The Hammons Family

State Fair 2011

2011-09-30T13:02:00.000-07:00

Last Saturday we went to the Oklahoma State Fair with the Royal's. We had a really good time. It was nice to get away from all the homework that has piled up on me and let the kids have a good time. They got to ride alot of rides and had a blast!

These 2 are best friends! Honestly, I don't know how Reese puts up with her bossiness. He's going to make a good husband one of these days!!! :)

Riding one of the kiddie rides.

Riding the motorcycles!

This is in the agtropolis. We have pictures from 2 years ago in this same cut out.

This was a caterpillar roller coaster. Ady and Reese thought it was so fun! At one point we could hear the two of them giggly while the ride was going. I can't believe Ady liked it because it kinda jerked you, but she did! They liked it so much they rode it twice

Another pic of them riding motorcycles.

On the rollercoater!

He's such a ham!

Mike and Ryan won them these blow up bats. They had to be deflated to get home!!

You can probably tell what they are fixing to do!

Yep! You guessed it! Used them as weapons!

Too bad our poor Bo Sox blew a chance at the playoffs this year. :(

Me and my sweet girl riding the ferris wheel. She has wanted to ride a ferris wheel for a long time! Grandma Kim took her about a month ago to a little carnival at the mall in Enid and she was so excited!

Riding the ferris wheel!

Getting their stamps in Agtropolis!

Check out the size of this rabbit! It's huge!

Ady and Logan posing! Logan thought it was hilarious! (dad was tickling him)!

Reese, Ady, and Logan. Just needed Jax!

Getting to pet an alpaca! They are super soft!

Checking out the chickens and roosters!

And the bees!

We even got to see a chick hatching out of its shell! We had a blast this year and hope to make this an annual trip for the kiddos! It did get pretty hot about the time we ate lunch! Go figure!

Happy 7 months Logan!

2011-09-28T11:39:00.000-07:00

7 months have already gone by since we met your sweet smiling face Logan Bear! Times are busy and that means they are flying by way too fast. I am already thinking about your first birthday party! You are the funniest little guy! You definitely have a temper and an attitude! You tend to get frustrated easily when you are trying to do something or figure something out and you either fall down or can't figure it out! I think you may have a little competitive bone in ya!! You are never still, constantly moving!

Who doesn't love a baby's hiney!

These pictures aren't the greatest this month. You would not sit still so many of them were blurry! I couldn't even get Ady to take her monthly picture with you. :( Oh well, I guess they can't all be perfect! Next month will be better!! :)

One of your many faces!

We can hardly get you to sit down for anything! You want to be standing all the time! You have stood on your own a few times for a few seconds! You have a lion that Heather and Hadlea brought for you to play with and you will walk/run behind it!

This smile can brighten my day in a heartbeat!

You are super ticklish!

What you are up to:

You are crawling everywhere. And quick

You pull up to everything and walk along it.

You have started eating some 3rd foods.

Right now you are iffy about baby food. You are wanting to just eat a bottle. Momma will win this battle!

You are preferring veggies over fruit right now too!

Wearing 9 months clothes and some 6 months still.

Size 2 diaper.

We are starting to hear 'Da' sound. Maybe DaDa is close?!

You blow raspberries all the time!

Love to eat puffs and little Gerber cheetos. Gave you yogurt melts yesterday and you like them as well. Ady could have eaten a whole bag in minutes if we let her!

You weigh 18 pounds

Are 26 inches long

Had antibiotics for the first time last week. Had a runny nose and it started getting thick and yellow so we went in. Your ears were red so we got antibiotics going because there is a ton of stuff going around right now.

You are in the seperation anxiety stage right now. You usually get better once you start playing.

You still get to spend a few hours with Great Grandma Mary on Tuesday's and Thursday's.

You have tried mashed potatoes and LOVE them!

You are still on formula 100%. Parent's Choice is what has helped you the best with spitting up. So we stuck with it.

You still are not sleeping good at night AT ALL. Many nights you are up every 2 hours. This momma can't take much more of it. I'm hoping and praying that once these teeth finally come through that it will help in this area! Probably not because then you'll start cutting the next ones!

You take 2 naps during the day. One in the morning and one in the afternoon.

You love to play peek-a-boo and read books. You smile the whole time I am reading!

When Dad is praying at dinner you smile and sometimes laugh!

When Dad gets home from work you get SO excited. If he doesn't pick you right up you usually cry.

You are very sensitive! You are getting into Max's dog food and when we tell you 'NO' and smack your hand you stick out that lip and cry like we beat you!!!

You still love to be outside. It finally cooled down so we've been going out and swinging. You laugh the whole time you are swinging!

You are very curious about everything!!

You have very fat feet!! Shoes are difficult at the moment!

You are drooling quite a bit right now! Can't ya tell! This morning I noticed you have a spot on your bottom gums that is broke open. I can't see the tooth yet but it's coming!

You had your first 'haircut' to cut your bangs! They were in your eyes!

Logan Bear,

These past 7 months have flown by and have been a blast. You are so much different to raise then Ady was/is. You keep me busy and I'm constantly getting you out of something. We love you so much and can't wait to see what your future holds.

Love Momma, Daddy, and Ady Jane

Friday Night Lights!

2011-09-16T09:37:00.000-07:00

September 2nd (Yes, I'm behind!) was Medford's opening game for the 2011 football season. I was pretty excited. Football is a HUGE deal here. We may not be the best anymore but we still stand behind our team 100%. I love driving downtown and seeing those red and white flags flying on all the lamp posts. If you ever needed to see school spirit you could catch a pretty good idea just by driving through our town! How many towns have their mascot on their water tower! And everything is red and white! This is my absolute favorite time of the year and makes me miss high school! I miss being on the field with the boys and honk lines with the girls! I am beyond grateful that now my kids get to experience their Friday nights under the lights!

We sat with Christy and her adorable kids! Christy has Cash,2, and him and Ady are love birds I'm pretty sure! They are best friends and always have a blast together! Cash has a cousin, Tanner, on the team. Ady thinks HIGHLY of Tanner and was so excited to see him play football!

Cash had his Cardinal helmet on for the game!

This was our view for the night! LOVE IT! ok. I just realized it looks like the Cardinals head fell off! Not sure where his real head is!! Ha

Good Luck Cards!

Bathtime!

2011-09-16T09:26:00.000-07:00

This was quite comical!!! Love these 3!

They had a blast!!

Will it ever slow down?

2011-08-30T16:43:00.000-07:00

I do not have enough hours in the day. School work is taking up so much of my time! It will be well worth it when it's all over I just have to get past this part. I've come to realize that updating the blog will not be happening as much as I would like it. It's just not on the top of my priority list.

Logan is changing so much. He's crawling everywhere and even climbing onto things! He has stood by himself a few times but only for a few seconds. I can't even count how many times the words "Where is Logan" are said each day! He is very quick and will go from room to room exploring!

Quite often you can find him here! Standing up in front of the tv watching it or trying to grab something!

Can I help you!

I believe this is the most handsome smile ever!

The best big sister around!

Ady has started back to gymnastics and was so excited! She couldn't wait! She has been put in the class with 5-7 year olds! Over the summer they couldn't believe how much she picked up and how advanced she was for her age! You can tell by the look on her face when she's out there how much fun she's having!

Logan taking his first Cozy Coupe ride!

Logan is teething. Gerber has some toddler cookies that are alot like the teething biscuits that I gave Ady when she was teething. They are just as messy too! They are banana flavor and both Ady and Logan like them so I think they were a hit!

This girl has my heart!

And Logan has found Ady's snack shelf!

You've been caught!

Happy 6 months Logan!

2011-08-30T13:34:00.000-07:00

Logan Bear is 6 months old already!!!! It has flown by so fast. It honestly feels like I was just pregnant with him last week! He is doing so many new things it's amazing! He is growing so fast and I couldn't imagine missing him doing all his new tricks that he is doing! He has changed our life so much. Things are so much different with two now. Definitely not easy! But it is fun and never boring! God has blessed us with happy, healthy, and smart children.

We get told daily that he looks just like Mike and we also get told that he looks like me or Jessi! He must be a perfect mixture!

He has the most contagious smile! It makes me heart smile!

He is such a busy little boy. He is pulling up onto EVERYTHING and starting to climb also. He keeps me on my toes and the words "Where is Logan" are heard more than once throughout the day! He likes to wander to the bedrooms!

I just love this face and those dimples!

Sister loves her Logan Bear!

My world!

Logan's hair seems to be only growing up front! He needs his bangs cut already!

Max is his best friend. Logan may not be Max's though!

What Logan is up to:

He is eating every 2-3 hours during the day. With eating baby food now his bottles have been a little less during the day.
He has not been sleeping well lately. He has been getting up every 2 hours and eating every time! These teeth need to hurry and come in because this momma is beyond exhausted!
He is eating baby food for all meals. There hasn't been anything that he doesn't like yet!
He is wearing 3-6 month clothes. Some 6-9 month fits well.
Wearing size 2 diapers.
I put shoes on him for church and had to put a 3 on him! His feet are so wide that a 3 was what I could get his flinstone feet in!
He LOVES water! Swimming pool or bathtub! We have moved him from his little tub to sitting in the big tub and he LOVES it!
He definitely knows his Momma. When I leave him he is fine, but when I come back and he realizes I've been gone he cries and crawls to me.
He gets to spend a few hours on Tuesdays and Thursdays with Great Grandma Mary while Momma is in class.
He loves big sister Ady and is always curious as to what she is doing. He wants to be right in the middle of it!
He has this long loud squeal for a laugh!
He is VERY ticklish!
He loves to be outside!
He is still not real sure about having a cup. Most of the time he just chews on it.
He loves to jump but isn't liking the Jumperoo so much anymore. I think it's because he is contained and can't move around.
He doesn't like to be held! Don't get me wrong he has his moments where he wants to be held but for the majority of the time he doesn't like to be because he wants down to roam around!

Logan Bear,

You are such a joy to be around. I can hardly remember our days without you! Your dad and I are trying our best to raise you to be a Godly man full of courage, faith, care, wisdom, and strong faith. I know you will have a big heart. I can't wait to see what the future holds for you. I have no doubt that you will be successful in anything you do. Always trust in God and follow his directions. We love you to the moon and back.

Mom, Dad, and big sister Ady!

Eating peas!

2011-08-04T09:40:00.000-07:00

Monday, August 1 Logan ate peas for the first time. This was his first time to have baby food! He didn't seem to mind them at all. I really don't think there will be much that he won't eat. He just loves to eat period!

What happens when Mike and Ryan babysit...

2011-08-04T09:20:00.000-07:00

Saturday morning Jessi and I went to a money saving workshop put on by Sara Roe, The Money Saving Queen. If you ever have the opportunity to go to one of her classes I highly recommend it! She is awesome! I have been couponing and trying to be frugal for a couple months now and she really helped us get started and give us some pointers. Jessi and I are excited to save tons of money. It's actually alot of fun! Mike and Ryan had the kids while we were gone. When we got home Ady greeted me and showed me what she got!

Ady is showing off her tattoo on her belly and her foot!

Reese has one on his back and one on each arm!

Ady also has one on her lower back. I honestly can't believe Mike went along with this!

Close up of her belly!

And I just about lost it when I saw this!!!

So this is what happens when Mike and Ryan are left alone with your children!

Celebrating Ryan's birthday!

2011-08-04T07:13:00.000-07:00

Friday we celebrated Ryan's birthday. God has blessed our family by providing Jessi with a great husband and an awesome dad for Reese. I couldn't have picked a better one. Oh wait I did pick Ryan!!! We went to eat at Rib Crib and then went bowling. There were about 20 of us! We never do anything little! We had a great night spent with great family! Happy Happy birthday Ryan and thank you for taking such good care of my baby sister and sweet nephew. You have a huge heart and a very funny personality! We love you!

Jessi and Ryan! Picture is blurry but had to put it on here!

My beautiful cousin Taylor and her bf Nick. Love these 2!

Ryan, Ross, and Mike. They are the goofiest! I think Ross brings it out in them!

My baby sis and I! I love her!

Kinzi, Aunt Linda, Taylor, and Nick

Uncle Eddie and Taylor

Ady and Reese only bowled a few frames and then became interested in other things!

Cousin Dustin who plays football for NWOSU. Can't wait to watch him play.

