The Finer Things

Mike and I have decided that we're going to teach our children to appreciate the finer things in life while they're young.

Things like Starbucks:

A good pair of thonged sandals and plaid capris:

All to be enjoyed while hanging out on the porch (and being covered in a thick layer of pollen...yuck!).

(no, she's not drinking coffee--it's apple juice, she just likes to have a cup like her daddy's)

Double Stroller

We found a nearly new double jogger on craigslist at a great price and picked it up so I can walk with the kiddos every morning. It's given us so much more freedom because we're able to get out of the house without quite so much of a hassle and it keeps them happy and me in shape. It's also great because Mike can run now with Logan in the afternoons and they get some special daddy/daughter time. She loves it when he takes her out running--she gets the biggest grin and just giggles and giggles.

Here's Logan getting ready for one of our walks:

She loves to sit up close to the handle bar and sip on her "wa-wa" while we stroll around the neighborhood.

Sweet Baby Blues

Have I said anything lately about how much I just love my baby's eyes?

They are just piercing and gorgeous!

(A big thank you to Logan's Aunt Kimmy who gave her this shirt a LONG time ago, it finally fits and she LOVES it!)

Easter Egg Hunt

Well, I don't have a whole lot to say because we are home from our egg hunt/picnic and are absolutely exhausted, but I wanted to share the bazillion pictures I took with you all! Logan did "participate" in an egg hunt last year (I picked up an egg for her and that was the extent of it) but this year she really was able to get into it. Here you go:

"But mom, I reach in and there's nothing in here!"

We had the eggs we brought for the hunt in her bucket at first and she had so much fun pulling them out and putting them back in.

Cutie Bootie.

When I started taking pictures before the hunt, the camera was on the wrong setting and I captured the shot above...we really like it, though, it's sweet, isn't it?

"Let's GO!"

They're off!

"I want to eat the egg, daddy, I'm not dropping it in that bucket"

"Fine."

This is my absolute FAVORITE! I love how it looks like she's marching right through the grass.

Sweet baby.

Happy Easter, everyone!

Easter Morning

Happy Easter! I decided I'd split my Easter post so as to not overload any given post with pictures, so, here's the Easter morning post and this evening I'll put up a post with the Egg hunt/dinner we're having with our neighbors.

This morning Logan woke up to a treat from the Easter Bunny!

She and I made her Easter bucket together (a girl must have a monogrammed bucket, you know)

I think I mentioned this before, but the Easter Bunny got most of Logan's goodies with giftcards from swagbucks so he didn't pay much for it at all!

Logan was very eager this year to dig right in! It's so fun to see the difference in her attitude from one year to the next--I'm sure next year she'll be even more into it all.

She loves to shake up her bath dye!

And the Bunny knew we didn't want chocolate for her this year and so he got her some blueberry puffs. He also got her her very first pair of spring shoes for this year:

(we love sperry's!)

After church we went on campus and took some pictures. We have such wonderful choices of outdoor areas to take pictures in here!

Logan stuck really close to daddy and mommy while we were there.

We got this sweet smocked dress at a consignment sale and think it'll be in the family for a long time because we love it so much.

The spring colors are SO beautiful and make for such a nice backdrop for pictures, don't they?

And here we are Easter of 2009:

Easter 2010:

I love to look back just a year ago and see how much has changed in that short time.

Play Dates

Logan and I headed to a local park today with some other mom's with toddlers and we had a great time!

Logan ran around a TON! She was so happy to have such a nice, wide open space to roam in:

She played with the ball (yes, that is a ponytail! I've been throwing it up like that to keep her from getting too sweaty):

We ate some snacks outside:

And Logan got to pop some bubbles with her little girlfriends Kate and Julianna:

Then we headed back to the pediatrician to have L's iron levels checked again. We're a measly 10th of a point away from having it on the normal side so she'll have to get it checked one more time when we go back for her 15 month appointment. We were bummed, but since it's been going up and not staying the same or going down they are no longer concerned with it, they're just going to go ahead and check it again since we'll already be there for her appointment. Since she now remembers the finger pricks and has such a hard time being at the Dr.'s office, we promised her an apple juice slushy afterwards and she enjoyed that very much!