Logan is 1 yr old (July 27, 2016)

Once again, Mom is catching up on old blog posts to update for our sweet youngest little boy. I love you Logan! ~Mommy

Logan is 1!

First 7 steps- July 6, 2016

By Aug 8th he was walking all over the place. 

At his 12mo well check visit:

Weight: 20lbs 14oz

Length: 31.5"

Size 12mo clothing

Size 3 diapers

Size 4 shoe

Logan still loves almost any and all foods including steamed sweet peas, salad with dressing. His favorite is anything mom is eating. The only things he currently seems to dislike are cantaloupe, bananas and whole milk. 

Logan is nursing 3 times a day when he wakes up, mid afternoon, and before bed. We are working on weaning, but so far he doesn't take whole milk or almond milk well, but enjoys any juice and water. As of two weeks after his birthday we are now down to nursing twice first thing in the morning and before bed and still not much luck adding milk into his diet. He will eat oatmeal mixed with whole milk and whole milk yogurt, so I am trying to incorporate these things in daily. (Right at 13 months seemed to be a turning point for Logan and he drinks whole milk easily and excitedly, so for that we are thankful! We weaned after Labor Day weekend in September, he just kept telling me "All Done" at night after latching on for just over a minute or two. After 3 nights putting him to bed without it, he never asked again only snuggled and "checked to see that they were still there" a handful of times. I am thankful that weaning went so smoothly with all 3 boys.)

Logan is such a joy and a sweet boy! I'm so thankful to be his mom. He is growing more each day and learning new things. He can already follow a few one step commands and seems to understand most of what we say. He is learning new words all the time and mimicking sounds. He loves his big brothers so much and gives them hugs when they cry. He has empathy down it seems. He already has many opinions and likes to do things all by himself. He hates when mom brushes his teeth, but loves when it is his turn to try. He sometimes throws a fit when I break a food into small bite size pieces because he would rather it be big for him to bite off of like a big kid. Our boys really do want to grow up too fast. 

One of his birthday gifts was a push car where he rides and we push him around. He loves this gift so much and in the mornings when we head to school I say, "it's time to go!" and I can always find him sitting ready in his push car. We love you Logan and are so thankful for you. 

Ethan is 4

Ethan 4 yr post- another delayed post that has been sitting in my notes of my phone for almost 5 months now. Life gets busy y'all!

Weighed 37.2lbs
Height 41.5"
4 shots- which he took like a champ without a single tear!!! Wow!

Ethan celebrated his birthday this year with family and preschool friends at Pump it up in Arlington, TX. We had a morning PJ masks pajama party with donuts, milk, juice, and coffee for the adults. The kids had a blast jumping and playing together.

A few favorites I asked Ethan to share:
Animal- puppy
Stuffed animal- big bear
Color- pink and yellow
Food- cookies
Fruit- applesauce (with cinnamon)
Drink- sprite
Toy- paw patrol toys especially his new jungle rescue Tracker toy
Book- not sure
Friend- Jorge
Candy- ring pop
Sport- soccer
TV show- Shimmer and Shine

Ethan has grown and become so much more independent in the past year. He puts on shoes, socks and clothes alone. Recently he learned to do buttons on his shirt. He can open wrappers (but still occasionally needs help). He is completely potty independent and doesn't need help wiping when he poops anymore. Woohoo! He is able to write his name pretty well and is starting to take some interest in learning to write other letters and numbers. He can count to 100 with a little help past 40 when it comes to the "tens" place. He recognizes numbers and upper and lower case letters, but we have not begun reading words just yet. I have started testing him on sounds and am pretty pleased to see him already identifying many sounds with their matching letter, but some he still misses (mostly few of the vowel sounds.) I guess it's time to start playing some site word games and bringing out the beginning BOB books.

Ethan is funny and caring, but also dramatic and a screamer when things don't go as he hopes/plans. He feels deeply love and hate. He is a peacemaker and quickly gives into his brothers wants to keep him from being sad. When Ethan gets sad and cries he looks first to his baby brother Logan for a hug (and Logan always obliges (at age 1) and says "awww" or "oohhh"). Ethan is brave and outgoing and will talk to anyone. He is quick to make new friends especially if they are girls. On that note, he has a serious magnet to girls especially ones older than him and of the "blonde hair" variety. 😂😂 Ethan is stubborn (oh genetics...) which will one day serve him well in standing for truth, but can be challenging when parenting and teaching obedience. Mike and I are often exhausted by the end of the day as all 3 boys together can be quite the challenge at times.

