Baby on board

Pregnancy #4, baby #2.  Crazy how different each pregnancy is.
With #1 I had no symptoms at all.
 #2 (Logan)  My nose was super sensitive and smells were mostly what made me feel nauseous.  I was mildly nauseous the first trimester and exhausted all the time otherwise there were no other big symptoms.
#3 I hated everything Dom said and did, he was driving me crazy...it was like in the movie Knocked Up where in the doctors office he is yelling at her "F U hormones, not you, your hormones!"  I'm sure that's how Dom felt haha.  I was not so much nauseous as I just didn't have an appetite and exhausted again but not too bad.
#4 (this baby)  I was way more nauseous then any of the previous times and although I wasn't throwing up I didn't feel good most of the evening.  This seemed to last longer then I remembered with Logan but by 15 wks I felt much better.  And again, exhaustion is the big one...although with an almost 3 year old to take care of, I'm never sure which child to blame the constant need for an afternoon nap on ;)

The other big difference between this pregnancy and Logan's is that with this one I feel like the belly popped waaaay earlier then with Logan.  I'm pretty sure that happens with your subsequent children but still it was surprising.  The good part is I'm not going to be a blimp in the middle of an Arizona summer!  Instead I get to do it in my first Colorado winter, hopefully this little heater will help keep me warm :)  Although that also means the need of an entire new maternity wardrobe as all I have from last time is shorts, tank tops and dresses.  This is probably a good perk of being pregnant a different time of year since just opening the box of old maternity clothes is a reminder of how much I hate them still.  Not that they were uncomfortable or anything, it's just you wear the same stuff over and over and over again and I still remember never wanting to wear anything in that box again after having Logan haha.  Or perhaps they are also a reminder of how the first time around you don't know what to expect and think pregnancy is oh so fun and nice and glowing and then you get to about 7-8 months and realize how not fun it is and how uncomfortable you are and you still have 1-2 months to go.  There is no glamourous exciting feelings about the physical aspect of being pregnant this time around, especially when you realize how long it takes to get back to normal afterwards.  But in the long run it's easier to handle pregnancy the second time around when you know it could be the last one should we stick with only wanting 2 kids.  I feel like this pregnancy is going a little faster then Logan's felt but that's probably only because we have been soooo busy the past few months and have soooo many plans the upcoming months too.  There's less time to think about it I guess since we are so preoccupied.  When people ask me how I'm feeling, it takes me a second to realize they mean because of the pregnancy they're not just asking how are you in a weird way haha,  I guess I sometimes forget myself since it's early on still.  Dom and I haven't discussed much in the way of this baby yet either, I guess we know what all to expect second time around and we aren't as anxious to get the room ready etc until we know the sex.  We have discussed names a handful of times and haven't really set one in stone as far as I know haha.  It's hard thinking of a boy name I love because I already used the best one on my list for Logan.  But there are strong contenders for first names, middle names haven't been brought up, so much time left for those.  We find out the sex October 1st (seems like a long wait now haha)  and maybe once we know things will start coming together more in the planning stages.  In some ways I feel more relaxed with things in this pregnancy and sometimes I feel more anxious because I know what to expect more this time around.  Hopefully time keeps moving along and won't feel like the longest 9 months ever!

Family of 4

Logan is going to be a big brother!  Baby Maes is due February 23, 2014.  But who knows what month he/she'll actually show up if they are anything like Logan, could be March...but I'll keep my fingers crossed for February!  This baby is a long awaited blessing and we've been trying for a keeper for a year (another loss in September 2012 made the process even longer), so even though this seems like crazy timing since we just moved (and the baby is due during our first experiences with snowy months ahhh!) it could not be more perfect for us.  We are all very excited and relieved and Logan is at a great age so he is "understanding" he will be getting a sibling soon.  (He will get his own post about all the things he says he will teach the baby, it's adorable).

