Nap Time

I couldn't resist taking this picture of Logan yesterday. I went to get him out of bed since he'd been asleep for 3 1/2 hours already, which is a long nap for him. And this is what I find. Logan all curled up in his blanket. He's such a sweetheart and it's hard for me to get pictures of him while he's sleeping. When I open his bedroom door, he usually wakes right up. He was really konked out.



In other news, my dad is going to give me my sister's car and I am going to give him the Buick. Oh and her car is a Cavalier, which I'm super excited about because it'll save a butt load on gas. Vince found someone who was looking for a Durango and trying to get rid of her car in the process which is a Grand Prix. So we will be trading the Durango for her car. Craigslist is so awesome!! We just put it in the barter section and within a few days had a lot of people looking to trade.

My birthday was this past Tuesday and I had to work. I could have requested it off, but honestly there was really no point. I'm 25, what's the big deal about working on your birthday once you hit a certain age. It didn't bother me too much, but I wasn't expecting anything from Vince. Once I get home, I see a gift bag and Vince says that it's from Logan, lol. It was some scented oil and a holder that has a candle and will warm the oil and keep your house smelling good. I loved it, since our house always kinda of weird odor. I think it's from the old owner and all the animal urine that soaked into the floor. On hot days, sometimes you can smell a little something. So this was a perfect gift! Then Vince gets me his present and it's a Wii Fit Plus. I'm always complaining about not having time to exercise so Vince thought it would be a good idea. I can't wait to try it out, but I have heard that it can be mean. Like when you step on the board it will say "Ouch" like I'm fat or something, lol. I already know I am, I don't need a video game telling me too. We picked up some Chinese take out for dinner and watched some tv on the couch. Nothing too fancy, but I really enjoyed it!!

An Update

Ok, I'm doing really bad at blogging lately and I apologize. Things have been crazy lately. We are on the hunt for a new car. The Dodge Durango we have eats gas and since Vince drives to Mossville every day for work, we figured we should look for something with better gas milage. This car, the Pontiac G6 has really caught Vince's eye and I like it too, but right now I'm not sure we can afford it at $14,990. Doing some research we found the same car with more miles on it for $3000 less. So we'll see how things pan out.

Logan is going through a growth spurt again. He's been able to fit into his 12 month clothes and even some of his 6-9 month clothes for awhile still and I was hoping he could wear these throughout the summer. Boy, was I wrong! He can't even fit into his 12 months anymore. Thankfully it is spring which means garage sale time. Yesterday Tremont had their townwide garage sales and I found some great clothes for good prices. A few houses were selling their baby clothes for a quarter each, you can't beat that!

Work has been a little hectic too since we are so short staffed, but have just now starting hiring more people because we were on a hiring freeze. And some good news is that I might be switching shifts at work. I currently work from 11-7 and feel like I'm missing out on alot with Logan. My boss informed me that one of the girls in the morning will be leaving and wanted to know if I wanted her spot. Of course!! I'll now work from 6am-1:30pm which leaves my whole afternoon with Logan free. I'm so excited!! Vince is also working his way up at his job. The supervisors really seem to like him and in just a month he's moved to a building that pays better and then became a forktruck driver. So he's already gotten a couple raises. We're going to enjoy it while we can before child support and the unemployment he has to pay back starts coming out of his check because then he won't be making anything.

I've also added a food blog search link to the gadgets in my blog. This thing is awesome!! Just search for a recipe and any food blog that has this recipe will pop up. I'm really liking it :) So give it a try.

To end this blog, I decided to try and upload a video. My first time trying this, hope it works and it's taking forever to upload. Anyway, this is Logan climbing up our stairs. He's getting pretty good at it, but still can't get back down yet.

Watching Toons

Logan likes watching his cartoons. I try not to have the tv on too much, but since we're probably going to be staying upstairs almost all winter, the tv is going to be on. There isn't a lot of room. We have our room, a little hallway, Logan's room and the computer room(which Logan isn't allowed into because of all the wires) He likes crawling back and forth between the rooms and loves knocking the heater over which in turn it shuts off and we have to wait until it cools down before it will turn back on again. But Logan really does like his NickJr. I'm not sure, but he really seems to like Ni-Hao Kilan. Whenever she pops up on the tv and starts talking he always turns and looks. I kinda like her too :)




Last night I had to go to a meeting at my work and then afterwards needed to deposit a check and get some diapers at Wal-Mart. So I go to the ATM by the East Peoria Wal-Mart and deposit my check. I get all finished and it says to take my card and it wouldn't come out. I freaked! All my money is in my bank...I don't carry cash and I had to buy diapers, Logan only had two left at home. I tried to get my card out with another card but it tried to take it and I didn't want to lose another one. So I call my parents and they tell me to put an out of order sticker on the machine so no one could come by and maybe get my card since it can be used as credit. I told them yeah right,this is East Peoria right next to Wal-Mart..no one is going to believe that. If someone was able to get my card out of the machine and use it, I would be screwed. That's all my money. So my dad calls my brother cause he works at CEFCU and tells him there is a 24 hour number to call(there was no number on the ATM) I call and tell them my situation and she says that if the ATM takes your card and can't spit it out, it will pull it back into the ATM and shred it. Phew!! That's what I was worried about. So they are sending me a new card, which I should get in about a week. In the mean time though, I can't withdraw money so I guess I'll be using checks. Fun, fun..blah. I have an account that's only electronic so I can't go into CEFCU and withdraw money from the teller, I have to use the ATM. Thank goodness it all worked out...I was stressing out big time.

