Easter!!!

I promised Easter pictures, so here they are (finally)! I would have put them up sooner, but Zac stole the memory card from the camera and I couldn't. But here is some Logan cuteness for y'all!
I found my Easter Basket, Mommy!

Thanks, Mr. Easter Bunny!
Daddy and Logan in their Easter Outfits

A Masters? Really???

So as most of you know, I'm taking English 495: Shakespeare in Film this semester. I'm taking it from the same professor I took Shakespeare 382 from, Dr. Brandie Siegfried. And if you've ever heard me talk about her, you know I idolize her and think she is pure genius. 99% of the time, I'm hanging off her every word in her lectures, I invest more time in her classes than any other class, I am BARELY pulling an A-, but I'm perfectly ok with that. So, now that I've set up the repertoire I have with her and how much I respect and, let's be honest, want to be like her, I'll tell you what happened today.
I had a writing consultation with her, which she does for all of her students. She reviews all your papers you've turned in for the semester and offers you the chance to sit down and she'll critique your work. You know, tell you your strengths, weaknesses, and how to improve your overall writing ability. Well I did it last year and really feel that her insights helped me to become a better writer over the past two semesters. So naturally I wanted to get her feedback this time around, as well.
So...my weaknesses? I don't use semi-colons appropriately. Ok, I can live with that. Semi-colons to me are like those big chunky belts that are in fashion right now. They aren't my thing and when I try to pull them off by putting it over a cute shirt, it's all wrong. My other problem Dr. Siegfried pointed out is that I have trouble committing to a thesis. Again, I totally agree. I don't make bold, specific thesis statements in my paper because I don't want to be proven wrong. I tend to keep them general so if someone wants to argue against me, I'm not 100% wrong. And again, that's just my personality and a complex I have...I can't be wrong!
I'll skip over the strengths...to spare you my huge ego. But she thinks I'm fabulous. And then she came out of no where with, "Sarah, I know your life is busy right now, but I need you to promise me that some day you will pursue a Masters." WHAT!?!?! Then she went off for a while about how I have so much potential that a simple Bachelor's degree is not going to do me any justice. Then, to further that along, she wants to help me get published within the next year. She said it will help with an eventual Grad School application, plus she said it might help me comprehend that my writing is "quite exceptional."
Needless to say, I was more than flattered. I was FLOORED. The woman that I look up to, seek constant approval from, and respect above all other professors, thinks I am amazing. So yay me! However, I just looked at the MA for English at BYU and it's like 32 credits...about 2 years. So, maybe if we stay in Utah, I'll think about it. Anywhere else is just going to be too expensive in the near future, but I'll definitely keep it in mind. But again, yay me!

A Working Keyboard...

