A Trip to Minnesota!

Hello all! We have been busy bees here getting our house fixed up the way we want and still getting fun time in with the kiddos. Right now Sean is working on getting a sprinkler system working in the backyard so we can sod, and I am still trying to decorate the house a bit. I just made a door window curtain and some throw pillows. We also just bought a large area rug for the living room. Exciting stuff people! Lol, I guess when you are a new home owner it is!  Sean recently had a work trip to go on, so the kids and I decided to take a last minute trip to Minnesota. It was perfect timing with the birth of my sister's baby and some birthdays, so I thought I'd brave flying on my own with the kids. Yikes. It was hard work, but we made it both ways in one piece.  Here are some of the fun photos we took......

Hanging out in the humid weather with Grandpa!

I caught my first fish up at the cabin!

We went to see the Dinosaurs at the Minnesota zoo with a bunch of my awesome cousins!

Molly, Adam, and Cameron welcomed baby Carson!

Allison came over to hang out for a bit before she flew back to Cali!

Cam and Logan in a fire truck at Strawberry Fest.

Logan with a frog over at "Noah's House."

Miss Evelyn learns to roll over!

Next on the agenda is we are heading up to Lake Tahoe in a few days for the Fourth of July festivities they have there. For a few years now the 129th has provided entertainment for the public by jumping into the lake from the C-130s and helicopters. Sean is jumping, so it should be a good show! We are also going to try to head to Minnesota AGAIN the following week so we can attend a wedding. Busy summer, can't believe we are into July already. Off to bed, much love to you all!
Katie

So, here are some more pics of the kids rooms. I wanted to try and wider angle lens since it would be hard to piece together the layout of the kids rooms otherwise....

Here they are...

Hello all,

Well, I think we are finally getting established in our new house. We finally closed and made the big move. It's been just over a week now since we closed and have been in the house for one week today. It's definitely a good feeling and everyone has settled in very well. 

As expected it was a lot of work at first and there are still many projects however, we have been able to add a few of our own touches already. A few pics of the new paint in the kids rooms (Logan picked his out himself) are below. 

I built Logan a sand box which he spends the majority of his day playing in... that is when we is not carrying some of my tools around following me while I fix things up. No matter how cool his toys are, they don't compare to daddy's tools. Now I just need to keep him from using the hammer on the windows... 

Evelyn is adapting to the big house with all the windows and watching Logan ride his bike around his race track which consists of the kitchen, dining room and living room. The park right on the other side of our fence is has a walking path where he likes to ride too. After multiple trips with Gram Gram he has the layout down and sets the pace for a brisk walk while he cruises on his strider. 

Evelyn has been cooing quite a bit recently and she always wants to sit up. We started using the jumper recently which she thoroughly enjoys. She's still a bit of a bobble head so its pretty funny watching her. Her favorite activity is watching her big brother play though. She likes to sit in our lap, suck on her hand and just watch him.  Unlike him, she is content just sitting there and sucking on her hand or pacifier. 

Actually they are very different in many ways. He always had to be moving and has always been a beanpole whereas she likes to sit in our lap and just look around, and she is a very good eater. Even though both had reflux, she is in the 50th percentile for her weight. Logan has always been in the single digits.... 

Well, more later, hopefully some pics from Memorial weekend. There is supposed to be a B17, B25, a P51 and a German Messerschmidt here in town so I am sure they will be buzzing over the house to entertain Logan and I. 

Moving weekend!

Hopefully we are moving this weekend!!! (We are still waiting for the keys)! Gah....the anticipation! We hope to take some good pics of the moving in process, but to hold you over, here are some more pics from our family photo session!

Hello all,
 Sorry no posts for a while, we've been quite busy trying to buy a house!! We put our offer in on March 6th and I think we are finally rounding the corner to the end of the process. There were some bumps along the road, but I think we are over them, and we should close on the house on May 11th and move in that weekend!! We will be sure to put up some pics of it when we move in. My mom is coming out to help us move and I am very excited!!! Thanks Mom!!
In other news, we FINALLY got some family photos taken by our talented neighbor Jennifer. Here some are for you to enjoy!

P.S. Evelyn will be 4 months old next week and will get a check-up from her doctor, we will be sure to post her stats. I think her Dr. will be surprised, she is growing so fast! She is much chubbier now than her big brother Logan ever was! Funny how that works out! Also, Logan will be 2 1/2 next week! The kiddos are growing fast and right before our eyes!!

Happy Easter!!

Hello Everyone,

Well after a fun filled weekend with friends, its time to sit back relax for a minute and catch our breath. It was an incredibly nice weekend with great California weather. We played outside almost the entire weekend. This morning we went for a refreshing walk with Evelyn as Logan rode his strider in the warm nearly 70 degree sun. Afterwards we hit up the Moffett Easter egg hunt for the kids. Not that Logan needs anymore candy, but he had fun running around with the other kids. There is a video attached...

They, Logan and Evelyn, are doing well, growing fast and healthy. Logan amazes us almost daily with what he knows and how much he can talk. He made another comment today that had Katie and I busting out laughing when he said "Momma, why are you walking away from me?" while he was still talking to her....

Evelyn is a pretty happy girl overall. She likes to be held and is learning to coo as Katie mentioned. She definitely carries a conversation with you as long as you are talking to her. She hasnt quite found her hands yet, although she really likes shaking her hands and kicking her legs alot. She is doing really well eating and although she has her moments, she does really well bottle feeding. It's a huge relief for the both of us knowing I can manage the kids by myself and allow Katie some time off on her own.

Work is going well here. It is going to be another busy summer here but we are looking forward to hopefully taking some short family vacations throughout the summer.

Anyway, here are some pics and a video from the weekend.



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3 Months!! (almost)

Good morning! Hope this post finds everyone who reads this blog well! Miss Evelyn will be 3 months old on the 8th! Oh, how time flies!! It seems like just yesterday she was a little peanut in the NICU hooked up to wires and a feeding tube, and now she is a chubby little smiley girl!! We had a doctor appt. yesterday and she weighed 9 lbs 12 oz (57%), and height was 23.5 inches (74%)!! At her one month appt she was only in the 1%, she is growing so so fast. She actually has some fat rolls and Logan never, ever had any!! Go Evelyn!!!

Evelyn's reflux is getting better. She's been off her meds for almost a week now and doing great! She has been smiling a lot lately, especially when we talk to her or smile at her. She has also started cooing and making some cute noises. So fun! She's pretty good at sleeping, usually waking mommy up at 2:30 AM and then 7 AM. Can't complain much there!! I'm ready for a chunk of sleep longer than 3-4 hours though!!

As for Mr. Logan, well he recently got a short hair cut by daddy!!! Daddy was cutting his hair and Logan wanted to be like daddy. He looks very grown up!! He thinks he is such a big boy that he doesn't take his naps anymore. Mommy shed a tear for that. Actually, he didn't nap for 4 or 5 days and then yesterday he did take a nap, so we will see how it all pans out. I'm not ready to stop trying though, I will fight for those naps!! Other than that, Logan is a very good big brother. He's got so much energy I wonder where he finds it, especially when he doesn't take a nap. He is so so so smart though. He talks in complete sentences with correct grammar, it blows me away sometimes. Yesterday, Sean gave Logan a little cup with a little bit of grape soda in there as a treat and Sean told Logan to give me a little sip. He happily brought the cup over to me, but as he handed it to me he said "Don't drink it all, momma." We both laughed hysterically. Where does he learn this stuff?

Anyway, hope everyone has a wonderful holiday weekend and that you are spending it with people you love. We will miss family dearly, but will be celebrating with our CA friends =).

Much love to all,

Katie