Blankie

Logan loves this blanket. He will pull it out of his crib and crawl around with it. He likes to lay his head down on it and snuggle with it, it's really cute. I hope it won't end up being one of those attachment items that end up being pulled behind him in the dirt, like that kid from Charlie Brown. But for now he's just a cute little boy with his blankie.


Did anyone notice my new layout? Isn't it awesome!! My friend Kristin made it for me and I love it. Took me a little while to figure out how to get it all together, but she helped me out and now it looks great! Thank you Kristin!! Last night Vince and I went to go see Avatar. Vince's dad had taken his two boys to see it and said it was really good, plus it's in 3-D. So we decided we should see it in theaters because it probably wouldn't be the same at home on a DVD. My parents watched Logan and we went to Pekin first and got a little dinner at Culvers. We really like that place, but it is a little expensive. We got Kerasotes about 45 min before the movie started because Vince wanted to get a good seat...right in the middle is best for 3-D, I guess. It wasn't too crowded which was nice. I hate going out to a movie and theres all these teenagers yelling across the theater to their friends. But anyway the movie was so awesome!! I saw previews for it but didn't understand what it was about, but it was great! I special effects were amazing and the storyline was good. The music was so beautiful, I'm probably going to buy the soundtrack. It was just a great night out though, we haven't had one of those in awhile.

I asked my mom if she would be willing to have a party for Logan at her house and she said she would. Then I asked if Vince's family could come and she said she would have to think about it. I don't really want to have two separate parties for him. We'll see how it all works out. Vince's mom used to decorate wedding cakes and other specialty cakes so now I'm thinking I might just ask her is she can make a cake for Logan. She'd probably do a much better job than me anyway.

Party Planning

I know I just posted something a bit ago, but I've been thinking about Logan's one year party. The truth is I just want something small. I wish I could do it in our house, but it's not big enough or warm enough. Vince, Logan and I were at G&GB house yesterday and we got to talking about it and really want to have a big party. Invite all Vince's aunts and uncles and my aunts and uncles. But the thing is my family has never been into big parties for kids. I've never gone to a cousin's party(unless they were in my class and invited me) I don't think anyone would come and the one's that would might be uncomfortable because they don't know any of Vince's family and honestly have probably only met Logan once or twice. I don't know. Logan is my son and I'm the one who decides what to do. Vince wants a big party, I don't.

G&GB also said it would be great to have it a Chuck E Cheese because you can just call ahead and reserve tables. I saw online if you want to have a party provided by Chuck E Cheese it's like $10 a kid. But his mom just said you don't have to have a party through the restaurant. We'll see I guess. My mom keeps telling me that it's his first birthday and he won't remember it so there is no point to doing anything big. My problem is I try to please too many people and now two different people want two totally opposite things. I was thinking about asking my mom if we could have a small party at their house, but I don't think she would want any of Vince's relatives coming over(she doesn't like Vince's mom at all) This is stressing me out and it shouldn't be, this is for my little boy. I only have a couple months to decide what to do. I was also thinking about his cake. He isn't really into anything on tv, he'll watch it, but there isn't a favorite show yet. He really loves his books so I was thinking I might try and decorate his cake as a kids book. I'm not sure which one. And on top of everything else it's time I start looking around for some more gifts. Hopefully we'll have some more money by then. I saw this toy at Toys R Us that I really want to get him. I can't remember what it's called, but he could use it as a ride on toy or push it or even rock with it too. It was like $60 though so we'll see what we can do. I can't believe my little man is turning one already. Where did the time go??

Messy Boy

This was supposed to be yesterdays picture, but I wasn't able to get it uploaded because Vince was on the computer all night. Literally, he was up until like 4:30am.


This was the mess Logan left after he ate last night. Notice his tray isn't even on his chair. There are jars of food just laying around randomly. His wipes and some of his clothes have been pulled from the diaper bag. He took all the gears off of his toy there in the background. I think I've come to understand now why mothers with young children say their houses are never clean.

Picture This

So this mommy on a forum that I'm on is starting a blog where she posts a picture every day this year. There are lots of precious memories in photos so I decided I want to give it a try. I'm not great at posting photos though so this will give me something to strive for. And honestly, even though Logan is only going to be little once I sometimes forget to take photos of random things. So here we go.





Logan eating his puffs. Yes his chair is in our room because the main floor is freezing. He just recently started eating finger foods again because when he first started when he was a little younger he choked on a puff and refused to grab food anymore. I would put pieces of banana or bread in front of him and he would just put his mouth on the tray and try to eat it like a dog. I even would hold it for him so he could grab it out of my hand but he would just lean forward and eat it from my fingers. I tried again a couple days ago, putting puffs on his tray, and he actually ate them!! He almost choked on one, but he did fine after that. That's why this picture means a lot. Also, I love the fact that he crosses his little ankles when he eats, it's so cute :)