We got a positive pregnancy test end of June and had our first appointment for a sonogram at 6 weeks along in July.  We decided to keep the news a secret from our families since we knew we'd be seeing them in person in a month.  We told Jeff and Joy whom we were living with at the time and Will and Laura knew since they were originally planning on coming out to Colorado during our wait and see time before our first appointment, otherwise it was our little secret.  We saw Candi and Charles first in Albuquerque when we met up with them to get Maya back and spend the weekend together.  We had Logan wearing his "Big Bro" shirt when we met them for dinner.  (We met with Auntie Dre and Lauren for this dinner too before the Maes' arrived and Lauren spotted his shirt instantly, while Auntie Dre had to be pointed to the news, it was fun!)  When Logan saw Candi and Charles he was super excited to be getting...A) Maya back. B)  to see his grandparents.  C)  a new baby or D)  a giant box of Legos brought from Phoenix.    The overwhelming winner was D- the giant box of Legos was pretty much the only news Logan wanted to share with everyone.  So when he saw his grandparents he was asking for the legos and nobody was noticing his shirt, then as Charles is pulling out the Legos from the car Logan is yelling "Legos!"  then sneaks in there, "I'm gonna be a big bwudda"...."LEGOS!"..."i'm gonna be a big bwudda"...this went on until the Legos were out of the car and we told Logan to tell them again what he was going to be.  Then the shirt got some recognition and everyone was excited.  Logan for the legos, everyone else for the new baby.  Oh and Maya too ;)  We waited to tell the rest of the Maes family we saw in NM until I got to tell my parents too.  So we saw my mom and brother two days after we got back to Colorado.  They came to help us move in, paint, etc and Erick is staying with us while trying to find a job here.  When they arrived at our new house we had Logan wearing his "Big Bro" shirt again  and when Granny Mo went to give him a hug he told her "I'm gonna be a big bwudda"  she looked at his shirt, looked at us, he said it again and you could see the light click on in her head then she says "oh shit!"  then censors herself then gives hugs all around, Erick was happy too in his low key brother way ;)  She said at first she saw the shirt and thought only of being a fan of Big Brother the tv show she was watching haha oh mom.  Once everyone that we were going to see in person found out, we emailed my dad in Mexico and mailed my sister and Amanda this picture of Logan with a "surprise" note on the back and waited for their calls once they figured out what the picture was of.  Everyone was ecstatic and once the immediate family knew we posted on facebook the same picture to tell everyone else we could unfortunately not tell in person.

We are "ready" for baby number 2 and can't wait to find out October 1st if baby is a boy or girl.  At first Logan said consistently that he wanted a sister.  Now the answer has changed to a brother more often.  Although of course he'd probably feel the same way about either, it's fun to hear what he has to say about being a big brother.

Welcome Home!

Well well my excuse this time around for being a slacker on posting is because we've been moving into our new house and fixing it up for what seems like forever already.  Luckily we've had a lot of help from family and friends with moving, painting, unpacking etc.  So it's all finally coming together.

 there were lots of pizza and painting picnic nights :)

 Logan wanted his own paint project so he painted a bowl for Maya

When we unloaded our stuff from storage Logan was so excited to unpack his toys, he'd been talking about his green garbage truck for about a month and I'm sure he'd forgotten about all the other goodies hiding away in the boxes.  He unpacked his room in about 5 seconds and spent the rest of the day(s) engrossed in his toys, which was very helpful for me trying to finish the rest of the unpacking during the day!

I'll post the before and after pictures once I feel like I can take after pictures haha.  (warning: We have a very very busy September coming up...and October for that matter! who knows when this will all happen haha).

The weekend after we got the house we met up with the Maes' in Albuquerque to get our beloved Maya bear back.  We were very excited to welcome her back home!  We had a fun weekend with the Maes' and got to stay with Auntie Dre too :)  There was big news for Logan to share too, so it was an exciting weekend all around.

Things I miss about Tucson...