Nana helping Jax bowl.

Me and My love!!!

Iphone Pics

2011-08-03T04:51:00.000-07:00

These are pictures that have been taken with my phone over the last few weeks.

Logan all wrapped up in a blanket. He did this himself!

Little Miss Ady Patty!!

Handsome Reese Joe! I love this little guy so much!

This is what a hard workout at gymnastics does to a girl! Woody had to come along!

This picture was taken by Ady! She plays games on my phone all the time. Well apparently she has been doing a little more that playing games. I deleted almost 100, yes 100, pictures from my photo album that she had taken!!

This was also taken by Ady. She figured out how to turn the camera around too! This picture cracks me up with her silly cheese! I just had to keep it!

Logan Bear is sitting up all by himself!

He's a little proud of himself!

Kim, Jessi, Ady, Reese, and I went to Old Navy one afternoon. Ady and Reese just had to hold hands! Notice Ady is pretty much dragging Reese!

Reese got a Mater ring pop!

Another picture taken by Ady. We were on our way home from Enid one afternoon and again she was 'playing games' on my phone! She did get a pretty sweet picture!

Ady made Mike and Logan pose for her! Do you think I take alot of pictures of them! She's been quite bossy with the camera lately!

Logan is on the move and everywhere! He will go into the bathroom if her hears us in there or into the kitchen if that's where we are. He's hit his head a couple of times on the tile and I don't have a gate to go into this doorway (it's wider than most doors). So I made a makeshift gate with one of the chairs from the dining room. He crawled right back over and went through this chair like he'd done it a million times! Never thought twice about it! Well that was a fail!! I really don't know why I'm suprised. Ady did the same exact thing!

Videos!!!

2011-08-02T07:05:00.000-07:00

Ady loves to wrestle with Logan! We keep warning her that pretty soon he's going to be bigger than she is!

Before Logan was sitting up and crawling he would roll everywhere. One day he was at the edge of the blanket I had laid down for him and was playing with it. He then started rolling around and this was the result!

Who doesnt love a good baby belly laugh!

Bathtime and a mess maker!

2011-07-29T15:19:00.001-07:00

Logan is all over the place now! I was washing botttles one afternoon and heard paper crunching. I came around the corner to find this! He got himself between the table and chair and got a magazine off the bottom of this table and went to town!

Bathtime is a fun time in our house!

Look at me! I'm sitting up!

Fun Fun!

And there is always the guard dog wherever the kids are! Max is such a good dog. He lets both Logan and Ady crawl all over him and he just lays there!

Happy 5 Months Logan!

2011-07-29T14:17:00.000-07:00

Logan Bear! You are 5 months old already! You are such a fun baby! Everyday you get more and more personality and we love it! You are so happy and we get compliments all the time! I can't believe how fast the time is going. I knew it would be fast because it was with Ady but with 2 I think it goes double time!! You are loved by so many and I know that you feel that! We thank God everyday for allowing us to raise you and your big sister Ady. We are so blessed to have you 2! We love you so much and will always.

Love you to the moon and back,

Mommy and Daddy!

You have got the funniest expressions! I think you had about had it here!

You LOVE your big sister! When you wake up from a nap I get you out of your crib and you immediately look down, looking for sister!

I am going to have my hands full with you 2!

I love catching moments like these! You guys crack me up!

My sweet sweet babies!

Logan is baling!

Sister is always helping!

My reason for getting up in the morning! And that happens to be 7am everyday! Logan does not sleep past 7!

What you are up to:

You eat every 3-4 hours at night and 2-3 hours during the day.
We are now giving you 4 oz of formula. We couldn't give you more than 3 or you would spit it all right back up
You are in size 2 diapers in Huggies but I had some Target size 3's that were given to us and I put one on you to see how they fit and they fit!
You are in 3-6 months clothes.
You are teething so everything goes into your mouth!
You are now mobile. I wouldn't really call in crawling but you will get from room to room! You pull your legs up and launch forward!
Aunt Jessi caught you trying to pull yourself up onto her couch!
You are very curious and into everything!!!
You are sitting up unsupported and on your own.
You have started to sit up in your bath tub.
You love cereal. Really you just love to eat.
The only time you cry is when you are hungry. And it's like a switch! We can not make that bottle fast enough!
You fight sleep really bad.
You love to swim and be in water in general. Definitely a water baby!
You are no longer in your carrier :(. You got way to heavy to carry in that thing. You are now in Ady's seat and Ady is in a new booster.
You have taken a liking to Max! Anytime you see him walk by you laugh and if he's laying in the floor in the same room as you you will crawl over and love on him!
You do not like to be held for very long. You will wiggle and wiggle because you want on the floor to crawl around!

I love love love this smile!!!

Pictures are getting harder and harder to take! You want the camera and are such a wiggle worm!

Another day swimming!

2011-07-29T13:32:00.000-07:00

We spent another day swimming!

Mike and Logan enjoying the water!

I'm sure Reese is trying to figure out what he's getting into next!

Posing!

Ryan and Dad

Finger Painting and a mover!

2011-07-29T12:20:00.000-07:00

Logan is quite the mover now! He gets himself into the weirdest places! I am going to have my hands full!

This little man loves to eat his cereal!
She's into making the silliest faces when I take her picture now!
Ady wanted to finger paint the other day! So I got her all set up and she made us a few masterpieces!

Concentration!

Love her!

Birthday Weekend!

2011-07-29T10:15:00.000-07:00

I haven't blogged in a few weeks because my computer cord decided to crap out on me! I finally got the 'correct' one in the mail today!! YAY! So here I am!

My birthday was Friday, July 15th. For dinner we went to Caldwell and ate at The Red Barn with my mom, Chris, Bubba, Nessa, and Jax. Saturday morning we had a memorial service for my step mom's mom (Earlene) (another post). After the service we headed back to Earlene's house for a HUGE dinner. My dad and Kim will make this home their new home shortly. It has an indoor swimming pool. We didn't take the kids with us to the memorial because it was graveside and super hot. After the house cleared out we went and got the kids (Thanks Aunt T for watching them!) so they could swim. Grandma H always wanted a house full of people and her pool full!

This post has alot of pictures. I was busy doing other stuff around the house and with the kids when I realized that I had put all the pictures from that weekend on here! Oops! Oh well! Enjoy! I'll just leave it to the pictures to explain our days!

Reese floating away!

Ryan helping Reese out!

Jax wanting the camera!

Ady Jane being goofy!

Logan Bear watching everyone!

Ady and Mike swimming around

Aunt Jessi and L! This kid LOVES the water. He is definitely a water baby!

Reese braved it up to go down the slide!

Now it's Ady's turn!!

L and Aunt Jessi swimming some more!

2 of my favorite people!! We get told quite a bit that Logan looks like Jessi!

I'm sure this was in the middle of a fight!

Probably another of my favorite pictures! Who doesn't love a baby's butt!

Grandma Kim swimming with Reese and Ady

1...2...3!

Hanging out with Papa Chris!

CJ.

Our week...

2011-07-14T15:19:00.000-07:00

Our weeks are usually pretty low key. Here are some pictures to show you some of the things I caught on camera! Most are with my iPhone.

On Tuesdays Ady has gymnastics. She LOVES it! And she does awesome. Not that I'm biased but honestly everytime she goes she improves so much! Her coach told me last week that she did not think she needed to be in the 3-4 year old class when the semester starts. She wants her in the beginner class (5-6 years old). Which is what the majority of the girls in her summer class will be in. This picture isn't very good it was taken with my phone and through a window!

Saturday Jessi and I had a garage sale at Jessi's. Ady and Reese kept coming out and playing with the toys that we were trying to sell. Reese loves to wear hats. He kept getting in the hat box and trying them all out! Here Reese and Ady are pretending like they are watching a movie! Oh the imagination of a 2 and 3 year old!

One afternoon Ady wanted to play games. Hungry Hungry Hippos was her choice! (by the way, I think she learned to play games with her Bubba. She will cheat and can not stand to lose. We play until she wins). Logan scooted over to join us!

This is why we find things to do inside!

Logan has started to hold his bottle.

I had to go for a check up today (everything is fine). I put Logan back in his car seat to play with a toy. Within 5 seconds he got himself like this. This is why he has to be buckled into EVERYTHING! This is also the last time I am carrying him in this. He's just way to heavy!

This is Logan's playboy pose! He did this while I was getting in his drawer for a onesie after I changed his diaper.

Ady asks me all the time if Logan can lay in bedroom and play. I take this opportunity to get something done! I think I was washing bottles and Ady comes into the kitchen and tells me Logan is under her bed! He sure enough was!

Logan has what is called a Wabanub. It is a little stuffed bear with a pacifier on it. The pacifier is huge. He doesn't suck on it. He chews on it though!

One evening Mike and Logan decided to take a little nap!

One of Logan's favorite pastime! Jumping!

And Ady is really into puzzles lately! She actually did the majority of this one all by herself!!

The Lost Photos!

2011-07-13T13:56:00.000-07:00

The post is for all the pictures that I just got off my point and shoot camera that I keep in the diaper bag! I always forget to get it out and take the pictures off and put them on the computer. Well I finally remembered today! I didn't realize that I had pictures on there from April!!

This first picture is from Brinley's 1st birthday party. Brinley's mom Becky has a blog over Here. We tried to get all the kids together for a pic!

Gma Jane helping Ady blow bubbles at B's party.

One Sunday after church we all decided to go to the public pool here in Medford.

The water was FREEZING! It had rained the day before and poor Ady and Reese would shake and shiver the whole time they were in the water. But we couldn't get them out!

This girl LOVES the water!

Logan loves to be outside so he was very content!

Hanging out with Aunt Jessi!

Remember when I wrote about our camping trip this year and I told you that we caught a Gar?

Look at those teeth!

For those that have never seen one this is what they look like. They are nasty creatures I think. When they get on your line they usually get all twisted up and end up ruining your line.

Thank goodness this one just got the hook and we didn't have to redo our line. But they are still hard to get off.

You basically just beat them! Sounds horrible! I'm pretty sure that's what Dad is doing here!

Fun Fest 2011

2011-07-13T09:51:00.001-07:00

Last Friday was Medford's annual Fun Fest. It started off with free swimming and diving contests then free putt-putt. Well it was way to hot to take a 3 year old and a 4 month out in all that. The turtle races were at 6. Mike called Friday morning to tell us that he had found a turtle and wanted to know if Ady wanted him to bring it home. He had to ask because Ady has a deathly fear of the little critters! She will scream bloody murder if you bring one near here. I talked her into letting him bring it for the races. Well it ended up being let go but at 6 pm it was still WAY to hot to drag out these 2. We decided it was for the best and didn't even go up town for the races. They had a sand dig that started 8 or right after the turtle races. We got there towards the end of the races. It was still a little warm but with it being downtown the sun was low enough the buildings created shade and it was tolerable.

We got a piece of yummy watermelon when we got there!
Ady digging in the sand for money. She was way to calm and nicely moved the sand over looking for coins. I think she came out of there with 25 cents! I told her next year she has to be alot more aggressive!
Ady and Gunnar. I think they had more fun playing in the sand then looking for money!
Logan Bear and Dad!

Ady and Nana did the cake walk!
And again! I'm not sure how many times they walked but never got anything. They were so close a few times!

There wasn't really a whole lot to do! We went and got sno cones and talked to some people then Ady was ready to head home. I guess it was something to do in this little ol town!!

My 2 loves!!!

2011-07-13T07:35:00.000-07:00

Our days have been filled with lots of playing inside since it's been so hot! Our pool has some issues and to be honest it would be more work than fun to be in there with 2 little ones that can't swim! Somehow our days always get filled and they seem to fly by!

This picture cracks me up! Logan has his own paparazzi!

Ady wanted to take some pictures with Logan one morning. She was willing to pose so I got my camera and started snapping away! He's getting so big!
Love these 2! They make me so happy!

This is probably my favorite picture of Logan to date!

This is how I find him after naps. All smiles!! Actually when I go in to get him he is on the other end of his crib and playing with his music machine! Thanks Gma Jane!

Such a happy boy!

Sweet Sweet Ady Jane!

He loves to spend time in his walker and jumperoo.

Ady's first dentist appt!

