Thankful Tuesday...Err...Wednesday

ETA: Yes, I did actually wake up, eat breakfast, play with Logan, title this post and write it, and go to the grocery store before realizing that it's not Tuesday...it's Wednesday. I guess that's what a lack of sleep will get you, right? :)

This was my sweet baby a year ago today when I went back to work.

This is my sweet BIG GIRL today and I am so thankful that instead of waking up at 6:30 to get ready for work and take her to daycare I'm waking up at 6:30 to play and snuggle with her.
Today I'm also thankful for God's provision in many ways, especially through wonderful hand me downs from some great friends. Today as I was looking through L's closet I remembered this little Easter dress that we got as a hand me down earlier last year. When I pulled it out I realized I better get it on her TODAY or it may not fit her again! (You'll notice it is already a bit on the short side)
Today I am thankful for an outdoor play area for Logan. Her body can't decide whether to switch to one long afternoon nap or keep up her two naps and so on days when she just can't seem to grab hold of that first nap, it's nice to have an area that she doesn't ever whine in to use for play.
Today I'm also thankful for free toys that deliver hours of entertainment. Logan's new favorite toy is her "cah." She just about dies in the morning if it's too cold to go out and play in it and will stand at the window banging, pointing and saying "cah, cah, cah!" until it's warm enough to go out.

Today I'm thankful for big blue eyes, sweet smiles and yummy snuggles that this one gave me all morning:

OH, and today I'm thankful for swagbucks because last night we got a package full of goodies for Logan for Easter (which you'll see then) and I didn't pay a DIME for them!

A Few Pictures

So, Ohio lost in the second round. While it was a bit disappointing, considering Mike hadn't even expected them to move on to that round at all--it wasn't that big of a deal. We went to a local restaurant to have some sodas/water (just to get out of the house and watch the game on a big screen) and realized quickly that going out with a toddler is just NOT that easy!

Logan sipped on her water like a big girl:

She high fived her daddy every time Ohio scored. SO CUTE!

AND she got to color with crayons for the first time. She knows exactly which hand to pick up the crayon with and she actually holds it like she knows what she's doing (not just in a clenched fist like so many little ones do). She had a lot of fun with that for...oh...5 seconds. ha!

Today Logan woke up and decided to spend some time in her lazy chair reading. It's her new favorite past time to just sit and look through her books at the pictures.

She also likes to sit on her books to make sure no one tries to take them from her. I guess when the babies we watch get old enough this will probably come in handy for her. :)

On a side note, my business is back up and running! Check out the store: www.tickledpinkhairbows.etsy.com AND check out the blog www.tickledpinkhairbows.blogspot.com

Go Bobcats!!

So, who else was SHOCKED when OU beat Georgetown in round 1 of the NCAA basketball tournament? I mean, seriously, I don't think I've seen my husband that excited in a long time! We were hanging around last night talking about the game that will be playing this afternoon and realized that Logan doesn't have a single piece of OU apparel! (it's because we can't find any on Ebay and their bookstore is ridiculously priced) So, I went to Joanne's then spent most of the evening making her a little bobcat (bobkitty as Mike is calling her today) outfit. We LOVE the way it turned out!

un-officially potty training

With Logan's sudden obsession with pulling her diapers off, we talked it over and decided to go ahead and get a potty chair and start seeing if we could get her interested in the possibility of the potty. We figured at worst, we'd make an investment in the chair--it's not like we'd never use it, right?

Well, much to our delight, Logan took right to it! She's actually doing tee-tee in the potty 2-4 times A DAY! She doesn't yet know how to tell me when she needs to go (though, she can let me know when she's done it in her diaper, so we've started) but she does know when she's on the potty that she can't get up until she's gone. She gets so excited because when she goes we let her flush the big potty. :)

We won't be taking any pictures of her actually sitting on the potty going (I mean, that's a little much for the prom blackmail), but here are a few staged shots:

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!

This is Logan's new way of letting me know that she's ready for a nap:

March 17, 2009

March 17, 2010- what a difference a year makes!

My Little Cleaning Machine

I know I've posted pictures before of Logan's little clean-capades but recently she's really gotten into helping with housework. When I'm folding clothes, she'll grab some and twist them around and around her arm in effort to get them to look like what I'm doing; when I'm doing dishes, she's got plastic bowls and paper towels on the ground and she wipes them down; and there are several other examples I've got but you can watch them in the video.

See Ya Later

Logan got up this morning, asked to be dressed (by handing me several articles of clothing) and then promptly grabbed my cell phone and headed out to her car. (see the phone already in there?)

Then came in and had breakfast and watched Handy Manny with her Titi Carolyn.

Then it was time to say goodbye. The weekend went too fast! Logan misses her new playmate already. Bye-buh Titi Carolyn!!