antarctica.

It's hard to believe that a year ago Mikey and I were off on our "babymoon" to South America and Antarctica.  Thanks to my wonderful Dad, we were able to take this trip of a lifetime, and it really was. We had such an amazing time and made memories and friendships that will last forever.

Buenos Aries & Ushuaia, Argentina.

7 continents for me....3 for Mikey :)

Polar Plunge!

painting.

I have had my reservations with allowing Logan to paint because he is such a boy and I didn't feel like spending hours scrubbing paint off of the floor and any other surface he might get his hands on.  But after a motivational talk with my sister-in-law I decided to face the unknown and unleash the paints.  Logan had a blast and he did really well with keeping the paint on the paper.  We will definitely be doing this again, a great activity for those winter months.

winter days.

With the cold weather here and in full force I have taken to searching pinterest for indoor activities to do with Logan.  I found this super cute idea to have ice cube sailboat races in the bathtub.  I think it was a big hit with the Logster.

planes, trains & automobiles.

Logan has recently become OBSESSED with cars, trucks, buses...basically anything with wheels.  We will be driving in the car and he has to shout and point out every truck or bus that passes by.  He has learned to say the words "car & bus" although "truck" is still posing a bit of a problem for him :)  Since he is so excited about transportation we decided to get him some new sheets for his big boy bed.  Needless to say he is in love, I wonder how long he stays awake at night pointing out the different modes of transportation to himself :)  On a weekend trip to Ikea, we finally bought him a train track set (for only $9.99!) for his name train that we gave him at Christmas and it is now his favorite toy to play with.  He didn't even want to eat lunch! which is saying something for this boy.

happy birthday brielle.

This past weekend we helped our good friends Ryan and Meghan celebrate their sweet daughter Brielle's frist birthday. It was so good to spend some time with our friends and Logan had a great time playing with all the kids. He was especially attached to Brielle's toy school bus, looks like we know what we'll be getting him for his birthday. Mikey & Logan really enjoyed playing with Ryan and Meg's nephew Colin. I think we caught a glimpse to the "future Logan" while watching Colin, him and Logan seem so similar  :) Happy birthday to such a happy girl!

cousins.

Logan loves to play with his cousins.  He is a little bully around Maggie so we have to watch those two but he loves to run around with Avery & Winnie.  The last time we were in Morgantown we had a great play date at Dorsey's Knob with our good friends Kate & her daughter Presley, and Tiffany & her nephew's Dominick & Vaughn.  All the kids had lots of fun playing on the new playground and hiking up the mountain, until Logan bit poor Presley's hand, I swear that boy....does anyone else have a biter in their family!?!  Here's a couple photo's from the day.

Leave it to this kid to find the only free standing water in the park....

dad's birthday.

On Saturday January 5th we celebrated Dad's birthday.  We enjoyed a nice day with my sisters Krista and Katie and my sister Krista's husband Brett.  We went out to dinner at a Japanese steakhouse which Logan really enjoyed, well somewhat, he was a little nervous of the fire :)  We all went back to Dad's house for cake and presents. Logan helped Grandpa blow out the candles and sneaked a taste or two of the birthday cake. Happy Birthday Dad!  We love you!

Christmas.

We were blessed this year to spend Christmas with both my family and Mikey's family.  We had a great time celebrating Christmas with my family on Sunday with my Dad, Mom, sister Katie and my Mom's boyfriend Mark (Krista and Brett you were missed!).  Logan really enjoyed opening all of his presents and spending time with his family.  We traveled to Morgantown on Christmas eve and stayed through Thursday.  We had such an amazing time with family, it was really great to see everyone.  Logan especially loved the train that was under the Christmas tree.  We also took our annual "cousins photo" of the kids.  Let's just say I don't think its going to get any easier with each year to snap a good picture.  I am so grateful for my family especially at Christmas time and especially this year.  I love my family with all my heart.  Below are some pictures from the season including the "cousins photo" from last year and this year.