2011-07-08T09:21:00.000-07:00

Yesterday Ady and I both had dentist appointments. This was Ady's first time to actually get her teeth cleaned. Last year she sat on my lap and Dr. Small counted and just checked them out. This year she got the whole shibang!! She did AMAZING!!! I was so proud of her!

Wearing her cool sunglasses!

The dentist did say that she may need braces in a few years because her teeth are close together and there won't be any room for her permanent ones to come in. GREAT!

Our hygienist was very good. She took every tool she would use and showed Ady and even did it on her hand to show her it wouldn't hurt. I think that was the key! Ady wasn't afraid to have those go in her mouth since she knew exactly what they did.

Pretty girl with a pretty smile!!!

Other than the spacing issues Dr. said her teeth look great!!!!

Happy 40th Anniversary Mike and Barb!

2011-06-30T15:04:00.000-07:00

May 28th we celebrated an anniversary for such a special couple! Mike and Barb Blubaugh are dear family friends and they are 2 great people with an amazing family! The kids threw them a surprise party out at Sokol Hall. They thought they were going to a pre-harvest party! It was a great time with spent with great people!

Aunt Jessi got in some Logan time!

2 of my very favorite people! We have had TONS of people tell us that Logan looks just like Jessi!

The sweet couple! They had a live band playing.

LOVE!

Reese Joe!

Aimee and Nana helping Levi and Ady dance!

Aimee with Levi and Ady.

These 2 danced the night away at Justin and LaTisha's wedding. They were at it again this night!

:) I think this might have been right after Ady asked Nana if they were too close!

Chris and Mom and Ady and Levi!

Aimee and her Daddy!!

Picture catchup post #2

2011-06-30T11:31:00.001-07:00

Sunday of Memorial Day weekend we went to Chickasha to Mike's Aunt Cindy and Uncle Joe's. Mike's Uncle Andy was in town from Florida. We had a cookout and a great time spent with family! The cousins played spoons. I should have gotten pictures and even video. Yes, it got violent!

Hayden loved holding Logan!

Playing washers.

Ady trying to get Arrianna in the sprinkler!

She LOVED playing in the sprinkler!

Ady and Hayden!

Aunt Cindy, Ady, and Arrianna talking to the cows!

Mike's cousin Seth shows pigs. Ady has the pig poker and is on the trampoline with it. But I think she was using it as a vacuum!

Grandma Sheri and Danielle with Logan.

Max and Ady!

Picture catchup post!

2011-06-30T10:28:00.000-07:00

Ok! So as you all know I have not blogged in a long time. Funny how your time goes else where with 2! But I have missed it terribly! I have still kept up in reading the blogs that I love but I haven't blogged on my own. So here goes. I'm not even going to try and catch up. We are WAY to busy to even think about doing that. I'd be here for days. So I'm just going to go through my pictures and make a couple of posts of the ones I think you should see!

Logan is now mobile! I was in the laundry room one afternoon and came out to find him here and screaming! He is rolling all over the place and is trying to crawl. He gets his legs underneath him and lunges forward! I'm gonna try to get him on video next week.

Floor time!

He's more than likely screaming at me here since he's on his belly! The last 2 weeks he's gotten better on his belly since he is more mobile and can quickly roll over.

There's a smile!

Sweet Ady Jane!

Love her!

First time eating cereal!

Blurry because he is constantly moving!

Do I like this stuff?! Yes! He loves cereal!

Spending some time outside!

Playing in the pool!

Such a pretty girl!

She helped put our flags out for Flag Day!

Sister feeding Bear! She's not quite quick enough for him!

2011 Camping Trip!

2011-06-24T09:16:00.000-07:00

Last weekend we ventured out for our annual camping trip at Kaw Lake. I absolutely LOVE to camp and couldn't wait to get out there. To start the day off we met Grandma Sheri and Pa in El Reno so Ady and Logan could spend the weekend with them. Last year it was too hot and I wasn't about to take an infant out there. Mike and I were the first ones to arrive Friday afternoon. We got our tent set up and everything unloaded. Shortly Dad and Kim showed up then Jessi and Ryan were not far behind them. We all got our tents up and Cody and Nessa arrived a little bit later. It wasn't long and we were already on the water! Mike, Dad, and Cody all had jugs so we got them set out. See, we only bring food for one night to eat for dinner. We plan to catch or dinner for Saturday night. Well, Friday evening when the guys went back out and checked jugs we already had 6 decent sized blue cats! That is already better than last year! Last year we had just enough for us to eat! This year we caught enough to feed 11 people Saturday night and also had enough to take home for another fish fry! I don't think there is anything better than having a fish fry with fish you just brought in within hours! It was so good! Friday night we cruised the lake a little but then came back and had brats and hot dogs over the fire! YUMMY! We had 4 boats this ear. Cody's little fishing boat, his ski boat, Dad's bass boat, and Cody Pratt's bass boat. It was perfect to have those!

Mom had this cookie cake made for us to take. It was great!

Of course we were up late Friday chatting over the campfire and making smores! When we woke up Saturday morning there was a strong north wind. It's was a bit chilly! But as soon as the sun came up it changed to the south and started to warm up. Jessi, Kim, and I started breakfast while the guys went out and checked out jugs. Everytime we checked the jugs we never had less than 5 that were brought back in the clean! We even caught a gar! I got a picture of it but it's on my other camera and forgot about it til now! I'll get that up here soon! Those are creepy animals! Back to breakfast!! We had bacon, sausage, eggs, hash browns, and toast. If you have never had breakfast cooked on cast iron skillets over a campfire you are seriously missing out. It is one of my favorite things EVER! After breakfast we headed out in the boats. I could spend my whole entire life on the water! I love it! We spent our time checking jugs, skiiing, knee boarding, fishing, checking jugs, and beaching the boats and hanging out! It was a perfect day.

Jessi checking on the sausage

This was our 'Tent City'!!!

The guys coming in from checking jugs! This is Dad and Mike in Dad's boat.

Dad

My lovely husband kissing a fish!

Cody P, CJ, and Ryan in CP's boat!

Oh Cody Pratt!

Dad and Mike filleting up some catfish!

Jessi is getting some lessons!

My the end of the weekend these boys were tired of filleting!

Cody and Ryan putting longer line on some jugs

Bubba working on his jugs

Cody this is why we love you so much!

Cody and Nessa

Getting more jugs ready!

Saturday evening a storm rolled in and boats hauled tail into camp! We started on our fish fry! The storm back builded to exactly right over our heads. You could look up and on the north side it was lightning and cloudy and on the south side there were stars. It was the craziest thing! I am so grateful that is missed us because it had half dollar size hail, high winds, and heavy rainfall. We didn't get a drop though! It may have been 11pm by the time we ate but man was it ever worth it! Thanks Dad!

Sunday morning we woke up to this!!

Perfect!

Sunday morning we were up around 6ish and got our camp site packed up. Our jugs were still out so we all went out and did some fishing and checked the jugs.

Jessi woke up to us all singing 'Happy Birthday' to her! I couldn't ask for a better sister and best friend! I'm not sure Ryan was so thrilled about sharing his one day with Jessi! It only happens every 5 years (I think)! I'm pretty sure Dad had a great Father's Day! Fishing with his kiddos!

We wanted to leave around noon so we still had 5 good hours of some play time! The storm that rolled in Saturday night did a number on the fish because they were not biting at all Sunday morning! We ended up with a total of 30 fish! I'd call it a fun and successful weekend! It was a blast! Ady and Reese really want to go camping so we promised them we would go again when it's not so hot during the day. My mom and Dad may have had 2 girls but by no means are we girly! Jessi and I were ones the pulled the jugs, baited them back up (with fresh cut shad), and took the fish off the hook! It's a gross job but if we wanted to eat someone had to do it!!! I'm so glad that Ady loves to be outdoors just like we do! I can't wait until our next camping trip! It's my oasis! Yes, I'm a simple country girl!!

Happy 4 Months, Logan!

2011-06-23T13:07:00.000-07:00

Wow! I can't believe it's already been 4 months! It's definitely been a fun 4 months! Logan is such a happy baby and easy to care for so that make it easy on this Momma!! He changes everyday and does something new so it's fun to wake up and wonder what Logan will be doing today!

As you can tell by this picture he is moving constantly. Pictures are getting more difficult.

Sweet boy at 4 months! Check out them legs!

He ended up spitting up right after the above picture and ruined his sticker so the rest of the pics don't have the 4 month sticker!

These are the little moments I live for!

The best big sister (besides myself :)))

Fingers are always in his mouth

Don't mind her hair! She had been doing it herself!

I could eat these toes up!

Sweet baby feet!

His face cracks me up in this picture!

Sweet babies!

What Logan is up To?!

You are eating every 2-3 hours during the day. 4 ounces each time. I've tried feeding you more to see if you would go longer between feedings but you just spit it up every time!
You go to sleep around 8:30 or 9 and sleep until around 4 or 5. Eat a 4 ouce bottle then back to bed for a couple hours.
You love bath time!
You don't nap very well during the day. But I'll take it over you sleeping at night!
We have started giving you rice cereal. We started a couple weeks ago giving it to you for breakfast but you were super fussy during the day so we backed off. I have started again giving it to you during dinner. You get fussy the second we start to eat and you grab for everything. You seem to be doing better this time around!
You are going to be our little eater!
You roll constantly when you are on the floor. You always end up on the other side of the room!
Grab at toys really well. Of course they go straight to you mouth!
2 weeks ago, June 9th, you weighed 14.1 ounce and were 25 inches long.
You go back the 30th for your 4 month shots.
You have discovered your voice and holler all the time!
You are in size 2 diapers.
Wear 0-3 and 3 month clothes
You LOVE to be in the water!
You love to watch Ady. You are perfectly content laying on the floor watching her run around!
You have started to reach for Max if he is near you.
You are super ticklish and belly laugh every time you are tickeled!
Have to be strapped into EVERYTHING! If not you fall out of your seats, swings, and even car seat!

Logan Bear,

I can write about you all day long! You are such a joy to raise. I love to watch you and Ady play together. She loves you so much and I can tell you love her just the same. I thank God everyday for blessing me with you and Ady. He chose me to be your Momma and I can't thank Him enough! My wish for you is that you grow up to be a strong man of God and you have your own family who you can raise up in God's name. Thanks for being such a perfect baby! I know when you cry you are either hungry or tired! Mommy, Daddy, and Ady love you so much!

Happy 3 Months Logan!

2011-05-26T15:40:00.000-07:00

Sorry it's a little late!!

3 months already!! It went by so fast with Ady and I knew it would be just as fast with Logan. But man we are so busy that it is FLYING by!!! Ady and Logan are night and day! I love it! It's never a dull moment here! As you can tell from the picture above Ady LOVES her baby brother! She's such a good help too!

Clifford HAD to be in the pictures too!
Such a sweet boy!

Love his smile!!

What Logan is up to:

He has rolled over from belly to back

Rolled over from back to belly recently

You have started to reach for toys the last few days

You found your toes yesterday!

You go to sleep around 8:30 or 9 and wake up around 5:30. You eat and go back to bed until 7:30 or 8! Thank you so much!!!

Your hands are almost always in your mouth!

You are on 100% formula

I hope to start you on cereal soon. You know the minute we sit down to eat!

You have started to sit in the jumperoo. You love it! You always want to stand up so it's perfect for you!

You went to the races for the first time to watch Uncle Greg race. Did great!!!

You definitely recognize Mom, Dad, and Ady!

You love to watch and listen to Ady run around and play.

We get compliments all the time about how you are such a happy baby! And you are! Again Thank You!

You have the biggest sweetest open mouth smile!

You eat 4 ounces every 2-3 hours. You have started to get closer to the 3 hour mark between feedings. A few times the last few days you have eaten 6 ounces!

You are in 0-3 month clothes

You are wearing size 2 diapers!

You have to be strapped into everything! You push yourself up with your feet and somehow you manage to almost flip yourself out of your chairs, swing, and car seat!

You have started to jabber and talk to us! If you are anything like your sister your Dad and I will never get a word in!!

You still take your gumdrop pacifier when sleepy but spit it out when you fall asleep

Love these little toes!!!

