Halloween Party!

Last night we had Logan's Halloween party at the daycare. We had a great time and loved seeing all the other kids dressed up. There were some great costumes. I happen to think Logan was a very cute monkey! ENJOY!

My dad is a school buss driver in his retirement and was at a school about a half mile from our house. So it worked out great that we could stop by and see his little Grandson dressed up.

Daycare set up a little scene for the kids to get their pictures taken. It was very cute.

Logan and his current primary teacher Wendy! Logan calls her DiDi

Logan with Nathan's parents at the Halloween party.

Logan and my mom

Logan and his primary teacher from the infant room, Bobbie. He loves her. He crawled up on her lap and was so happy there.

Pumpkin Carving!

Tonight we decided to carve the pumpkin we picked up at the orchard a couple weekends ago. It was really fun. Logan thought it was pretty cool, but that the guts were not something he was interesting in experiencing. The picture of him reaching in is a total fluke shot. He would put his hand in for like .2 seconds and then pull it out so fast. It was super funny to me. It was good family fun and I really hope you enjoy the photos!

Tonight is Logan's Halloween party - be on the lookout for some cute monkey custume pictures tomorrow morning!

Loving the leaves!

On our way back from Ohio we stopped by my parents house. Grandma and Grandpa have a beautiful house with lots of trees and land. I had really been wanting get some pictures of Logan with the fall colors. This was the perfect opportunity! I loved loved the photos we took yesterday. I hope you do too!

Grandpa had Logan rake a big pile of leaves... (okay so maybe Grandpa did it.)

Grandma and Daddy showing Logan that leaves are cool!

Leaf Shower!!

We finally got Logan in the leaves and I love the pictures! I think there is a picture of my brother Kyle is pretty much the same position when he was this age.

However - Logan did NOT like laying in the leaves (they were kind of wet.) NO tears, but definitely some frowns!

Grandma and Grandpa with Mr. Man!

A nice fall family photo. I like it!

One of the small sheds behind Grandma's shed.

Logan thought it was pretty cool.

A picture of Grandma's little craft and basket making cottage and their house up in the background. I love them living in the country!

Walking back up to the bridge across the creek. I love Love LOVE this photo!

And after walking all over the property Logan was plum tuckered out! He decided to take a break in Grandma and Grandpa's hammock on the deck!

What a great weekend!

So I think I SHOULD space these out over the next couple days so I actually have more things to post than just a once a week post I've been doing lately.

We shall see...

Anyway... On Friday we left home around Logan's bedtime and made the drive down to Lima, OH! I completely prefer to travel during sleeping times because Logan falls asleep in the car 99.9% of the time. (I think I can remember one or two times in the past 14 months when he stayed awake an entire car trip - the 5 minute rides don't count!) :) So Logan was in dreamland and Nathan and I chatted on the way down about the horrid week at work I had and he is always so good at talking me through things til I feel better. Thankfully the issues at work were not my doing - we have an unpleaseable client who is well... un-pleased. (And for no good reason because the work we did was exactly what he asked us to do... SIGH - okay need to stop talking about that or this post will be a RANT instead of fun! haha!)

We were on our way to visit Nathan sister, Christina, her husband Oliver and their little guy Liam! Liam is 7 months old and complete doll! We had a great visit. Christina and I did some scrapbooking! (Which I always love!) She has a degree in art so it is always fun to work with someone so creative and such. We watched some movies and football, played with the boys and had an all around great time!

Saturday night we gave the boys a bath together. It was pretty fun. Logan of course was splashing away like a mad man. Liam was looking at him like he was crazy, but soon joined in on the splashing fun. Before we left on Sunday morning we took the boys outside for some pictures. Tina and Oliver had a BIG backyard and a cute little swing in it. I thought it was a perfect location for some great shots. The boys were pretty agreeable in the cold air so that was perfect.

