...behind...

Ugh. I'm way behind on updating. I'm sorry!!! Let's see...let me do a 5 second recap of our September...

Um. Lindsay and I finished watching LOST. We went to Disneyland. Emme turned 8months. Um. I am pretty sure that is it. Haha!!!

Disneyland was fun. And thank THE LORD for motherinlaws who are so excited and willing to come and help take care of the babies! Oh my word! Emme was great...loved looking at everything. Jude did pretty good...but this go around, he was afraid of pretty much everything- the characters, the rides...everything!!! Oh well, kid...we've got Annual Passes...you'll just hafta suckitup! ;)

...8...

I know...I'm all.kinds.of.awful. My update is almost a month late! :P Well...We've been plenty busy at the Logan house...and now I'm on vacation...so I thought I'd catch up!

These days are flying by...My baby girl is THAT much closer to being one...and my heart just can't take it!!! Emme is just a doll. I mean...really...she's the most beautiful lil creature ever!!!

I feel like she's just growing up so quickly in front of my eyes...she:

* now has SIX teeth (4 on top, 2 on bottom)- and is a TOTAL snagglemouth!!!
* army crawls like there is NO tomorrow! homegirl gets EVERYwhere!!!
* talks. loudly. I mean...wow. She.is.LOUD.
* uses her fingers to pick up snacks (the Gerber stars)
* fights with her brother... okay- not really, but she like to play w/ the VERY toys he's playing with...which Jude is NOT down with! (but he's very good at replacing the toy he takes away from her w/ one of her toys)
* waves- no...but it's not just waving...it's like this prissy/girly/elbowelbowwristwrist/missamerica wave! ah.dorable.
* puts toys inside stuff- like the fisies in the fish bowl

Oh man... I love it. She's just so girly!!! ;) You can also see from the picture...that posing her w/ the paper is IMPOSSIBLE! She wouldn't even let the poor bunny rabbit sit up next to her. The poor paper was crumpled, drooled on, and destroyed! Haha! Oh that Em! :D

...finally!...

I meant to post this before...but Emme finally has a tooth!!!! EEEP! The poor little girl has taken this whole teething thing WAY more rough than Jude did. Little princess has had many nights awake w/ the pain in her mouth...breaking mommy's heart! But she finally has one on the bottom right and I can tell that there is one coming in soon on the top right too. I sure hope she has an easier time getting in the rest of her teefers!

...til...

...my sweet son...

I mean...does this picture not say it all? Derrick had the opportunity to get some sweet Dbax tickets. I thought it would be a fun and spontaneous thing to do w/ my boys...

Jude did a great job and loved watching everything going on. He sat on Derrick's lap most of the game...but then came up on mine. As he was sitting on my lap, Jude leaned over and snuggled w/ his dad. Melt.My.Heart.Right.Now! So I leaned back and twisted my arms behind them to snap a picture. The first picture wasn't so much good...but by that point Jude had already sat up. So...I got him to do it again so I could get a better picture! Haha. He did great! ...and this picture is just too precious for words!

...you never knew...

So. It's been a good million years since I did a Top5 Tuesday! Eeep! But I promised yesterday that I'd be more diligent at updating my blog! So here goes. Here are the top5 things that you probably didn't know about me... (unless you are one of my BFFs- in which case...you probably DO know)...

5. When I was a sophomore (or was I a freshman? hmmm) in HS...the girl's basketball coach followed me around to each of my classes trying to get me to try out. I kept insisting that I ab.so.lute.ly. suck...but he persisted...I don't know if he finally asked around or saw that "Choir" was on my schedule...but he finally let up! ;)

4. I was born in South Korea and lived there until I was like 4 (minus a short time we lived in Myrtle Beach, SC). When I was about 3 years old...my mom had taken me with her to get her hair cut or something...and I was to play w/ some of our neighbor girls outside the store. I remember these girls not being nice. And...they wanted to "ditch" me...and they did. I can distinctly remember wandering around...and asking people if they knew where my mom was. After what seemed like an eternity...I walked to my babysitters house. How I knew to get there is still a mystery...but things musta looked familiar.

3. I'm slightly terrified of storms. It started in my childhood...when we lived in a 2story house...and the darn tree outside my window would either 1. scrape the tile on our roof by my bedroom window...or 2. snap in half and block our garage. It's scary stuff for a lil gal! Then when I was a junior in HS...I was at Walgreens making copies for a presentation for my English class (haha- remember when NO one owned a 3in1 machine/scanner?!) and it was raining...when I went to make a lefthand turn out of the parking lot...the car hydroplaned...and I ended up spinning to the opposite side of the road- facing traffic. Greeeaaat. And finally...right before I got married...I was coming home from a friends house when it started to storm...and then hail...and I was on the 101...before they tarred it all up...and it was hailing bad...and you literally couldn't see ANYthing...and my window cracked BAD...and it was loud...and NOone would answer their phone...and my cell battery was dying...and everything was bright white...and I thought I was going to die...and all I wanted to do was get out of my car and knock on the window of the car next to me and see if I could just sit w/ them until it was all over!!! :( So. Yeah. I'm slightly terrified of storms.

