Potty Trained!

It's official, at 22 months, we are a potty trained household right now! Just in time to take a quick diaper break before back to full time diapering another baby, right? Logan has gone three consecutive days without an accident, and the true test was that on Wednesday she wore a diaper all day and told me to take it off every time she had to go. Wooohoooo! We also ventured on an hour long outing today and forgot to change her into a diaper and she didn't have an accident, though, she did run right to the bathroom the second we got home.

This is how Logan sits on the potty right now if someone else is in the bathroom so she can have her "priacy."

25 Weeks!

Week 25 officially brought the heartburn! UGH! I guess I should be thankful it held off longer this time than last time, but man, it's really hard to have everything burn after drinking a glass of water. It seems like it hits later on in the day, so I can at least enjoy the mornings. ;)

(I definitely made Mike take like 10 pictures today before just deciding that I've been sick all week and my look was not going to change!)

A lot of people have asked if I've noticed any differences between my pregnancies, especially now that I know it's a boy. These are just a few that I've picked up on:

- I haven't gained weight all over the place like I did with Logan. If I really want to, I can fit into my pre-pregnancy jeans while wearing a bella band. It's not the most comfortable but I can do it and with Logan I couldn't even do that a month after giving birth.

- I'm not quite as emotional as I was with her. When I was pregnant with Logan I felt like at any given second I could (and many times would) break into fits of tears for absolutely no reason. It's nice to have a more level head this time around!

- I sleep a lot better this go around. It could be because I'm just so exhausted running after a toddler that I don't notice the little things at night like I did with her, but whatever the reason, I hope it keeps up!

- I'm not hungry 24/7. I eat my fill at my meals and snack in between but don't feel the necessity to carry around snacks with me in my purse.

- He sits a LOT lower than Logan sat. Logan was in my ribs from about week 24 on and he sits right on my bladder. He likes to lay there, jump there, kick there, knee there...it's very uncomfortable and I feel like I run to the bathroom every 10 minutes. I try not to drink anything before we leave the house unless I know I'll have a bathroom available.

- With Logan all I ever wanted was Chilis. I never craved anything in particular from there but could have eaten there lunch/dinner every day until I gave birth. I have really wanted Moes a lot this go around, it's like he knows we can't afford to eat at Chilis 3x a week so while I want the same type of food, it's cheaper this time! :)

Anyway, this week we pulled the crib out of the closet. Not because I have any desire to set it up, but because Logan learned how to climb up to the top of her changing table and took a tumble during one of her naptimes this week. So, we needed the space in the closet for the changing table. I'm not sure how long I'll be able to just look at the crib pieces sitting against the wall so it'll probably get set up before Christmas so it's not quite as much of an eyesore. But I started really looking into crib bedding. I had wanted to just buy the fabric and make his bedding but with the holidays around the corner, then Logan's birthday, I'm just not sure I'll have enough uninterrupted time to get it done...so I went ahead and picked some out to throw on the registry. We really love it:

15 weeks to go!

We LOVE Shutterfly!!

And how can you not with all kinds of adorable ideas for everyday life?

We got Logan a photobook for her first birthday that included all of my monthly updates on her development and her comparison pictures. We LOVE it and will definitely order an extra for us to keep and the one we have for her I'm sure will be something she'll hold onto so that her own children can enjoy it. The best part? It was SO affordable! (http://www.shutterfly.com/photo-books)

We've also ordered custom calendars from them, photo mugs for holiday gifts and brag books for family members so that they can show our little L off to everyone else! We really LOVE Shutterfly. (http://www.shutterfly.com/photo-gifts/photo-mugs, http://www.shutterfly.com/calendars)

The last couple of years we've ordered our Christmas cards through them.

http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery/holiday-cards

http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery

This year, Shutterfly has graciously given some bloggers the opportunity to receive some FREE Christmas cards for blogging about their wonderful services. We can't wait to receive ours! We were going to use Shutterfly for our cards this year, anyway, so this is an added bonus. It'll be our last Christmas card as a family of three as next year we'll be adding a new little guy to our pictures (though, we have thought of some creative ways to keep him involved this year). It's going to be so hard to choose from their selection:

Which one will we choose?! I guess you'll have to wait until you get yours in the mail to find out!