I'm not sure exactly what Zac did, but he got our old keyboard working while Logan and I were doing laundry...so hurray! So here's what I haven't posted the past few weeks:
California/Ellen was AMAZING. We drove down to Las Vegas Wednesday night and were going to drive to LA Thursday morning. Well, the babies woke up around 4:30 am and kept waking each other up, so we decided to just hit the road around 5:30. I was telling Dani that maybe it was a good thing and she agreed; it gave us more freedom for various stops. Well it turns out that it was a VERY good thing. On our return trip through Vegas, Zac's cousin said "You guys didn't get held up in traffic did you?" and when we asked him what he meant, we found out that maybe an hour behind us, there was a fatal accident that shut down I-15 Southbound for three hours. PHEW! So not only did the babies get us to LA ahead of schedule, they could have saved our lives...who knows if we could have been involved in the accident had we left later than we did.
Well, then the Ellen DeGeneres show. It was FABULOUS! It aired on St. Patrick's Day, so sorry if you missed it! But you could totally see us. We were on TV. And I have it on DVD. If you really want to see it, I'll send you a copy :-) ANYWAYS, the guests were Minni Driver, Cheryl Crow, and the American Idol castoff, David Hernandez. So we got the new Cheryl Crow CD- sweet! And in lieu of American Idol and iTunes teaming up this year, we got $50 gift cards to iTunes!!!! And then the best part...Ellen said "Well, so what are you supposed to play your iTunes on? How about a brand-new 8 GB Video iPod Nano!" So we got iPods!!!! It was amazing!!!! Oh, and my other Ellen claim-to-fame: During "commercial breaks," they play music so the audience can dance while they prep Ellen for the next segment. So random people wave at Ellen and if she's paying attention, she waves back and everyone is all, "Ellen waved at me!" So I did the sign for "I Love You," she looked right at me, and gave it back! So Ellen and I are totally best friends.
The next day, we went to the beach. It was windy. Like really, really windy. But it was still gorgeous. I would like to go back some day. After the beach, we drove to Hollywood to meet Uncle Gary's old girlfriend, Sue. I was really excited to meet her, mainly because she was so important to Gary and since he was such a huge part of my life for such a long time, I felt like I wanted to get to know her, too. She was cute. We didn't have much time together because she had to be at a performance, but we decided next time I'm in LA we'll schedule more time together and catch up.
And speaking of catching up, on Saturday on our way out of California, I got to meet up with Emily Harris. It was SO GREAT to see her! It's crazy that we're growing up and have real jobs and husbands and babies...oye. But it was so nice to sit down and talk with her and hear all about what she's been doing for the past 5 years. Well, after that, we stayed another night at Kate and Zach's (Thanks again, guys!) and came back home. It was such an amazing trip!

Onto Easter: It was practically perfect. The weather was BEAUTIFUL...a perfect warm, sunny day. It made our hunt for our Easter baskets rather enjoyable :-) Then the reason for Easter...Church! The RS presidency basically drew straws to see who would be there for the meeting and the first counselor and I ended up staying. Which I am actually grateful for...it was an amazing lesson! So after church, Zac and Logan and I ventured over to Steve and Becky Beisinger's (Marie and Ben's Parents). In years past, I have hosted a big dinner/Easter egg hunt here. Family and other friends with no where else to go would come and there were always too many people to fit in our apartment, so it was outside. But it was always really nice. Well, Easter came early this year and Zac's siblings all congregated at his brother's apartment, so we got to crash the Beisinger dinner, have all the fun, and minimal work on my part! It was great!

And what's left? OH! I know! I've decided to run a 10K. In Vegas, Kate was telling Dani and I that she's training for a half-marathon. She basically had me signed up to join her, but the race is the end of July, when I'll be back in NY for Sonya's wedding. Then I started thinking 13 miles is insane and I need to work up to something that big. So Dani and I looked for races coming up and decided that 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) would be great to start off. I found a 7 week training program that I'm starting this week (I hope) and in June, we'll be running from Riverwoods to Bridal Veil Falls (and back) for the 10K race! I'm really excited. And then depending on how well that goes...maybe I can do a half (or a full) marathon someday!

Well, I guess that's all for now! More posts to come soon...now that I can type!

Happy Easter!!!

Keyboard = still not working. Easter pictures to sum up the holiday = forthcoming!

Back from Cali...

I would have posted sooner, but our keyboard crapped out. I have to use the on-screen keyboard which only types one letter at a time. So here's our road trip in picture form...driving, the beach in Cali, and In-n-Out in Vegas! For written details, check out Dani's blog. That is, until we get a new keyboard!

California Knows How To Party...

