Logan

Logan.  Yes...we still remember that he is here.  The two beautiful baby girls have not caused us to forget about him.  He is making sure he stays front and center!  He comes running when he sees the camera and he is constantly checking on the babies.  So sweet.

My dad and step-mom were here last week and they spent a lot of time with Logan.  He did great with them and had a great time!  They took him to Wazoo's one day (the bouncy place for kids) and played with him a bunch.  We was constantly crawling up in their laps on the couch or just sitting beside them watching tv.  He is missing them already, I am sure!

He decided to show off his bongo skills too...

Meet Amelia!

Mimi's new sweet baby arrived yesterday!

Amelia Grace Richardson

She was born 3/13/13 at 12:20pm, weighing 8 pounds 14.7 ounces and 22 1/2 inches in length.  She has a ton of dark hair (similar to Logan's when he was born) but she did not get his beautiful eyelashes :(  She has taken well to breastfeeding and overall is doing great!

Shawn and I are so excited to be Auntie and Uncle again!  Shawn's looking forward to our next baby already so he can form his swimming relay team with the kiddos!  Mom and I took Logan to the hospital to meet her yesterday and he was a little confused.  Now there are 2 babies and he's not quite sure what that is all about!  He was pretty much uninterested in Amelia, but he did likes his presents from his mommy.  He did "hold" her once, but just for a second and he was over it. 

Mom is going to be staying with him while Mimi is in the hospital but he's spending most of the daytime here with me and Nora.  He still thinks Nora is awesome and I am sure he'll feel the same about Amelia very soon!  Logan is gonna love being a big brother!

Best Dog Ever!

My sweet Marcie has been so patient these last few months as I prepared for the arrival of little Nora.  She totally knew something was coming, but I don't know if she was exactly prepared for another little person to arrive.  Especially since I would have to start dividing my attention...although she did know that I was distracted already.  The last 6 weeks of the pregnancy she decided she would start acting out around the house.  Getting into the trash was her favorite thing, but she also started getting into stuff she never had gone near before.  She got my sunglasses out of my purse and destroyed them.  She got a box of cookies off the high counter in the kitchen and ate them all.  Girl Scout cookies.  Bad dog.  I am sure it was all related to the imminent arrival of Nora, so I was hoping all would be better when she came.  Luckily she won't have to be alone much for the next few months since I'll be home on maternity leave.

So Nora's here now and Marcie has been great with her so far!  She likes to give her kisses but is not really sure about Nora's tummy time yet.  During tummy time when Nora's little legs get kicking Marcie gets kind of weirded out :)  She stays right there though and watches her.  She has been using the bed I made for the nursery and lays in there with me during the night when Nora and I are awake.  I think Marcie has adjusted great to our new bundle of joy and they are gonna be great friends!!

Since I had Shawn take Marcie to get her nails cut today, I decided we would go for a walk and Marcie, of course, was totally pooped out when we got home (but she totally loved it!).  She decided to take her nap in Logan's tent, which she hasn't done it awhile.  I got a couple of cute pictures I wanted to share.

My beautiful Marcie Moo!

Here are some random pictures of the other loves in my life too.  Nora hasn't taken over everything yet :)

Look at that face...he's getting ready to start some trouble making!

My baby brother snuggling with Marcie.  I can't believe he's gonna be in college soon...

Logan decided that laying on Abuelita's back would be the most comfortable spot?

Had a Holly, Jolly Christmas!

Another Christmas has come and gone.  This year I had to take my turn at work, so I spent today at work with wonderful coworkers and beautiful tiny babies and their families.  It was a nice, quiet day in the NICU and we had an amazing pot luck meal...that was DELICIOUS!  I work with some fantastic cooks!

We didn't have any extra family around for Christmas this year...mostly because everyone wants to come visit after Nora and Amelia arrive.  So we'll have lots of visitors in Feb, March and April, but we had a quiet Christmas.  We did our family Christmas on Christmas Eve.  It was great!

We opened all the gifts from each other and from our out of town family that sent them to us.  Logan opened his gifts from his Mom and Dad....and Santa....this morning.

Merry Christmas!  The 34 week baby bump is getting big!!

The McLachingson Family (Shawn coined this name but we like it!).  Logan did not want to cooperate, and neither did Marcie!

 

Marcie looked so festive in her pretty scarf :)

She certainly loved her Christmas bone!!  She barely got through one of the knots on Christmas Eve, but we'll let her munch it for a little while each day til she's done!  The gift that keeps on giving!

The babies even managed to get some loot!  Gifts for Amelia and Nora (mostly from Abuelita...of course!)

Logan's favorite gift of the day...this cool wooden train with farm animals.  Uncle Shawn picked it out and Logan loved it!!

As soon as it was time for us to open our presents the little man decided he wanted some attention.  So he emptied this red "toy chest" and decided to wander around the center of the room posing for the camera.  Could he be any cuter???

