Cousins

Logan got to spend quite a bit of time with her cousin, Benjamin, this weekend. Mike's sister's mother-in-law is a photographer and was really sweet and came to take some pictures of the cousins together. Here are a few shots, but you can see them all here.

Weekend Photo Dump

Here are some pictures from our weekend in Ohio:

Logan loved the hotel closet, especially since she could close the door herself and hide in there.

We made a quick stop at daddy's Alma mater so that we could get some pictures and a few little treats.

Then we headed to Findlay to spend some time with Daddy's family.

We took a nice walk.

Logan loved all of the attention she got from her grandparents.

We got to spend some time with our nephew, who we haven't seen since he was two weeks old.

And Logan got to use her big sister skills with him.

Too Quiet

Thankfully, Logan isn't the kind of child who gets really quiet when she's doing something she's not supposed to be doing. Nope, she's overtly loud when she's getting into trouble. Usually when she's really quiet I can expect to see her in her room doing something like this:

Or playing mama to her babies, or laying down on her bed pretending to sleep, or going "chopping" through all of her toys.

She really loves reading. Sometimes she won't even ask to be read to, but will grab her favorite stories and take them somewhere quiet, find the pages she knows the best and recite them the best that she can.

She's developing quite the little personality. We can't believe that she's only 4 months away from being 2 and only about 5 months away from being a big sister!

Neat Freak

Logan is SUCH a clean kid. She h-a-t-e-s it when she has anything sticky/wet/messy on her and immediately will ask to be wiped down if she does. She's loves to take the dust pan and the small dust broom and go around the kitchen getting crumbs cleaned up and she really loves being given a rag so she can go around the house and wipe things down. It's like heaven for me to watch her because I know one day it's really going to come in handy. :) In fact, she's so clean that to get her to pick up her toys and her books at the end of the day, I have to bribe her by telling her she can vacuum.

It works for me because the clutter gets picked up and my house gets a fresh run of the vacuum every night! And she really does a decent job with it, two days ago I let her loose in our room and she vacuumed the entire thing and when I went back over it I was pleasantly surprised to find that she had gotten most of the junk out of the carpet. Here are a couple of videos of my little neat freak in training:

17 Weeks

I am 17 weeks pregnant today! The morning sickness subsided a little more over the past week. It's only hit 2 or 3 times really hard, so things are looking brighter! I'm feeling movement close to every day, now. Usually in the evenings, but occasionally during the day when his/her big sister is running wild. We're about two weeks away from finding out the baby's gender, so big things are coming up! (I'm not sure why the picture ended up looking so grainy, but it'll have to do)

Animal Sounds

Logan and I have been working really hard on getting animal sounds down. It seemed like things were moving along really slowly (she and I have been doing them every day for several months) but a few weeks ago it all clicked and she's been picking them up really quickly ever since. These are the ones that she knows the best (cow, sheep, duck, dog, lion)...she's missing the first letter off of a few of them--and yes, she says "tack tack" for a duck, but she gets the idea. She's also recently picked up the letters A, B and C and can point them out in alphabet books and say them in order (if she's in the right mood).

Best Buds

We are so sad that John and Lindsey only have a few more weeks in VA, because it'll mean that instead of being only 2 hours away, they'll be moving about 10 hours away. It's been so nice having them so close for the last few months, but we're excited that they'll finally be able to live in a house of their own for a while. Logan will be particularly sad that she won't be able to see her "u-non" (uncle John) and "a-sey" (aunt Lindsey) every few weeks. She thinks that John is her best buddy and has so much fun when he's around.

She loves to play hide and seek with him (though she doesn't quite understand the concept of truly hiding yet):

And helps him when he blows up and then tears down the air mattress:

She adores all of the attention he gives her and looks for him for hours after he's left.

They came down this weekend to go to the Alabama/Duke game and it was nice to have them in town, especially since I was sick and they were able to help out with Logan so much. We look forward to seeing them again in a few weeks after John's graduation from his training!