Busy, busy

Whew, I have to say that I am not sad to see Christmas behind us! Every year Emma is bombarded with presents, and this year was no exception. Only this time, it was times two!! We spent Christmas at my dad's, then my grandma's, and then lounged around at home on Christmas day.

My mom gave Logan chocolate. She actually ASKED me first, unlike some people who like to sneak him food (THERESA!). He kept grabbing her hand and pulling it back to his mouth. He loved it, but he won't be having it again for quite awhile!

Here is some of the lounging of which I am referring to. She is so funny at this age. She says things like, "May you help me, please?" instead of "will you" and asks us to "tag" her clothes so she can put them on. This basically means we have to lay the tag of the pants on the floor so she can dress herself. That sort of independence is awesome at this age!

She also got some great new make-up from Santa. Daddy did up her face and I painted her nails. She was so pretty.

Logan wants so badly to roll from his back to his front. He gets himself in a weird position that looks so uncomfortable!!

I think I've whined to some of you about our sleep problems with Logan. He was getting up every hour for his binki and it was starting to wear on us. He had been sleeping in the playpen in our room, but we decided to move him to the computer room and let him cry it out. So, we moved him in there and that first night he got up to eat at 3:30, as usual. He didn't get up every hour! We have no idea why he didn't, but we decided to go ahead and keep him in the computer room for now. We will probably move him to his crib in Emma's room when he starts sleeping through the night, which at this point feels like it will be never!!

Matt's New Car

Most of you know that Matt has had an old 1997 Ford Aspire for years. He finally got a new car! I was so glad he did because when I am student teaching next semester, I will have to drive his car two days a week so he can have the van. Here it is, a 2007 Mazda 3. We got a great deal on it!

We had Christmas last night with my dad and his girlfriend, Janet. We played the Wii Fit, and Emma loved it!

On Friday, Emma had a Christmas party at her school. They made reindeer out of brownies.

Finally, we gave Logan avocado. It is his favorite by far, and so easy to make! Here he is in all his avocado glory.

My Future Star!

Emma's Christmas program at preschool was last night. She, and all the kids, did amazing!! I am so proud of my little star. I put Logan in his Baby's First Christmas outfit for the performance. Emma wanted to wear a hat, too, but the pink one was all we had.

The songs they sang were great! Mostly, they knew the words, but they did stumble at times. Emma told me in the van that she would wave to me and blow me a kiss. She did that the minute she got out there, and it caused a chain reaction of kids finding their parents. Finally, the teachers told all the kids to find their parents and wave to get it out of their system.

They all had to remember a line to tell a Christmas story. Emma's line was "Everyone who heard the news was amazed." Her teachers, and myself, were amazed by how she said her line. She is normally soft spoken, but I think that tonight she was the loudest speaker!! I was amazed! :) Here she is saying her line. I am going to try to get the video uploaded to here.

After the kids' stunning performance, they got to play with the decorations onstage to get pictures taken, and they got cookies and juice.

White Christmas?

Matt and Emma played in the snow yesterday. I stayed inside in the warm and cozy house. Someone had to be inside with Logan, right? :) Anyway, this picture is taken through the window of my house. Emma came inside after about twenty minutes, and she was freezing! She loves the snow, though!

I had to throw in a picture of Logan's mohawk because I think it's adorable. Matt, on the other hand, does not. This means I don't get to do this to his hair for his six-month pictures, but I can do it at home! Emma also had a lot of fun "wrestling" with Logan. He tackled her. ;)

Yummy!

Well, we finally started Logan on some real food. He had been getting up every few hours at night to nurse, and I was exhausted! We gave him some cereal right before bed to start out, and he loved it! He still gets up once at about 3:30, but that's MUCH better than three times a night. A few days later, we tried some sweet potatoes. Matt and I spent about an hour on Sunday making and freezing sweet potatoes and avocado. Making it ourselves is MUCH cheaper than buying it. He didn't like the sweet potatoes at first, but he did soon enough!

Matt took Emma for a ride on his bike last night. He would roll down the driveway and drive back up. She loved it! She wanted me to get on the back and ride, too, and she said, "Mommy, you're so brave." Yeah right, that was scary! Emma did great and Matt did it over and over for her.

Christmastime!

Logan wants so badly to be able to sit up on his own. He starts sitting, then slowly falls down. Since this picture was taken, he is able to hold himself up a lot longer!

We finally set up our tree last night. I didn't want to because I hate the hassle of setting it up then taking it down, but Emma told me Santa wouldn't come if we didn't set up our tree. She LOVES seeing the tree up everyday and decorating it. Now we just have to prepare for the billion different Christmases we have to go to!