On our way home we stopped by my parents house. I had been wanting to get some pictures of Logan in the leaves and thankfully it had warmed up some so off we went for some classic fall pictures... but you'll see those in another post! YAY!

Liam Neal - 7 months old! Such a lover boy!

This is Tina and Oliver's dog Hercules. He for sure lives up to his name. Logan didn't know whether he loved him or not. He was for sure curious, but then as soon as the dog would look at him he would turn around and RUN!

The boys in the bath... My son is such a ham. I have no idea where he gets it from. ;-) hehe.. okay maybe I do.

I love with Daddy is able to catch these fun shots. Completely captures Logan's love for the bath!

Out in the swing!

Such cute cousins. This was is certainly suitable for framing!

One of solo Logan... he sure does love the camera!

No news

Good gosh - Another week has past and no posting from yours truly. That is pretty pathetic if you ask me! Let's see what I have I can post... not a whole heck of a lot of anything... Seriously - we are kind of just doing our thing these days. This past weekend Nathan and my dad went to the University of Michigan game together. Good Father- and Son-in-law bonding! Logan and I played all day. Sunday was more work at my grandmother's house so we can close on the sale and finally close that chapter of our lives. (She died 5 1/2 years ago!)

Last night we had a nice gentleman from Hanson's (window company) and show us some lovely new windows we could get for our house. We REALLY need them. I told myself before hand we wouldn't buy. I HATE spending money - especially a lot at one time. BUT - the deal was so good and temptation got the better of me and we signed on the dotted line. I woke up this morning - or rather - I toss and turned until 3:00 and then woke Nathan up and said we can't buy windows - we need to cancel. He said okay and rolled over. I continued to toss and turn. Logan must have felt my restlessness because he too was up A LOT last night! We called this morning to cancel. We have to send in a form to finish the cancellation process. Bottom line is we need them, BUT we were technically spending money that we didn't have just yet. Granted we'll have it in a few months, but Hanson's or whoever will still be in business then. We can revisit the idea at that time. I feel MUCH better with that choice for sure. I think tonight will be a good night of sleep for me!

Let's see - what I can post about Logan...

• He must be teething again. The drool is back, the fussy face is back, the swollen gums. I just pray them come through soon. The poor boy NEEDS teeth. He only has 4 and while he eats like a champ... he typically doesn't chew anything and just swallows it whole. Lovely. (NOT!)
• He is back on team mommy - LOVES me! I enjoyed his affection for daddy, but frankly I was getting jealous.
• He also is totally in love with my dad. Grandpa showed up for the game on Saturday and Logan sprinted to him and wouldn't tolerate being put down for over 15 minutes. He just cuddled right in. It was adorable.
• Daycare is going MUCH better. He has finally bonded with one of the teachers Wendy. She has worked at the center for 19 year and in the Toddler 1 room for the past 16! He runs right in the door and right to her arms. Makes me a happy mommy!
• His favorite game to play is "this little piggy" with his toes. If he socks come off he walks over and puts his foot in my hand. I'm the only one that can do it though - he doesn't find anyone else as appealing. ha (I do voices for each toe!)
• We started a new family tradition for most evenings. Wolfe Pack DANCE PARTY! I turn up the iTunes and we rock out in the living room! I even got Daddy to dance to Barbie Girl! (insert evil laugh!)
• Logan loves to throw things - balls mostly. If he throws something else it usually results in him saying, "uh-oh" with a dramatic pause between each syllable. Cracks us up! But we try to hold it in so he isn't encouraged to throw anything he can get his hands on.

This weekend we are heading down to Lima, OH to visit Nathan's sister, her hubby and their 6 month old Liam! Should be fun and will include PHOTOS! YAY!

But for now I leave you with these lovely videos of Logan playing catch (although it seems more like fetch) with daddy! (there also is some great plummer's crack views of the Mr. Man and him demonstrating his ability to stomp on command!) ha!

Not Me Monday (on a Tuesday!)

