Behind on Blogging

We have been busy getting ready for Christmas and the fast approaching arrival of baby Logan. I am trying to get everything ready for Logan by this weekend, so I can relax and enjoy Christmas. I have been neglecting the blog, so here are a few quick updates...

The first weekend in December we went back to Houston for the last time this year. We plan on staying in Waco for the rest of December since I am so very pregnant now.

Saturday we had our annual lunch with my grandmother, Nannie, at Champions Golf Club. The kids had a great time looking at all of the amazing decorations! We also had a wonderful lunch. Then, Nannie let Jonathan and Clay pick out their Christmas presents in the club pro shop. It was a great way to kick off the holidays!

On Sunday, we met Jonathan's two sisters and nephews for "Breakfast with Santa" at the downtown aquarium. They have a breakfast buffet and Santa gets into the aquarium with the fish. William was a little scared of Santa at first, but then Santa gave him a stuffed animal and he warmed right up to him. Evidently William is easily bought! :) After we ate breakfast, we went to see the white tiger. William loved every minute of it and talked about the tiger for days and days afterwards.

We spent last weekend hanging out in Waco and working on Logan's room. It felt good to be at home for once. It feels like we have been on the road to Houston every weekend. This next weekend we have Jonathan's family coming up to celebrate Christmas and then the next weekend after that we have my family coming and then the following Monday is when we have Logan!

Surgery Free for One Year!

It has been one year since Jonathan's last surgery! That surgery ended up being a lot more painful and involved than we thought it would be. Most people didn't know this, but his legs were bandaged, swollen and weak for all of the month of December last year. Jonathan was very good at putting up a good front. He had a total of four screws removed in both legs. One of the screws broke in half during the surgery and they had to dig into the bone to get it out. Jonathan had a total of 4 surgeries in 2008. What a difference a year makes! I just wanted to take a moment to thank God for blessing our family in extraordinary ways.

Tentative Logan Birth Date

I went to the doctor today for my 36 week check up. She decided to go ahead and schedule my induction for December 28th. Poor little guy, he will have a birthday so close to Christmas. It's all tentative and depends of course on how I am doing and the baby. It seems a little early to me, but we will just have to see how things go the next couple of weeks. It definitely lit a fire under me though. I still have a lot of things to do before Logan gets here. It looks like Jonathan might get his Christmas wish after all....a baby born before the end of 2009 means we can claim Logan on our 2009 taxes. It's funny how you can be pregnant for 9 months and still be kind of shocked that you're actually having a baby!

Christmas Confusion

William is a little confused about reindeer. He thinks they are cows and if you ask him what a reindeer says, he answers with "Moo." I'm not real sure what a reindeer says, so it's a little hard to correct him.

The other day we were in the car and I asked him what Santa says. William looked puzzled and said, "Oink, oink?" We have been working on saying, "Ho, Ho, Ho" and now he finally has it down.

I have also tried to explain the Christmas story to him a couple of times, but he doesn't seem to get it. He has a little nativity that I thought he might play with, but I caught him putting baby Jesus in his mouth and the rest of the figures were thrown around the play room. I had to confiscate the nativity and put it away until next year.

Ornaments are another source of confusion. William was under the impression that they were shiny balls. He threw one which was plastic and bounced on the floor. We reprimanded him and told him no touching the tree. Then I heard a loud crash and he had taken a glass ornament and thrown it on the tile floor in the kitchen. He got in big trouble for that one and finally learned that ornaments are not balls to play with.

I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas...

It snowed on Friday for a few hours. It wasn't sticking to the ground, but William still enjoyed playing in the snow. It definitely felt like Christmas with the cold weather and snow flurries.

Thanksgiving

As I said before, we went to Houston for Thanksgiving. We went to Jonathan's parents house for breakfast Thanksgiving morning. Here is a picture of William helping make pancakes.

Then we went to my cousin's house and had Thanksgiving lunch with all of my dad's family. I was feeling pretty sick that day so after lunch we went back to my mom's house and I crashed. My mom and Tom were out of town so Jonathan had William duty because I had a killer headache. As I blogged before, it was kind of a rough holiday for us because I was still sick and William was starting to get sick too. There's always next year. ;)

William is 2 years old!!

William turned two years old on November 20th! I am a little late on blogging about it because of my two week illness.

We don't really know a lot of people here in Waco yet, so we just decided to celebrate with our families. He got lots of great presents including a train set, motorcycle big wheel, Elmo restaurant and much more. Since I was out of commission, Jonathan and William went to HEB to pick out cupcakes for his Mother's Day Out class the day before his birthday. Then on his real birthday, we took him to Chuck-E-Cheese. He had a great time, but was scared to death of Chuck-E-Cheese.

William seems to be getting older by the minute. He is definitely trying to show his independence. He likes to push the envelope and has started to throw tantrums when he doesn't get his way. I'm hoping this phase passes just as quickly as it came on. He also talks up a storm. His favorite phrases are, "Watch this mommy..." and "One more treat please?" Most of the time he is a really good little guy. He is still pretty outgoing, enthusiastic and loving. Like most parents, he does or says something everyday that kills me...my favorite is the "I love you too mommy!" I know I have said this a hundred times, but he really is such a joy and blessing.

Two years has gone by in the blink of an eye. I can hardly wait to see how he reacts to Logan and what the next year has in store for us.