Santa's Visit

Santa visited our house last Thursday night. We were enjoying a wonderful evening with a lot of our closest friends. The kids were all running around playing and eating cookies and candy, when all of a sudden, they heard the jingle of Santa's bells. They ran to the front window to see what was the clatter...and they heard a loud and jolly "ho, ho, ho!" They all shouted with excitement, "It's Santa Claus!"

The kids all got to sit on his lap and tell him what they wanted for Christmas. Peyton did really well...she was interested in his beard most of all! Logann on the other hand was very cautious. She was the last kid to visit Santa. She wouldn't do it alone either...she needed mamma to be right by her side!

Santa has visited our house twice now, once on Logann's first Christmas, then this year. Hopefully we can continue the tradition!

We hope you all have a wonderful Christmas Eve!

Thanksgiving

First of all...we can't believe that Thanksgiving has already come and gone! Second, I can't believe that I haven't updated the blog in almost a month! December, Christmas, and Logann's birthday are going to be here before we know it. The girls are doing great. We had a great time over Thanksgiving weekend. We spent Thursday at my parent's house and Friday at Brent's parent's house. We came back home for Saturday and Sunday to finish decorating for Christmas. Brent got the lights on the house and we added timers this year so we no longer have to plug in and unplug the lights every night. One less thing to do in our nightly routine is always a good thing! Peyton is 7 1/2 months already and is still eating like a champ! An average of 20-25 cubes of baby food a day and still nursing about 4-5 times a day! She has two bottom teeth and continues to have a finger in her mouth which means she's probably cutting the top ones soon. I am predicting that she will be crawling in the next couple of weeks too...she gets up on all 4's and rocks. She took a step with her arms the other night but then fell to her belly! With all that food she eats, her belly is a lot of weight to keep off the ground! Logann had a blast helping us decorate the house for Christmas. We are still working on putting the ornaments on the tree and her job is to unwrap the ornaments, look at them, say a few cute things, then hands them to me to hang up! I think that is about all for now...we hope you had a great Thanksgiving too!

Our Halloween Monkeys!

Happy Halloween everyone! The girls had a great time last night trick-or-treating! We made stops at Bob & Mary's then to Janette's, then we headed back to our neighborhood. Peyton went to bed early so Erin, Logann and I made the rounds on our street.

Last weekend we had a Halloween gathering at Darryl and Sherry's and we had a chance to dress up the kids in their costumes. Peyton was a Pumkin for that event...I couldn't decided between the monkey or the pumpkin because they were both too cute. So, she got to be both...a pumpkin for that and a monkey on Halloween! Colin was a penguin so we had a good variety of critters! In the one picture of Peyton...she really didn't care what she was dressed up as...she just wanted to be done with it all!

When we returned from the weekend on Sunday, our friend Erin and her boyfriend came over to carve pumpkins with us. Brent's pumkin was an "O" in honor of the good ol' Ducks! Logann had a great time scooping out the guts and throwing them in the bowl. She wasn't afraid to get her hands dirty!

We hope you all had a safe and fun Halloween!

Spokane Trip

Peyton survived her first long road trip this weekend! We went to Spokane to visit our friends, Matt, JoEne, Andrew, and new baby Abigail. Peyton only slept 20 minutes on the way there, and about 2 hours on the way back. Logann didn't sleep at all on the way there, but took maybe a 20 minute nap on the way home. Crazy kids...they don't like to sleep in the car!

We got there on Friday evening, checked in to our hotel and went over to Janna and Todd's house (Brent and I went to high school with Janna) for a quick visit. Then we headed over to Matt and Jo's to have dinner with Jon and Karen. Pam Parks (my EWU volleyball coach) dropped by for a visit as well! It was great to see her again!

On Saturday we went to a pumpkin patch where we met Julie and Brad (I played volleyball with Julie at EWU) and their two baby girls. We had a great time...the kids fed the goats, played on hay bales, rode on a tractor and ran all over the pumpkin patch! It was a bit cold for Brent though...he was ready to head home and warm up before the Duck game! GO DUCKS by the way!

On Sunday we dropped by Jen and Jeremy's (Jo's brother) house for breakfast. Logann REALLY wanted to stay and play at their house and she let us all know about it if you know what I mean!!! After we got her calmed down, we loaded up once again and headed west.

