Vegas Baby

I was asked by Marc if I could take a few days off of work for a birthday Surprise. I said yes and last night I was told that we are heading to Vegas TONIGHT. We are taking Logan and my mother in law so that she can babysit. I am so excited because Logan is gonna have a blast!!!! There is so much for kids to do there and I have always wanted to have Logan take advantage of that stuff! The daytime is for Logan and the nightime for mom and dad lol....We are staying at New York, New York and I always wanted to stay there!! So excited! As of 3:30 I will be on the plane. Wooo Hooo!!!!

Logan and the Stars

Funniest Quote from Logan last night..............

We were looking at the stars and Logan says "that star is Grandpa, that star is Nana and that star over there is Michael Jackson"

Logan School Testing

Ok so I am getting a little out of order here. I wanted to wait to post Logan's bday party pic's when I had time to upload them. Last night we went to Pre-School Roundup. Yes, I am gonna be that parent that has a breakdown for sure. I was ok until we got into the parking lot and that is when I started tearing up. Keep in mind this was just for testing and not for actual school. I dont even want to think about that day. We walked into the school and just seeing him in the school hallway made me tear up. Marc kept asking if I was ok or not. I managed to get it together and we walked into the testing room and of course Logan introduced himself to everyone in the room. They did some testing with Logan and was really impressed that he could count to 50. They said that he did not qualify for any special needs for pre-school. Actually they said he was on a Kindergarden level and did not recommend pre-school at all. However, Logan will go to pre-school because I do think it is important for him to be there with other kids since he never went to daycare. The teachers also said that they were glad I did not waste 2 years on pre-school since he has more knowledge then most other's that are there. That made me feel great as a parent because obviously we are doing something corrctly. Logan is all signed up and we are waiting for the lottery to be announced. We sould get a call on March 12 letting us know if he was picked or not. Our first choice school was Remington that is right by our house. 2nd choice was Springs Ranch and 3rd Choice was Stetson. I love the fact he is going to be in a school environment and not necessarly a daycare environment that we have seen in the past. I cant wait for the call, or can I?????

Christmas

Christmas was soooooo fun this year. Logan had a blast and it was so fun seeing the look on his face each day that he took the chocolate out of his advent calendar. We started new traditions this Christmas as well as keeping some of our childhood traditions alive. Santa was very good to Logan this year and he meade lots of great memories. He still talks about Christmas to this day.

Goodbye Nana/Mom

October 13,2009 I lost a big part of me and a big part of Logan. My mom passed away. No words can express how great of a mom and a nana she was. She loved her family very much and would do anything for them. The evening she passed away, Kylie gave her CPR. I admire Kylie for being able to do that as I was not even able to go over there until they removed mom from her room. Kylie is very strong and took excellent care of my mother. She did something that I was not able to do and that makes her a hero to me. I hope one day she realizes the care she gave to our mother. I miss my mom everyday and wish that I could see her one more time. People tell me it gets easier with time, but I can honestly say that it does not. Hopefully time heals but nothing will bring back my mom. I cherish the times I did spend with her and will keep those memories alive for Logan. I miss you mom!!

Behind on Blogging

So I have been really behind on Blogging. I do enjoy blogging but it feels like everything has all happened at once lately and blogging became a chore. Now that things are settling down I am going to try and catch up. Slowly but surely!

Florida Round 2

Well, we went back to Ft Myers FL again for our 2nd trip this year. Hoping to do another one before year end. Here is what we did..........

Friday...........Got into Ft Myers and settled in the house. Had to turn water etc back on. Got some groceries and got ready for our vacation.

Saturday.........We decided to take it kinda easy this night since we had a long trip on Friday. We got up and had breakfast then set out to the Shell Factory. This is a pretty cool place. It has a huge shopping place where you could buy any shell you could think of. They also had a nature park which was the highlight of this place. We got to watch the alligators getting fed and pet a baby alligator. They had lots of other animals there as well. They also had a whole dinosaur area set up with huge dinosaurs. This was a fun place! Afterwards we found a awesome wing place and got Logan's favorite "chicken wings. Afterwards we headed back to the house and went swimming in the pool. I love the pool there. It is soooo nice. We then decided to order a pizza from this GREAT place called "A little taste of New York". It was yummy! We put Logan to bed because Sunday was gonna be a filled day.

Sunday............We got up and ate breakfast and headed to the beach. We went to Ft Myers beach and found a small secluded area with only like 3 other people there. It was very nice. The water was a little more cloudy than previous visits but it was still like bath water. We spent the day there then at lunch time headed to the beach city to eat. We ate at a place right on the water and got to sit outside. We then talked Logan into heading back to the house to rest a little bit. We went back to the house and had drinks since it was sooo hot. We then went and jumped in the pool to relax. After doing that we decided to go back to the beach for the sunset. Logan had bought a boogie board earlier that day so he was excited to use it at the beach. We went back to the beach and it was AWESOME. It was beautiful put and sooo peaceful. Logan got on his boogie board and at one point actually stood up on it. He would be a GREAT surfer if we lived there! After that we went and had dinner at a place called the Crab Pincher. We ate there when we were there in May and it was one of my favorites. We then went home and put Logan to bed. It was a fantastic day.

Monday...........We went to Sanibel Island. which is a island near Ft Myers with white sand and blue water. This Island is known for shelling. The water again was not as blue but beautiful. Logan found lots and lots of shells and even 2 sand dollars. He was way thrilled. We then went and ate lunch at Jimmy Buffets Cheeseburger in Paradise. That was a yummy place! We headed back to the house to rest up for a few minutes. We headed back to Ft Myers beach and the boys rented a jet ski. Of course me being a mom was scared to death the see my baby on the jet ski with his dad. They were flying up and down the ocean and I was so scared. There were dolphins swimming beside them. i thought that was the neatest thing ever. Logan came back to shore and was thrilled he LOVED it. I am glad they had a great time doing that! After that we layed on the beach and watched the sun set again. We then went and got take out and went home and ate. Everyone was pretty tired from he eventful day.

Tuesday............Departure day............We woke up and had breakfast and went down to the pool. We spent most of the day at the pool because Marc and I were able to clean and pack the night before when Logan went to bed. it was nice to be able to relax in the pool before heading home. We left for the airport at 5pm. Right when we got on the plane and before taking off, Logan fell asleep. He slept the full 3 hours to Dallas. We got to Dallas and he was refreshed. I am glad that he does so well on planes now. He is a pro!

overall we had a FANTASTIC time and Ft Myers is our home away from home! It is nice to have a home to go to when we want to vacation!