Or so I've heard from the Tupac song. Good stuff. So this is going to be a super short post because I have to write a few essays (so I don't have to do it when I get back). Basically, I have to write 4 essays for my Shakespeare in Film midterm. They're due Tuesday. Yuck. But I'd rather get it done now than have it hanging over my head while I'm on VACATION!!! Which is the other reason this is a short post. Logan and I (and Dani and James) are leaving for California tomorrow and I need to pack! I'm super excited. So here's the game plan:

We're leaving tomorrow after my New Testament Class. The class ends at 2, so I'm hoping to be on the road by three. We'll drive down to Las Vegas and stay the night with Zac's very awesome cousin, Kate. From there, we'll head out when we wake up on Thursday, getting to Dani's sister-in-law's house Thursday afternoon. Hopefully, we'll have a sitter by then, and we'll go to the taping of Ellen at 3. And, well, I'll spare you the details till I have pictures, but we'll head back to Utah via Las Vegas again on Saturday, getting home Sunday afternoon/evening. So feel free to call and ask how awesome the weather is! Love you all!

My To-Do List...

Today would have been my Uncle Gary's 51st birthday. I miss him and think about him every single day. Some days are harder than others, but he's one person I guarantee I will never forget, even if I wanted to. I was looking for pictures I have of him that I could post, and this one was mixed in with wedding pictures. It was taken in the Palmyra Temple just after Zac and I were sealed. I'm really glad we got married when we did...Gary got to spend the happiest day of my life with me. Clearly, he was pretty happy, too!

So in honor of Uncle Gary's birthday, I thought I'd post this. It's a list of all the things I want to do in my life...in no particular order. Some things I've already done, but I thought I'd include them anyways. It's kind of like when I'm making a daily to-do list and I put stuff I do routinely do, just so I can cross it off (i.e. shower, brush teeth, etc). So here goes:

Graduate in the top 10 from BCS (check)
Graduate from College
Get married (check)
Swim with dolphins
Have a baby (check)
Go hang-gliding
Go to Hawaii
Be an extra in a movie
Go to Paris...just to eat bread and cheese. And pastries :-)
Have another baby
Ride in a helicopter. I'd say fly it, but I'd probably crash it.
Visit the Holy Land
See "Wicked!" on Broadway
Receive so many bouquets of flowers that it fills a room (like in the movies)
Be a redhead (check)
Have a third baby
Learn to play the piano
See the New Seven Wonders of the World
Dance in the rain
Kiss the Blarney stone
Have a fourth baby
Dye my hair totally blond
See Cher in concert (check)
Ride in a gondola
Visit the White House (check)
Meet the President while at the White House
See the Ancient Seven Wonders of the World
Stand in the:
Atlantic Ocean (check)
Pacific Ocean (check)
Red Sea
Nile
Mediterranean (check)
Gulf of Mexico (check)
Sea of Galilee
"Dance the funky chicken at my 75th wedding anniversary"
Go to Spain (check)
Meet a famous actor
Finish a quilt (check)
Meet a famous singer (check- Mike Love from the Beach Boys!)
Work on a political campaign
Read the Book of Mormon in one sitting
Ride on a train
Walk the red carpet at an awards show
Visit all 50 states
Climb a mountain (check)
Go horseback riding on the beach
Go snorkeling
Read the entire Bible
Eat a 1 lb burger by myself
Get Uncle Gary's music published
Have grandchildren
Have great-grandchildren
Sing with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Stay up all night (check)
Wear a 100-carat diamond necklace
Meet Rachael Ray...maybe even cook with her!
See a performance in the Sydney Opera House
Be on a game show...maybe even win something
Write a book...maybe even get published
Go on a cruise
Be in a stage production with an audience of 5,000+ (check)
Donate a large sum of money to charity anonymously

I'm sure it will keep growing...but it's a good starting point.

Shower Scrabble...

At my baby shower here in Utah last May, I received a package of foam bath letters from Zac's cousin, Emily. Until recently, I just had them with all of the other bath things I haven't gotten to using yet (like bubble bath, etc). Finally, I decided to get them out, especially since Logan sits up and spends most of his bath time playing and splashing. I figured he'd appreciate some new toys to play with. Well, after his bath the first night with them, I forgot to take them out of the tub, so they were all in there when Zac got up to take his shower the next morning. So when he was done and I hopped in, "I Love you" was spelled out with the letters on the tile. It was precious.

