Recent Happenings

Just thought I'd post a few pictures of what's been going on around here. These first two really should've been with my last entry, but oh well. The top one is a picture of me and Lexi, taken less than a week before she was born. The bottom one is a picture of me and Logan. I'm not sure when it was taken, but I think it was pretty close to his arrival as well. I think Logan wins the big belly award.

I just noticed that my belly wasn't the only thing growing over the years. We have a much bigger tv in the first picture than we did in the second. We can congratulate Garrick for that one!


This is Lexi at 13 days old. I was able to get her with her eyes pretty open. I put the big bow on her head this morning and then had to take a picture. She's doing well and hopefully growing. (We'll find out at her 2 wk appt). It is a bit of a challenge to keep her happy and to keep Logan entertained at the same time. I'm afraid I'm not real good at it but hopefully will get better.

Speaking of Logan, he's been blinking his eyes excessively lately. I finally called the pediatrician and talked to a nurse who suggested having his eyes tested by an opthalmologist. She said that if there were no eye issues, then we would look at behavioral stuff. Garrick looked it up on the internet yesterday, and we seem to think it is a tic (a repetitive motor movement that he has partial control over). Anyway, they say to ignore it and that eventually it goes away. Several moms wrote that it occurred in their 2-3 yr old children, and one or two even wrote that it happened after a new baby was born (causing stress in the child). Hmmm.... We have an appt with the eye doctor next week, and I guess we'll go from there. But, if you see us between now and then, it's best not to comment on the blinking in front of Logan. :)


These next couple of pictures were taken at the zoo last Friday. We had a great time. They have a Jurassic exhibit this summer, and we were excited for Logan to see all of the dinosaurs. Unfortunately, they were a little too life-like for his liking. They were big, they moved, and they roared. Logan was scared to get very close to them, but he liked looking at them from a distance. We were happy to see that over the course of the morning, he definitely warmed up to them. In fact, I think he'd like to make another trip up there to see them. I'm not sure what my problem was, but I didn't take a single picture of the dinosaurs. I think Jackie got a few, so I'll have to get copies of hers.

The animals were much more active than last time we were at the zoo, so I got a few pictures of them (without any of us in the pictures?). What kind of a photographer am I anyway?




This last picture is of Garrick and Logan waiting for the Orem Summerfest parade to start. Logan was very excited to see the different instruments and some of the floats, but he HATED the guns going off (which happened to be at the very beginning). Garrick had to walk him away from the parade, Logan was so scared. We probably made it through about 2/3 of the parade before Lexi woke up and started screaming for food. Then we made a quick break for the car and enjoyed the rest of the evening at home.


Logan and I have a new game. I make a face of some sort, and he tries to copy it. Here's one of Logan's "faces."