Logan Bear,

You are such a joy to raise! I enjoy every minute that I have with you. You and your sister make me one proud and blessed Momma! I thank God everyday for choosing me to be your momma. I know your Daddy is just as proud! He can't wait for you to get older and play ball! But we have a feeling that you are going to be built like the men on my side of the family! I pray that we are raising you to be a strong and courageous man of God. We will raise you to always trust in the Lord and to lean on Him for everything. We love you Logan Bear!

Mom and Dad!

Mother's Day

2011-05-09T06:35:00.000-07:00

Happy Mother's Day to my Momma! The strongest woman I know and one of my best friends. She has taught me so much. How to be an independent woman, how to ALWAYS trust in God and turn to Him for everything. How to be a great mother to my children, to always stand up for myself, never be selfish, never accept anything but the best, and that no matter what my kids come first and foremost. I hope I am raising Adylyn to be the same type of woman she has raised Jessi and I to be. I also hope that Logan and I have the same love that Cody and Mom share. Nothing like a momma and her son! A mother's love is unconditional and she proves it everyday. She puts everyone else's needs before her own. Hardly ever asks of anything but is quick to help others.

She is also the best Nana ever! I know she must be wonderful when Ady asks everyday if she can go to Nana's house! I have taken her for granted for so long. The day you start to raise your own children it all changes. I could not do it without having my mom just a phone call away and
just down the road.

Thank you mom for always being there for me and my children. I know I can always count on you no matter the time of day or the situation. You are an amazing woman and such a blessing to our family. I'm so blessed that I have you to look up to. Thank you for being the rock of our family and showing us God loves us. I love you!

Happy 2 months, Logan!

2011-04-27T10:37:00.000-07:00

2 months already! It's gone by so fast! We've had a blast so far! He has gotten so big! Ady was so tiny and stayed little for so long that seeing Logan gain weight like he is just blows my mind! He is such a happy baby. He smiles all the time. Just hearing our voices will make him smile. He is beginning to laugh and it's the cutest thing. Big sister Ady can get the biggest smiles out of him! He loves her so much already! He is such an easy going baby!

At your 6 week checkup Dr said you were doing perfect and not to change a thing!

What Logan is up to:

Eating 4 ounces every 2-3 hours.

Eating half formula/half breastmilk. Tomorrow will be the last of the breastmilk that we have saved then it'll be all formula

Go to bed around 9pm, wake up between 2 and 3am, eat then right back to sleep until 6am, eat again, then right back to sleep until about 9am

You try to lift your head up when sitting in your bouncy chair!

We put you in your bumbo and you seem to really like it! You can watch Ady better!

Still HATE tummy time

Have found your hands recently

Started to drool

Size 1 diapers

0-3 month clothes

Bath time is still iffy! Sometimes you like it sometimes you can't wait to be done!

You have started to 'Hoot' and it's the cutest thing!

You LOVE to be rocked!

You got your first set of shots and did great! It scared Ady to hear you cry like that and she wanted to be right up on the table with you.

You weighed 12 pounds 5 ounces. You have gained another pound in just 2 weeks!

The sweetest smile!

You have the craziest hair! Everybody comments on it!

Logan,

We love you so much! You are such a happy baby and bring so much joy to our lives. Your big sister Ady adores you and never wants to be away from you. Just ask Aunt Jessi!! Jax can not wait for you to get a little bigger so he has someone more on his level! Reese always has to know where Logan is! You have the best cousins and we look forward to what you guys have in store for us! You are growing so fast and I can already tell you will be independent just like Ady! Happy 2 months!

It Is Well.....

2011-04-06T18:52:00.000-07:00

Tonight at our Lenten Supper at church our Pastor Craig sang It is Well. I don't know what version he sang (he also played the guitar). Diana our awesome piano player accompanied him. This song really spoke to me tonight. I got on You Tube and saw that Kutless has a version. I really like Kutless. We even have this CD. Please go here and watch the video and follow the lyrics. I have been having a really hard time emotionally dealing with Cody's accident. Next week it will be 1 year since it happened. Since the day it happened my prayers have had something in them having to do with it. Whether it be for healing or praising my God everyday for the miracle He has given to us. Lately my prayers have been first to praise Him. I will always Thank the Lord for giving Cody back to us. But I cannot get the images out of my head of Cody laying there so lifeless. I still have a hurt in my heart. I know I shouldn't. I am so thankful for everything that has come about since that day. Even though this has been the worst thing I have ever dealt with so many people came to know our Jesus. I am now closer to him as well. I pray everyday for God to lay peace on my heart. Monday, memories of the hospital came flooding back to me and I instantly found myself in prayer. I really honestly believe that the Lord has not let me forget those hard moments simply because it only brings me closer to Him when I do get lost in the memories. Listening to Craig sing this song spoke mountains to me tonight. It is well with my soul. I know that no matter how hard it is to relive those 3 and a half weeks it is well with my soul. "Though Satan should buffet, though trials should come, Let this blest assurance control, That Christ has regarded my helpless estate, And hath shed His own blood for my soul." This may not make any sense when reading. I just wrote the words as they came to my heart. If you read this please say a prayer for me, say a prayer for Cody, say a prayer for my Mom, and say a prayer for the whole family. These next few days are going to be hard. I know it will be for me. But with your prayers for peace and comfort we can make it. We are blessed beyond measures and have so much to be thankful for. Our God is Awesome, how can you deny Him.? It Is Well With My Soul.....

One Month Old...

2011-03-27T15:25:00.000-07:00

Logan Michael is already one month old! I can't believe this. I know how fast it goes after having Ady but my goodness I'd have to say that it goes twice as fast 2 of them. Our days are so busy they go by pretty fast. This little man is growing and filling out fast too! He's definitely following the trend of the other boys on my side of the family. We got to talking the other day and there is not one male on my side, mom's and dad's, who is under 6 foot!!! That's crazy!! He's got a prety good chance of being tall! At 1 Month Logan is:

Eating every 2-3 hours during the day

After your nightly bath, you eat then go to sleep and will have a good 5 or so hour stretch. Then it's about every 3 hours after that

Your awake periods are starting to get longer and more frequent

Your beginning to make coos

Your smiling more to peoples voices. So far to Mom, Dad, Ady, and Aunt Jessi

You are VERY impatient. When you are hungry you are HUNGRY!!

In size 1 diapers

Newborn clothes are starting to get too tight and short.

Get the hiccups at least 3 times a day!

You have been solely fed breastmilk until Wednesday, March 23rd. Momma got mastitis very bad and had to be put on antibiotics and won't be able to pump anymore. So we have begun to slowly introduce formula to you. You still get breastmilk and will for a while.

You eat between 3 and 4 ounces at a time.

Bathtimes are iffy! You get scared when Dad picks you up to wash your back!

You scream in your carseat if you are awake until we start to move then you are content.

You follow Mom, Dad, and Ady around in the room. More so Ady!!

Would prefer to be on your belly but we aren't comfortable letting you sleep like that yet!

You love music. It calms you down almost every time. I'm not sure what happened to the musical toys we had for Ady but we are going to have to get you something small that plays music.

Love to look at lights.

You love to snuggle up in the neck of whoever is holding you. Nana says your Uncle Bubba was like that.

You love to be rocked. Momma says you are the perfect Old Lady Baby. You need a little old lady that would sit and rock you always and you both would be content!

Logan at 1 month!

He's already got this little girl wrapped around his finger!

Best Friends!!

Picture post

2011-03-10T13:21:00.000-08:00

I've had the pictures uploaded to this post for about a week now but haven't had a chance to come back and finish! I have a feeling keeping up with my blog is going to be difficult for a little while. I'm gonna try and do at least one post a week. Mainly for our benefit to have everything documented.

Logan is doing great! We went for his 2 week check-up on Friday the 11th and he weighed 9 pounds 5 ounces! He was 8 pounds when he was born and was 7 pounds 4 ounces when we discharged. He was 20.6 inches long. He's growing!! He still so little but soo much bigger than A was! He wakes up every 2 hours at night to eat. Occasionally he'll have a 3 or 4 hour stretch but mostly it's every 2 hours. He is still sleeping most of his days. But his alert periods are getting more and more. And he's so alert and awake when he is.

So Momma is tired! I get up with him during the week. Mike has to get up so early and drive so far he needs his rest and I don't want him driving and being more tired than he already is. But on the days Daddy doesn't have to go to work you bet he's getting up with him! I still have to get up every few hours to pump so it's not like I get a complete break.

Big Sister Adylyn Jane is doing great too! Her allergies are kicking her tail right now but I think that's something we battle constantly. She's such a great help! She loves to hold his bottle with me and help change him. She's already 'showing' him how to do things! She had to show him the other day how to get dressed by yourself!

I've got TONS of laundry to do so that's where I'm headed!

So here's some pics and I'm gonna try to do better at taking more and posting them!

Sweet big sis playing in Logan's room while I change him.

In his I 'heart' Grandma sleeper. If I remember correctly he didn't last long in this before he pooed on it. We are now out of newborn diapers. At 2 weeks we switched to 1's. I can not believe that. Newborn sleepers aren't going to last much longer either. They are getting too short.
He hears Ady and is trying to find her!
All ready for bed! Sweet babies! Bedtime is my favorite time of the day! Ady goes and picks out a few books (one always Pokey Little Puppy!!) and we read and rock for a little bit. It's so peaceful and calm. I love to rock them snuggle. Yes, Ady is 3 and I still rock her but I love it and wouldn't change it for anything. It's OUR time together!
Logan's first time in his bathtub in our bathtub. Ady wants to get in there too so she can help wash him. That's what she is doing in the pic! He hated it when we just had to sponge bathe him. He would scream the whole entire time. He is very content in his bathtub if he's in the water. But when you pick him up to wash his back he's had it! He hates to be messed with! If he's content and you bother him he lets you know! Bath time is Mike's time with the kids. Since he's gone all day that's his time to spend with them. He has always jumped to it and I've never argued!

Logan's first Sunday at church! This outfit is a newborn and won't be able to wear it again. It's too short :(
Love these 2!

Nana, Logan, and my Gma Mary. My mom's mom and Logan's great grandma. These 2 women mean the world to me and I have learned so much from them. I am the way I am because of them. I spent alot of time with my grandma when I was a baby and a little girl. Grandma always kept us busy! Whether it was sewing, gardening, mowing, or cooking with her, we were always doing something. We loved to go stay with her! My mom is my best friend and we are so blessed that our kids have such a great Nana! Ady loves time with her Nana!

Nana and Logan. This is the first picture I got of her with him because in the hospital she was helping with Ady.

My cousin Taylor and Logan. Her first time to meet him. These pics were taken at Reese's birthday party. Hopefully I can get some of those posted too!

Hanging out in bed!

Giving brother kisses!

She was shushing us!

Now she's shushing him!

I would say this is the definition of LOVE!

Having some tummy time. He's not so much of a fan. Usually only lasts a few minutes.

My 3 loves!

Daddy and his babies!

Logan Michael is here!!

2011-03-04T13:09:00.000-08:00

Ok! He's been here for a little over a week but did you really think I'd have a post right away!! I've actually tried to sit down many times to get something together but things have happened! Logan was born Wednesday, February 23, 2011 at 11:25 weighing 7 pounds 15.8 ounces. YES, .2 ounces shy of 8 pounds. How did I have an 8 pound baby!!! He was 20 inches long.

Wednesday morning I got woke up about 1:30 am with a contraction. I had gone to the doctor Tuesday afternoon and was almost at a 2. I had been having really really weak contractions throughout the day. I had another contraction around 2 am and they were about 30 minutes apart until about 5am. I actually didn't know if that's what they were. They didn't feel like menstrual cramps like alot of women say. They burned! Mike got up at 4:30 to get ready for work and I had told him that I had been having some contractions so he decided not to go in. Thank goodness! Around 6 they were about 15-18 minutes apart. Mike decided he'd get in the shower and then I did the same. Afterwards, we unloaded the dishwasher and did a load of laundry! I ate a couple pieces of toast and then was straightening my hair around 7-7:30. They were then under 10 mintues apart! Mike then made the command decision to load up the car and head to the hospital. I wasn't quite ready because the contractions were so sporadic. Not consistenet at all. I called mom and she came over and sat with Ady. Ady was just waking up when we were leaving. I hated saying bye to her but I knew she didn't need to go and sit at the hospital and see me in so much pain. Mike and I then headed to Enid. But not before stopping at the Jiffy Trip to get something to drink!!! I had 3 contractions before Pond Creek. Which if you know anything about this area you know that's not that far! Since Jessi was going to be in the delivery room with us I had let her know we were on our way in but I'd let her know if they even admitted me. I was still not convinced I was in labor!