We've been living in Colorado 2 months now and we, of course, are loving it!  It is everything we wanted it to be and we still can't believe that this is summer and that we are still outside everyday doing things in the "heat".  90-95 is considered "hot" here, but even though it might be in the 90s during the middle of the day the shade is still cool and the nights are too, so we can totally handle this so called summer.  I'm sure it will be a different story once winter gets here!  We really like the neighborhood we've been staying in with Dom's cousins and we are excited to move into our new house only 1 mile away in about a month.  The neighborhood is so family friendly and more secluded feeling then our Tucson neighborhood (although Target next door did have it's perks ;).  Our new house will be right next to a park and across the street from a ranch with horses.  It will be so nice to let Logan grow up here!
Among all these things we really love about Colorado, there are a few things that I miss about Tucson...
1.  Of course the number one thing is our friends and family!  Who will hopefully come visit us soon ;)
2.  Tucson has the best sunsets, Colorado hasn't been able to compare to that yet.
3.  The Tucson airport is the easiest airport ever!  And while the Denver airport is just as close to us as the Tucson one was, the Denver airport is a lot more complicated (not just a one way loop haha) but I managed it pretty well so far.
4.  The Tucson Zoo was great too because of how small it was and it didn't carve out too much of your day to get there, explore, see all the animals, snack and still be home by little man's naptime.  The Denver zoo is awesome and I do love it, but since it's so big it feels like we are rushing through it to try and see everything before Logan loses his marbles.  Maybe we just haven't perfected the timing yet!
5.  We went to a few different churches in Tucson before we ended up settling at St. Pius and although before Logan we were not fans of that church, after he came along we realized just how much friendlier and understanding the people were of kids there.  And we usually paid attention to the homily even if we were somewhat entertaining a child.  We enjoyed going to that church.  The Boulder area is seriously lacking in it's nice, friendly not too formal church approach.  We've tried a lot of different Catholic churches here and they all bore us to tears, the only one we've gone to more then once is because 1- it's closest and 2- it has a cry room...and those are the only reasons to go to it.  I told Dom that Colorado is sucking the Catholic right out of me.  I dread Sundays and going to church, Logan's getting easier to entertain and keep quiet but that doesn't make the actual service any better sometimes haha.
6.  Storytime at the library was one of Logan's favorite things and we went starting at 6 mos until we moved away and the librarian was so good with kids and he always had fun.   The Erie library is better in it's child book section and the fact that it has a train table and other fun toys inside, but the storytime is a snooze.  It's more like trying to keep Logan still in church then the Tucson version which is getting up and moving, singing, crafts and reading short books that keep their attention.
7.  We've eaten at some very delicious restaurants here and really it's almost hard to find a chain restaurant here as opposed to them being everywhere in Tucson.  So on that note Colorado wins on unique restaurants and there are a much wider selection of 'farm to table' sorts.  But there are some Tucson restaurants that I do miss, namely Oregano's- where else can you get green chili pizza and a pizookie!  And Ba-dar, we have yet to find a good chinese food restaurant and we always end up comparing it to Ba-dar because it's soooo good!  I thought I might miss things like Eegee's or Mexican food, but I haven't yet.  Probably because we have a place in Boulder called Snarf's and it's subs are a million times better then Eegee's and I guess I am not the hugest fan of icy drinks which is why you go to Eegee's right (unless you are hungover haha).  We did find a good mexican food place in Longmont about 25 minutes away, the other mexican we have eaten around here is just so-so, so I'm sure once we are here longer I will wish we had a Poco Y Mama's or Guadalajara Grill :)

All in all, each city has it's pros and cons but we couldn't be happier here, and these things just give us a good reason to go back and visit often :)

Answers 2.9

Answers 2.9 (2yrs 9mos old)

It's always fun to see what Logan has to say about things because he ALWAYS has something to say, he's not afraid to talk to anyone about anything.  So I asked him all the same questions from December again, funny to see how his answers change in 6 months...

LOGAN'S ANSWERS...

1.  What color is your hair?  Red, no, Black, wait i need to look in the mirror (after looking in the mirror for questions 1 and 2...) it's black

2.  What color are your eyes?  Green

3.  What is your favorite food?  strawberries

4.  What song do you like to sing?  let me go get the guitar upstairs...(comes back downstairs with guitar and sings) "old mcdonald had a farm"...

