Hello, hello...anyone here??

Okay, so it has been forever since I have updated my blog. I suppose what really matters is that I am here doing it now while at least one of the kiddos is asleep. (I know Morgan is still awake as I was sleeping next to her when she woke me up to tell me the phone was ringing. ) We have had a busy summer and I could go on about all we have done, but that would take too long as well as posting gobs of cute pictures would too. So instead, I will just let the world know that we have had a busy summer. Seems like we are always on the go...some of that being on the go included heading to the beach, several trips to Mote Marine, playgroups, story time at the library and such. Troy and Morgan went to Atlanta for the weekend in July. Morgan and I are heading to DC with Janet and Macy in September. Other than that, we have not done any traveling this summer. Maybe some time in the fall we will take a family trip.

The kids continue to grow like crazy. Morgan started dance class at the beginning of August and loves it. She starts back to preschool next Monday and will be attending three mornings a week this year. Logan is walking, running and climbing all over the place. He does what ever he has to do to keep up with his sister. He finally got his fifth tooth after having four for about 7 months.

Here are a few pictures from the past few months. Enjoy and I am really going to try and keep up with my blog better. I promise!!

Logan's new ride

My new ride

Logan loves to wear his sister's princess shoes

Morgan got in to my purse one day and put on some lipstick.

I love Morgan's face in this one.

Logan doing his Einstein hair impression.

Life goes on

Whew, a lot has happened in the last two months since my last post. Most of you know that my Mom passed away two weeks ago. She had been battling cancer for several years. We knew that she did not have a lot of time left, but her somewhat rapid decline still came as a shock. We are beginning the adjustment and she will be missed.

A week or so before Mom passed away, her older brother, Allan, passed away too. His was a quick decline as well. We have gotten to see a lot of family in the past few weeks although it has not always been under the best circumstances. Our last family get together was a happy one though as Mary and Eric got married last Saturday on the beach. It was a great wedding even though there was a stomach bug making it's way thru the family. Morgan was absolute doll and I will try to get pictures up soon.

My little boy turned one a week ago. I can not believe it has been a year! He is walking like an expert and doing well keeping up with his sister. I really have to keep an eye on him when we are out and about now since he is so quick on his feet.

That is about it for now. I am working on getting stuff done at Mom's house. Even though she had moved about a year ago, there is still lots of stuff to go thru. No pictures this post...will try next time and will try not to be gone so long. :)

Yeah, we are still here...

just busy, busy, busy. In a nutshell, in the past two weeks, we went to Disney for Troy's birthday, celebrated said birthday at home as well, went strawberry picking, had Ethan over for a few days, Morgan got a new scooter, Logan got two new teeth and has really started moving around with his push toys. My mom had some health scares and is doing better. She will be in rehab for a few weeks and then figure out what to do from there. We have plenty of stuff coming up, of course. I promise to try and get on here more often...maybe then I will not have so many pictures to try and put on in one post. :)

This is what happens when you think a 3 yr old is napping in her room...she dresses herself.

One of the many faces of Morgan.

Morgan loved her "googly" ears.

And Logan seems please with his Pooh bear.

Disney

Morgan got her face painted and did so well sitting still.

The final product.

Troy and Morgan on the tea cups, her favorite ride.

First time on Dumbo.

Both kids got their first ears. Morgan's have Tinkerbell on them plus her name.

Logan got the classic ears.

Guess his first trip to Disney was too much for him.

Frosting the cake she helped make for Troy.

My budding photographer. She was using her blankie as a backdrop for her puppies. Auntie Janet was so proud.

Morgan and her scooter.

Just a quick update

So February is here and we are busy as ever. I can not believe it is the middle of the month already. Last weekend saw my sister and her family in town for the weekend and Mary's shower. This weekend we will be taking a quick trip to Disney for Troy's birthday. Logan is on another round of antibiotics for his ears and Morgan seems to have allergies that are flaring up. Busy, busy, busy as ever. Here are a few pictures with more to come after Disney.

