Quotes From A 3 Year Old

Austin has said some pretty hilairous things this week that I just had to share.

Last night Bobby and Austin were outside and Austin was trying to catch a butterfly (he is obsessed with ALL bugs). The butterfly flew away and he said, "Bye-bye butterfly, thanks for coming!"

After having an accident in his bed earlier this week we let Austin climb up in our bed and sleep with us the rest of the night. As he was snuggling up with his daddy he said, "Put the blanket on me, my skin is cold!" The very next day he told me that, "I got seaweed in my pants last night." Hmmm....I wonder if this is why we had the accident?

Catching Up

OK so I FINALLY got my computer back last Wednesday. The IT guy had to run several reboot programs to remove the 5 viruses that had decided to make my computer their new home. Thankfully my hard drive and files were all saved. However, I am not using McAfee anymore because it obviously did not help. We're using avast! which is supposed to be a lot better so check it out if your virus program expires soon.

In other news, the boys are growing both physcially and mentally like weeds. I amazed at how well they can play together now. Logan just thinks Austin is the absolute coolest person in the world. Austin will take a toy train and push it across the room and here comes Logan chasing after him. Of course there are still bad days like today when Austin bit Logan on the head twice! I keep a close eye on them but it happens in an instant. It's maddening to deal with but I know that it's all about jealousy.

Playing with their Leap Frog Learn Around Playground

Austin's language skills are improving at such a dramatic rate it is just blowing my mind. He misses nothing. The other day Bobby was looking for a lighter for the grill and wondering out loud where it was. Austin of course told him exactly where it was because he knows where everything is. (Thankfully it's in a drawer that Austin can't open) He's also begun "reading" his books and I set him in his window seat that Bobby's dad made him and he stayed there for a long time.

He looks so grown up!!

Also Logan has started standing up and makes it his mission to pull himself up on everything possible. He also wants you to hold him so that he can walk. I know that walking on his on is in the not so distant future.

Colds, Computer Viruses and Time Flies By

Title says it all! We all got a cold the week of the 14th. I think I had it worst though! It's probably due to the sleep deprivation. It was one of those where you just keep going from hot to cold because of a fever. Trying to take care of 2 kids who are also sick just plain crazy! This is definitely one of those times when I wished we lived closer to the grandmothers. Thankfully my mother-in-law came over the day I was the sickest to take care of the boys and let me sleep! Of course as I was getting better Logan got sick. At first he was the happiest baby with a fever I had ever seen but then the only way I was able to get him to sleep was by snuggling him into bed with me and setting the Pack N Play back up in our room. Did I mention that Bobby had to go out of town 1 night during all of this? Well all better now and it trully proves how much more you can handle than you think you can.

As for the computer....It has a horrible virus. One of those that attacks from multiple fronts. I think it was an e-mail that Bobby opened the night before I started it up and it attacked. After an unsuccessful fix provided by McAfee (think I'm switching after this thing got through) and the advice Jessica gave me didn't help (which I trully do appreciate), I sent it to work with Bobby to let their IT guy reformat the hard drive. I know I could have done it but I just don't have the time and he can do it so much faster. Evidently they had a similar virus on a couple of their work computers a few years ago so hopefully I'll get it back tomorrow! Two weeks of only being able to check my e-mail when Bobby brings his laptop home from work has been quite an adjustment. I haven't even been able to balance my checkbook (I manage all of our finances with Quicken).

So I was going to originally post about the great week that I had at the beginning of July. For my birthday my mom got me a horse back riding trip at this great ranch near Madison, Southern Cross Guest Ranch. It was only 2 hours but wonderful to get out and do something for myself. I took lessons in elementary school and had horses until middle school so it was passion that I let go and was glad to experience again. Me and sister have both been about having experiences to remember lately. So I didn't want anymore "stuff" and wanted to do something I enjoyed. By the way this place is a great bed and breakfast if you need a weekend away that isn't far away. It might seem a little pricey but considering all that's included it's a pretty good deal.