5.  What are your favorite desserts?  chocolate

6.  What is your favorite color?  green, purple

7.  What animals do you like?  a dinosaur

8.  What books do you like to read right now? cars, buzz lightyear and woody

9.  What do you like to do with daddy?  go to work with him

10.  What do you like to do with mommy?  shop

11.  What is your favorite movie?  wreck it ralph

12.  What shows do you watch on TV?  chuggington, doc mcstuffins

13.  What is your favorite store?  library, toy store

14.  Who are your friends?  Ella and Riley, my cousins

15.  What do you like to play inside?  buzz lightyear to the rescue

16.  What do you like to play outside?  with Ella and Riley in the playhouse

Mommy's answers...

1. Logan's hair is not as blonde as it used to be!  It's slowly gotten to be a darker shade of light brown haha, I describe it as the same color as my brother's hair...but no Logan, it is definitely not black haha

2. Those baby blue's have not changed!  Lady killers one day, watch out!

3. Logan does love strawberries, they are always eaten when they are on his plate. He really loves all kinds of fruit. I would have to say his usual favorite foods are oatmeal, eggs, jelly or cream cheese sandwiches, anything with cheese- mac and cheese, grilled cheese, quesadillas etc.  bunny grahams, applesauce and raisins.  He's getting a little better at trying new foods but he is stubborn!

4. I'm surprised Logan started singing Old McDonald, but really he loves music, instruments and singing so he will sing anything.  He got a new cd that has a song about pirates on it and he always asks for it when we drive my car so that would be his current favorite I think.

5. Logan may not have much of an opinion on normal foods but dessert he knows, chocolate chocolate chocolate.  This kid has my sweet tooth!  Anything with chocolate he will try, especially if it has sprinkles or M&Ms on it too ;)

6. Logan originally said green as his favorite color but then changed his mind and said no, purple. Probably because we are surrounded by pink and purple for a change in the basement with all the girls' toys!  Otherwise I'd say he usually chooses blue, green or orange when he has a choice between all the colors.

7. I'm not surprised he said Dinosaur as his favorite animal since we have had more dinosaur books and shirts lately but he still usually says Tigers in other situations, so who knows!  He may like animals, but bugs are a no no, he does not appreciate them at all right now- as I found out when I took him to the bug museum here and he lost his mind haha.

8. Logan's been into books on cd lately and the one he is currently reading over and over is toy story 2, so that explains the buzz and woody answer.  Cars, I guess he has a few books about the movie cars but maybe he meant any kind of car books, either way it's all true, but I wouldn't call those his favorite. This kid LOVES books and he is always excited about the little critter books, berenstein bears, lego city, clifford, curious george, anything with construction crews, dora and diego books, any books on cd of course.

9. I guess take your child to work day left an impression on Logan because he said that was his favorite thing to do with daddy even though he's only done it once ;)  Maybe he also means when we go get daddy on fridays for lunch in the park together...

10. You can tell what Logan and I have been doing a lot recently I guess by his answer of shop with mommy haha.  Thanks for the birthday money everyone ;)

11.  Logan will watch almost any animated movie but there are certain ones that will hold his attention the entire time, Wreck it Ralph is still a favorite as he said, he also loves Peter Pan, Toy Story, Cars and Thomas.

12.  Logan likes anything on the disney junior channel, Chuggington and Doc McStuffins are definitely favorites, as well as Mickey mouse clubhouse, Jake and the Neverland Pirates and Little Einsteins.

13.  Logan's favorite store is for sure the toy store, they have some cool unique ones here in Colorado that we've been too.  We go to the library at least once a week too, he likes to play with the train table they have there and picks out lots of books for the week too.

14. Ella and Riley are the little girls we are living with right now so that makes sense that they are the only friends he listed, he has a lot of fun with them!  In some complicated way, they are his cousins technically...I think haha.  At least the only ones he will have for awhile!

15. Logan does love his buzz lightyear doll (he has many in different sizes haha) but he also enjoys playing with his new train table, cars, guitars, legos, puzzles and his marble run.