Well, over the past few weeks, some letters have found their way out of the bathroom and end up in other miscellaneous places throughout the house and the number of letters remaining in use are limited. But I got in the shower the other morning to find this:

Zac had used all the letters available and turned the shower tiles into some type of Scrabble board. Well, naturally, I felt compelled to do the same. I was able to come up with a new arrangement...but Zac pointed out that I re-used "PUNK" and I had to switch some things around. So now the better part of our showers center around "Shower Scrabble." Good times. Logan even started in on the fun...

In other news, Dani and I are planning our road trip to California. I mean, we're actually going! I'm so excited! We have the dates picked and know roughly what we're doing. We're staying with her sister-in-law when we get to California, and we are definitely going to the Ellen show on the 13th. We have scheduled in the beach, since I have never been. And we talked about Disney Land, but that probably won't happen. It's really expensive! We also have people we want to see...I'm hoping to meet up with Emily Harris and Uncle Gary's old girlfriend, Sue. I emailed her today and hoping to hear back soon.

Well, I guess that's all from the home front. Oh, wait. For all those of you reading from New York, it was 53 and sunny here today. Suckers. Now THAT's all from here. Love you!!!!

And a third post this evening...

So after I post, I have a habit of reading everyone else's blogs from my blog roll. And I read my friend Sara's. Who had recently read another friend's blog and posted this link about the actors for the Cullen family in the upcoming movie production of Twilight. Be prepared, fellow Twilight obsessed fans...Edward is sorely disappointing. I mean, he's Cedric Diggory. I would have done most of the casting differently, I think. I'm afraid the story is going to turn Harry Potter-ish, which is sad. (And not just because of the actor casted as Edward.) I love the Harry Potter books. The movies, on the other hand, don't do the books justice. Sure they are fun to watch (especially around Halloween), but one must keep in mind that the books and the movies are two separate things ENTIRELY. And I'm afraid, especially from the looks of the cast, that Twilight, the movie, will do the same thing. Oh well. I'm sure I'll still go see it. But let me know what you think...

...Ok, I just read further down and saw the actress they cast as Bella Swan. I have to say, I'm impressed. I guess the casting directors have gotten a lot of flack for casting Kristen Stewart, but in my mind, she's right on. And Elizabeth Reaser, playing the character of Esme, is better known as Ava/Rebecca from Grey's Anatomy. Interesting...

Vacation!!!

We had a great time in St. George this past weekend! We got to go down and stay with Zac's Grandma Edie and Grandpa Jerry. We got to take Zac's sister Savannah with us, too, which was awesome. We left Friday afternoon and made really good time. And Logan was a perfect little angel the entire ride! When we got to St. George (which is about 4 hours south of Provo), it was 20 degrees warmer than it was when we left Provo...hallelujah! Zac's cousin, Kate (Headlee), her husband, and their three kids also ventured up from Las Vegas.

Saturday was Edie's birthday so we drove to this beautiful canyon and had a picnic lunch with the cousins (and Zac's other cousin William drove up on Saturday, too). We drove around a bit, did some hiking, and even attempted to repel off a huge rock. Too bad the park ranger came and yelled at us. I was getting so excited to try it! We topped off the day by shopping...followed by a swim after dinner. You can't beat a dip in the pool in the middle of February! Logan even enjoyed it!

Sunday was another beautiful, warm day. Not much exciting...I made my Cafe Rio pork and we napped and watched half of season one of Lost. And I forgot to call my grandparents...sorry guys! I'll call this Sunday, I promise! And then Monday, before we left, we took in some of the Church history sites. We took a tour of the St. George Tabernacle, where we all got to stand at the pulpit where all of the presidents of the Church have spoken. It was pretty sweet. Logan even got to get up and give a speech...well, sort of!


We had a safe drive back to Provo on Monday afternoon. And again, Logan was great. He's such a perfect traveler! I just hope he can keep up that attitude for our trip in March...but I'm not holding my breath! Well, take care and I'll update again soon!

