And then there were three....

Today is Chinese New Year. Today is the day my sister has chosen to announce to the world that she is adopting a little boy, Alex. Today is Alex's fourth birthday. Happy Birthday, Alex! I think Logan will think you are just as cool as your big brother Nick. Here is a picture of the two boys, soon there will be three!

You can check out my sister's adoption journal at www.youbelong.net/pruett.

Please pray for Julie, Ryan, Nick, and Alex that they can be united as a family soon.

I like to move it...

Logan is on the move. I've been waiting to post this because I wanted to say he is crawling. He's not crawling. In fact, I'm not sure he will ever crawl. But he is moving. He rolls. He scoots on his bottom. Sometimes I don't know how he gets from here to there. But the next thing I know, he's opening the doors on the entertainment center looking for a movie! Oh, life changes so fast.

The other day I left him on the floor while I went to load the car for a day at my parents.

When I returned, Logan was gone. My heart did that crazy drop to the pit of your stomach thing. You know, I never felt that quite as strongly until I became a mommy.

And then a second later, I looked down and saw this. Peekaboo!

He traveled a pretty good distance. :)

Ps. At my mom's house yesterday, he pulled up all by himself! You go, boy!

8.5 months old

I am eight months old.

I like to eat my socks.

I like to play with my barn.

I like to sit in the laundry basket and watch TV.

I like to drink juicy juice.

But I don't like to go out in the cold.

(For all my Reading Recovery friends, do you think this post could be a R.R. book? About a level 4 or 5? :) )

Juicy Juice

Logan is now into drinking Juicy Juice for breakfast. He does really well with a straw- much better than with a cup. Since the doctor wants him weaned by 9 months (that's ....ummm... in like 3 weeks, yikes!) and he doesn't like drinking from a cup, we might have a problem. Luckily, Juicy Juice is here to solve our problem.

There are no problems with Juicy Juice. But when you mix it with an 8 month old who had recently decided to assert his independence, a few problems arise.

Figured it out!

Juicy juice. Yum!!

Christmas with the Higgins family

We celebrated Christmas with Glenn, Joyce, the Pennings, and Brian on Saturday. Logan was very happy all day. He must have known it was our last Christmas gathering! He once again enjoyed the bows, boxes and wrapping paper more than the actual presents.

Jared was the present passer.

Everyone got lots of fun, cool stuff. Logan got a puzzle and cellphone from Uncle Brian, slippers, mega blocks, and a Fridge Phonics from Grandma and Grandpa, and a John Deere camo shirt from Pam, Jason, and Jared. We spent a considerable about of time trying to unpackage the toys. We also enjoyed good conversation and company and sat around and ate Christmas cookies. Logan is going to have a lot of fun trying to keep up with his cousin Jared in the next few years. After the present opening, we had another talent(less) show. Brian had given Jared a percussion set. Brian doesn't have kids yet so he doesn't know that percussion sets are not a good idea. Pam probably won't forget. She will probably buy a percussion set for every one of Brian's kids someday... or at least something that makes a lot of noise. But I digress... our talent show consisted of singing Christmas carols while various people played various percussion instruments. After the talent show, we were all tired out and it was time for us to go home. The rest of the family went to the Blues game for the evening but we are not partiers like the rest of the family and we had to go home and SLEEP!! :)

Christmas Afternoon

I know I have a ridiculous number of Christmas posts, but this is my baby's first Christmas and I want to remember it forever. It's scriptural- I think- even Mary, "Pondered all of these things in her heart." Or maybe that's a little out of context but this has been a special time for our family. On Christmas afternoon we went to my parent's house in Festus. We arrived around 12:3o so Logan could eat his Christmas lunch of pureed Turkey and rice and then take his afternoon nap. While he napped, the rest of us filled up on all the good stuff. Shhh, don't tell Logan but we had ham, potato casserole, rolls, jello salad, veggies, etc.

After lunch, we opened presents. Logan got a crawl along toy with ducks on it... his favorite, a ball popper thingy, some books, some clothes, and a whole box of Baby Mum-mum from Grandma and Grandpa. He got some very cute books and a wooden toy worm from Nick, and a Mega Blocks train and pair of Pooh overalls from Aunt Julie and Uncle Ryan. He liked the bows best!He also got a trampoline to share with Nick and all future grandkids and a horsey to share as well.

Greg and I got clothes (a sweater and sweatshirt), my mom's home canned goods and a part of a ham, and cash!

When gift opening was finished we had the annual talent show. Nick appointed himself as director. I think he has a future in directing. He decided that he would play "trumpet", Ryan would sing, and Julie would dance. Julie had plans to play the piano. We tried substitute dancers but Nick would not allow any guys to dance. Finally he said to me, "You dance." There is really no telling this kid no, so I did my best to dance to Christmas carols. Have you ever tried to dance to Christmas carols? Logan did do some dancing. He likes to stand up and shake his booty and when he is with nice people like his Aunt Julie, he gets lots of practice standing. She is much more patient than mommy and will hold him for as long as he wants.

Logan was also the "little drummer boy."

Grandpa took pictures and videos for his talent.

Greg played the piano. I think this is the best picture of the season!! Maybe our Christmas card for next year...

We had a great time on Christmas with family!

Christmas Morning

We got to be home at our beautiful house this Christmas and spend Christmas morning as a family. Logan slept until 7:45 then I nursed him and then we were ready to open gifts. Santa brought Logan a shape sorter barn, a cell phone, keys, and his favorite a rubber ducky! Mommy and Daddy got Logan a swimming pool for next summer.... although we might blow it up and let him scoot around in it in the basement. Daddy also got Logan a Mercer Mayer book called, "Me and My Dad". They've been reading it for about a week already, though!

Everytime we picked up the camera to get a picture of one of Logan's presents, he picked up the duck. So pretty much every picture involves the .99 duck.

Greg got me lots of gifts and they were all so thoughtful. He's been listening very well when I talked about things I needed. I could tell he spent a lot of time shopping... not his favorite hobby... and it meant a lot to me.

I got Greg a gun case and a lock. More for my peace of mind. I also got him a splitting wedge. Why? Because that's what he wanted!! Logan got Greg a bucket. Greg loves buckets. I even got 2 more free ones for him on the hwy on Christmas morning... that's the Higgins family for you. We're a little crazy!

Logan and Greg played together while I made our breakfast.

After we opened presents we ate Christmas coffee cake. It's my mom's recipe but I made it from scratch and by myself this year!!! We also had scrambled eggs.. made like my Grandma Bradley used to make them... with piece of sausage mixed in. It brought back memories of mornings in the farm house in Mountain View! I got the trait of taking pictures of the food from my dad. He ALWAYS takes pictures of food :) (Logan had Oatmeal and Applesauce. He has to wait until next Christmas for Coffee cake and eggs.)

Logan then took his bath. He's been in his baby tub for so long but finally seems to have outgrown it. We gave him his bath in the big tub. He got to use his new rubber ducky. He loves the water and could splash so much better in the big tub... and not get mommy as soaked.

Logan took his morning nap and then got up and watched the Yule Log on TV while he played with Daddy. Logan LOVES fires. He likes to sit and watch the fire in the woodstove at Grandpa's house. He also loves music, so the singing Yule Log was a good choice for him.