2. Before I got married...I didn't cook a single thing in my life. Well...I don't exactly count ramen noodles as cooking. I was so freaked out that we would starve! LOL...so I started out doing "from the box" meals...and then I started baking up a STORM...and then I finally started cooking other things... I like trying to cook things my mom always makes...but I can NEVER get it to taste even a FRACTION as yummy. :(

1. Hmmm. Minus the 2 times I gave birth...I have never had to stay overnight at the hospital. Nor have I ever broken a bone. Nor do I ever go to the doctor- unless I think I'm absolutely dying! This actually kinda has started freaking me out. I've just heard one too many stories about peeps my age finding out they have cancer or something crazy. I want to go and get a big check up...but I don't wanna be lectured at how I could drop a few pounds. :P

...we gon' find you...

You have GOT to see these. I...have no words. Watch the first video first- duh. It's comedy in and of itself. I mean. I'm sad that this young lady was the victim of an almost rape...I mean...I don't mean to laugh...I mean...it's just how HILARIOUS she reacts to it...but more so how her brother reacts.



but then...you need to watch this beauty. I dunno who has the time or energy or knowhow to do it...but it made me laugh until pee came out. True.Story. (btw- you can stop watching after like 1:14- cuz then some other guy sings and it's lame)

...me is sooo booty...

I mean...I'm SOOOO behind!!! UGH! My excuse?! Well...I have been editing alot...and then there was the 5 days that DLo was gone for Staff Retreat...and the fact that Jude went through a "boycott sleeping" period. Oy!

So...this will be my "ketchup" blog.

Let's see...what's been going on??? Um...uh... Well.

Jude- is getting SO big so fast! He's cracking us up left and right! Jude is working VERY hard at talking...although...we still mostly don't understand him!!! His newest thing is counting. And it.is.adorable!!! He never says one. Ever. I'll say one...then he says two...and I'll say three...and he says "fooooe"...then I say five...and he repeats "fiiiiiieeeey"...haha...then "siiiihhhh" I say seven...and he says "aaaaaaeeee" and "nieeeey"...then I say ten...and he repeats "ten!" It is seriously the cutest thing ever! My favorites are when he says "fiiiieey" and "niiieeey!" or when he is counting his trains and they are in all different orders! ;) He is SO big too...wearing 3T clothes is of the past...all his 3T shirts are too short...and the 4Ts are getting there! 4T shorts/pants are starting to be snug too! Ugh! I've refrained from buying new shorts this season, though- b/c who KNOWS what size he'll be next summer!!! Hmmm.... Jude has gotten better at listening...but also throws the most awesome fit if he doesn't want to do something. It's pretty fantastic...and I find myself laughing and being mortified all rolled into one! We're still potty training...and have gotten rid of diapers completely...although we're still in pullups! Jude does a good job trying to stay dry- for the most part- but still won't tell us when he needs to "go"...so unless mom and dad are on their "A game"...Jude usually has a couple accidents a day. I have hope though...that the more he's able to talk, the better he'll be! Um. He's a little fish, too! I had my friend, Bre, give him swim lessons this summer. He had like 6 or 7 lessons...and by the end of the summer, can hold his breath and swim underwater short distances!!! He'd go alot further if he'd use his arms...but he always has an arm out trying to reach me! Haha! :D

Derrick is really enjoying his job at CCV. And...I got to admit...so am I!!! He gets so much more time at home...we're just finishing a nice 4 FULL days he's had off! It's just fabulous! Right now, Derrick is planning and preparing a charity event for his birthday. I'm so excited for him...and for raising money for an organization that we are both very passionate about. It will be a BIG bday for him- 30- so hopefully it can be a really big thing! :D

Me? Oh geez. Um. Well. I have my good and bad days....like everyone else! I've been finding myself on the "sadder" end of the spectrum lately...partially b/c my friends are back to work...and partially b/c I've not been reading/praying like I should...and partially b/c my friends keep LEAVING ME!!! ::coughcough- Love and Linds and Amy and Walthos!:: But things are getting better and I'm blessed to have a son and daughter who brighten up my life...and a husband who puts up w/ my crazy! ;)

I have a plethora of pictures to upload...hmmm...but somehow I do not have the motivation! ;) So...I promise to be more diligent at updating! (Sorry, Love!!! haha!)