Oh, Deer...

So Provo has been overrun with deer the past few weeks. Which is kind of crazy because we live in a fairly large city. But apparently, the deer are running out of food in the mountains, so they wander down here. And since our apartment complex is fairly close to the mountains, this seems to be their first stop. It was cool at first, because even though I lived in Bloomfield and saw deer on a daily basis, the only time I had seen one really up-close was nicking one with my bumper. So these deer are fearless. Zac came home one night and there were three deer on our sidewalk. They were eating the bushes and wouldn't move to let him by. He ended up hitting them with snowballs to get them to move! Then the other night (at like 1 am) I was drifting off to sleep and I heard them outside our window again. Literally right outside our window. So I snapped some pictures. They are a little grainy because I had to keep the flash off to keep it from reflecting. But they were like 3 feet away from me. And as long as they stay away from the front end of my car, I don't mind them hanging around!

Happy Valentine's Day!!!

Love to all our readers! I've got so much to talk about and so many photos to upload, I don't know if I'll be able to do it all in one post. Ok, not so much to talk about, just pictures to post. So I guess we'll start with today. It's Valentine's day! I was thinking about previous ones and how they've changed over the years. I remember in 11th grade I was so bitter about valentine's day (you know, the teenage thing!) that I went out and bought myself a garnet ring as a gift to myself. Good times. And then my first Valentine's day married, Zac tried to make me dinner while I was at work. Then when I came home, he was trying to be all romantic...and I got this crazy migraine. I felt so bad! I don't remember doing anything special last year...but this year was great! Zac's been sick so I wasn't expecting anything special, but when you lower your expectations, that man really can impress you! Haha, just kidding, honey. Anyways, I spent the afternoon at cousin Emily's visiting. Then I had class at 4:30 which I got back just in time for. Then I had to take a test and left just enough time to come home and make dinner for Zac before he had to go to work. So after my test, Zac came to pick me up at school and Logan was in the back seat with a bouquet of flowers for me! Zac said they were specifically from Logan. It was so precious!

So then we came home (keep in mind I'd been gone all day) and when I opened the door, the living room was picked p and vacuumed, the kitchen was next to spotless, and the dishes were done! And then, to top it all off, there was a huge bouquet of pink flowers on top of the dishwasher in a beautiful pink vase. Those ones were from Zac! And next to those flowers were a card, a 5-lb bag of gummie bears, Wheat Thins, and a can of Easy Cheese. You're probably thinking, "What in the world?!?!" but let me enlighten you.

On our very first date, Zac and I went to the movies. Long story short, we were late and stopped off to get snacks before the next showing. We pretty much just got a ton of gummie bears. Then on our 2nd date, we went to the Canandaigua Pier. We stopped off at Wegmans to get munchies so we had something to snack on. I got more gummie bears. Zac got Wheat Thins and Easy Cheese. So they have sentimental value...as strange as it seems :-)

So I made amazing braised sirloin tips with rice for dinner. And then Zac had to run off to work. Story of my life. But all in all, it was a good day! Hope your day was just as special!!!

Daily Routine Tag...

So Sara Oblad tagged me to talk about my daily routine...oye. It changes day to day, but here goes:

Logan wakes up around 8:30-9...which means so do I. I feed him and grab a bowl of cereal or yogurt and indulge in some Today Show. Rachael Ray comes on at 10, so I watch the opening segment of that (usually a fun lunch/snack recipe). Then, since the middle of her show tends to be a little "talk-show-ish" for me, I hop in the shower. Since Zac is usually still sleeping, Logan watches Baby Einstein for entertainment. God Bless Julie Clark, founder of the Baby Einstein Company.
So after my shower, Logan gets dressed and goes down for a nap between 11-12. And here's where my schedule changes:

Mondays, Zac and I leave for class at 12:30. We drop Logan off at Liz's and I have class from 1-2. I get Logan from Liz at 2 and walk home. Then we have some Logan/mommy time (reading, playing, singing) and I get dinner ready. We drive down and switch the car with Zac, since he's done at 4. Then I have class from 4-6:30 while Logan naps. Zac follows my dinner instructions, picks me up at 6:30, we eat, then go to Mat and Dani's for FHE. Zac goes to work at 8:30, so I come home, give Logan a bath, and put him to bed. The rest of my night is spent doing homework and cleaning the kitchen. Zac gets home around 12:30, we read scriptures, and I go to bed (I would go to bed earlier, but I can't fall asleep unless he's home).

