this camera and the fun shots I can get with it since I can just keep clicking away.

One of our neighbor's had made a little snow fort and Logan decided it looked good enough to eat (literally).

"mmmmm ice."

Happy Birthday, Mommy! I won't look at the camera for you.

Then Mike got home and we all went out for a bit.

Sweet little snow bunny.

Daddy and Logan went down on the sled a ton. He even got her going down by herself several times....the girl is fearless.

(I was inside by the time she started going down on her own...I was bummed when I found out because I missed the picture opportunity)

So, Chili's is closed and so was Coldstone so my birthday dinner/cake has been delayed until everything opens up again. It's a little sad, but I guess it's one less night I have to cook this week, right? Mike was sweet and suggested we pick up a pizza so we could enjoy a hot meal without cooking and I took him up on it. :) Next year we'll celebrate birthday's as a family of four!

A Taste

Here's a taste of what we woke up to this morning. We've got a little over 5.5 inches right now and it's still coming down strong! While I think it's really pretty and it'll be fun to play in with Logan later...all I can think about is that we probably won't get to go out to dinner tonight (and I won't get my coldstone cake)! I've been dreaming about my Chili's birthday dinner all week so it is quite a disappointment for this pregnant lady but I'll look forward to having those things later on in the week, I guess. I'll post more pictures after I've taken Logan out to play!

Tag Jr. and A White Christmas!

Another fun gift Logan got today was her Tag Jr.! It allows her to sit and read books to herself (and the pages have all kinds of fun special effects too) with a little Tag Pal who she presses to the pages. She was calling her Tag Pal gummy bear for a while but I think she changed it to marshmallow tonight, which is more what he looks like. She got all kinds of Tag books to go with it and spent a good portion of time that she was away from her kitchen reading to herself and her babies.

She also got a nice little carrying case to go with it! Perfect for this over organized mommy.

We'd been telling Logan all day that it was supposed to snow. She went several times to the door and asked if we could go "pay" in the "no" but it didn't happen until she was in her PJ's getting ready for bed. We threw routine out the window (gasp, I know, it killed me, too) and threw a hat, a coat, some mittens and her uggs on and let her run outside for a little before bed. When we finally got her into her bed and she said her prayers, she thanked God for the snow and for baby Jesus. Have I mentioned how much I love this age?

And are you noticing the picture quality difference in my pictures?! (I know you probably aren't...but I certainly am!) My fabulous family got me a beautiful new camera for Christmas that has been taking just stunning pictures all afternoon! I LOVE it and am more picture obsessed than ever...poor Logan! (but good for you, right?) I'll dive into the manual tomorrow to figure out some more fun features, right now it's just on auto and it's impressing me so I look forward to seeing what else this thing can do.

Here are the links to my Christmas posts from today so you don't have to search for them:

http://babykayle.blogspot.com/2010/12/kitchenpretend-play-toys.html

http://babykayle.blogspot.com/2010/12/christmas-eve-pjsstocking.html

http://babykayle.blogspot.com/2010/12/christmas-videos.html

Kitchen/Pretend Play Toys

Logan has spent most of her day "cooking" in her new kitchen with all of her cooking tools/food and "shopping" with her shopping cart. So, a lot of our pictures have been in her room while she's been playing with her stuff. Enjoy!

Mike's all ready for his commissioning now, come early spring!

Christmas Eve PJ's/Stocking

Here's the picture of Logan in her dress last night that I couldn't get to flip. Forgive me, I was way, way tired. Logan slept in this morning and so we got to stay in bed until almost 8:30, at which point she demanded breakfast. Mike and I laughed at the table this morning that this would probably be the last Christmas that we'll be able to get up and enjoy breakfast and coffee before opening a mountain of presents. :) The present she got last night were the PJ's you'll see in several of the pictures...she did get a pair from Aunt Carolyn this morning, though, and insisted on wearing them on top of her Christmas PJ's so a lot of the pictures from later in the morning have them over top.

She's been going crazy over Disney princesses the last several weeks so a lot of her stocking stuffers related. She got a new toothbrush, a new shirt (mind you, I am NOT a character clothing kind of girl...but I knew it'd bring a huge smile to her face so I let it go), some chapstick, some big girl panties and some band-aids all in the princess theme.

She also got a nice, pint sized mop to use in the kitchen while I clean. It's got an actual sponge on the end of it so we can put water on it and she can really "help" mommy. We're hoping this prevents any more bumps on my head from Logan swinging around the big mop in effort to help clean!

And some fun jewelry to play with so she can be just like mommy.