Followers?

Okay folks - I have 17 official followers... all of whom I know. HOWEVER - my little map thing tells me there are all sorts of people from different parts of the United States and the world who have stumbled upon my blog. Some of the people I can figure out based on the cities, but some I have no clue about. To be completely honest I'm not sure how I feel about that. SO - who are you? I'd love to know who is reading my little corner of the internet. I hope some of the random people will comment and let me know how they came to find my blog and such.

Dueling Vacuums!

Logan has always been so obsessed with our vacuum. If he can see it - he wants it! We had hoped that buying him his own vacuum for Christmas would make things better for him. We tested this theory the other day. At first Logan again was just trying to convince Daddy it was a much better choice for Logan to vacuum the living room. I tried over and over to show Logan that he could vacuum too, but he wasn't having it.

Eventually Nathan took both vacuums and were doing them side by side. FINALLY Logan was pleased with his vacuum enough to take it back and start using it. He still kept his eyes fixed on the big vacuum though. ha!

More sledding fun!

As I mentioned in my last post we took the kids out sledding Thursday morning. It was an utterly perfect day. 32 degrees, just enough snow for the little ones, no wind, nice and sunny. It was GREAT! Here are some photos from our time outside. I am not in any as I am NOT a sledder (is that a word?) Although I did go down the toboggan with Nathan and Sarah. (Back in the day my dad had a snow mobile and would pick us up at the bottom of the hill and bring us back to the top. That is sledding in style I tell you! But when that died so did my interest in sledding. Fat girl does NOT like to walk up hills - ever - and certainly not in the snow!) Anyway - here are some fun pictures!

Enjoy!

We started in the front yard going down the small hill...

Logan on the toboggan

Princess Piper on her sledding throne - such a serious little face.

All the kids getting pulled back to the top!

Tommy is all ready to go!

Down he goes!

Got a little smile out of Piper at the end of her trip down the hill.

Nathan pulling double duty

Love this picture of all three kids on the toboggan! So sweet!

Then we ventured down to the hill in the back yard. Bigger than the front yard, but smaller than the big hill...

Grandpa even hopped on a sled and went on down!

Daddy and Logan are all ready to head down. Do you think Nathan might be in need of some snow clothes? Me too. (Although he does have boots and a coat - just didn't bring them along.)

There they go! At the end of the yard is a creek, but you have to go through the bumpy garden to get there and that is usually enough to slow you down before you get to the creek!

Tommy took a break half way up the hill to make a snow angel.

Then we made it over to the BIG hill. Nathan and Logan went down, but I didn't catch a good picture of that. (We forgot our fancy camera and I just had mom's "I take forever to actually take a photo" point and shoot. I am happy though that I got as many good pictures as I did.)

There goes Sarah and Tommy! I wish I had a picture of Nathan and Logan. Logan was saying "weeee!!!!" before they even took off. He l.o.v.e.s. sledding!

Happy New Year and Post Christmas Round Up #4

Happy New Year everybody!! I hope everyone had a fantastic long weekend. We sure did. However, we did so much running around that I could have used another day to recuperate and relax!

Wednesday night we went out to dinner with my brother Kyle and his wife Sarah. We went to this wonderful restaurant called Evans Street Station in Tecumseh, MI. It used to be the fire house. We had a very relaxing and nice time. Fantastic food and a couple bottles of wine and we were four very happy customers! Going out for a fancy dinner isn't something either couple does very often so we just enjoyed every minute of it.

We all spent the night at my parents and took the kids out sledding on Thursday morning. My parents house is out in the country and there are numerous hills and I think the kids went down all of them. I'll have to post pictures from that soon.

Then we dropped Logan off to my in-laws and most of Nathan's siblings (and their spouses) came back to our house for New Years Eve. It was a great night.

New Years Day we celebrated Christmas with Nathan's family. It was a nice time and in the afternoon we went to get family pictures taken. A great time!

Logan is most certainly in the middle of some mega teething again. His tongue has been hanging out like a dog for about a week now. Another of his molars has come through (at least the tip of it has - he has 4 molar tips now.)

The Wolfe Family

Grandma Nana and her two grandsons in their matching pajamas!

Logan went downstairs and started rocking out to Rock Band. He did pretty good! ha!

He was really feeling the music! haha


Aunt Deb got in on the rock out fun as well!

Here are some of the photos from the family time. Nathan, Logan and I will be getting new ones taken. We weren't thinking and Nathan hadn't shaved and we both are in dire need of haircuts! OOPS! We are planning on doing a family picture with my family in the next month or so and we'll get a new picture of our little family done then.

Post Christmas Round Up #3

On Friday night we stopped by to see Nathan's grandparents - they absolutely adore Logan and it is clear he adores them. Afterwards we went out to my parents to spend the night. I have to say that growing up out in the country wasn't SUPER fun because none of your friends or their parents really wanted to drive out there to hang out. HOWEVER - going back there now it is like a oasis of comfort and relaxation! None of us wanted to go home at the end of the day Saturday! Sarah and I were quite comfy in our snuggies Friday night as you can see below. Look you can see our hands!! HA!



