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.