Fresh Air

We've been sick this week and whatever it is is nasty! I guess we've been really spoiled because it's been a while since any of us have been sick, but this little bug hit Logan last week and then I started to develop it early on this week. So, naturally, we've been stuck inside. (at least all of our friends have it right now, too, so we can get better and get back to life without having to take the normal month off of playdates, right?)

When I started to pick up the cold, my creative side wore down and I was having a hard time finding activities to keep Logan busy, while still allowing her little body to rest and heal. Naturally, this meant we needed to make a quick Target run and we picked up some huge coloring pages and crayons and we've spent a good deal of time coloring and learning the colors.

I also picked up a big batch of Christmas ornaments and L and I made a Christmas wreath with them. I have a few more items to add to it and then we'll post a picture of it once it's up with all of our decorations (which are NOT up yet). Let me tell you, I've had a really hard time this year holding off on putting them up but I'm determined to make it until Thanksgiving!

Today Logan woke up and while she's still sounding a bit rough, she's looking a lot better and the weather was really pleasant so we played outside for a little bit this morning. The fresh air did wonders for her attitude and she was really sweet the rest of the morning. We're really looking forward to totally kicking this cold in the butt so we can get on with life! Though, I'm sure we'll all get better and then Mike will get hit with it. Sigh.

At this point she was ready to head back in and snuggle up on the couch, which is the one and only perk of having a sicky.

24 Weeks!

16 weeks to go! This week I've started having crazy braxton hicks, they come in spurts and when I have one, I can expect to have at least 3 more simultaneously. They started around 16 weeks but have recently gotten to the point where I get at least 4 a day. I started about the same time with Logan, so I expected it, it's just a little more difficult to stop all of my activity now when I get them than it was when I was pregnant with her. ;) I'm waking more frequently at night, though, thankfully, I can get back to sleep quickly so I'm still sleeping well.

We're in full nesting mode here and I think I clean the house twice a day and deep clean it three times a week. It's INSANE. Logan has gotten in on the action and actually is turning into quite the help. She makes her own bed in the morning, helps unload the dishwasher, sorts laundry into darks and lights (with help), vacuums and on occasion helps with the sweeping.

We tried to get some pictures with Logan in them, but she's been in typical toddler fashion the last few days and is refusing to take a nice picture (no joke, most of them are with her head turned away).

Cupcakes!

Or "tuptakes" as Logan has dubbed them, were on the agenda for today! We've been looking for some fun cooking/crafting for the kids to do to keep them busy on cooler days (though, we should have checked the weather because today was gorgeous and we totally could have played outside) and turkey cupcakes were the first on our list! No, not cupcakes made with turkey meat (yes, that's really what Mike thought we were going to do when I told him what was going on). We let the girls prepare them, watch them bake, decorate them to look like turkeys....and then devour them. I'm pretty sure they had a great time, so we'll definitely have to get them back in their aprons sometime soon!

Getting ready to start making the cupcake batter:

Logan was intrigued by the egg that sat in the cup...it took her a second to realize it wasn't there for her to drink it.

Working on the batter:

Getting the cupcake pan filled:

And then began the waiting game...neither of the girls were too thrilled about the prospect of having to wait an hour for the cupcakes to bake and cool before they could decorate. It took some careful entertaining to keep them out of the kitchen.

I had to drop the camera and help Logan get hers decorated so I don't have any pictures of them actually doing the decorating, but I do have some of them eating their creations!

Unlike Logan's birthday cake incident (you know, the one where she refused to get her hands messy and hence did not eat a bite of her own cake), she dug right in to her cupcake. Though, she immediately realized that she was messy and had to be wiped down a few times before she'd finished the cupcake.

Logan's new forced smile:

The sugar didn't keep Logan from going down for a nap, I'm sure hoping it doesn't wake her up too quickly, though.

Look Who Is Ready....

...for the cooler fall weather! This morning it was a chilly 35 degrees so she donned the winter hat of choice (it did drive me a little bit crazy that she had on a hat with stripes and a dress with dots but I'm working through that) and we headed out.

It was a bit warmer this afternoon (55), so we played outside for a few minutes before we went grocery shopping--hence the purse.