Our Easter Weekend

Since my last update post on Thursday night, Logan had another two-year-old moment on Friday. We went out to eat to Roja for Mexican food and Logan was sitting next to me and tried to get me to leave my seat on the booth. When I didn't, he went to Joe's side and pushed him off so that Joe was on the floor! Logan then told Joe to sit next to me and any time that he tried to go back Logan wouldn't have it. So there Logan was with the entire side of the booth to himself while Joe and I sat side-by-side. :p

Other than that, though, Logan has been pretty chill since. It was an excellent first Easter weekend (technically it was his second Easter but we didn't celebrate last year because he and I were both sick. In fact, it's been about 4 yrs since I actually enjoyed Easter because the year before last I was one week away from having Logan - need I say more - and the year before that I was sick as well! When I woke up with a sore throat this year I was like "no way!" but thankfully it went away the next hour). I think my body reacts to the changing of seasons more than it does to being exposed to virus'!

Anyway, so on Saturday morning we went to Logan's first Easter Egg hunt! I got him a Lightning McQueen basket so he was excited. :-) While we were waiting for the hunt to begin, I looked at the little boy standing next to us because he appeared to be the same age as Logan. He looked really familiar. After staring at him for a couple of minutes it dawned on me - I had just seen his picture the night before on Facebook! I'll admit I'm kind of nosy and so a year-and-a-half ago I had gone to the search box and put in the name of the family who had moved into our old house. They were on there so I said hi and hoped they liked the house. I hadn't said anything more to them other than over Christmas they had put a comment on my page letting me know I had a Christmas card there. But the night before they'd changed their profile pic to show their little boy helping to paint his bedroom (they're expecting baby #2 on the 19th of this month) and so I had clicked on the photo so that I could see our old house with color on the walls! We had learned two years ago when they closed on the house that they had a son born the day before Logan, because we both spoke to their realtor for the final time on the phone while we were at the same hospital! Small world! He was there with his grandma so I didn't say anything but snapped a picture and then posted it on their page that night. They said "yes, that was him, wow - how funny, what a coincidence." I told Joe how I never would have known had I not seen his pic on facebook, so it makes you wonder how many other people we walk by in this world that are connected to us in some way but we'd normally never know!

When the hunt started, Logan knew right what to do - in fact, he'd tried a couple of times to "put the balls in his car" before it was time! But because there were so many kids up to the age of 4, and even parents running around getting eggs, they disappeared super fast. But he happily put two in his basket and was even excited to find a couple of half eggs. Everyone appeared to be done so we thought that was probably it - but then Joe spotted two more! So that was a great bonus - Logan didn't have to compete with anyone else for those. He was happy to learn there was candy inside :-) The entire way home he kept saying "more? more?" So we made an Easter Egg Hunt at home for him, too. I had bought some plastic eggs and put some little candies in them and then threw them around our backyard. Joe's mom had sent gifts for him so Logan enjoyed opening them up, as well as a card with stickers from my mom and stepdad.

Also that weekend we went to church for their Easter program and on Sunday we gave him a Thomas The Train & Percy Train for his gift from us. Logan still only likes church for a half an hour. He sat really still and quiet on my lap during all of the announcements and music (although he got scared at one point during the music because it was too loud for him) but the second half an hour (the sermon-message) Joe took him out again. I even brought a couple of books this time, let him bring his Easter basket, as well as a snack, but it didn't help. Everyone says the more routine it gets (and older obviously) the longer he'll sit each time so eventually all three of us can stay for the entire service!

After his nap we went to the park -- our intention was for Joe & I to play Frisbee Golf because we received an entire set for Christmas, but mainly Logan just played on the playground. He caught on right away to the rules of Frisbee Golf, though, so he attempted, too. . .maybe someday we'll all play together.He had his first happy meal for supper (chicken nuggets, apple slices, and a dinosaur toy from McDonalds) and it was PERFECT weather so I took him on an hour walk around the neighborhood before bed.