We love Ethan so much and are proud of the big boy he is becoming. We pray that God continues to draw him close to Himself and gives him a desire to follow after Him. We pray God will mold Ethan's heart and mind toward the gospel and to love God first and love others second.

Here are a few of the many faces of Ethan age 4- Sept & Oct 2016

new puppy surprise puppies

trying out his lite brite toy

Birthday pancakes

Birthday dinner at Texas Roadhouse

4 yr well check with Dr. Wallace

Family celebration

Game ball after Tball game

Checking out Officer Joe's police car

Loves to swing

Preschool Fall pictures

Ethan or Batman?

Logan 11 months (June 27, 2016)

Logan 11 months 

Pulls up to stand on anyone and everything. Cruising around the furniture and taking hesitant one step between coffee table and couch. Loves to walk assisted with his toy or anyone that will let him. He is standing some unassisted for about 5-10 seconds or so and practicing his balance. He is officially our latest walker (as he is not yet walking). I'm not sure if he will be walking by his birthday. Time will tell!

He loves giving "high fives" and blowing kisses. 

He has become very proficient with the use of a fork. His favorite game is for you to stab a piece of food and hand it back so he can put it in his mouth himself then he hands the fork back. He loves this little feeding "game". 

Logan loves peekaboo and squatting below the couch and jumping up to "scare" you. "Ahh!" He just laughs and laughs. 

He seems to be fairly verbal. Adding to momma and dadda he asks "dis" and points to things wanting you to say what "this" is. He also answers "yes" to questions about what he wants. Other new words, "duck", (He loves rubber duckies) "juice" and he tries to mimic many words/sounds.. He is signing "please", "milk" and "more", but often gets too excited about foods I am putting out and flails around so it looks more like "all done" or does arm out palm out as if to say "hand it to me". 

He does not like when one of his brothers (mostly Ethan) takes toys away from him. He protests with crying or throwing a little fit... Yes, opinionated... No surprise there. 

New tooth #8 Bottom left one over- June 24th 

Fav songs- if you're happy and you know it, Twinkle Twinkle and ABC song

Foods-

Dislikes- carrots, green beans, cheese, rice, and sometimes blueberries & cantaloupe 

Likes- every kind of meat, fish, every kind of bread, peas, corn, sweet potatoes, baked potato, oatmeal, PASTA!!! (Yay!!!), beans (black and refried), bananas, strawberries, grapes, apple sauce, and almost all fruits. He enjoys snacks of Cheerios, white cheddar Cheetos, and crackers. He will try almost everything and mostly likes it! We'll enjoy this while it lasts... I know my kids go through phases and tend to get picky. 

School's out for the summer!!

Last days of school post! Ryan had a great first year in Kindergarten at Anna May Daulton Elementary School in MISD. His teacher was Mrs. Emilie Chiozza and she was great! Ryan's last day was June 1st. He was excited for the summer, but also a little bummed to not be with his friends and teacher each day. The first photo was his idea as he said he was "sad that school is over". He wasn't sad for long as he realized we have lots of fun plans ahead this summer.

Logan, Ryan & Ethan

Sweet brothers!

May 27th was Ethan's last day of preschool at Ridge Kids (Walnut Ridge Baptist Church). He went on Tues/Thurs 9-2:30pm. He had a great year and was lucky to have a class with mostly kids from our church, Rush Creek Mira Lagos. His teachers were also very sweet. The first half of the year was Mrs. Lauren and Mrs. Melissa, the second half of the year was Mrs. Melissa and Mrs. Bonnie. He asked when he was going back to school for a few days after it was over, but is now thrilled for more playtime at home and trips to Hawaiian Falls water park with our new season passes we received for Christmas.  Here are his last day photos:

Logan is 10 months old!

*Yep! Another belated post, but here it is!

Logan 10 months

12 month clothing
20lbs 2oz
Size 3 diapers 

Teeth 
#5 upper right one over May 5th
#6 upper left middle May 8th
#7 upper right middle May 15th

Walking along furniture holding on and sometimes tries to balance between the couch and the coffee table. Blowing kisses, dancing to music on his toys and sometimes radio. He is a happy and smiley baby, but definitely already starting to show that he has an opinion. Word: dis "this" and yes in response to many things. 
Recently taught him what a fish "says" making fish faces with my mouth and now I say "what does a fish say?" And he does the mouth too. It's really cute. He is a smart little boy just like his brothers. He is a happy sweet little boy who while opinionated is definitely such a joy!! 