I also organized a speaker from Safe Kids Georgia to come talk to our local MOMS Club about car seat safety. I somehow have been talked into being the president of our group going on 2 years now so I'm in charge of keeping things interesting. Anyway she was able to answer a lot of questions for moms about car seat safety including the more controversial issue of booster seats. I was so glad to be able to provide my mom friends info to help protect their kids. One mom is now on a mission to get the elementary school her daughter goes to, to get the staff informed about safety and only allow children to be placed in the back seat of the vehicle. It is really scary so of the stuff we've seen people do including police officers. Which reminds me, if you do ever get your seat checked make sure that it is done by a Child Passenger Safety Technician. Sometimes there are seat checks provided but the people doing the checking don't really know what they're doing. So make sure that you ask to be sure!

Sorry no photos. I'll get some up when I get my computer back. I'll post more later but this is already so long and it's getting close to my bedtime. :)

Photos

Here is the link to our photos. Phanfare is back to not requiring you to register. I'll put a permanent link on the blog. I'll post more later. We've been busy this week!

Logan is crawling!

I will admit that this did happen last week but being a mommy of 2 boys leaves little free time to do things like update a blog when something happens. It's just a little bit crazy that he's doing it at 6 months. Austin crawled at 7 months and Logan was constantly kicking when I was pregnant so I guess it's to be expected. Here are a couple of action shots.

Getting ready to go



Off he goes to get into big brother's toys

Exhausted from all that activity!

Austin is also getting a lot better with Logan. They'll play together and Austin wants to help take care of him. Sometimes if Logan is napping he'll ask where he is and want to go get him up. Logan thinks Austin is the funniest thing and it is so wonderful to hear him cracking up over somthing his big brother did. I still have to a constant eye on them though because every now and then Austin will do something to hurt Logan on purpose. I think he just wants to see what Logan will do and what I'll do as well.

Cloth Diaper Experiment Update

It truly is not harder to cloth diaper. It didn't seem to make a bit of difference to Logan. I know some people think its gross but wait until you're in the midst of potty training especially if you have a boy. Cloth diapers are no worse than that and honestly the messes are contained unlike the accidents your child has in their underwear. Of course Austin was one who would pull his pants down and pee and poop in the floor because he thought it was funny (that's boys for you). The gross factor has long since been overcome in this house.

One thing I was disappointed about in my trial pack of diapers was the number of diapers that weren't cotton. A lot of them were made of polyester including fleece and microfiber. They just seemed really warm especially with the heat we're having now. So my favorites so far are the cotton prefolds and the Bum Genius Organic All in One. Only cotton touches your baby with these unlike the others. I like the idea of the fitted because they're faster than the prefolds and you still have to use a cover but I didn't like the one that was sent to me. I'm going to try some bamboo fitteds because bamboo is super absorbant, organic and naturally antibacterial. I thought I'd also try a wool cover because it is a breathable fabric and waterproof. So we'll see how these new options will work.

I admit I was thinking about not continuing to do this because I already do so much laundry but Logan got a rash Monday that covered his entire diaper area and I'm really not sure what caused it. It's not like a typical diaper rash but more of a reaction to something (I know this because Austin has a grass allergy and that's what it looked like). I've been using the cloth diapers and airing it out and it seems to be going away now. So that pretty much sealed the deal for me. I'm still going to use disposables when we leave the house and at night until I'm more comfortable with the cloth though.

Austin is 3!

I admit that I fully intended on keeping more up to date on my posts but Austin's 3rd birthday was last weekend so I was incredibly busy getting everything ready for that. I have got to find a way to make these birthday parties less stressful for us. I mean hamburgers and hotdogs with a few sides are supposed to be easy and stress free. Yes, I did make the cake (it is a caterpillar) but it was done on Friday night. Yet somehow I was running around like crazy and didn't get to socialize with everyone and enjoy the party. Next year I think it's nugget trays and hoggies from Publix so we don't have to cook anything while everyone is here.

Waiting patiently to eat the cake.

Austin did get a lot of cool stuff this year though. He was actually interested in all the things that he got which is a change from the last few years. Every day he seems more grown up to me. It is going by way too fast!