Tuesdays start off the same. When Logan wakes up, we usually go to Dani's to play with James. And we hang out there until I have class at 4:30 and Logan goes down for a nap. Zac brings the car down at 6 (when I'm done and he has class). I go home, feed Logan, make dinner, take dinner back to campus for Zac, come home, give Logan a bath, feed him, put him to bed, then straighten up the house, and do homework. And kill time while I wait for Zac to get home from work.

Wednesdays start out like Mondays with me going to class until 2 and Logan and I come home and play. Wednesdays are great because when Logan naps at 4, so do I. Then we wake up, start dinner, take it down to campus for Zac, and come home for my Relief Society Presidency meeting. That goes from 7:30-"8:30" and we come home, Logan has a bath, then goes to bed. Homework, clean the house, wait up for Zac.

Thursdays are pretty much like Tuesdays.

Fridays are nice because neither of us have class. So the morning routine is still in place, but the afternoons are family time. Sometimes we go to the movies, the mall, run random errands, or grocery shopping. I usually end up at Dani's and eat dinner with her and Mat and hang out there all evening, since Zac works from 5-9. When Zac's done, we come home, put the baby to bed (he has his bath with James), and we curl up and watch a movie we get from RedBox earlier in the day.

Saturdays are lazy days. We all stay in PJs until noon, unless we have to be somewhere. I usually clean the bathroom and do all those other chores (dusting, mopping the kitchen) that get neglected during the week. We usually have a sitter for Logan and Zac and I get to go on a date on Saturdays. Then the normal bedtime routine for the baby and an earlier bedtime for us.

Sunday mornings are also lazy. We don't have church until 2, but then we're there until 5 or so. When we get home, I call my grandparents and make dinner. Then after Logan's bath/bed, Zac and I work on homework for the next week, read scriptures, and go to bed.

So after writing out my week, I've noticed a few things. 1: I'm really busy. 2: I practically live at Dani's. 3: Zac and I hardly ever sit down to dinner together. But that's what this semester brings. It's nice to know that it will change in just a few months!

So I'm tagging...Rachel, BriAnna, Kim, Kate, and Lisa to describe their daily routines. If they have time :-)

"Eruption of the Deciduous teeth...

esp. the phenomena associated with their eruption." That's the official dictionary definition of teething. Which is what is going on in the world of Logan this week. I was talking to my mother-in-law this afternoon and telling her how cranky and clingy Logan has been the past few days. She wondered if maybe his ear infection didn't completely clear up. And after I got off the phone with her, I thought about the low-grade fever he was running the day before yesterday, also wondering if it was a sign that he was still sick. Then we were chilling out and watching some Baby Einstein (aka Baby Crack) before I had to leave for class and he was chewing on my fingers. Then he chomped down and *OUCH* I was poked by something sharp. Sure enough, a tooth is actually coming through. Before when we thought there was a tooth coming in on the top, nothing ever poked all the way through. But now there is definitely something poky in there. So I hope this clingy thing passes when that tooth pops all the way through and that the ear infection is, in fact, gone.
Logan with his friend Parker while we were babysitting last week

Also in Logan news, he's still not quite crawling. And I'm still totally ok with it. But I don't think he is ok with it. He seems to get really frustrated that he can't move where and when he wants to. But I'm sure that will change really soon. He's also slowly venturing into the world of solid foods. We've been doing the jars of baby food for a while, but they aren't a huge hit. So recently, we bought these "finger food" things that are similar to cheerios. But the texture is a little different, they are flavored, and they dissolve a lot quicker, which is good because Logan tends to "choke" on them occasionally. And by choke, I mean he realizes there is something solid in his mouth so he coughs non-stop for a few seconds. But we're getting there. Logan also appreciates it when Zac shares whatever he is eating. Tastes of yogurt, bread from his sandwiches, and here, Sourpatch Kids. They're those sour gummy candies. I love the moment Logan realizes that they are sour...and the fact that he wants more. He cracks me up.