It was a wonderful weekend...hope you enjoy the pictures!

Peyton is 6 Months Old!

Happy Half Birthday to Peyton! She is 6 months old now and we went to her doctor appointment yesterday. She weighed in at 17 pounds and was 28 inches long! She is officially grown out of her "bucket" infant car seat so now we are in the market for a booster seat for Logann. We only have two kids and we own...4 strollers, 3 car seats, 4 bouncer/jumpers...I could go on and on but it would make me realize that we need more storage space!!! I guess the true question is...is it all necessary??? Both of our parents got by without all the "gear" and as far as we know, we turned out fine!!!

Last weekend Brent and I took Jeremy and Dad to the Duck vs. WSU football game! We all had a great time! Mom, Aunt Dina and Grandma Fisher stayed back with the girls and had some good bonding time too.

On Sunday morning, Dad and I took Logann out to the farm to get corn stalks, corn and hay for our front porch's Fall decor. Logann had a great time walking through the corn field. She got to help Papa feed the pigs and she saw the sheep for the first time too.

What's New?

Hello everyone! The girls are both napping right now, so I decided to sit down to update the blog. Here are a few pictures that will help me explain what has been keeping us busy.

Brent and I went to the Duck game a few weekends ago. We met up with Amy and Deb and did a little tailgating...much fun! Brent, Jeremy, Dad and I are going to this weekend's game against the Cougs.

Peyton is growing up so fast. She will be 6 months tomorrow. Her next appointment with her doctor is Tuesday. I am curious to see how much she weighs and how long she is. She is sitting up so well and she enjoys watching Cooper and Logann. She likes to sit on the island and watch me cook dinner every night. She loves to eat too, but unfortunately she is following in her sister's footsteps and has been having troubles pooping. Nothing new for us to deal with, but we will discuss it with her doctor on Tuesday anyways!

I take Logann and Peyton to play park every Tuesday and Friday and they enjoy playing with all the kids. I love play park because it is my opportunity to chit-chat with other adults!!! We go to library storytime on Wednesdays too. Today Logann wanted to check out books about dinosaurs, so that is what we did! The man who does the storytelling is great...he really gets the kiddos involved. Logann is still doing gymnastics on Tuesday nights. She seems to be very athletic and coordinated for such a young girl...we will be sure to keep her involved in the activities that she is interested in.

Last week we had the opportunity to watch Hallie and Harrison. As you can see in the picture, Hallie and Logann read books together. They are so much fun to watch. We also got to watch Brady one morning. Brady is going to get a baby sister this coming February, so he decided to practice smooching on Peyton that day! He is a very loving kiddo...one of Logann's best friends!

Last weekend we went to Brady's birthday on Saturday morning, then we headed down to Hubbard to go to Amy and David's house for F-Day. We missed the pumpkin patch part, but we enjoyed the lunch and visiting with friends and family.

That's about all that has been going on here lately. Thanks for visiting the blog and hope to see/talk to you soon!

Logann and Peyton Update...

Although Peyton is sitting up in the bumbo in this picture, she is actually sitting up on her own now for a limited amount of time before she topples over. This afternoon she sat up all by herself for a few minutes while I was sorting out pictures to put in our picture albums. She did great!

Peyton started eating cereal last week, so this weekend we introduced zucchini! She loves it. She eats about 2 cubes for dinner each night. She also has bananas and cereal for breakfast. It is hard to believe that she is eating solids already. She does really well too...when she's super hungry, she attacks the spoon!

Brent and I got out some of the holiday tubs this afternoon while the girls were napping. We left out the Halloween one so we can start decorating in a few weeks. Logann discovered it after she woke up and she started decorating the house all by herself! I still need to go put everything back into the tubs tonight before she wakes up tomorrow and does it all over again!!!

Logann decided that she wanted to play under the play gym with Peyton! It is so fun to see how they interact together now that Peyton is sitting. Logann notices that she is a real person, not just a sleeping, eating, and pooping "thing!" Logann dances for her and makes her laugh!

Ok...I have to share with you what Brent and I did this weekend! We went to the Keith Urban concert in Portland! There are no words to describe him!!! Most of you all know how I feel about him...but, really...he was incredible!!! Brent and I both agree that everyone should try to go see him in concert...he puts on a great show! We've seen him 5 times now! :0)