Once we got to the hospital things went really fast! First off we get up to the maternity floor and we had to wait in the waiting room for a room to get cleaned. Apparently they had had a surge of laboring women that night and morning!! I know we only had to wait like 10 minutes or so but my goodness that was the longest 10 minutes ever. The contractions were coming less than 5 minutes apart. They got us in a room and got me hooked up to monitors and then checked me. I was at a 6!!!!! UMM HELLO! I was just at a 2! My first words were "Is it to late for an epidural?!" I wanted to go natural. I really really wanted to go into labor naturally. Which I did. I was scheduled for an induction Thurday morning the 24th. The contractions were coming so fast and were so hard that I knew I wouldn't have the gas to get Logan here. The nurse told me they had to get the lab up to do bloodwork and once that came back then they could do the epidural. I just knew it would be too late. They got me moved to a delivery room and I started to feel pressure. I was at an 8! This is all within an hours time. The nurse anesthetist finally got there (whom I have the most respect for). He did my epidural for Ady and is great friends with my Uncle Eddie! It wasn't 20 mintues later that we heard a thud on the monitor and I felt a gush. My water had broke. Dr. had been in early to break my water but I asked him if we could wait until I had my epidural. It was so painful when they broke my water with Ady. He said sure and he went on to see more of his patients! Mike ran and got the nurse and she checked me again and I was complete! So we got to the hospital around 9 am and I started pushing at 10:55!! Logan was born at 11:25. I think I had 6 or 7 sets of pushes.

Logan is healthy and perfect! Big Sister Adylyn is adjusting well and is a great helper. She tells me all the time "I'll take care of Logan so you can go so something!!"She'll sit in her little rocking chair and hold him for a while! She loves it! Mike has been home from work and he's been such a big help! We are really going to miss him when he goes back to work. He went yesterday for the day and Ady sure did miss him! I did too! I didn't get to eat anything for lunch until around 2:30!!

I had problems with my milk coming in. With Ady it was in by the time we left the hospital. Logan wasn't latching on correctly and I think that had alot to do with it. But I pumped every hour for 2 days and it finally came in. I was in so much pain from him not latching on correctly that I continued to pump until I healed up. I tried today to get him to nurse from me and he won't latch on. So it looks like I will be pumping! I swear it's going to drive me crazy! I can go between 3 and 4 hours now. I got quite the supply built up just from storing it the last couple of days!

We as a family are adjusting well. I think Max is the only one starving for attention! I will just be ready to get some sort of schedule/routine established. Logan is up just about every 2 hours at night. Then I get up every 3-4 hours to pump so sleep is a little lacking right now! Thank goodness Mike has been able to get up with him. When he goes back to work I will get up with Logan since he has to get up at 4:30 for work.

I feel great! We were discharged from the hospital the day after Logan was born. We only stayed 1 night! I was able to walk from my delivery room to the room that we stayed in. I still have to watch how much I'm on my feet because my bleeding will get heavier.

The pictures aren't in the order that I wanted them on here but I really don't want to spend the time and arrange them! So here they are!! There are quite a few and I have tons more but I'll spread them out!

Ady introducing Logan to Reese. Reese didn't really know what to think of him!

The night he was born.

Sweet Baby Boy!

Such a happy big sister! She's so proud!

Love his chubby cheeks!

Ady giving Logan his first of his millions kisses!

Our first family photo! So happy!

Ady getting to hold him for the first time

Is he real!!

Here he is!

Sweet baby girl!!!

Ady brought this red dinosaur for Logan. Out of all the animals for her to pick out Nana said this is what she wanted to give him!

Dad showing her Logan. This is her first look at him!

I missed her so much!

Look at all that hair!

His stats..

Looking at his Aunt Jessi! Is this who I could hear out there!!

Like I said I have alot more pictures. Pictures of Logan with all his visitors but I'll break those up into different posts. I'm so glad he's finally here. He just had to do it on his own time and need to be threatened with induction!!

Valentine's Day and Dr.'s appt

2011-02-17T11:35:00.000-08:00

Monday we celebrated Valentine's Day the 3 of us as a family! Ady and I had PB & J's for lunch and we cut them in the shape of hearts! Now everytime we make any sort of sandwich it has to be cut in the shape of a heart!! We did a little bit of housework during the day and then we got ready for supper. Dad grilled out steaks and we made baked potatoes, corn, and salad. Ady loves baked potatoes! And I could eat steak every.single.night.!!!! For dessert Ady and I dipped strawberries, marshmellows, and graham craskers in chocolate. YUMMY!!! She's definitely like her momma and will eat chocolate at any time and pretty much on anything!

I didn't get a picture but Dad came home with some roses for Ady and I. She was so excited to get her own flowers!! She wanted him to put them in her room so her room would smell good! He got her some sweettart hearts and a Princess card that sings. The other day we asked her if she was a princess and she said "Well I don't have my dress on right now"! We told her she was our princess no matter what she had on!!

We had a great evening spending time together as a family!

Tuesday I had to take Ady into the dr. She has been fighting a runny nose and started to get a cough. Her eyes also started getting red and matty. With Logan coming anytime I didn't want her to have anything contagious and not be able to hold him. The medicine I was giving her was helping but we got her a Zpack just to help out. I also had an appt to check my progress. I am still only at a 1. Logan is going to be about the size of Ady. Ady had a small, pretty, round head. When Dr. checks me Logan's head still bobbles around a little. It hasn't locked into my pelvis. He is puzzled that I am still carrying him so high. This baffles me because I am carrying him so much lower than what I carried Ady! I go back Tuesday. My dr is leaving town on Friday so if I haven't Logan by Tuesday then we will discuss induction. Tomorrow is my due date and there is a full moon. I have been very active around the house and going for walks with Ady everyday. I'm hoping that something happens this weekend! I really really want to go into labor like God intended us women to. My induction with Ady wasn't bad and I wouldn't change a thing about it. I was talking to my BF Heather and she made the point that we will do whatever it takes to get him here. I just continue to pray that however it happens we are blessed with a healthy baby and a safe labor and delivery. I just know I'm done being pregnant!! I'm tired of the burning reflux every night when I go to bed, I'm tired of not being able to wear my own clothes, and I'm tired of not being able to move like I used to. Sorry for the complaining, I'm done now!

Poor Ady probably thinks we are crazy and lying to her about this baby brother! She asked me yesterday "Is he ever going to be here"!

I'm running out of things to clean! I wonder is anyone cleans their blinds and ceiling fans as much as I do! I normally do them once a week but here lately to get me on my feet I've been doing them 2 sometimes 3 times a week!!! Since it's been so nice outside Ady and I have been outside playing around.

I do know that when he does come I will be making signs and posting them in the hospital room and our front door that there is no touching until you have washed your hands!!! There is so much crud going around, the flu, coughs, runny noses. It's everywhere. Last Thursday at my doctors appt I had to go give my urine sample and Mike and Ady went ahead and sat down. Mike told Ady she could go play with the table of toys that they have in there and she turned to him and said "No, they have germs!!" Oops! Maybe I'm creating a little germaphobe! I honestly think I've only said that to her one time. She just remembers things extremely well. But I do have a fear of the toys in doctors offices. GROSS.

Ok my random post is done now. Racing season has begun and the Gatorade Duels are on and it's nap time!

Bowling with the Royals

2011-02-14T09:26:00.001-08:00

Saturday morning we headed into Enid before noon so Mike could give blood and I could get my hair trimmed. Nana was there getting her hair trimmed and colored too! After all that fun stuff it was lunch time with the Royal's!! Lindsey (I went to high school with her) cuts my hair and her and Nana told Ady that when I am in the hospital with Logan that Nana will bring her in and let Lindsey cut her hair and paint her fingernails! She's so excited!!! She reminds me everyday!!!

After lunch we headed out to shop. We shopped all afternoon long!! I wasn't objected to this because I want to do all the walking I can! For dinner we ate at Western Sizzlin then it was time to go bowling! I didn't tell Ady we were going until Friday because I knew she'd ask me about it non stop! She loves to bowl! She bowled 2 full games. In the past she has gotten bored with it pretty close to the end of the first game. I bowled one game hoping to get this little man a moving!! No luck!! We always have a great time with Jessi, Ryan, and Reese. We are so blessed to have them close and have such great friends in them. I love that Ady and Reese are growing up together. They are so excited to see each other when we first get together. Then by the end of the day they are fighting like brother and sister!!!

We had a great day in what we hope was the last weekend of Ady being an only child! I asked her on the way home if she had fun and she said she did and then was asleep in about 5 minutes!!

Reese watching his ball! I love this picture! We get asked all the time if they are brother and sister! Jessi had them both in a buggy at Ross on Saturday and they were making what sounded like howling noises. You could hear them all throughout the store. Jessi was quite embarrassed because you know everybody thought they were both hers!!!

Mike and Ady!

I love the bowling alley in Enid. I think they have 35 or so lanes and it never costs us more than $20 bowl for all 3 of us to bowl 2 games.

Is it a strike!?

After we bowled it was time to hit the game room! I think the Dad's enjoy this part just as much!

Playing some Skee Ball!

Trying to hit the jackpot!

Ady wanted to ride the little carousel.

Having a blast!

Reese didn't quite know what to think about it at first!

Sunday we went to church and then had a soup lunch afterwards for Valentine's Day. It was so yummy! We've never had a potluck that wasn't though!! We had a soup drive for our local food pantry and from the stacks of soup that I seen it looks like it was pretty successful!

Today is Valentine's Day! Being broke college kids Mike and I were never really able to go out and do anything each year. We always did the cards and just fixed dinner at home. I got flowers every now and then but I'd rather just have the quality time that we spent together. I still have all my cards and the handmade ones that Mike made me. He always wrote me a letter to go with it. I can't wait to pull those back out in 50 years! Ady has made this holiday even more special. I don't really look at Valentine's Day as just for couples anymore. I look at it as a holiday where you show all those you love just how much you love them. And that's how I've explained to Ady what Valentine's Day is. Tonight we plan to have a steak dinner, exchange the cards we made for each other, and eat chocolate covered strawberries! We just might do it under candlelight! I hope everyone has a blessed Valentine's Day with the ones you love. We are busy this morning getting laundry caught up and other things around the house just in case Logan decides to join us!!

Little Momma and Snow storm

2011-02-13T18:25:00.000-08:00

This little girl has been in extra Momma mode lately! She loves to go into Logan's room with her babies and use anything that she can get her hands on. She's put socks on them, put them on the changing table, used Logan's blankets to swaddle and then rock them. I love this picture. I knew she had been in there playing and when I went to check on her this is what I saw! She's gonna be such a good helper!
Wednesday morning we woke up to this!!! I don't know how much we got I've heard lots of different amounts. I know it was over a foot though. The drifts were crazy!

This is our neighbors across the street. The snow is at the bottom of their windows!

Mike shoveling our driveway.

Bubba, Nessa, and Jax came over Wednesday morning. Cody and Mike didn't have to go into work. They both work outside and with the frigid wind chill temps they were able to stay home. Cody has a 4 wheel drive pickup so we got out and drove around town for a little bit!

We also made snow ice cream! Ady LOVED it!

Ady and Jax watching Mike and Cody shovel snow!

Cody started to shovel the snow off the front porch and then realized that a broom would work much better! The snow was so powdery!
These 2 LOVE the snow! The snow in our back yard was pretty high but they quickly got it trampled down. It's also helping it melt faster!

Max!

Dallas!

Running after a toy!

We are welcoming the nicer temps but now dealing with all the MUD!!! If it's not one thing it's another!

Bubba's cooking, guns, and Superbowl

2011-02-07T16:01:00.000-08:00

Saturday Cody cooked us dinner. He grilled out poek tenderloin, steak, and chicken breast. It was all soooo yummy! I love getting to spend time with everyone. Grandpa George and Darlene were not able to make it to the shower. I think Grandpa's phone call went something like this "I've got horses everywhere!!!!" So he needed to stay and fix fence! Cody ended up going over and helping gather up the horses and fixing fence. But Grandpa and Darlene drove over to give us their gift for Logan and to have dinner with us. It was a perfect evening.

