Logan is 2!

My precious Logan,

Today is your 2nd birthday!  I am so proud of the little boy you are becoming.  You are so talkative and want to do everything your big brother does.  You love the Wiggles, your stuffed animals and fruit! You are a picky eater; you mainly just nibble at meals.  Hopefully you get more of an appetite soon. 

I can't believe that you are 2 years old already.  It seems like just yesterday I was rocking you in my arms as a new born baby.  I will never forget January 26, 2011, such a special day; we got to meet you finally at 1:40pm!  I still thank God for you every day.  God placed you in our family at just the right time; amazing how His plan and timing is always best!

I'll love you forever, I'll like you for always, As long as I'm living my baby you'll be.

Love,
Mom

We held out like his doctor adviced and just swtiched Logan to forward facing in the car. He loves it and thinks he is such a big boy.  Amazingly this advice changed in the 3 years since Shaun, so this was our first time going all the way to 2; Shaun got to turn around at 1. Happy Birthday bud!

Here he is facing backward for the last time. 

Here he is facing forward!



A Simple Blessing...

...by Michael W. Smith, is what I am currently reading.  I have been reading quite a bit lately, during the evenings when relaxing before bed.  I have a desire to learn and grow in my faith, so I  have been reading all kinds of "Christian living" type books the last few months. 

We went to one of Michael W. Smith's Christmas concerts back in 2007 with the family when I was very pregnant with Shaun. This book is about "The Prayer of Blessing" that Michael says at the end of each concert.  He wrote a book about it because it has been so impactful to A LOT of people.  The book takes a chapter each to discuss each of the 6 sections.

Here is the blessing:

In the name of Jesus Christ,

I bless you with the promises of God,

which are "yes" and "amen.''

May the Holy Spirit make you healthy

and strong in body, mind, and spirit

to move in faith and expectancy.

May God's angels be with you to

protect and keep you.

Be blessed with supernatural strength

to turn your eyes from

foolish, worthless, and evil things, and to shut out

the demeaning and the negative.

Instead may you behold the beauty of things

that God has planned for you

as you obey  his Word.

May God bless your ears to hear the lovely,

the uplifting, and the encouraging.

May your mind be strong, disciplined,

balanced, and faith-filled.

May your feet walk in holiness and

your steps be ordered by the Lord.

May your hands be tender and helping,

blessing those in need.

May your heart be humble and

receptive to one another

and to the things of God, not of the world.

God's grace be upon your home,

that it may be a sanctuary of rest and renewal,

a haven of peace where sounds of joy

and laughter grace it's walls,

where love and unconditional acceptance

of one another is the constant rule.

May God give you the spiritual strength to

overcome the evil one

and avoid temptation.

May God's grace be upon you to

fulfill your dreams and visions.

May goodness and mercy follow you

all the days of your long life.

-Michael W. Smith 

Happy New Year 2013!

Hi everyone!  Sorry it has been a bit since I have posted.  We are doing well.  From the hardest day of my life in the last post, it has been good since.  We will always miss Skye, but know that she is in a better place.  Ethan and Coral are doing fine too. We found out from the autopsy that she had pneumonia, and so that is what took her. I got a porcelain Angel to display and to always remember her.  For Christmas, I made a photo book of all the pictures I had taken of Skye to give to Grandma, Bill's Mom.  She was so happy to get it!

What has been going on in our family since November?  Busy, busy, busy; as you can imagine with the Christmas season!  Shaun sang in "Wee Praise" at church and also performed a short Christmas concert at Preschool.  It was all so cute!  We had family gatherings and good Hunter family time together.

We all enjoyed a nice Christmas vacation. I took off a week and a half, between Christmas Eve and New Year's day. It was good to have some quality time with the family. We got my fairly long 'To Do' list done, which always makes me feel good. I like to get things done that are harder to do during the week when working or even on the weekends. The biggest task we accomplished was cleaning out the garage. We have a deep garage, so there is plenty of room for junk to build up, because it is "out of the way". Well, it was not really out of the way anymore, so time to clean and organize! We organized and took one load to Goodwill and one to the dump.  Dad took Shaun with him to the dump, and Shaun was in heaven!!  He loved it and didn't stop talking about it all evening.  This afternoon, when playing he made a dump in the corner with a pile of toys.... Boys?!?!?! :)

Shaun continues to LOVE school. I hope it continues well into the future.  He loves to do "homework" all  the time.  He finished up a Preschool activity book and has started a "Get Ready For K" workbook.  He also got a workbook for Christmas from his teachers.  There is one page for each letter with an activity. I have limited that book to one page a day, otherwise he probably would have done it all in 1day!  He can do one page out of each section a day in his K book, probably about 8 pages.... He should be good and ready for Kindergarten by the time it gets here in September, maybe not me though!  Never thought I would have to limit the "homework".

Shaun's appetite has grown in the last couple of months. He now eats a small size adult serving.  "More please!" is Shaun's favorite phrase during meal times.

Logan is growing and maturing before our eyes. He is talking up a storm.  He continues to add more words and they are getting clearer by the day.  He is talking in phrases/sentences now too.  He has also turned into Mr. Independent!  "I do it!" is his current favorite phrase.....

It seems like I am always throwing Logan's clothes in the 'Too Small' bin.  I feel so blessed to just be able to go to the closet to get the next size clothes out, and it is fun passing on his small clothes to 3 friends! Passing on the generosity others have given us feels good! 

Logan has continued to be our picky eater.  He doesn't eat much, just nibbles at his meals, but I try not to worry about it too much, because I remember the doctor saying once that they won't starve themselves.  Fruit, is the one food group that he would eat until the cows come home, which we don't allow for reasons I won't mention! :)  I can't believe he will be 2 in less than 3 weeks now!

Happy New Year to anyone who reads this!!  I will try to blog at least once a month to not get behind again!  If you're not on Facebook, you can see the latest pictures by clicking on the monthly pictures at the right.