Guess who I take after...

.. except I'm lucky that undershirts still fit me!!

Playing in the Snow

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He shoots... he SCORES!

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Cookie Monster

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Oh Christmas Tree.. Oh Christmas Tree

After many, many days of begging and pleading, Mark FINALLY let me pull out the Christmas decorations. Logan was so excited about everything. At first he was a little shocked that there was a tree in our living room... he was so scared of it. He wouldn't go anywhere near it. Unfortunately, that didnt last too long. Soon Logan was in there like a dirty shirt "helping" decorate the tree.

Even though he was having tons of fun and was super excited about the tree... nothing can stand in the way between Logan and Lunette from the Big Comfy Couch!!

He loves all the ornaments. He has yet to pull any of them off, but he loves touching them.

And this is what happens when you tell Logan "No, don't touch!"

This year I bought a Nativity set from Sears. It's a Fisher Price Little People set. Which is perfect for Logan. He love's playing with it. (Although in one day we have lost two of the three wisemen and Joseph.)

Even Duke was excited about getting ready for Christmas!

Do you think Mark was excited?? This is what he did while Logan and I decorated the tree.

Dance, Dance!

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And he hasn't said a word since...

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This video was taken in August of 2007 - so when Logan was only about a month old. I don't know if you remember it, but listen to the very beginning carefully. At that very young age Logan said his first word first sentance; "I look good".

Logan is now almost 16 months old and hasn't said anything since. Well, thats a bit of a lie. He hasn't said anything besides that and "daddy" over and over and over again. (Guess who his favorite person is!)

Hopefully some day soon his vocabulary will expand and he'll learn to say "MOMMY!!"

Finally, some pictures!

No, I haven't found my camera cord. It is still M.I.A. But Robyn has been bugging for pictures so I made a special trip to my mom's this afternoon to upload some current shots.

For Halloween Logan was a lion. As you can probably tell, he didn't really enjoy his costume. He screamed and cried when we first put it on. But, as soon as we went outside he forgot all about it and loved running around the neighborhood. We only went to houses of people we knew, but Logan still got a bag full of yummy loot! (We tried to use face paint and draw a cute little nose and whiskers on Logan - but that was nearly impossible.)

This morning the three of us bundled up and headed outside to "enjoy" the fresh snow we got last night. Again, Logan threw a temper tantrum when we tried to put his snow suit on. (I think if he had his way he would run around naked all the time.) We headed to turtle hill to take Logan sledding for the first time. He seemed to really like it but it was kind of hard to tell. He didn't cry or scream when we went down - but he didnt laugh or smile either. He liked the snow. He liked crawling in it and taking off his mittens to play with it. But he HATED his snow suit. He couldnt walk very well in it and kept falling face first into the snow.

Obnoxious Ones??

I havent written anything in quite a while... over a month actually!! And thats mainly because I have had my hands FULL with Logan. He has been keeping me so busy and preoccupied lately. I am constantly having to track him down, see what he's gotten into and clean it up. He is always getting into something. Logan is one busy beaver!! He can never sit still and play nicely with his toys (and yet he plays so nicely at his grandparents' houses!) This week alone I have caught him:

• Pulling all my pots and pans out of the cupboards
• Emptying ALL of the Cheerios out over ALL of the living room floor
• Throwing Kleenex's EVERYWHERE (my mom actually caught him doing this at her house).
• Sitting IN the toilet, soaked up to his waist playing in the water
• Eating dirt out of the plants
• Running down the hall with a trail of toilet paper following him

And its only TUESDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You can't turn your back on this boy for one second.

On top of all his mischievousness Logan has developed quite the temper. (I swear he didnt get that from me!!) He has thrown so many tempertantrums in the past three days! For example, on Sunday we went to the acreage to drop off our trailer and when it was time to go, Logan didnt want to get in the truck. Instead he threw himself down on the ground and screamed and cried. Mark picked him up and tried to buckle him in his seat and had to pretty much pin him down! Logan was screaming, flailing and HITTING!

I think he has hit his terrible twos one year too early!

On top of all this "naughtiness" Logan has hid my camera cord somewhere. I've been looking all week and havent been able to find it yet - hence no pictures attached to this post!!

A Boy and his Dog

A boy and his dog make a glorious pair:

No better friendship is found anywhere,

For they talk and they walk and they run and they play,

And they have their deep secrets for many a day

And that boy has a comrade who thinks and who feels,

Who walks down the road with a dog at his heels.

He may go where he will and his dog will be there,

May revel in mud and his dog will not care;

Faithful he'll stay for the slightest command

And bark with delight at the touch of his hand;

Oh, he owns a treasure which nobody steals,

Who walks down the road with a dog at his heels.

No other can lure him away from his side;

He's proof against riches and station and pride;

Fine dress does not charm him, and flattery's breath

Is lost on the dog, for he's faithful to death;

He sees the great soul which the body conceals--

Oh, it's great to be young with a dog at your heels!

- Edgar Guest

Give a boy a dog and you've furnished him a playmate.

- Berton Braley