Chris has a toy shotgun that he got from Atwoods that makes the firing sound and the end of the barrel lights up. If you load it, it will actually kick out a shell! Ady has shot it before and LOVES it! She can actually pull the trigger back. She has a toy bottle cap pistol but her trigger finger isn't strong enough to pull it back.

Bubba got down and was showing her how to look through the scope and shoot it properly. Moments like this I will cheris forever. Just 10 months ago we thought we would never have moments like this. Ady loves her Bubba and I love that he can teach her things like this. He can't wait to get Ady and Reese there own guns (I can't either)! I should have got a picture of the man sitting behind them (Grandpa George). He was beaming! Grinning ear to ear!
Reese didn't really know what to think about this at first! But he's interested now!!!

Now he's ready! He cracked us up! His facial expressions when he'd pull the trigger and hear it fire we priceless. Of course I didn't get a picture of that! Ha

Look out!!! He was shooting the cats on the TV at one point! Lol

Sunday Mike had to work so we got up and got ready for church. Then it was naptime! Ryan and I started watching the Pregame stuf around 1:30 I think! Mom, Chris, Bubba, Nessa, Jax, Jessi, Ryan, and Reese were all over for the game. We had brats, burgers, and dogs. We had a good time laughing at the commercials and making bets on the game!

At one point Jax was trying to climb up my leg. So I picked him up and he strained his head to look at Ady's car. All he wanted was to drive the Cozy Coupe! I stuck him in there and put him in the living room and he was perfectly content!

Ady and Reese eating dinner. Reese was getting sick so he didn't want much to do with dinner. Ady ate half a hamburger!!!! That's very good for her! If it's not chicken she usually doesn't want much to do with it. I think she may be going through a growth spurt because she's been eating alot more these last few days.

We are preparing for yet again another round of snow. Hopefully we don't have the arrival of Logan during that time!! I have been getting caught up on laundry and housework while Ady has been very busy changing her babies diapers every 10 minutes! We hope everyone stays warm and safe this week.

New car and baby sprinkle...

2011-02-07T12:57:00.000-08:00

Thursday Mike couldn't go to Bob's memorial with us because they were already behind at work from missing days due to the snow storm. Last Saturday Mike and I went to Wichita to shop around for a new car and to use an Olive Garden gift card that we had. We didn't find anything while car shopping. I was being pretty picky and wanted to think about all the possibilities! Well Thursday afternoon Mike called me and said the salesman we worked with had called him with a few vehicles that we might be interested in. So after Mike got off he headed into Wichita to take a look. He didn't get home til really late! They let him drive home an 07 Black Expedition. Friday when Ady and I got up and around we went out to the garage to take a look. I was leary about it cause I didn't want a huge gas gussler that was rougher than all get out! We took it for a drive and I was impressed. So Ady and I headed into Wichita Friday after lunch to meet Mike at the dealership to finalize the deal! Ady loves it because she sits higher and can see out the windows!! We do so much with Jessi and Ryan so I'm glad that we can now take one vehicle instead of 2. We had to kill about 2 hours so they could detail and change the oil and all that stuff. We headed over to Towne East.

Ady wanted to try on sunglasses forever!!!
Saturday we had a baby shower for Logan and I. After the shower Reese came to me and said "look Mike'! He thought he was so funny cause he looked like Mike!!! I had to move his glasses from his night stand cause that was Reese's favorite thing to do for the afternoon! Doesn't he look so cute with his hair cut!?

The shower turned out really great. I had a great time with some amazing friends and family. We missed Heather and Hadlea but because Eastern OK has gotten so much snow and ice they were not able to make it for the weekend. Ady was sad to have missed playtime with H but I explained to her why they couldn't be there. Hopefully soon we'll see them! We got TONS of diapers and wipes! Which is GREAT!!! Ava was there so Ady got to spend some time with her and play a little in the nursery of the church.

The cake! It was yummy!

My wonderful sister and I! I love her so much!

Reese checking things out!

Opening one of my favorite gifts from my Aunt Linda! She got me a pedicure and 30 minute massage! I CAN.NOT. WAIT to use it! It's much needed. Thanks Aunt Linda!

This is another one of my favorite gifts! Aunt Becky made Ady and Logan shirts! I love them and can't wait to see them wear them.

Becky had these for table decorations. They were laying on the tables and I had these little vases so I figured I would use them as decoration in Logan's room!

And another one of my favorite gifts! Gma Jane made this blanket for Logan and then had his name monogrammed on it. I love personalized things for the kids!

These pics are of the girls measuring there strings of yarn to how big they thought my belly was. I was impressed! Almost everybody had it within a inch or so! Except Omo (Ady calls her that) she was way off!

Ava wanted to do it too!

Ady and Brinley! Trying to get a pic of these 2 was quite difficult! LOL

Such a pretty girl!

Aunt Linda got Ady to get in the box my glider (another favorite gift from the hostesses) came in. She pushed her and spun her around! Ady loves her Aunt Linda!

Ady and I with Brinley and Becky! Love these girls!

Brinley, Jax, and Ady playing in the box. The kids got some quality play time after the shower.

Brinley and Jax. Only about 6 weeks apart.

We are so blessed to have such wonderful friends and family. I still have pictures from Saturday night and Sunday but I'll put that in another post!

Catching up from the week

2011-02-07T09:04:00.000-08:00

I slacked last week and didn't keep up on my posts! We got snowed in Tuesday and Wednesday so I enjoyed the relaxing time with Mike and Ady since he was home. We got in lots of play time! Ady was so excited to wake up both mornings and still see Mike here. She is really into playing hide-and-seek right now! In the evenings when Dad gets home thats all she wants to do! She is getting better at not hollering out where she is. I need to get her on video because when it's her turn to count she counts really good to about 5 or 6 then she speeds up and counts super fast!!! We have to sprint to find somewhere to hide before she comes to find us!

When we were snowed in her and Max got in some snuggle time! He didn't last much longer up there after I took the pic!

Here she is hiding from me! Dad put her there! Reminds us of E.T.
One morning we made Valentine's cards! Ady loves to do crafty things.

Ady and I were making a card for Dad and she wanted to right on it herself. So I was cleaning up a little and she said "Look Mom I made an H"! This little girl suprises me every day with the things she does! So I wrote 'Dad' (at the bottom left of card) and she copied it. Hers is in the middle of the card.

Concentrating so hard!

We also played Red Rover!

On a Sadder note.... Saturday night we got a call that Bob, my grandma Mary's loving companion, had been killed in an accident. Bob loved my grandma with everything he had and made her so happy! This picture (it's a picture of a picture) shows just how happy these two made each other. My grandma is 72 (I think!) and she still works full time and has way to much on her plate for her age. Bob got her to be concerned about her health and her life more than worrying so much about others. If Bob wasn't working then he was at one of the grandkids functions, even if Gma couldn't make it. He'd drive to the other end of the state to watch a basketball game. He was so loyal and dedicated. A couple of summers ago he drove all the way to Renfrow where Jessi was working during harvest just to give her her birthday card!

My grandma and I have always had a close connection. I spent so much time with her when I was little. Ady adores her and we are so blessed that she gets to spend time with her and learn from her like we did. It doesn't matter what is asked of her she will never turn anyone down. Bob was the exact same way. They were perfect for each other. Her heart is broken but she is a strong women and I know that her faith in the Lord will get her through this. Bob's memorial was Thursday. I took Ady because there was not a body to view so I didn't think it would be that tramatic for her. All the family was there, including Uncle John and Shelby from Louisiana. They played Go Rest High On That Mountain by Vince Gill and I began to cry. They also had a slide show of pictures. Ady asked me why I was crying and asked my all those pictures were of Bob. How do you explain death to a 3 year old? I definitely wasn't ready for that. I whispered to her that I was sad but God took Bob with him up to Heaven so everything was going to be all right. She knows God is in Heaven and he has lots of 'friends' up there with him. Heaven now has another angel to watch over us. I know Bob is up there taking care of us just like he would be if he was still on earth with us. I still pray for peace and comfort for my grandma. I pray that she continues to lean on the Lord during these hard times. We love and miss you Bob. Even though you weren't on 'Official' part of our family you were every bit a part of our loving family!

Thursday evening after the memorial I had a doctors appt. Jessi went with me since Mike was at work and she will be in the delivery room with us. I am 38 weeks. my cervix has closed back up. Logan floated up a little so his head isn't putting pressure on my cervix so that allowed it to close back up. NOT FAIR!! Heart rate was 144 BPM and everything is still checking out good. Just waiting it out still. Dr said that Logan is small and will probably be around the same size Ady was. Which was 6 lbs 11 ozs and 18 1/2 inches long. I go back again Thursday. Hopefully there will be some sort of progression!

We had a great weekend and I will put that in another post!

37 weeks, Sundae, and finally outside!

2011-01-28T19:50:00.000-08:00

I am already 37 weeks! I can't believe it! I am officially full term and could go into labor at anytime. Yes we have been preparing for that! Thursday I went in for my 37 week appt and I am dilated almost to a 2. Everything still looks and sounds good. Heartbeat was 141 bpm. Dr. thinks I will more than likely go another 3-4 weeks and that is my due date. He will not induce me until I go past 42 weeks. Man I hope I don't go that long. I'm to the point where I am very uncomfortable and it's getting harder to move around. My stomach is very tender because he's pushing out everywhere. He's running out of room!!!

Ady also had an appt Thursday with her ENT for a check-up on her tubes. They are still in place and dry! So we go back in another 3 months. That has been the best thing we did for her. I did not want to get tubes put in but Dr. did it because she had fluid built up for at least 3 weeks and we could tell she was having hearing problems. The surgery was in June and she's only been on antibiotics once since then and that was over New Years for a sinus infection. I don't know how much of it was due to the tonsils and adenoids out or the tubes put in but it's helped!

After doctor appointments and running errands I decided to take Ady to Braums and get some ice cream. She's never had a sundae so I let her pick what she wanted and we would share it. She loves ice cream so she was pretty excited! She picked out a Strawberry Shortcake Sundae and I was pretty happy since that is my favorite!!! I try to do something just for her when we go in for my appts because everything has been all about Logan lately. Mike and I have been trying to think of something fun to do with her before Logan gets here and I think we decided we'll take her bowling. She loves to bowl and it's not a whole lot of walking for me!

Digging into her sundae!

Yummy!

I thought she looked really cute before we left for Enid!

Notice Logan' s swing in the background. Ady has put an extra bassinett sheet on it for her babies!

Friday Mike was home from work. His contractors are on their 4 day break and have gone back to Minnesota. The weather was BEAUTIFUL! We took advantage and got outside and did some work on Mike's truck and some yard work.

Posing with Max!

Chewing on a stick!

Helping (watching) Dad stack wood.

Playing in her house!

I see you Mom!!

She said she's opening the window to let the sun in!

Love her!

Ringing her doorbell.

We had a great day yesterday and also got alot done around here. Ady and Mike were sitting on the couch watching Sid the Science Kid and Ady looks at me and says "I'm so glad Dad's home"! She misses him so much during the week when he works his long hours!

We ended the day by going over and seeing Bubba, Nessa, and Jax. We also got to see Cody Pratt! I love that kid and miss him tons! Then we went upstairs and saw Nana and Chris and decided to go eat dinner at the Red Barn in Caldwell. I love good and productive days!! I was having some pretty strong but short contractions last night from all the activity I did. But they stopped as soon as I got in bed and got relaxed.

I have another Adyism for you.... The other night we were over at Nana's and we were leaving. Ady asked "Dad, can I drive home?" Mike replied "Yes" then Nana asked "Ady do you have a drivers license" and Ady replies "No, but I got lots of credit cards!!!"" I thought we were going to fall on the ground laughing! She cracks us up!

I hope everyone is having a great weekend before the crazy cold weather hits again.

Getting ready...

2011-01-26T16:09:00.000-08:00

This week we have been doing more around here to get ready for Logan's arrival, whenever that may be! Mike has been working late every night so it's pretty much just been Ady and I. I finally finished today with the house. It only took me 3 days but I got it done! So everyday I am waking up like today is the day. I get the house picked back up and do what little things need to be done. Our bags are packed and I've got all my lists made of what else to grab. The unknown is driving me crazy!! I was induced with Ady but I will not be with Logan unless problems arise or I go past 42 weeks (God help me if I do). I have been having more Braxton Hicks contractions and I have alot of pressure. Logan is SO much lower than how I carried Ady. I go back to the dr tomorrow (Thursday) and he is going to check me for progress. I will be 37 weeks Friday.

