Such a trooper and a big boy!!!

My sweet baby boy is turning into a big boy.  I have been truly blessed by two very sweet, happy, and for the most part well behaved little boys!!! I don't know how this happened but I thank God every day.  I was fully prepared for Logan to come out with horns.  Trent and I both thought that since we were so lucky with Leyton being such a good baby we were destined for a harder baby.  I was so wrong.  Logan has been such a dream boat. 

He has always been such a sweet and almost always happy boy.  He is getting to be so animated and I love it.  It makes me a little bit sad because it also means he is not my tiny baby boy anymore.  He is turning into a very active little boy now. 

Big boy in his high chair.

He is almost 7 months old now and has two teeth.  He is starting to play and really interact with toys and everyone.  He loves to play with his big brother.  Leyton almost always can put a smile on his face no matter what. 

He has started eating real food and so far I think avocado and sweet potatoes are at the top of the list for favorites.  He is constantly babbling and throwing his hands around. 

We spent the last couple of weeks sleep training so my only down side to this baby is now all but taken care of.  He was a bear the first night cried for almost 4hrs.  Since then he has done so well.  He is sleep well at night most of the time now and we are working on making nap times better also.  All in all he is so sweet and such a good baby and I am so so lucky!!!

This was his only bad day....poor baby I felt so bad for him.

He has also been such a trooper.  We have gone through several pediatrician appointments the past couple months.  He started out with a cold that turned into pneumonia and an ear infection.  He got put on antibiotics for that which caused him to get a pretty bad yeast infection and oral thrush as well.  With nystatin we got both of those cleared up.  I finally thought we were getting past that and his ear started bothering him again.  So I took him in and sure enough another bad ear infection.  She thinks maybe the first one never fully went away.  So back on an even stronger antibiotic which because this is never ended caused a bad allergic reaction.  Poor baby had hives all over him.  They looked terrible but he wasn't phased at all.  Out of all of this I think we have had one off day and a couple of hard times taking medicine.  But beyond that he has taken his medicine well and been in good spirits.  Again I feel very blessed and am very thankful.  I don't know what I would have done if he was super fussy when sick it would be miserable. 

I guess that is enough of bragging on my sweet boy!!  I hope you all think he's as cute as we do!!!

Snow Day

Here in Washington we don't get a lot of snow.  In fact we haven't seen more than a dusting all year.  So we decided to take matters into our own hands this past weekend and go up into the mountains with a friend of Trent's (Jason) to find some snow.  It was the first time all year that we have broken out our snow clothes and we were all very excited to see some white. 

The day started with us waking up at 5 a.m. with an almost 4 year old...that is dedication for snow.  We got him up checked for avalanche danger as the weather has been very up and down warm and cold.  had a mini panic attack after realizing that I was taking my child into a place that was not in the green on the avalanche chart.  Finally we got our selves out the door and got on the road.  We drove a little over an hour and half before we even got to where we were meeting Jason and the other people who were going. 

Now I have to explain that Jason owns a garage called CARS in Bellingham.   So their definition of going to play in the snow is not snow balls and sleds.  It's driving into the deepest snow possible then getting stuck and having to pull each other out or wench yourself out.  With a 4 year old he wants the snow balls and sleds.  So we had to make the two meet in the middle.  We drove up to where the snow was at Stevens Pass.  Leyton was excited because we were driving slow so he got to get out of his car seat and sit in front with us.

Rock On!!!

After getting about half way into the deep snow we stopped while a few trucks got stuck and pulled out.  So I got Leyton out, geared up and we went sledding.  He threw some snow around and got to "play in the snow".  He loved it!!!  Then we got back into the trucks and headed for deeper snow.  Every time someone got stuck and we were waiting for them to get pulled out I would get Leyton out of the car to play in the snow banks.

There was a lot of time spent throwing him into the snowbanks, making snow angels, and burying him in the snow.  He also decided that he is a snow ostrich and kept launching himself head first into the snow banks.  It was so funny watching him!  Needless to say my son loves the snow.

At one point I tried to get out of the truck and had to kick the door open as it was blocked by snow and when I stepped out I was up to my waist in snow.  Some very deep snow.  This is the point when we had to turn around to come back down the road.  I again had a mini panic attack as we were trying to turn around on a single lane road with a huge cliff on one side.  We did it though and headed back down.  With a few snacks and a few more times waiting for people to get pulled out from being stuck we made it back to our half way point.

Leyton had fallen asleep so we were going to head home.  However as we were buckling him into his car seat he woke up and broke down.  We had promised he could sled again.  So being a mommy of my word and not wanting to deal with the melt down of a 4 year old who had been up for over 12 hours we got out and he went sledding again.  After about 15 minutes we loaded back into the truck to head home.  It was about a 2 hour drive at this point to get back to Grammy and Papa's house.  We arrived at about 8:30 p.m. exhausted.

All in all it was a very good day and we all had a very good time playing in the snow no matter what your definition is.  

You crack me down....

That saying the kids say the darnedest things is so relevant in our house these days.  I swear everyday Leyton has something new that he tells us that is so funny.  One of the best of the last few weeks was a couple weeks ago.  Trent and I had gone on a date and my mom was watching the boys.  My mom said something to Leyton and he looked at her smiling, slapped his leg and said "You crack me down Grandma!"  What was meant was you crack me up, but I like you crack me down much better.  I can't help but laugh every time he says it.

He has also started talking to us about what he learns at school now.  They are doing a space unit.  So last week he wanted to be an astronaut now this week he is telling us all about gravity.  He sat there last night and told me all about how grabity as he calls it keeps us from floating away into space.  If he floated away he would lose me and be very sad.  He is so so sweet. 

He is such a character and always has something funny to tell us!! I love it!!!