Ready for January to end and February to come

I am so ready for January to be over. The kids have not had the best week between Morgan, her knee and her lingering cold symptons. I took Logan to the doctor today and he has another ear infection. That makes 4 since November. We saw a different doctor today and she will refer us to a pediatric ENT next week to see about tubes. I am optimistic about this as I think it will get his ears clear and get him off antibiotics. To top it all off, I found water under my kitchen sink this evening... supposed to stay in the sink, not under it. We have been having pressure issues with the faucet so who knows what it is.

The kids and I met some friends at Chuck E Cheese yesterday. It is a rare thing for us to go there. This was Logan's first time and he had fun riding some of the riding "games". Morgan just had fun in general. The pictures below are pretty self explanatory. I will say that I love Logan's expression in the first picture. Oh yeah, the Jeep is gone, gone, gone. Wahoo! Troy brought home a Dodge Avenger this evening. Will get some pictures soon.

A professional hair cut & finally a tooth

So I took Boogers, aka Morgan (more on that in a bit), to get her first professional hair cut. I asked if she wanted to go and she told me to call the man with his scissors. Took that to mean yes. I found a children's salon called Lil Dudes and Divas to take her to. She did really well. She got to sit in a big jeep and pick a movie to watch while she got her hair cut. The actual hair cut is not that different from what I have done in the past, but it was a good experience. With the way her hair grows, she will not need to go back in a while.

Before

After

Another after shot with her lollipop

I referred to Morgan as Boogers because she has had a horrible runny nose for a good part of the last week and has taken to yelling out "Boogers" when her nose needs to be wiped. She knows how to wipe it, just has taken to working Mommy and Daddy. It is getting a little better, but she has a cough hanging around so might need to go to the doctor's next week. She also has a big "boo boo" on her knee. Troy took the kids for a walk on Sunday and she fell twice. Really skinned up her knee badly. Hopefully it will heal soon because the little diva is being really needy with this injury.

Logan has finally gotten a tooth! I thought the day would never come. Well, not really, but it seemed to take forever. He did really well with the teething process and now I am not sure if his cold is a cold or something from teething. I think he might get one on top next. If I am able to get a picture, I will post it.

In the meanwhile, here are a few pictures of Logan getting in to the one cabinet that we have not babyproofed in the kitchen so they have some thing to get in to. He has discovered it and loves to clear it out while I am cooking right next to him. Oh the timing. :)

Lots of doctors and fun at the fair

Another week has whirled by. Seems like a lot of it was spent at the doctor's as three of us had appointments this past week. Morgan had her 6 month dentist visit and did wonderful. After crying and screaming the first two times she went, she was perfect this time. Not a tear was shed and she actually was quite the chatterbox, talking about everything with the hygenist and dentist. I had an ultrasound on my abdomen as I have been a little sore, but they found nothing. Probably just pulled a muscle...not surprising with two kids in the house.

On Friday, I quickly rearranged our schedule so I could get Logan to the doctor. It was Troy's last day at his previous job and we found out that morning that our insurance would expire that day. I had Logan's 9 month/ear check scheduled for this week and they were able to fit us in due to the insurance problem. Logan still has fluid in his ear. Hopefully it will clear up soon. He came in at 20 lbs 11 oz and 29 1/2 inches. Almost the same height Morgan was at 9 months.

On Saturday, we went to the county fair. Morgan surprised us again by wanting to go on a pony ride. Kind of funny as we had attending a birthday party in December where there were pony rides and she did not want to ride one. Oh the fickleness of a 3 year old. She also rode on a truck and went on a bouncy bungee thing. I am not sure what it is called. They put a harness on her with stretchy ropes attached that she held on to. Then they hoisted her up some and she could bounce. Took her a few minutes to get the hang of it, but then she enjoyed it. I, also, had a picture of her that I had entered in the fair. Everyone gets a ribbon and mine happened to be a second place one. Not bad. Here are some pictures from the fair. (Logan was there....just not in the pictures).

Morgan's first funnel cake.

Pony ride

Riding in the truck.

The bouncy/bungee thing.