16.  We have been doing lots of playing outside since we live in a place with a real summer!  They have a play house in the backyard that Logan has played in with Ella and Riley before.  He also likes their water table, baseball, basketball at the park, riding his scooter and new bike, and going to the park to play with his construction trucks in the sand.  He's becoming quite the hiker lately too as we have been doing many hikes since we have moved here.  He usually walks a small part of the hike then rides in the backpack carrier for the rest.  Either way, he loves being outside, no matter the weather!

Everyone always comments about what a good talker Logan is, he has a lot to say and will say it to whoever is listening! He is very good at communicating and explaining himself and his feelings.  Lucky for us!  I feel like he has always been this way, even before he could talk he was always very vocal and once he found the words, he just never stopped!  It's a blessing really and if only the other kids his age would talk back to him and not look at him funny when he just blabbers on at them then maybe he'd make some new friends haha.  But for now, the older kids get him and he's happy to talk to them!

backyard baseball

 exploring outdoors

 hiking to Alberta Falls

running through the splash pad on Pearl Street

 laughing at his library books

 Putting together a mickey mouse puzzle in the backyard

 Logan's book on cd station on the couch ;)

my little cowboy!

Basement Living

We've been living in Erie, Colorado for a month already!  We are starting to figure out how to get places and how to all live comfortably together in the basement.  We are fortunate to be living with an awesome family and Logan has enjoyed spending time with the "big" kids Ella and Riley.  Their basement we have been staying in is more like a small house haha.  We have a lot of space and really the only thing different from usual besides the size of the kitchen is sharing a room with Logan at night, but luckily it has been going very well and his sleeping schedule hasn't been affected, phew!  The house hunt begins soon as we closed on our house in Tucson last week on Dom's birthday, what a present ;).  We are looking forward to finding something we both like and hopefully somewhere in either Erie or Lafayette, those seem to be the cities we are most drawn to.  Here's hoping the house buying experience here goes as well as the selling part did in Tucson!  Can't wait to have a place of our own if only to have our animals back!  We miss them!  Luckily I have made a little kitty friend here to keep my company :)

Calla my furry little friend (they have another cat, Cassie but she keeps to herself)

Here's a look at our basement living:

Enter the basement and to the left we see the girls' toys, Logan's are back behind the pool table too.  He's enjoyed all the new girl toys he's never played with!  The door to the left is to the bedroom.

Here's the bedroom, queen size bed and dresser, it's a big room!

 to the right across from the bed is Logan's bed (luckily they had a crib we could use as a toddler bed!), chair and another dresser.

 Exit the bedroom and to the right we have the rest of the "toy room" with our computer on their desk.  The door open to the left is the bathroom.  To the right is the living room and kitchen area.

As you can see in the picture above, this is a close up of Logan's new train table I found at a garage sale for ONLY $12!! It came with all the tracks and some trains too, Logan is in heaven!  And I was super excited to find one for such a deal!

 Bathroom, don't need much more then this!

 Living room- I want this couch, it's super comfy! Our little card table we use for meals and take down when we are done and to the right of the room is a giant screen for the projector, we are being spoiled living with it! You can see the bar separating the kitchen area.  (oh and there's Logan reading a book!)

 Sink and counter space in the kitchen

 Fridge and a stack of food!

We are lucky to be able to stay here and everything has gone wonderfully so far.  Amanda comes to visit in a few days for Memorial weekend and we are looking forward to showing her around...atleast what we know of it so far!  It's been fun exploring and finding new restaurants and fun places to go.  And we have so much more to find still!  

Time warp

What grandiose plans I had thinking I could catch you all up on everything since Logan's 2nd birthday! It all just kept piling up with even more memories being made which made the dreaded task of catching the blog up on EVERYTHING since October very overwhelming and so I have been avoiding it hoping some magic elves would come along and do all the posts so we wouldn't forget anything.  I have come to face the facts, it's just not happening.  So instead of trying to catch you up, we are moving forward.  Because A LOT has changed since the last post and better to just go through the black hole time warp and bring yourselves up to speed with Logan and our lives at this moment.