Monday it was only in the 50's so we didn't play outside - glad we had "stay at home mom day" set up with Brooke & Kaelyn at Culver's for lunch. I hadn't eaten there in years (as in 8 or 9 yrs!) but liked it. That reminds me, there is another really good hamburger-fast food place here called Don & Millie's. Joe and I ate there several months ago because we had a free coupon and I was like, wow this is really good, from now on this is where I'm going if I want fast food. But we don't eat fast food very often (twice this week was rare) so we haven't been since.

Some funny things he did yesterday: This is TMI, LOL, but after I went pee, Logan brought me a box of tampons! I had my period last week so he'd obviously seen me with that box when I'd go in and out of the bathroom :p

In the evening he saw a couple of pop cans laying around and took them to the garage and put them in their appropriate place. This was AWESOME because that has been a major pet peeve of mine in my almost 7 yrs of marriage to Joe: he NEVER puts his empty pop cans where they belong, I am ALWAYS the one to do it. So Joe enjoyed that. . .I told Logan he needed to teach Daddy how to do it!

Logan and I plan to go grocery shopping today. It's supposed to be 72 degrees, but rain off and on, so maybe we'll be able to go outside in between the thunderstorms.

Good news - I figured out a way for him to let me brush his teeth again: start using toothpaste! I was going to wait until his two year check-up on the 19th, but our pediatrician already told us that is what he'll be telling us, so I figured two weeks sooner isn't going to make a difference. Especially since it's non-flouride (which is what is recommended for another year since toddlers can't really spit until then and flouride can be dangerous). It must taste fine because when I tell Logan, "You can use toothpaste like Mommy and Daddy if you let me brush your teeth," he opens wide and lets me do a good job. Let's hope this continues because he had done excellent since he was 10 months old, but now had gone an entire month without any brushing!

We had to throw away his one and only hard sippy cup (I wrote a couple of posts last year about why straw cups are better) because it wasn't in good shape anymore, but he begged me for a Lightning McQueen one so he still has one sippy cup but a ton of straw cups.

Other things to report: when I picked Logan up on Friday from Babysitter's, she said that she thinks he's going to do well with female relationships when he grows up. When I asked her what she meant, she explained that she has never seen a little boy his age so in tune with females and their expressions and emotions. She said he always looks to see what her facial expression is to know what she is thinking/feeling and then responds accordingly. He's very observant with everyone's nonverbal language. She said males usually aren't, LOL!!! I hope she is right because that is actually one of my top goals for him - to raise a man that will be an excellent husband for a woman some day. There are too many jerks out there. . . I don't really get it because a lot of them come from good homes/good moms but I don't think it's something that parents usually emphasize or make a priority because there's so many other things to focus on and once our children are ready for relationships we aren't involved in that part of their lives. But I think it's my job (as well as Joe's) and now is the time, because every moment I have with him is already influencing his future in some way.Speaking of his babysitter, I told her about the attitude that came out of nowhere and she said she has yet to see that. In the year since he's been going, she's never heard anything from him that comes close to a whine, let alone a "no" or any attitude. So hopefully that will continue for her as well. They had an Easter Egg Hunt at her house on Friday and she gave him a goodie bag when I picked him up.

In conclusion, I can't remember if I've mentioned that Joe's nephew & wife who are going to have a have their baby this July are having a boy - they plan to name him Randall. (They're the ones with a girl, Aubrielle, who will be two in June.) Meanwhile, Joe's other nephew & wife who had the girl, Reagan, that turned two in February and had the new baby boy in September, Anderson - is already 25 lbs! Logan, you've been beat - that was Anderson's 6 month weight but Logan was 20 lbs back then. She had to stop nursing awhile ago (but is still pumping) because she can't keep up with his hunger and also he has all of his teeth! Also for baby news - my cousin Kate, who lost baby boy Caden in October 2007 and had a baby girl Adyson on New Years Eve 2008 is expecting another baby this October! She has had her cerclage (been stitched up so as not to go into pre-term labor like she did with both her prior pregnancies) and all is going well!