Heather and Logan....Meet 2

The 'twos' are officially here. I can't believe it!! Where has the time gone?? I can remember thinking "if we can just get til may, everything will be okay". Of course, I was thinking may 2005, not may 2007. I don't think may can help us now. The tantrums, the independence, the only eating yogurt for 4 meals a day...is really starting to take it's toll. It's gonna be a long year hahahaha.

Heather is so independent. She refuses help getting her shoes on, tells me "NO" any chance she can get, and the last few days will only eat apples. "No, momma, apple". ARGH this is fine and dandy for chunky babies--but she needs to dip them in a little peanut butter!!! Her cardiology appointment went very well. Her malformed valve seems to be functioning just as a normal valve would, so no follow ups needed for another 2 years!!

They both enjoyed their little birthday party. We ate lasagna and had little individual cakes with way too much frosting for dessert. We practiced for WEEKS blowing out candles. Logan got it on the first try--Heather got the lip pursing part right, but doesn't like the smoke, so blew from a distance. At least they ate the cake this year :) Last year they wanted nothing to do with anything remotely solid. Heather of course nibbled on hers like a little mouse and Logan just dug in full speed ahead. Amy and Annelise were here so they joined in the fun as well!

Logan is super opinionated and super frustrated that we can't quite understand his version of English. He is starting to learn words very quickly, he just doesn't say them in any english dialect that we recognize :) He is obsessed with cars and trains to the point that they are always in perfect order. He only eats yogurt and the jelly half of a PB&J and ALWAYS tells me NO, no matter what the request. I'm not sure where this comes from, but I'm sure a month in daycare had something to do with it!

And speaking of daycare, Friday was our last day. They had a horrible time adjusting to the noise and activity. Kathy is a sweet lady, but also is running a business and can't justify giving 2 full time spots to 2 part time kids, especially with the shortage of daycare in this county. I wasn't a very good fit for the Big Piney clinic and am leaving quietly. Therefore, I am working as fast as I can to get my daycare open. I already have zoning approval and all the inspections, orientations, and trainings scheduled. I am hoping to start taking kids March 1st--and actually have leads on enough kids needing care to be almost full on March 1st!! This is definitely a different road than what I had planned on taking, but will be quite rewarding ( I am hoping. remind me of this when you visit me at the state hospital lol).


This outfit is her very favorite. aunt Shana and family gave it to her for Christmas and she really does look cute :) Such a girly girl!

Here's one of my favorite pictures from our impromptu photo shoot on their 2nd birthday. She is really starting to look less and less like a toddler, and more like a preschooler. She can sing her abc's--well, her version of abc's--and count to 5 with some help. she knows all the animals on the planet AND the specific noise they make. Blues Clues is her favorite tv show of the moment and her babies never leave her side. Of course, Day-Day is never far either. Grandma Comeau has nicknamed her FiFi, as she will always find a warm lap to cuddle on--and won't leave until she's ejected!

Logie, as Heather has named him, is busy, busy busy. In fact so busy that the only pictures I got of him on his second birthday are of him eating because it's the only time during the day he stays in one place more than a millisecond. He loves to count and can get to 5--usually in a round about way including 2 and 4 several times, but he gets there in his own time --he likes to look at books as long as there's pictures he can recognize. He seems to imitate Heather much of the time and really misses her when she's not around. We had to move him into her room so that he'd quit getting up in the middle of the night looking for her. He is still a great hug-giver and very tender hearted.

Okay Grandpa Urbigkit...it's updated just for you :):)