I have been trying to cherish the time I have left with Ady where it is just the 2 of us. I love the time I get to spend with her and I know we are both going to miss the one on one time we have. But on the other hand she is so excited to be a big sister and can't wait for Logan to get here. Everyday she asks when he's coming. The other night she was in the bath and Mike and I were both sitting in the bathroom with her and Mike asked her if she wanted to stay a little girl forever and never grow up. She replied "NO, I'm a big girl"!! She is such a big helper and I;m not really worried about being to overwhelmed when Logan is born. The nights are the only thing I'm worried about!!!

I could eat this face up! I love these eyes! She has mine!!!!

And then there is this goofy girl!!! She makes us laugh all the time! She is so darn witty!

I'll leave you with a video. Our Bible verse for this week is Mark 11:22 "Have Faith in God.."

She has been playing with her makeup the last few days. We had to make a quick trip to the grocery store this evening and I looked down at her while we were checking out and it looked like she had bruises on her face. I forgot to wash off her blue eye shadow that of course is on more than just her eyes!!

I almost forgot..Ady has been calling me Grandma this week. I finally asked her why in the world she is calling me that and she said "Well you're Susie's grandma"!! This girl! I'm telling you, she comes up with the funniest things!

Catching up....

2011-01-20T09:37:00.000-08:00

I am just going to do one long post to catch up on our week. Sorry if it gets too long and boring!

Friday Mike was home from work. Since he had worked his 10 or so days he got Friday and Saturday off. We woke up and got busy on painting trim! Friday evening Jessi called and wanted to know if we needed any help with Logan's room. YOU BET! If Mike had to do it all by himself it would have taken him forever! We ended up going into Enid that evening to get some things at Lowe's that we needed then we met Jessi, Ryan, and Reese for dinner. Saturday morning we got up and the guys got started touching up paint getting the trim put back on. They got SO much done Saturday! The furniture got put together and some of Logan's clothes got put in the closet (what I had hangers for). I feel so much better knowing that at least the room is somewhat complete. I still need to get the bedding (not to worried about that because he won't be sleeping in his crib for a while), curtains, and somethings off Etsy for decorations. But at least if he comes we have a place to change his diapers and a place for his clothes!

Saturday was another play date for Adylyn and Reese. They decided they wanted to get out the Play-Doh! Ady loves to play with it and Reese has recently started to explore!!! He doesn't want to eat it anymore!!
They giggled all the time! I love hearing them go back and forth with there giggles!

I had to make a trip to the grocery store and it was time for us to eat lunch plus it was nap time. Jessi stayed with the kids while I ran out. When I got back she said the kids were melting!!

Ady is trying to make the bed that we had set out for Jessi and Ryan.

Reese kept getting on the bed and messing up her covers. She was getting a little upset! Jessi took these pics so I'm not sure if he was telling her he was sorry or she was choking him!!!

Saturday evening Mom invited us over for stew! Cody was still home so they came up and we played games after we ate. I cherish those moments that we all get together and have a good time!

Jax Joe. He's getting so big!

He always has his tongue out!

He has been pulling himself up!

He is also on the move! He has been for probably about a month now but of course I'm just now getting around to posting about it!

He's such a chunky boy!

And he loves paper!

Monday Ady and I got some housework done and then after naptime we decided we needed to make cupcakes! Ady loves to help out in the kitchen. Whether it's baking or cooking dinner she's always right there!

Stealing some batter!

Licking the beaters, the best part!!

After they cooled I let her ice her own. ALL BY HERSELF! She wanted sprinkles too! I had to stop her on her first cupcake because if not she would have put the whole container of icing on there! She was so excited to get to do this!

Hard at work!

Posing with her masterpieces!

She wants one so bad!

Pretty please!

And this was her finished product! I don't think she used all the sprinkles!

Tuesday I got really sick. I was really nauseated and had diarrhea (sorry if that's TMI)! I had no energy so I was on the couch most of the day. I felt horrible that I couldn't get down and do things with Ady that I normally do but I really think she understood. She was so good and played on her own and didn't ask much. I started throwing up Tuesday night right before bed. I just new I was going to go into labor!! HA!

Wednesday morning I had an OB appt in Enid. So Ady and I got up and headed in for that (I'll make a pregnancy update later). I didn't get any of the errands ran that I wanted to because I was still not feeling 100% so we just came home and took a nap! I have things that I need to get done but I just have no energy and don't feel well. It's getting old! Logan's cradle bedding came in so Ady and I got that washed and put in his cradle. So now he has a place to sleep!!

Today is Nessa's bday! We will be going over there for dinner tonight. I'm excited! Nessa's mom is cooking and she is Mexican so I can't wait. I know I'm probably going to be hurting later but I can't pass up authentic Mexican food!!

Now it's onto keeping up with the laundry and hopefully getting some more of Logan's clothes hung up!

Painting and Royal Time...

2011-01-10T12:07:00.000-08:00

Last week Mike worked a TON of hours. I think there may have been 1 day where he got home before 8pm. And he leaves the house by 5am! With Logan coming very soon we have a ton of things to do. Jessi, Ryan, and Reese came up Saturday afternoon to help out. Mike didn't get home from work until around 10:30 that night so I am so glad they came. We also got a call that Cody was heading to Atlanta Sunday morning to work the big snow/ice storm so he was coming home to spend some time with Jax before he left. So we got to see him for a little bit also.

I had been washing baby clothes for about 3 days straight. It was around 15 boxes of baby clothes! Between Reese, Jax, and my friend Lindsey, Logan has PLENTY of clothes! I had just piled all the clothes on the bed in the spare bedroom, which is the nursery now. When Jessi got here we spent about 4 hours in there and sorted all the clothes by sizes and style. Holy cow were we worn out!!! We got it all done though! Reese and Ady hadn't played together in a couple of weeks with everyone being so busy over the holidays so they got in some much needed play time. They played SO good together this weekend. Usually they are fussing and fighting alot, alot like brother and sister! But they must have really missed each other!

Here they are coloring on the front screen door with window crayons and then cleaning it off! My front door looked like hilarious! Reese Joe

I missed this little man!

Sunday morning Jessi, Reese, and I got ready for church. Mike slept in til about 10, he was exhausted! Ady has really missed Mike this last week so she didn't go to church with us. She spent some much needed time tith her Daddy! Mike, Ryan, and Ady went to Enid to get what we needed to paint Logan's room and take the trim off to sand and paint it. We (THEY), started painting around 2 or so. The bedding is a dark brown and blue so we went with the dark brown for the walls, reminds me of chocolate!, and white trim. It looks really good and I can't wait to see it when the trim is finished!

Ryan putting the first strokes on! I trusted Mike and Ryan to pick out the color! I really wanted to have the bedding first so we could match the colors but it just didn't happen that way. But brown is one of those colors that you can have different shades and it still look OK. I think Ryan is saying at this point "Jen, I hope you like it, cause if not, TOO BAD!!!"

Mike and Ryan busy painting! They whipped through these walls really fast!

While Mike, Ryan, and Jessi were in the nursery painting I got in some play time with Reese and Ady! Ady has tons of dress up stuff. I think she has close to 10 pair of high heel shoes!!! Reese LOVES to put on a pair of shoes and try to walk around! He loves to play dress up. Not neccesarily with girly stuff, he just loves to put hats on and any kind of shoes. So Mom and I talked about getting some different hats, ties, and vests for Reese to dress up in.

He tried so hard to walk around but just couldn't do it!

Look at those eye lashes!

2 cute kids in their high heels!

Pretty girl!

And this is the many faces of Reese!

His mean look!

Jessi taping off the shelves in Logan's closet.

They colored at Ady's desk for a long time. They were so quiet in there I began to worry!

These pictures make me laugh! The cozy coupe was the center of entertainment for much of the weekend! Reese loves to drive it! He spent close to 30 minutes Sunday evening trying to put one of Ady's strollers in the car! He tried to put it on the top!

He tried getting in the car first and then pulling it in after him.

So determined!

He tried pushing it in! He ended up getting mad and realized it wasn't going to happen!
Look at those eye lashes!

Sweet boy!

I'm getting the mean look!

Driving the car!

While we were working in the nursery it started to sleet/snow!

Monday, Ady and I had a pretty lazy day. I wasn't feeling very well and had a few contractions in the morning so we just played most of the day. We woke up to quite a bit of snow. Ady really wanted to go play in it but I stepped out and was way to uneasy on my feet so I knew it wouldn't be wise for us to go out. Then in the afternoon it got even colder so there was no way we were going out! Mike left work a little early since the roads were pretty bad north of here and he called at Conway Springs and his alternator had gone out in his truck. So Nana, Ady, and I made a trip up there to get him home!

I don't know if I've ever told you about Gary. Gary is Ady's dog! She named it and treats it like a real dog! She makes sure she takes him out to use the bathroom and she feeds him. We had gone to the mall one afternoon and she left Gary laying on a shelf in Bath and Body. We didn't realize it until we were loading up the car to leave. Vanessa ran inside to trace back our steps and thank goodness she found him. We had one upset little girl on our hands. You would have thought she lost a real child!

Here is proof of Gary getting fed!

Here is what we woke up to Monday morning.

I tried to take a picture of the walls in the nursery to show you the color.

Here you can kinda tell the color. Where you see light brown will be sanded and painted white.

I'm hoping to get some housework done today but so far we've swaddled, fed, and changed babies. It's so cold outside so we will be inside for the day today! Today is Chris's birthday so we will be going to Nana's for lasagna and red velvet cake (Chris's annual birthday dinner)! Happy Birthday Chris! We love you!

Santa finally delivered!

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When anybody asked Ady what she wanted for Christmas she would always say "A house with a doorbell". Nothing else! Mike and I finally decided on one and ordered in December 9th. It finally came Thursday! I was not a happy camper. I understand and realize that delivery companies are a bit busier that time of year but they only told me 1 or 2 weeks for a factory shipped item. So 'Santa' left Ady a note Christmas morning and told her that her house was to big to fit in the sleigh and he would have a special helper bring it on his big truck when the elves were finished making it. She bought it and it bought a little bit of time. I'm glad it came when it did because she was starting to ask more questions! Dad put it together Thursday night and Friday afternoon we went out and played in it! She was so excited! It's still on our back porch because we haven't had any time to clean up some leaves and dog poop in order to put it where we want it! She opens the back door and checks on her house many times during the day!

Checking everything out! Such a look of concentration!

One happy little girl!

Ringing her doorbell! Her favorite part!

Love this smile!

The mark on her left cheek is a scratch! I scratched her...oops!

Max soaking up some sun!

Washing her hands in the sink.

Sitting on the front porch!

I can't wait for Spring so we can spend our afternoons outside playing in her house! Thanks Santa!

Dress Up!

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Ady got lots of dress-up stuff for Christmas. So we have been playing dress-up quite a bit!

It also gives me a chance to keep playing with my camera! Here are some pics of one of our afternoons of being a princess!

I think this was right after we got a necklace stuck on her fat head!!

Latest Baby Update!

2011-01-07T09:56:00.000-08:00

First off I want to thank Mike's Aunt Debi for taking these pics! We got to spend last weekend with her and we had a blast!

Ok, Now onto the baby news. I thought I was 34 weeks today. I went to the doctor yesterday and my uterus is measuring 35 weeks. WHAT!!!! I go back in 2 weeks, January 19th, and more than likely he will check me then to see if I have started to soften. Everything is still great with Logan. My pelvic bones are spreading apart and man does that make for some crazy pain.

We are no where near ready for this baby to be here yet! Isn't it funny that with the first baby we were ready by 30 weeks! We had everything we needed! Now with the second baby we are scrambling for time! A good friend that I want to high school with, Lindsey, gave me some boxes of clothes that her youngest has grown out of and I got all the stuff from Jax that he has outgrown so my washing machine has been working double time today! It doesn't help that I can't be on my feet for very long without being in tons of pain. So I try to take it easy and only do a little at a time. Yeah Right! That's hard for me to do! Hopefully I get some help from Jessi this weekend. She's gonna help me go through clothes and get stuff put up. Sunday Mike thinks he is going to paint the nursery. We haven't even ordered the bedding yet!!! I know he won't be in his crib for a while but I plan on using the dresser and hutch/changing table now. I know it'll all come together. I'm just such a planner and have to have everything done NOW!!!!