We put the kiddos to bed and then my brother, Kyle, sister-in-law, Sarah, Nathan and I stayed up and played Mario Kit on the Wii and some other games, talked and just had a great time. We were til after 2:00. Can't think of the last time I was up that late! We got up - had some more cinnamon rolls (haven't had them in forever and twice in two days... YUM!) Then we headed down for some presents! Logan got this awesome chair from my parents. He thinks it is really cool. (Side story: this morning Logan was sitting in it at home and decided it was better to stand on. In an effort to help him understand chairs are for sitting I told him to sit down on his bottom like a good boy. No joke he turns his head, looks me straight in the eye and says, "NO!" Then turns back to his cartoon as if nothing ever happened. Needless to say momma walked over there and sat his butt down. I swear the kid gave me a dirty look before getting out to sit on the floor!)



It is so nice to see my brother's family and hang out with my awesome niece and nephew. They are such great kids. Tommy is 3 1/2 and Piper is almost 20 months. Here are Kyle, Sarah and Nathan with Piper and Logan. (I need to remember to get pictures with ME in them... I tend to be the picture taker.)

Having Piper and Logan be so close in age is getting more and more fun the older they get. Before he was always Piper seemed so much older than Logan. They are beginning now to catch up and be pretty close as far as development. Piper still has some toddler tricks that Logan doesn't, but he'll be there soon no doubt! They are starting to play together more... or at least try to. Piper kept trying to play with Logan, but Logan kept stiff arming her or sticking his butt out to block her from getting to his toys. (Next up on the list to teach Logan: HOW TO SHARE!) They did share lots of love this weekend though and were running around together a lot!

My parents sure do love having all of us out there. I'm not sure who enjoys it more the kids or them! I do think it is tiring for my parents though - as when the kids went down for their naps on Saturday - so did Grandma and Grandpa! Here is Grandma wrangling Logan from his attempt to escape up the stairs and my dad and Logan watching the birdies out the window. One of their favorite pastimes while together.

One of the hit presents this Christmas were these remote control helicopters for Kyle and Nathan. Good gosh! At first I was trying to discourage Nathan from getting it out of the box, but silly me - everyone (including me) LOVED them. It was like a giant fly that I felt was going to dive bomb my head! The kids were running all over the downstairs trying to catch them and follow them all around. It was so cute! Piper took to just standing on the mini picnic table my dad made for her and Piper to get a birds eye view of the flying!

These three little ones are certainly great blessings to our family. I can't imagine how much fun they will be in the years to come. Especially when it comes time to add more grandchildren to the mix. God has blessed us greatly and looking at these faces how can you disagree?!

I attempted to get a picture of all three together - the best we had in the end were these!

So that wraps up post Christmas updates. We will be celebrating a belated Christmas with Nathan's family on New Years Day so more pictures and memories to post about after that. We are having Nathan's siblings over for New Years Eve this year (the two grandchildren will be spending the night at my in-laws! Not sure they know what hey have gotten into, but whatever works!)

What are your plans for the New Year?

More fun sledding!

Logan's daycare is closed this week for the holidays. My mom usually has him on Mondays and Wednesdays so she opted to keep him all three days. She came in on Monday and took him home with her. Who doesn't love a sleepover at Grandma and Grandpa's? I know for both Nathan and I growing up those are some of my favorite memories. I was very very close to my mom's parents (my dad's passed away when I was quite young) and Nathan is still quite close to his grandparents (he still has all four of his! what a blessing, no?) Anyway - so Logan has been really enjoying some one-on-two time with them this week.

We haven't been hit with a TON of snow yet this season (knock on wood) but enough to get outside. Mom and Dad took Logan out this morning and let him go down the little hill in the front yard. He went down all by himself on my dad's big 'ol toboggan. Mom caught this action shot on her phone and sent it to me. Cracks me up. I can't wait for a few years from now when he is going down the BIG hill off the drive way (you can go well over 100 yards in one downhill adventure!) Dad said he was squealing with happiness on each trip!

Post Christmas Round Up #2

On the afternoon of Christmas Day we went over to my Aunt and Uncles house to exchange some gifts. I remember the days growing up when the Deller Family Christmas (my mom's side) was just a HUGE spectacle! All my cousins, aunts, uncles, grandparents.... was a joyous time. Some of my best holiday memories. ANYWAY... it is still the same cast of characters for the most part, but scaled down which is probably a good thing! ha

Logan enjoyed playing with my cousins kids and opening his gifts. His favorite was by far the Mega Blocks truck (with mega blocks - we had also got him a bag of those so it worked out perfect!)

He is still small enough that he feels it should also double as a toy for him to ride in! Nathan is totally doing his fake smile here - the man can't smile on command to save his life. Still a cute picture though!

He also got a YoGabaGaba video. I personally don't care for this show, but Logan is starting to watch a few minutes here and there. When he first dozen saw a clip of the show he totally freaked out and had a fit (this was a few months ago.)

This picture below is by far my favorite of the day. My cousin Eric's kids, Paige (6) and Ty (4)with Mr. Man. They love holding Logan on their laps. I have a great picture of Ty holding Logan last year at Christmas.

Tomorrow - Christmas with MY family! YIPEE! THAT will be picture overload. Consider yourselves warned. :-)