Cousins Trip to Disneyland

we ventured out to disneyland and california adventure last month when my cousin katie and her family came to visit. it was extremely HOT the day we were there. almost unbearable. here are a few pictures from our trip. notice we spent a lot of time playing in the water area! :)

toy soldiers from toy story

"where's daddy? there he is!"

em having a blast in the water

"hey! the water is peeing on my foot!"

the kiddos loving the water

getting soaked

holding on tight

holding on not so tight

alyssa and logan the next day

caveney reading to the boys

em was listening too!

end of summer pics

here are photos of our end of summer fun. logan suddenly started becoming a little boy!

all smiles

logan LOVES books

he crawled up to cuddle with mommy. sweet boy.

reading on his own

having fun in the ball pit!

trying on daddy's shoes

i'm a sucker for this shot

playing on the slide (thanks williams!)

"how about head first?"

mommy does not like this!

playing with a left over birthday hat

"hmm. . . what to order"

dinner at pf changs for our 7-year wedding anniversary

logan came along too. :)

he put on a show for us with chopsticks

"logan! where are you?"

"right here mom"

phoning a friend with his blackberry and bluetooth

eating with a fork!

"aww loges. . . such a big boy!"

reading again with daddy

my tired baby

aka my little linus

seaport village

about a month ago we headed down to san diego to finally take chris and amanda and co. to seaport village. since they've lived near us in temecula, we haven't really shown them the sights we know and love in san diego. here are a few pics from our day. :)

the paparazzi found us! :)

loges

em

the gang. . . notice my bro with his new sword

nate, loges, and me under the giant statue

logan smiling at his uncle

walking with daddy

my brother getting loges with the sword

"you're funny uncle!"

sweet emily

it was a thumbs up kind of day. :)

14 months

logan turned 14 months old today (well yesterday now)! we had our mommy and me class again this morning and another mom asked me how old logan was. uh. . . 14 months today! is it just me or do the questions about your baby make you feel guilty when you don't know the correct answer right away? "how many teeth does he have?" hmm. . . 8? 12? (logan come here and open up). the other day in best buy: "how long has he been walking?" 2 months. no wait. . .3 months. ugh. my friend and new mom last week: "when did he get his first tooth?" oh no. . . i don't know.

these are all questions i've been asked directly during the past week! i have all of this info written down in his baby book. at least there's that. but i still don't avoid the internal battle with myself when i don't know the answer to these questions immediately. like somehow i've failed. i know it sounds silly. who cares right? logan sure doesn't.

the absolute best thing that other people have told me the past few weeks is commenting on how happy logan is. "he's such a happy baby!" best thing a working mom could hear. :) happy 14 months loges. i love you with all of my heart and soul.

Summer Time Fun

here are a few pictures from summer

loges and em

the family was eating at island's

these two are inseparable

taking a stroll around the lake

the gang having a great time

taking a ride to get the mail

holding on tight

logan playing with his water table

he loves it!

video of logan making dinosaur noises (sort of)