Hopefully, by next week I have everything put where it goes and can get my house cleaned up! I guess I better start thinking about getting some clothes in a bag!

Something else we need to do is name this poor child!!! We know his first name is Logan but we cannot decide on a middle name!! This is exact opposite from Adylyn. We knew her middle name before we knew what her first name was!

This sweet girl cannot wait to be a Big Sister! She is so excited. She can even put a diaper on all by herself!! She's had her babies in the swing, bouncy chair, cradle, and bumbo! She's practicing up and I think she ready!!!

Let the crazyness begin!!!

The rest of our weekend in Fort Cobb

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Saturday we were pretty lazy and just hung around the house most of the day. Since we had been up late for New Years Eve we all slept a little later than the days morning. Aunt Debi came over for the rest of the weekend to spend some time with us. I'm so glad she did! This post will be a post of pictures from Saturday and Sunday.

Adylyn and Alesha Adylyn and Aunt Danielle!

Adylyn and Aunt Debi (or Aunt Vicki, whichever Ady feels like calling her at the moment!)

Debi and Ady again!

Adylyn's favorite movie right now is The Santa Claus. I think we watch it everyday. She has started calling it Good Luck Charlie. The kid in it is named Charlie but I don't know where the Good Luck came from! She calls Haley's I-Pod an I-Pot, so in this picture she is watching Good Luck Charlie on Haley's I-pot!

Danielle and Adylyn again!

Danielle, Ady, and Haley. Ady loved getting to spend time with these girls. She misses them so much!

Danielle and Mike. The baby and the big brother!

Ady got a dolphin pillow pet for Christmas. The girls had the movie flipper so Saturday afternoon they laid in the living room and watched it. The girls didn't go to bed until around 5:30 so they were pretty tired. Here they are all awake and watching the movie.

Here Danielle and Ady are already asleep. I don't think there was more than 15 minutes between the 2 pictures! Danielle slept most of the afternoon!

Debi getting her nails painted by Ady!

Danielle and Ady

Debi took a picture of my big belly sticking out!

Ady Jane! Debi and I played with our cameras Sunday. I got a new Nikon D3100 and I really had no idea how to use it! So Debi and I played around and now I feel like a pro!!!! Thanks Debi. Here we were playing with the ISO's and depth of field.

Alesha!

Nate!

Pa and Ady making Cinnamon Rolls Sunday morning

Ady and her Pa!

Pa taught her how to carry her golf bag.

Getting some putting lessons

She made it in the cup all by herself! She was so proud!

And she did it again! So proud!

Debi showed me that I can take pcitures in black and white!

Danielle playing pool. Here I was learning how to do silhoutte pictures.

A little better here!

My sweet husband! I love him so much!

Ady helping Grandma Sheri make a salad

Ady and Grandma Sheri. Sheri made a big lunch Saunday afternoon before we had to head home. She made fried chicken, mashed potatoes, corn, salad, and rolls. It was so yummy!!

Everytime someone took a bite of their salad she said " I made the salad". She was so proud!

Love this girl!

Ady was in her jammies until a little after noon! We finally got her dressed and she had to have Debi do it! They had to get lots of wrestling in!

And this sweet boy was such a good dog the whole weekend!

We had a great weekend in Fort Cobb. I'm glad we went down a day earlier and spent some extra time with the family. I know it'll probably be a while before we get to do it again. Ady woke up on the way home last night and said " I had alot of fun at Grandma Sheri and Pa's"! We are back to the grind of things now. Mike's got more contractors coming in this week and his hours will get longer. They are talking about working 10 days on and 4 days off. I hope I can make it!! Ha!

Our Friday in Fort Cobb!

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Friday morning we all got up pretty early! Not really sure how or why because we all went to bed pretty late! I guess we were so excited to spend more time together! Grandma Sheri and Pa were already cooking breakfast when Mike, Ady, and I got up. We had bacon, eggs, and biscuits and gravy! YUM!

Ady and Pa had to get in some golf lessons before we got our day started! Pa has been playing golf since he was Ady's age and played in college so he is pretty excited that Ady is showing interest in wanting to learn to play.
She's a pretty good putter.

After breaskfast and we got our showers taken Ady and Grandma Sheri made some brownies. Haley and Danielle were having some friends over for New Years Eve and we had to get ready for them! Ady loves to bake and cook so anytime Grandma Sheri is in the kitchen Ady is usually right there beside her.

See this look! Miss Sassy Pants!

Ady and Grandma Sheri

A girl has to lick the bowl...and the spoon!

After a ton of playtime with Haley and Danielle we needed to take naps if we were going to stay up until midnight! I know I did! Ady laid down in a chair out in the game room and fell asleep. How sweet is this! Her and I slept for a good couple of hours. I would have never made it to midnight if I didn't have that nap! Plus getting up early didn't help either.

Alesha got here while we were napping! We had pizza for dinner and played games while waiting on the new year! We also played Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune on the Wii. They had gotten some new games this year for Christmas so we played those. They got Know it or Blow it and Would You Rather....? They were both alot of fun! While playing Would you Rather..? Alesha landed on a challenge and she had to lap water up from a bowl like a kitten for 30 seconds! She was such a trooper! I haven't laughed that hard in so long! It was hilarious! We had a blast staying in and playing games and eating!

Nate had to take a few pictures too!!

Ady lasted until 11! I was suprised! The last few years we have stayed home and played games with family. We'd much rather do that then go out and brave crowds and risk something happening. I definitely missed ringing in the new year with my family. I think I have been with my sister the last few years and I missed it this year. But being with other family was just as fun!

I have been in quite a bit of pain the last few days so I haven't been able to do anything at all. My pelvis is what's hurting me. It's painful to bare weight. Thank goodness we are here where I don't hardly see Ady and she doesn't ask much of me! I can't wait to get all this extra weight off me!

We had a wonderful time ringing in the new year and spending time with family we don't get to see often enough. I've been thinking alot about what 2010 brought us and what 2011 has for us. I definitely hope it's better on my heart!

Christmas with the Hammons!

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Thursday morning I had a dentist appt (I'll try to remember to write about that at the end, it was interesting). When I got back home from the dentist Ady and Dad already had the car loaded up and we headed for Fort Cobb to spend the weekend with Mike's family. We didn't come down here the weekend of Christmas. It's such a long drive and we didn't want to drive all that way there and back only to spend one day with them. So we decided to wait to be able to spend more time with them. Mike had Thursday and Friday off so we will be staying until Sunday.
When we got to Fort Cobb Mike and Nate went out to the golf course to get a round of golf in since it was so nice. After they got back it was time to open presents! Ady could not wait!

Haley and Pa watching Ady I'm sure!
Ady checking out what Pa got for Christmas

She couldn't wait to open her huge present. She was so excited that it was taller than her.

What is it!?

Pa I need some help!

It's some golf clubs!!! She is so excited to have her own set of clubs now! She loves to go out to the golf course with her Dad. Now she can actually do something besides ride along!

Hopefully this will pay for college!!! Ha! Although we have a feeling she will get just as much academic help!

Let's try them out!

Pa told her there was something in the pocket. It was some practice balls.

We had to remind her that there were other presents to open.

Dress up clothes! She's got plenty of dress up stuff now. I know one thing we will be in the next few weeks!

We had to put a trash bag beside her because she didn't like throwing the paper on the floor!

opening more....

She unwrapped this box and goes "it's waffles!!"

Clothes from Addee and Alesha! We needed these!

Ady and her Pa! I feel bad sometimes because she doesn't get to spend alot of time with them but when we do come down she makes up for the lost time! She doesn't leave their sides!

Ady and her look!

Santa brought Haley and Danielle a pool table! So after presents it was time to play pool! Nate trying to run the table!

Danielle showing her skills!

Mike's shot!

Haley's turn!

I think Mike and Nate were making fun of Danielle!

We were up late Thursday catching up and playing pool. We are having a blast down here and it's nice to be able to relax and not have anything to worry about!

My dentist appt....

I am now 33 weeks pregnant. I have had this dentist appt for the last 6 months. I went ahead and kept it because I have been feeling good. I knew all they would be doing is cleaning my teeth. Well apparently the hygenist that I got must not remember the protocols for pregnant women. She laid me back, way back! I felt ok for a few minutes while she starting working on me and then all of a sudden I got really hot and felt like my arms were floating. I knew I was about to pass out! So I told her I needed to sit up and get a drink of water. After a few minutes I felt better and told her I couldn't lay on my back like that. So she finished with me sitting up a little bit. I've always been told and read in books and magazines that pregnant woman are not to lay on their backs. Well this is why! There is a major blood vessel that the baby lays on and you will pass out!!! I was really tired and worn out the rest of the day. But am better now!

I hope everyone had a wonderful new years! We did! I post our Friday later! Have a great day and cheer on those Sooners!!\

What we've been doing!

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We have been very busy since Christmas! Ady got lots of games so of course I think we had to play each one on Christmas! After opening gifts at Nana's and eating breakfast we came back home and it was play time.

Ady and Dad playing Don't Spill the Beans! She told Nana "Me and Dad played Don't Spill the Beans and I spilled the beans"!!!! So intense!

Playing Elefun! Waiting on the butterflies. We played this alot when we were younger. Jessi loved it!

WooHoo! Gonna catch one!

I think Dad got that one!

She also got Chutes and Ladders and Candy Land. She got another game called Red Rover. The dog tells you what color or number of bone to bring him. It's pretty neat. She really likes it. She also got an Alphie. We've played with that too!

Here she is in her car with 3 of her babies. She also has her purse and a diaper bag in there with her!

I'm not really sure how we've been fitting in so much in our days but I know I am exhausted when bedtime comes! We play and I clean some, then we play some more. The house is finally back to normal. I've been doing alot this week and boy am I feeling it. We are headed to Fort Cobb in the morning to spend the whole weekend with Grandma Sheri, Pa, Haley, Danielle, and Nate. This will more than likely be the last time we travel down there for quite some time. Being in the car is pretty hard on me now and Logan will be here in around 7 weeks. And I remember all to well what it was like traveling with a newborn. Now we'll have a newborn and a toddler. I might as well rent an RV to travel anywhere because you take so much stuff! But we will always welcome visitors to come see us! Now that Christmas is over it's to get into baby mode! Time to order beddings and start painting! We only have a few weeks left. I'm starting to get a little nervous that we won't have everything done! Hopefully it is!

Christmas at Nana's

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After we opened our gifts here at home and went through Santa's goodies we went over to Nana's because Jessi, Ryan, and Reese were coming to town before heading to Arnett. We wanted to open gifts with them and Bubba, Nessa, and Jax. Chris wasn't here this year, he was in Arizona visiting Mike and Barb.

Jax Joe

Ady is helping Jax open his gift from Grandma Jane and Papa Gene

Reese getting hugs from Nana!

Bubba, Reese, and Jessi

Reese opening his stuff up! and Jax eating more paper!

Ady Jane with more baby accessories!

Jax waiting on breakfast

Reese with more cars!

Bubba and his new camo hat!

Ryan must have something good in his stocking!

Ady checking out what's in her stocking.

Jax in his camo hat from Aunt Jessi and Uncle Ryan and his new sippy cup.

Ryan checking out a new shirt from Santa Mike!

Santa brought us lottery tickets. Did they win anything? I know I didn't!

With most of his new toys!

New slippers

This is what kind of pictures you get when Mike is the photogapher and Ryan is the subject!

Such a pose!

Happy boy!

Nana feeding Jax breakfast. He always has his tongue out!!

Yum Yum!

Oh Ryan!

More bites!

They were both sitting there so quietly and so intense! I cheris this picture! THIS NEVER HAPPENS!!! Ady is feeding her baby (Katy) and Reese is playing with his tow truck.

Reese and his tow truck from Aunt Jen and Uncle Mike

Ady feeding her baby.

Bubble machine! Notice the pile of bubbles on the floor!

More bubbles

Ady and her bubbles

Santa got Jessi and Ryan Perfection. Such an intense game. We played this all the time when we were little. It became a little competive though Christmas morning!