Logan's 2

So, Logan has already turned 2...Had a nice Mickey Mouse party at moms and he was ecstatic! The "terrific twos" have kicked in and he is definitely a handful. I put him to bed one night a couple nights ago and when he woke up, I had a very verbal child! He is putting words together to make sentences and just putting names to every object in the house...and MOST OF THEM ARE CORRECT! If something scares him its a RAWR, if something looks like a horse(cow, donkey), It's a yeehaw...even cowboys and cowboy hats are yeehaws!

Update:)

Logan hit 2 years January 25th! He is extremely active and has cut out naps. He runs around from about 10:30 in the morning until about 9 at night. I really have no idea where he gets his energy from...with less than 6 hours I am a zombie lol. Jerry has been working at the sawmill for almost a year now- though not without some injuries. First his shoulder, which has been bothering him since teenhood and the other day was sent home due to an injury to his back. Luckily, it was just a pulled lumbar muscle and was able to return to work today. Budgeting is getting easier, but the paychecks get smaller than usual some weeks. It's rained so much that the wood is wetter than usual. Which means, Jerry's department can't exactly do anything BLAH!!!! We still make ends meet and we thank God every day for that. Logan has gone from toddler bed to a twin size race car bed- he loves his vroom... we actually have done his room in race car theme. Still looking for a wall paper that is cheap and childproof. He is going to eventually have a track going throughout his room.

 He is getting so big! I believe he is 3' 2" and about 35-36 pounds. Definitely into 3t clothes now:) He's loving going to the park and playing on nice days, he loves it when mommy and daddy are both around. He loves talking to us in the car and he especially loves taking daddys vroom(car) whenever possible! We are currently attempting potty training, which is slow... some days he is all about the potty and other days he isnt but we will get there. He's very vocal right now and his favorite person is Poppi. No matter what, he has to be near him, whether it's tinkering around in the garage or watching tv. Unless, Mawmaw is making cookies!

The Letter A

So Today we learned about the letter "A". Logan picks up on things quick so I knew to have a bunch of stuff ready for him on this one letter. We do ABC MOUSE which a friend actually bought for her daughter and let us make an avatar on their profile for Logan to use. He loves the songs they sing and little activities so we spent the majority of our lesson on the website. While we were cleaning his room, I would find things that started with the letter A and then say it to him. I can't believe he's willing to already learn his ABC's....


 One more thing before I go...I have a new list of words that Logan has learned in the past month...(will give definitions as well lol)

RY- FRY
Die
OW Burn Me- ow it burned me
boomy- Boomer(the cat)
Ookie- Cookie(room mates dog)
Ara- Terra- room mates other dog
OR- Thor- roomies cat
Mommy- ME:)
ADdy- daddy
Andma- Grandpa
PeePee, Peepaw, Papa, Granpa- self explanatory
eat
NO
nanight- (nuh night) bedtime
bath
out
on
off
ight- light
cup
food
mich- sandwich

Almost Forgot!!!!

Logan got a haircut the other day- He was starting to look kinda girly- being that people were starting to call him a her...lol

 Logan before at Gramma and Papa's Anniversary Dinner

 

After he got his haircut:)

He was such a big boy during the haircut- he didn't cry or anything, just sat completely still and let the lady cut his hair and even use clippers:)

Time is going by too fast!!!!!

Things Change and You Move On

So, a lot has been going on....We had Gramma and Papa's 25th Wedding Anniversary Party, Jon moved out and a couple friends of ours moved in with 2 dogs and 2 cats....Logan was a little scared at first with the 2 dogs but he warmed up to Tara and Cookie pretty quickly. Boomer(our cat) has been "missing" for a day now. Everyone is moved around and doing great. We are going to mom's for dinner tonight so it'll be nice to see them. Haven't seen them in a few days lol... We did go to the Emergency Room with Logan yesterday, he did something to his arm and wouldn't move it or let us touch it, so off we went where we got x-rayed and then found out he had contusions(bruises) on his shoulder and elbow bones... nobody knows how he did it, but it's better than a break and he's back to his normal self after some tylenol:)
 Taught my first class this past Wednesday- Kindergarten, and boy do they have opinions on how the day should be! Never got to do the Science project their teacher left, lunch time was horrible, got bad reports in P.E. and then one student decided to hit almost every student in his class! Though the 7 hours went by pretty fast, it was amazing to Jerry when I said I wanted to do this full-time. I still love teaching  and if they had known me since the beginning of the school year, they might have acted a little differently. Right now we are planning Mom and Dad's 25th Anniversary Party...Still unsure of what we are going to do, but we have a few ideas from Gramma and Papa's party to help us out:)- Gotta go, Logan is trying to give the cat a bath in the toilet

A little of this A little of that:)

It's been an eventful time, let me tell you. We got our cat and surprisingly we didn't have to really train him to do anything! He's taken with Logan and these two beat each other up day in and day out;) It gives Logan someone to play with! We went to Ozark, AL to see my grandparents and to go to Christopher's 5th(time flew fast) birthday party- Grandma and Grandpa are doing pretty good. Grandma remembered me for the most part- even remembered Logan, which was my main concern. Grandpa was his normal self;) I wish we could see more of them. Christopher had a great party and I learned NEVER to take Jerry and Logan to Toy's R Us EVER AGAIN! Though, while shopping, I did find some great Christmas Ideas for Logan this year... Road trips are never really easy with a toddler, UNLESS Paw Paw and Andma are there...(didn't spell grandma wrong- that's how Logi pronounces it). If he even whimpered, he got anything and everything. I don't think I had to really worry about him except for bedtime because he was always clinging to PawPaw this trip. I'm so glad we were all able to go and see family and just hang out like we used to. Not much has changed up there! While we were up there, Jerry and I had a hard time putting Logan to bed one night and have decided when we got back home, we would try different discipline and bedtime routine. So far(its only the 2nd day), it's going well. We have stopped spanking for the most part(saved for VERY last resort), and we pop his hand or put in into time out. Right now, he has a problem with hitting again, so as soon as he hits someone, its timeout. I even took him to Walmart this morning to pick out his own bedding for his toddler bed. We figured that maybe if we made it fun for him, he would want to sleep in there again.

Catching Up

A lot of things have been happening since the last entry....We took Logan to the zoo for the first time...Jerry and I turned 22 and 25-still haven't seen a drop in insurance prices lol. Jerry quit his job at the prison and started working at Gilmans Building Products(Sawmill), spent a nice long 4th of July weekend at my parents with family and have just been busy chasing around a toddler. Logan's 29 pounds and 33 1/2 inches long which is tall for a 17 month old until you see his daddy who is 6'4 or 6'5. Right now we are just adjusting to a new job, new hours and new pay. Instead of working 6p-6a, Jerry works 3:30p-midnight and is off every night and weekend:) We have also expanded by one...kitty. lol We are still thinking of a name. He will be here Friday afternoon.. he's a little grey and white kitty that we are getting from Emily's friend Kayla or really, my adopted sister. It's gonna be a little work with Logan to have a cat in the house but maybe it will make it easier when we go to mom and dads house and hes around sherbert.