9/26/2012

Wedding, baby shower and nephew time!

Whew, what a weekend! On Friday we took off early to head to Brenham for my best friend, Shawna's wedding the next day. She was the most beautiful bride! It was a country wedding which is SO Shawna and Ben.  The venue was out in Fayettville, beautiful setting! All of her decor was burlap, mason jars and sunflowers.  I had a pretty busy time fulfilling all of my bridesmaid duties so Bryan, Grams and Paw Paw were left to take care of Logan.  I missed putting that sweet boy to bed 2 nights in a row...which has never happened before.  He came to the wedding though and I really thought when he saw me coming down the aisle he was going to scream out MAMA! He didn't though, which surprised me.  Near the end of the ceremony I did hear him saying uh-oh over and over again. We danced, talked with old friends, ate fun-fetti wedding cake (yes I am totally serious...yum) and even stayed out a little late. Everything was perfect and I was so happy to be a part of their special day!


On Sunday we had to leave about 10:30am and head to the Woodlands because I was helping host a baby shower for my good friend Meredith, who is due with sweet little Savannah Rae in late November.  She got so much stuff...all pink of course! All the hostesses got together and got her the bedding she wanted.  She had a great first shower (1 of many, she has a BIG family) and I think Savannah is pretty much set! It was so fun to spend time with the girls that I don't get to see that often. 



I also made a really yummy punch and everyone was asking about the recipe! Here it is, super simple.

Princess Punch
1 bottle ginger ale
1 can pineapple juice
1 frozen can of pink lemonade
2 1/2 cups of water

Mix all together, ta-da! The receipe says to also add strawberry ice cream in the bottom of the cup before you pour the punch in, but it did not taste as good so I just omitted that part.  Next time I might add fresh strawberries that might be good. 


And since we were in the Woodlands, I could not leave without seeing my sweet 6 year old nephew Hunter and 6 month old nephew Hayden.  Love those boys.  We all went out to Tutti Frutti for frozen yogurt.  Logan loved it, we even gave Hayden some too and he ate it up that little chubb chubb.  He is so chunky! I love his rolls on his legs.  Hunter was so cute wanting to tell me all about first grade....first grade! I remember when he was born and I know I am going to blink and Logan will be going to college :(


It was a short visit but we had to head home, we were so tired.  Logan cried on and off the whole way home.  We had a long...but really great weekend!

9/17/2012

I got bitch slapped.

Yes that is right, by my 17 month old son.  Every night the past few weeks he has been a little squirmy wormy after we sing songs.  I always ask him for a hug and kiss, before he goes in his crib and usually he does this and normally gives me extra long hugs....which of course I soak in.  Last night I asked him for a hug and he flipped out on me, trying to get out of my arms.  Oh no, I was getting my hug and kiss! So after that I asked again and this just made him even more mad.  So he looked at me...and slapped me.  Right across the face...hard.  I was stunned and after I realized what he did, I said no Logan we do NOT hit and I smacked him on his hand.  That did not seem to bother him, he just kept on throwing a fit in my arms.  I held him until he calmed down and kept asking for a hug and kiss.  He FINALLY did.  After I walked out of his room I told my husband Logan had slapped me.  He said, he didn't mean to and I know he didn't, but it hurt my heart a little....ok a lot.  What happened to my sweet baby boy?
This morning he woke up and came in the bathroom while I was getting ready and I asked him for a hug and kiss and he gladly did.  Ok, my heart is full again. 

My SWEET boy.  Well...MOSTof the time. 

9/12/2012

Hodge Podge

This post is going to be a hodge podge of things!

Our Laredo trip:
2 weeks ago we went to Laredo to see all of Bryan's family.  The trip is about 6 hours so we took some extra days off to spend more time with them.  Logan did great on the way there, he slept most of the time and we stopped at the biggest Buccee's I have ever seen, like holy bajeezus.  I wish I had more time to spend in there other than just to go pee and use the super duper clean bathrooms.


Yes I am a NERD. 
 We made it to Laredo at about 1:30am and the first few nights were rough for Logan.  New place, pack n play (which he almost does not fit in anymore!).  But we had a great time! We got to spend time with all the new babies.  So Bryan has lots of cousins and they all grew up like brothers and 3 of them had babies in 2012.  Like in April, May and July! So it was fun seeing them all together and teaching Logan how to be "gentle"....umm yea right.  We took turns playing with Logan outside because 1. That is all he wanted to do and 2.  I did not want him to trample his cousins.  It was so neat to see how fatherhood had changed all the boys.  They went from talks about going to the bar to explosive poopy diapers.  It changes you let me tell you!

The DADDIES  

The MOMMIES (with someone else's baby in their arms!)

On Sunday it was really special because all the babies got dedicated at the church that the boys grew up in.  Logan was actually good during the dedication but we had to hurry and get him to the nursery afterwards, he was getting cranky and bored.  We go to church almost every Sunday and Logan goes to the nursery, we are not going to be those parents that have to take their kid out every 10 minutes.  Hello the nursery is for that....anyways.  Logan got a little baby bible that had his name on it and it was really nice of Bryan's Aunt to put it together. 

THE FAMILY!!

We also made it over to TAMIU to see lots of my old co-workers and how the campus has changed so much in the past 2 years! Yes, I will have been at Texas A&M 2 years in October...wowza. It was nice to see them and get to chat, they could not believe how big Logan was....I sometimes can't either!

Jerry, Miguel and Mayra.  My old crew in Student Affairs! Go Dustdevils!!

Tia Christy! Logan was pretty much wore out by that point...can you tell by his face?

After what seemed like only a few days (it was actually 5!) we headed home.  It was a long ride.  Logan napped a little but...let's just say it was a long ride home and we will leave it at that.  We did get to stop at the gigantic Buccee's again and let Logan run around.  It was actually great because they had fresh fruits and cheeses so Logan got to have a heathy snack.  We made it home and pretty much crashed out. 


64 gas pumps! I am SO glad we can stop here on our way to Laredo now! In case anyone is wondering, it is the Canyon Lake exit!

The next week I decided to try some new recipes: Pepperoni stuffed chicken breast with cheesy pull apart garlic bread and a Chicken cordon bleu cassarole.  Both turned out pretty darn yummy.  See the recipes on my pinterest board Yums here:

 http://pinterest.com/pin/5207355790137817/

http://pinterest.com/pin/5207355789967011/

http://pinterest.com/pin/5207355789795627/


We have been letting Logan feed himself more and more, and while it is messy, he is getting the hang out it! This was him the other night eating yogurt after his dinner.  He is a mess!





I will wrap up the hodge podge post with a great find I found on the side of the road while walking with my neighbor. 


Isn't it great?? Bryan and I will be staining it and it will be our new headboard. It looks like it is an old top of a picnic table but in great shape! I will post pics when it is done.