So I read this blog by McKMama and each Monday she does a NOT ME Monday post. I've never participated before, but have always wanted to. Let's see what I can come up with...



1. It was NOT ME who allowed my son to have his school pictures taken holding a wooden spoon because it was easier than taking it away and letting him cry. AND because I love that he loves the spoon and I wanted to capture this moment in time when he loved the spoon more than anything else.

2. It is NOT ME who is wearing essentially the same outfit as yesterday with only different undergarments and t-shirt under my sweatshirt.

3. It is NOT ME who secretly had a video playing on my computer when my boss thought I was listening to music on my headphones. (bad employee!)

4. It was NOT ME who turned my alarm off and went back to sleep this morning and pretended it was an accident when Nathan came to wake me up when he left for work. hehe.... I treasure extra moments of sleep!

So there you have it!

Orchard Fun 2009!

This morning we headed about 40 minutes north from here to an apple orchard called Spicers. We went with one of Logan's infant teachers Melissa and her girls. It was great fun! The weather was quite chilly as we got there around 9:30 or so. Logan was all bundled up nice and warm and was having a great time! We had some yummy donuts, played in a wood train and big boat (thing mini Noah's Ark). Then went on a hay ride to pick out pumpkins! Logan had a great time picking out our pumpkin. There were plenty of trips and falls, but he never even noticed it. (Typical of him. haha) I was really bummed when our camera died half way through the pumpkin patch. Oh well... the battery is charging down so it won't happen again any time soon! Then we went back to the play area. By this point there were a ton more people, but still pretty manageable.


Nathan and Logan went down the big inflatable bouncy slide and then we ventured over to the pony ride. I was really excited about the pony ride. I couldn't wait to get Logan on there. The second Nathan went to sit him on it - MELTDOWN! He had no interest in the pony at all. Thankfully they did give us our money back! A little bit more running round and then off we went. It was lunch time by then and we called my brother and stopped by there house so Logan could eat lunch as I knew he would fall asleep on the way home after all that fresh air and such. It is always nice to spend time with family and get a little time our niece and nephew! Then home for everyone to take a lovely nap. Logan was so great and slept for another hour and a half after 30 minutes in the car. Nathan and I were super excited about getting a nice long nap. Such a good baby boy.

A great fall day! Enjoy the photos!

Logan enjoyed playing conductor on the train! Daddy was a good passenger for him.

Then we went over to the ark and Logan really thought the port holes were great fun!

Off to the pumpking patch

Logan was on the hunt for the perfect pumpkin

Our little family

Logan and some pumpkins... what a cutie pie!

Logan's infant teacher Melissa (in orange), her daughter Riley and then other daughter Breanna and other daycare assistant teacher (for the older rooms) Jayme.

A great day!

WOAH - it has been a while!

I didn't realize it had been so long since I posted something to the blog. Holy Slacker Batman! Nothing crazy new and exciting here to be honest. Summer - or what we had of summer has quickly given way to fall. Last Sunday Nathan and I participated in the Big House Big Heart 5K through the University of Michigan. I must say it was a thrill running through the tunnel and up the field to the finish line. Sadly I - and therefore we - were not able to run the whole thing. I barely ran the first mile. We walked most of it. But hey you know what - at least we did it! I'm happy with that. Gives us something to do better on the next go around! We did enjoy ourselves though! My parents came and kept Logan with them in the stands. They were watching my brother's daughter Piper that weekend as well so she came to cheer her Aunt and Uncle on too! They were so darn cute in their new hats and gloves thanks to their fantastic Grandparents!

The two little ones snug as a bug in a rug!

Coming down the tunnel!

Yay we did it!

Logan was the personification of "chill-axing" when we met them afterwards!

And Piper was happiness and smiles!

Tomorrow we are going to a local orchard with one of Logan's infant room teachers and her family! Should be fun! MANY pictures to come! And I promise we won't leave Logan in the middle of the pumpkin patch like we did last year... hehe