News in the world of Sarah? Well, it's kind of exciting, actually. A few weeks ago, my friend Dani said there was a contest announced on the Ellen Degeneres show. Basically, write in and win a car and a road trip to see the show. So we wrote in. But knowing we probably wouldn't win, we came up with a contingency plan. Take a road trip and see Ellen anyways! The only thing is, tickets are really hard to come by. But Dani researched it and we each applied for different days in March. And she got a call-back today...we got tickets!!!! Whoo!!!! So the next few weeks will consist of road-trip planning. I'm pretty excited!

In family news, we have next Monday off of school, so Zac, Logan, Savannah, and I are going down south to St. George to visit Grandma Edie and Grandpa Jerry who are spending the winter there. It's going to be in the 60's all weekend, so it should be wonderful! We're also hoping Zac's cousins will venture there, too, so we get a chance to see everyone. But we'll have a great time either way! I can't wait to get out of the snow and Provo for a few days! Well, love you all!!!

MFG 202: History of Creativity...

So, as you know from an earlier post, I am in this sweet manufacturing class. Well, at the end of the semester, I need to turn in a creative project that is somehow related to something that we learn about from the 16th century to the present. Well, I've decided to make a dress worthy of Queen Elizabeth I. She was just a rockin' woman and I think I will have fun making such a huge dress. Yes, I will get frustrated and have to rip a few seams here and there, but all in all, I think it will be worth while in the end. So the biggest problem I was having (and the thing holding me back from starting it already) was that I didn't have a dress form. I'm not going to start a huge dress, with no pattern, mind you, without a dress form to create it on. So I Googled "make dress form easy" and found a website that teaches you how to make a simple dress form out of duct tape. Well, there is step one. That and watching "Elizabeth- The Golden Age" that comes out on dvd tomorrow. I'll have to keep you updated on that one!

In other news, Logan finished his course of antibiotics today for his ear infection. He's been sooo good about taking them, too. For the past 5 days I would measure out the medicine, let him hang onto the dropper at the same time I did, and he'd pop it right in his mouth and suck it all down. He's such good boy!

Logan is also getting ready to crawl, in my opinion. He can pretty much move in every direction but forward...but he'll get there. He gets up and tries to push forward, but just ends up sliding backwards. His other favorite thing lately is making different sounds with his mouth... i.e. hitting his mouth with his hands while "yelling," and it makes like..well...this video pretty much shows them both!

We had a fun Superbowl Sunday yesterday. We went to Mat and Dani's house and chowed down on sooo much food. I made wings and cocktail weenies, they got pizza, and Dani had a veggie tray and a chips/salsa tray. And then she made this dip to go with the fritos. We joked that it looked like something out of Logan's diaper, but it was the best tasting dip EVER. I ate so much I thought I was going to barf. It was awesome. Oh, and then after the game, I made Brazilian Lemonade. So here's the recipe for those who asked:
2 Limes
3 Tbsp Sweetened Condensed Milk
1/2 C Sugar
3 C Water
Wash the limes, cut off the ends, and quarter. Place quartered limes (skins and all) and the other ingredients in blender. Blend for 10-15 seconds, pulsing the blades (any longer and the juice may become bitter). Strain rinds and pulp and pour the remaining juice over a LOT of ice. Makes 2-3 servings.

Sooo good. So I guess that's all form here for now. Take care!!! Miss you all!!!