Happy 2nd Birthday Logan!!

 My baby is now "officially" two. We had a birthday party with all of his cousins over on Friday night. It was alot of fun. Even his MN cousins were able to make it.  Earlier in the day I'd taken him birthday shopping for his party supplies like we always do on who's birthday it is. It's their special day, and they get to come with mom all by themselves. It usually just consists of stopping somewhere for lunch, and then a trip to the dollar store and Walmart.

He picked out his own plates and napkins, and then was fired up to pick out a balloon. He wore that proudly on his wrist all thru Walmart. He looked pretty darn cute at how proud of it he was. Well not more than a half hour after we'd gotten home, his brother decided it'd be a great idea to take the balloon outside..... two minutes later ( I didn't know he'd done this, and neither did Logan) Travis came running in a bit frantic cause I had to "go catch it". It was long gone. I made him and Jenna promise not to tell Logan they lost his one birthday balloon. They didn't, and I dont' think he even noticed it was gone.  He also got a few cute new outfits, some pj's and socks. The socks I think were the biggest hit for him. :) After such a busy day and late night, he slept pretty good last night. I'm hoping for a repeat tonight. We'll see. :)

Just Like Her Mother

 An old neighbor commented the other day on facebook, that this is either a picture of me when I was a little girl, or I have a little girl that looks just like me. There are alot of similarities between Jenna and I when I was five. She's definitely her momma's little girl, all you have to do is look at her to tell. :)

All Done With the Plug

We took away this guys pluggie (pacifier) last Saturday. I was a little bit nervous to do so, but it all worked out great! He hasn't even asked for it once! We just give him his blanket and teddy bear, and he goes down for bed and his naps just like he did with the plug. We took it away because he was two and didn't really need it anymore, and because I wanted to do it before baby comes in June, or it'd really be a challenge then as all of our kids have been pluggie babies.

Easter 2011

My Logan turned two last Saturday, but we are holding off on his party til this coming Friday so his Minnesota cousins can hopefully make it. :) Crazy to me that my baby is two. :)

We had many attempts at a nice picture of all three kiddos

Our Easter was nice. We woke up at seven thirty a.m. to Jenna being SUPER pumped because that wonderful bunny brought her a brand new Easter dress. She proceeded to put it on right away. Then the buckets and eggs were found and dug into. We went to church, and then headed to Aaron's mom and dad's for lunch. The kids and their aunt Deanna had an egg hunt in the afternoon. The weather was beautiful, and the kids had a great time playing with their cousins.

 I got the kids together before church when they were still all cute and clean for a few pictures.All 3 of my little loves.

My cute little men.

Travis

And last but not least... our pretty little lady.

My 5 Year Old

It seems crazy to me to think my little girl is old enough to go to Kindergarten in the fall. We went and registered her last week, and it hit me kind of funny. She's gone to preschool for the past year, but it's not the same. She's only gone for half the day, and only four days a week. It's not like "real" school to me. It feels different. I'm excited for her to go, because I know she is going to absolutely LOVE it. She thrives on learning, and soaks it all in like a sponge. She'll think it's great. But at the same time, I'm not ready to send her out into the world and have someone else see her more than I do. Not quite ready for her to begin growing up and loosing that sweet innocence that seems to disappear somewhere between kindergarten and high school. Part of me wants to just sit and hug her tight and never let her go.

But then, you realize that at some point you do have to let go. Let her go to discover her wings and to learn how to fly. Discover who she really is, and what she wants to be.

But for now, I have this one last summer where she will still be "all mine." A summer to enjoy her before she begins a new journey. One where I can't be there all the time. So I'm going to soak up and cherish my Jenna this summer. And I'm going to hold those memories in my heart when she is gone all day at school in the fall. It'll be different, but it will be ok. We'll be fine. :) Probably Jenna more so than her mom. :)

Honestly!?

Our weather is getting to be a little bit ridiculous lately. In the 60's one week, and then three days later it snows about eight inches and the weather is back in the 20's and 30's. I'm beginning to wonder if spring will ever come!

Sure Mommy!

This kid has really been making me smile alot lately. His two newest phrases are " Sure Mommy!" and "Niiice Diapers!" :) He's been talking in sentances, and is just busy busy busy!  It'll be interesting to see how he reacts to a new baby in ten weeks.

He decided one afternoon to help shovel our snow onto the sidewalk with his sand shovel. All the snow in these pictures was gone, until this morning, when winter decided to butt back in again.

My crocus's and tulips were budding and sprouting as of the beginning of last week.... today we have at least two inches of heavy wet sloppy snow.... ick. Hopefully the weather will turn nice again, and melt it all quickly.