New foods:
Scrambled eggs, sausage biscuits, fish, mushrooms, tomatoes, pasta (doesn't care for pasta- no surprise here...My kids are slow adapters) I take it back, that was the first try, he has eaten pasta with the sauce in baked ziti and LOVED it! Woohoo! 

His favorite foods are absolutely any meat and bread/cracker item. He also enjoys most fruit items, but pretty limited with veggies he will actually pick up and not spit back out. Doesn't seem to be a huge dairy fan just yet (yogurt/cheeses). He loves beans and is back to enjoying oatmeal with whole milk. 

Occasionally still waking once overnight, but finally consistently not nursing overnight again. Takes 2-3 naps a day 2hrs is usually the first one, an hour and a half to 2hrs for the second. If we aren't too busy he naps again for about 30-45 min while I prepare dinner around 5pm. Bedtime is 8pm and I wake him for school drop off around 7:30. Sometimes he wakes on his own a little after 7am. Nursing 4 times a day- When he wakes up, lunchtime, after school (around 4pm), then at bedtime. 

Crawling everywhere!

Logan is 10 months

Logan is 10 months

Happy Logan

Cutest little guy!

Are we all done yet Mom?

Showing off more of those 7 teeth

Logan is 9 months old!

*Okay, I am terrible at posting these. Poor 3rd child. These posts just hang out for months on my phone notes until I have a chance to come upstairs and actually post them on our PC. Logan will be 11 months old at the end of this week, but here is his 9 mo post. Better late than never ;)

Logan 9 months

Logan is over baby food at this point and has tried many new table foods this month 

New foods: goldfish, Ritz crackers, biscuits, mashed potatoes, hummus, refried beans, grapes, ham, pulled pork, cheddar cheese, blueberry muffins, hard boiled egg yolk, tortillas, Spanish rice 

Teeth: #3 on 4/17/16 bottom right one over from middle two
#4 on 4/18/16 upper left one over from middle 
(3 more across the top anytime in the next week! They are so close!)

Logan has finally decided to crawl with his knees instead of the army crawl he had stuck with the past 2 months. He is pulling up on furniture, but not often taking steps around. He is waving, clapping, saying "momma, dadda, bubba, hi, and up." He is a busy little boy and generally very happy. He has been a little more fussy lately due to teething and his recent double ear infection. He has begun crying briefly when I leave him at church or walk away from him at home, so a little separation anxiety I suppose. I remember it with his brothers as well. Hopefully it is short lived because it is always sad to hear him cry even though I know he is fine and having fun after I leave. One of Logan's favorite hobbies right now is crawling to the magazine rack and taking all the magazines out. He also has fun tearing out pages. Seriously, he has tons of toys, but this is the highlight of his day. He loves it! Enjoy the photos!

We love you Logan! 9 months old

happy Logan

smiley baby

cheesy grin! showing off some teeth

Token pic of brother Ethan- look at those curls!

Crawling

Getting into the magazines

Funny questions with the boys- January 2016

Ethan (3) & Ryan (almost 6)
January 2016

Ask your kid (s) these questions with NO prompting.

1.What is something I always say to you?
E- Don't do the door thing that's in the car
R- to get your folder out

2. What makes me happy?
E- Doing the right things
R- when I eat your food and say it's yummy

3. What makes me sad?
E- Doing bad things
R- when somebody dies

4. How do I make you laugh?
E- Tickle
R- because you tickle me

5. What was I like as a child?
E- You went to school
R- you were having fun

6. How old am I?
E- 41 (😝)
R- 32 (ding ding ding)

7. How tall am I?
E- 19
R- I don't know maybe 30lbs?

8. What is my favorite thing to do?
E- Watch shows
R- maybe go to my school

9. What do I do when you're not around?
E- Go to the Dr
R- go to the grocery store

10. What am I really good at?
E- Games
R- walking

11. What am I not very good at?
E- Eating
R- wrestling

12. What do I do for a job?
E- Go to the Dr
R- nothing, only take care of Logan and Ethan

13. What is my favorite food?
E-Vegetables
R- Spaghetti

14. What do you enjoy doing with me?
E- Shows and games
R- going on dates