How about a quick run down of 2013 thus far (haha)

January

-Seems like years ago already but Dom and I had our first weekend away (sans Logan) together at Star Pass in Tucson.  Granny Mo was nice enough to watch Logan for us while we spent the days sleeping in, relaxing, reading books, watching football in a bar, drinking and making S'mores.  It was perfect and well timed because a few days after we got back chaos began!...But mind you, very very good chaos!

-January 14 Dom got a phone call about his dream job in Boulder at Ball Aerospace.  He had sent in his resume for a few positions that had opened up in November and we had kind of forgotten about it after that.  The phone call was a pleasant and very welcome surprise and after a phone interview, Dom flew out on the 25th for the "real thing" interview.  After that we anxiously awaited day after day to hear if he got the job or not.  All signs were pointing to yes, but no official word came until we had what felt like gray hair and wrinkles from all the waiting.

-Dom and I went to Phoenix to watch a Suns basketball game, which was Dom's Christmas present from Amanda.  So while Candi and Charles babysat Logan (he got chocolate donuts, hot chocolate, animal crackers and pizza- the key to a happy Logan haha), Dom and I got to go down town and eat, drink and watch the basketball game vs the OKC Thunder (who smoked the Suns) but Dom got to see his favorite player Kevin Durant.

February

-Starting in February, we had started doing little projects around the house in hopes that we were going to be able to sell it and move to Colorado soon.  Dom decided to paint the trim in our bedroom and while I was in the living room I hear an "OH SHIT" (I knew what awaited when I went in there!) and there it was a crap ton of white paint all over the carpet!  I googled and Dom did lots of water and scrubbing and wet-vacing to get it all out, 1.5 hours later it was good as new haha phew!

-We went to Phoenix for the weekend to watch Amanda do the Tough Mudder which turns out you can't actually spectate unless you want to pay mucho dinero, lame.  So we spent time at the Renaissance Festival instead with Mimi and Papa, Logan wanted to ride the rides which I thought he'd be afraid of (he didn't even like the little quarter ones you see at stores once they start moving!).  He went with Papa on a giant rocking horse and had a blast, then he went all by himself on a little butterfly ride that he sat in a chair and spun around in, we were so happy for him and proud!

-We got our first proof that Logan had gotten out of his big boy bed (which he started around Christmas time) after we put him to sleep at night.  The next morning he was looking for a new firetruck toy he had gotten the day before and wanted to sleep with but we had put it on his shelf before bed.  He told me it was in his bed and I looked on the shelf and it was gone, only to find it under his pillow, sneaky guy got it after we put him to sleep but luckily crawled back into bed and fell asleep without a sound, thank God!

March

-March had come and we went to the Festival of Books at the UofA, it was slightly raining and therefore really nice out haha.  Logan got to meet the mouse from one of his favorite books, "If you take a mouse to the movies" and he had fun pretending to be Wilbur the Wildcat with a mask on :)

-March 13 we accepted the offer for Dom to have his dream job and for us to finally move to Colorado, it was all very surreal that it was actually happening after so many years of wanting it! We had one month until we moved, Dom's first day was to be April 15th!

-March 14th, the very next day after we accepted, Logan decided he was ready to be potty trained and so we went and he picked out Thomas the Train underwear and Diego pull ups for night time and we spent 2 days at home working on using the potty chair and he was all in to it, barely any accidents, he even pooped in the potty the first day of wearing big boy undies.  We were so proud of him!  (I was not going to push the potty training until AFTER we moved since I didn't want to add more to our plates but Logan thought we were up for the challenge I guess haha)

-Somewhere in between here Dom and Charles had a triathlon at UofA and we had to say a temporary goodbye to Maya bear who went to live with Candi and Charles and her friend Annie until we have a new house in Colorado for her to come live in, it was emotional but we know she was going to have so much fun with Annie and were glad she had a familiar place to go during all the moving chaos!

