Story Time

Our little nephew was born October 2nd in the late afternoon.  It allowed so all the cousins had time together prior.  Papa is pulling them around the house and they were LOVING it!  Jack at some points was only holding on the tail end being dragged on his belly.  He was giggling to kingdom come.  These kids are so cute.

Now...story time.  We all piled in and went to visit the new little guy.  These kids are very curious.  They checked out the plastic bassinet and Naomi asks.  "Did Owen come from there?"  Nana corrected her and said, "no he came out of your mommy's belly."  Naomi then turns to me quietly and asks if her mommy hurts.  Well, apparently I'm not a very good at coming up with anything good to let it go.  So, I say, "Yeah, she has a little owie."  I didn't know what to say from there.  Naomi turns to her mommy and of course asks, "where's your owie?"  Katie looks at me with the death stare, "Really?  You had to tell her that?"  Naomi does not let this one go.  Katie just tells her, "You don't need to worry about it."  The questions ensue....Nana to the rescue!  Nana then explains, "Mommy's belly was SO big and now it's not, so her belly has an ouchie."  Haha...oh kids.  

Then...if all the silliness does not end there.  Jimmy, Logan, Nana, Papa and I leave to head home.  While out in the parking lot, Logan turns to Jimmy and I, "Can I have a little brother....PWEAAASE?"  It was super cute you wanted to snap shot that moment.  Haha...if only it were that easy.  Logan seemed to think babies were something you just pick up at the hospital.  So, we ended with "I hope someday" and the child somehow seemed content with that.

Wedding in Philly

This trip.  Hmmm...how do I start?  It was the most fun, downright exciting, most wonderful wedding I have ever been to (aside from my own, of course).  I've been anticipating it for months and it surpassed my expectations.  There is a small pinch that being over tired contributed to my love affair with this wedding, but I loved it.  My parents watched our little toot while I got to spend time with the hubby out in Philly for the time of our lives.  

I always worry every time getting together with Tayler. Is she going to get all weird on me?  By weird...I mean...she is always weird.  You know...weird in a bad way, hah!  I have not laughed this hard in a long time.  It was like we never missed a beat.  Sitting around that table being foolish daring each other to eat the flower petals, then getting Tayler to ask a dumb question to Karen to see what reaction we'd get, pose laughing for the photographer, making weird noises (we're quite talented you should know)...it was perfect.  Then the dancing...oh man.  I could not have asked for more.  I'm usually the timid, get me out of here dancer.   But the band was amazing and with this goofy girl rubbing off on me and did I mention lack of sleep...it was the perfect combination.  Even the hubby was out of the dance floor like we didn't have a care in the world. 

Dress bustling time!

End of the night and still looking good!

Jimmy lost his mind and got some sort of shredded chicken in Philly.  Seriously...we're in Philly silly man...the Philly Cheesesteak I had was out of this world.  Can't get that in Portland...or at least not anywhere we've found.

And to end...oh the lack of sleep.  Jimmy and I each got our turn taking pictures of our photogenic selves attempting to sleep on the air plane.  

Yes...I'm the fly catcher.

And there's my stud!

He's 3...can it be!!

This boy is growing up fast!  It's crazy how Logan coming into our lives felt like it happened yesterday.  It feels like every detail is memorized for those first weeks.  People don't kid when they say "it felt like yesterday."  Logan had to have a dinosaur birthday.  It's all he could talk about in the grocery store, family, the neighbor we recently met, missionaries, EVERYONE!!  It has continued even until now and it's been 2 months since we had our little shin dig.  Brownie points for me in nailing the theme, haha!

I didn't get photos because I was helping the kids "pin the head on the fossil".  Naomi was the brave one to start us of.  She wore the mask like a champ.  Multiple adults watched and somehow she got that sticker EXACTLY where it needed to be.  We were super impressed (and missed her sneaky act).  After everyone had their chance it was time...time to prove something was askew.  It was...that girl somehow sneaked a good peak.  Thought that girl had some magic behind her, but she is a cheater like everyone else :)  It was a good time...the missionaries even pitched in!