We basically had a great day and ate yummy food.  I made the annual cookie tree with Eric, but I'll post that another day.  Now it's time for sleeping for me!

I hope everyone had a very Happy Christmas!!

We finally managed to take pictures for our Christmas card.  Finally!

Photo Card

View the entire collection of cards.

Hopefully we'll get them in time to get them out before Christmas...

Thanksgiving...and moving on to Christmas!

Thanksgiving has come and gone again.  We ate a ton of food and spent quality time with our families.  We once again took time to think about the things in our lives that we are truly thankful for.

I am thankful for my family more than anything in the world!  Not all families enjoy being together and I can honestly say that there is never a dull moment when you're with any part of my family :)  We laugh and cry together...but there is certainly more laughing than anything else!  The laughing is almost constant when you're  around Logan.  He's such a hoot! I am so thankful that my wonderful husband has fit into my family so well and meshes just like he's always been a part of it.  He is the best husband anyone could ask for and I love him so much!!  I am thankful that we have been given the great opportunity of becoming parents together.  I know that baby Nora is going to have a great father and a great life, as will any future children we have.  Happy Thanksgiving to all!!

Gotta love that sweet (and mischievous face!)

My sweet Marcie Moo always want to sitting right next to me!

Thanksgiving dinner!  Wish more of our family could have spent this day with us for our first Thanksgiving in our new home!

Now that we're through Thanksgiving it is time to get excited about Christmas!!  I love Christmas time.  The music.  The lights everywhere.  Normally the snow, but not here :)  I did get a bit of a head start on Christmas this year, busting out my Christmas tunes almost a month ago.  I was told it was ok because I'm pregnant!  I'm sticking with that story!  Everyone probably knows that family debate that has existed for the past few years about my blue tree vs. a mismash "family" tree.  I was overruled last year and it seems that will be the case forever now.  So my blue tree became the the little upstairs 4' tree.  But I love it anyway!  I've been playing with our camera and found some stuff on pinterest about how to take "glowing" pictures of Christmas trees, so I tried it out on my little blue tree.  Beautiful!

On Thanksgiving day we put up our family tree.  Turned out pretty nice!

Now time to decorate the rest of the house! Yay!!!  I love Christmas time!

Logan, Crafts and School

Logan's favorite thing recently is Mom's iPad.  He is addicted.  Seriously.  I am not exaggerating.  He looks for it as soon as he gets to our house and is completely engrossed in it for hours.  As annoying as that can be when you are trying to get his attention for anything else, it has been a great learning tool for him.  He is amazing with it!  The stuff this kiddo can do amazes me, especially considering he still barely talks!

 

 

A few months ago I found a super cute picture on Pinterest of a sewing machine cover and I thought it would be great to have one!  Mom always keeps my sewing machine covered with towel, but it always falls off then the sewing maching gets so dusty.  I don't use it all that often, but maybe I will now.  So I dusted off the sewing machine and got some cute fabric and viola...I  have a sewing machine cover now!  Yay!  I love it and I do think it turned out pretty good!

 

 

 

Today was Eric's first day of his senior year.  Geez.  I can't believe he's a senior already.  I know I say this a lot but he makes me feel so old!!  Mom wanted to get first day of school pictures, but Eric didn't want too (obviously!) so we just snapped a quick one while he was about to leave.

 

 

On a side note, I start grad school this week.  I will be getting my Masters in Nursing Administration.  I am only going to go to school part-time, since I will still be working full-time and I will be having a baby in the near future :)  The program will probably taking 3 years or so instead of 2 years.  I am excited to get started though!



Logan's 2nd Birthday

Logan is 2! Can you belive it??  I certainly can't!  It seems like just yesterday I was flying down to Austin to witness the birth of my first nephew.  Time sure flies by...

He is 2 now though, and her is really starting to act like a little boy.  Tantrums and all.  But most days he is the sweetest little guy!  Hugs and kisses for everyone.  He shares his favorite things with us.  He even helps to put things away.  What an angel.

His party was Dinosaur Train themed.  That has been his favorite show for quite some time (PBS show...really cute) but a couple of months ago (after we had already started making and buying things for the party) he decided he LOVED Thomas and Friends.  Oh no!  At least it is still trains!

Mimi put a TON of work into these decorations...The Buddy balloon she bought though :)

 I made the cupcakes and the cake for Logan.  He isn't a huge fan of cake so we covered his cake in M&M's...he LOVES those!

Mimi's been working on these goodies bags for several months!

Dad and Ana flew in from Chicago yesterday and will be staying until Tuesday!  We tried to get a good photo of them...

Yummy...M&M's!

I think the kids had fun! 

Throne Away

Eric's band, Throne Away, had a show tonight with their new, official line up.  He's been really excited for his show and it went great!   "Like" their facebook fan page.  Shawn took some video and it will be posted on their facebook fan page soon.  Here are a few of my favorite pictures.