-March 23 was our houses first day on the market, we had two showings that day and both put in offers, one was full price from the first people that had seen the house so we accepted their offer and were to close on May 15th.  We were prepared for our house taking forever to sell and had no idea we could get as much as we needed to pay what was left of the mortgage off so we were over the moon about how perfectly everything went!

-Dom had a goodbye party with his friends from work, so on the way there he picked up Amanda (who was in for Easter) and she was the DD for Dom's last night of fun with his coworkers...I hear there was lots of drinks and Dom on the roof waiving the UofA flag ;)

-Easter weekend we stayed in Tucson and Mimi, Papa and Amanda came in town.  We had fun coloring eggs, hunting eggs and eating brunch at Trail Dust Town.  We had to say our final goodbye's since we wouldn't see them again until after we moved, tears were shed but it was a great weekend to spend together in Tucson one last time!

-I can't remember the exact time, but Dom found a new home for LeeLu with a lady from his work.  We took her to a park for them to meet and do a test run to see if LeeLu was a good fit with her family and current 2 dogs.  It was horribly sad and emotional to say goodbye to her and even Logan was saying "I want LeeLu to come back" which made it even harder but we knew this was best for her and for us.  The time had come that she needed a home that was quiet and didn't have crazy little kids running around terrorizing her ;)  She went to a home with loving people, 2 dogs, cats and lots of land to run.  We are happy for her to spend her days at her new home with people who care about her.  But I will always think of her!

-We went on our last double date with Will and Laura while Grandma Julie watched the kids.  We went to Creative Juice where we got to paint and drink, always a good combination!

April

-April comes around and Dom has another goodbye BBQ party from work, a more family friendly one ;)  Logan didn't end up staying long because he has been having problems going poop in the potty...or at all and he gets understandably really grumpy because of this haha

-We had one last hurrah with our game night group friends (without the kiddos).  We went down town and ate tapas, drank sangria and then headed to a bar with a couch (dom's weird request haha) and then to the Hub for some ice cream.  We decided it was time to karoake at a final bar where we closed the night singing All you need is Love together.  We always have fun together and this night was no exception, there were a lot of laughs and good memories!

-April 7 Will and Laura held a BBQ going away party for us at their house.  Dad, Ash, Nicole, game night group, Tyson, Ada and Shane, Nick, Brenda and Aurora all came.  We had Will's famous ribs, played a game where everyone wrote memories of us and we had to guess who said what.  There were also balloons with pictures tied on the strings hanging from the ceiling of all our great times together (the kids had fun with the  balloons!) it was a lot of fun but the first time it really felt like we were having to say goodbye for good and reality was starting to set in!  One more week in Tucson!

-April 9 and 10 Grandpa babysat Logan while the house was packed and then loaded.  That last night we met up one last time with game night group at Zona 78 for dine out for safety and then we went to get gelato and all came back to our hotel (ash and Nicole came too) to stay late, share memories over Jack Daniels and harmonicas ;)  It was a good send off and the final good bye.  You know you have great friends when saying goodbye is so hard it takes 3 goodbye parties ;)

All the stuff to take in my car to CO! holy moly!

The movers let Logan sit in the cab, he was thrilled!

-April 11 we drove from Tucson to Albuquerque and met up with Auntie Dre before she had to leave for the airport, she knows how to keep her "Sugar Dre" nickname by bringing Logan chocolate sprinkle donuts so he can get "chocolate wasted" haha.  The next day we drove from Albuquerque to Erie where we are staying with Dom's second cousins and their cute kids in their basement until we find a place of our own.

Logan's "maps" we made him for the car trip 

 it's a full car! (cat included haha)

 All packed and ready for day 2 of our car trip to CO ;)

 Dream come true!

-2 days after we got to Colorado we got our first blizzard (in April!) and we had to go buy warmer clothes since we didn't pack anything for the snow haha, welcome to Colorado!

-We are lucky we know some people that live in Denver and Boulder area already so we spent one weekend meeting up with Jenny for lunch, one weekend meeting up with Mike Gray for a muddy hike and some beer, and one weekend with my cousin Kacy and her boyfriend for a nice dinner.  It makes all the difference knowing people around you and living with family to start off with, makes the transition a lot easier!

-For my birthday Dom and I got to go out while Logan stayed with Jeff and Joy.  We went to a bar and got some beer while we were waiting an hour for our rooftop table at the Rio for some mexican food.  We had a lot of beer...or was it the altitude haha.  And Dom gave me an iPhone 5, a nice surprise since my old phone was starting to go crazy!  Once our table was ready we were already buzzed so we drank more on the rooftop haha and had some "mexican" food while signing Amanda up for eHarmony in Boulder so she would move here ;).  Then we spent the rest of the night walking around Pearl Street in Boulder sobering up with coffee and dessert at the Med.

-On the day of my actual birthday we went to the Denver Zoo with Jenny then came back to Erie for cookie cake (mmm!) with the Valania's where Ella threw me a "surprise party" so cute, and then went to Rock Bottom for dinner where Logan had fun making his own pizza.  Logan also learned how to ride a scooter all by himself, what a great birthday present!

 What a beautiful gift from CO for my bday ;)

**We have really been enjoying exploring Boulder and figuring out which city/town we want to live in.  It's beautiful here even though the weather is bipolar!  Logan has adjusted well and is really loving spending time with Ella and Riley, I keep telling Dom we need to adopt an older sibling for him once we move out haha.  Our house is set to close in a few days and Dom's birthday is coming up, busy week ahead!  

Luckily I have been keeping track of random memories throughout the year from Logan that you can enjoy, the kid has a mind of his own and I love hearing what he has to say about everything...he always has a say haha.

January- Dom's reading a magazine and asks Logan if he wants to smell the cologne insert.  After he smells it Dom asks him what he thinks it smells like and Logan says "...Santa" :)

February- Logan is all about shooting hoops in his little basketball hoop.  Once he makes it he claps and smiles for himself.  When you ask him who his favorite player is he says, "Ray Allen".

February- We had a superbowl party and Logan was eating dinner at the table watching Beyonce's half time show.  He really liked the music and was dancing in his chair, licking his lips and saying "this is how you do it", it was hilarious.

after the halftime show, Logan and Stella gave us their own show!

February- Logan's newest phrase is to tell me "I love you so the best", maybe it's because I tell him "I love you so much, you're the best".  Either way, it's adorable.

February- Logan's new favorite thing to do is to have you tell him a story, he gives you an idea of what he wants it to be about and then it always starts like this: "This is a story about a little boy named Logan, he is this tall, has light brown hair and 2 blue eyes.  One day..." Logan knows the intro by heart now and says it to start the story each time.

March- After Logan successfully went potty in the potty chair he was ready to flush it down the big potty and tells me "I flush like daddy doos" as he lifts up his foot up to the handle and tries to push it down with his toes haha thanks Dom!

March- Logan unexplainably calls mustaches "Zurg" (like emperor Zurg in Toy Story...who doesn't have a mustache...) he knows it is called a mustache but I guess he just prefers the name Zurg for it haha.

April- The basement we are staying in has a pool table and we explained to Logan what it was called and what it was for.  Then one day he holds up a pool ball and tells me "Look, I have a swimming ball!" haha, love the associations he makes with words!

**And here's some random pictures from this year!

When Logan is being too quiet, you know he is up to something, found him in the sink one day haha

When Wreck it Ralph came out on DVD we had a pizza and movie night picnic :)

 Happy camper!

An unexpected snow in our backyard in Tucson!

 Logan, Stella and Cleo at play group at the library, playing the maracas

 Happy St. Patty's day with green milk and a chocolate sprinkle donut!

 BFFs holding hands at daddy's soccer game

 ...then ice cream after!

love this set of pictures haha

 learning to "ski" at Melanie's house ;)

Face painting at the mall, Logan picked a tiger and then was acting shy whenever anybody commented on it ;)

 After taking off the tiger facepaint, just the eyebrows were left and he reminded me of Granny haha

 All dressed up for take your child to work day in CO

**That's all for now, hope you enjoyed that time warp through 2013!  until next time :)