Sunday, August 24, 2008

Logan Loves...

HIS DUCK

This blow-up duck is actually a bathtub that we used when Logan was younger. Since he grew out of it, we left it out for Logan to play with and it hasn't been since recently that he has truly started to love it. He drags it off of the coffee table, around the couch, and places it right in the middle of the living room and plops in head first.
He loves to give the duck kisses/bites, sit in it while he watches his favorite show, and he especially loves it when daddy drags him around in it until he spills out laughing hysterically! Logan and the duck make a good team:)
HIS AND HIS COUSINS' SIPPY CUPS

Luckily, Logan has made a smooth transition from the bottle to 100% sippy cup. He really loves his sippy cups when he is at home, but he especially LOVES his cousins' sippy cups. Whenever we are with Wade and Seth, Logan's number one goal is to find their sippy cups and start drinking away! Wade has become very good at sharing so he doesn't mind, but Seth is a different story. The sippy cup (especially the Spiderman sippy cup) is a never ending battle between Logan and Seth and you can probably guess who usually wins. However, Seth might not win for long considering the rate that Logan is growing:) Sorry Jen for the germ swapping and sippy cup battle every time we come over:)

TO CRAWL
We wonder if he is ever going to learn how to walk because he is such a fast little crawler! I know it will happen when he is ready, but for now he LOVES to vroom around the house on his knees chasing balls, pushing trucks, and finding out new things to get into and ravage!

HIS TRUCKS
This face has trouble written all over it! Logan is all boy through and through. He loves nothing more than to push a truck around the house and drive it all over the furniture to see what he can tip over with it. He also is starting to make a little "vrooming" noise as he drives his trucks, which usually leaves a trail of drool behind him:)

TO PLAY IN PILLOWS

Everyday, he rips all of the pillows off of the couches and chair and rolls around in them. He loves to nuzzle into the pillows, make pillow piles to climb over, and just cuddle with them when he takes a break from playing. Logan is a very cuddly boy, which his mommy and daddy LOVE:)

THE FRIDGE
Every time I open the fridge without a doubt, Logan stops dead in his tracks and bolts to the opened fridge. He loves to pull things off of the shelves, especially soda cans so that he can roll them around. The other day, while I was making lunch, which requires pulling a lot of stuff out of the fridge, Logan managed to pull out another soda can. When I took the can from him, he did the usual "goo, goo, goos" (his way of telling me he is mad and that he wants that can!) then I put the can on the counter out of reach. When I looked down at him he was standing reaching for the can and he actually took two steps on his own towards the counter! Yes, his first steps!!! It was exciting:)

HIS BLANKIESLogan has two special blankies that play two separate roles. The green blanket is his special "going to bed blankie" and the blue one is his special "playing in the living room and church blankie". He loves them both equally and can never get enough of cuddling up in their soft fur:)

FRUIT AND CATALINA
Logan has been getting better and better at eating finger foods especially now that we have figured out some foods that he really loves. He pretty much loves any and all types of fruit, which is great, but makes feeding him veggies difficult. Luckily we discovered his love for Catalina dressing! He will eat most veggies and things like beans, quesadillas as long as they are doused in Catalina! Whatever works, right?

THE WIGGLES
Four men singing and dancing, need I say more?:)

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Attack of the "AMPA"!!!



This weekend my dad, AKA "Ampa", and Paula came to visit. I would like to say that the only purpose for their visit was to see us, but my dad also had a lot of work to do all over the Phoenix valley and Paula had some dental work done by Matt. To say the least, they were very busy, but we managed to spend a lot of time together and for whatever reason brings them to AZ, we are so thankful and blessed to see them as often as we do.
We did our usual trip to Peter Piper Pizza, spent a lot of time talking, eating, playing with the boys, went to church, and watched quite a bit of the Olympics.
It was a fun weekend and the boys absolutely LOVE when they come to visit! We love you guys and can't wait to see you again in a few weeks:)Logan loves his "Ampa"...I promise:)

Good Luck Shakespears!


Our good friends, Scott, Bekah, and their little Reagan, moved to Detroit, MI this weekend. We are so sad to see them go, but at the same time we are so happy that Scott got accepted to Dental school there! We feel like we have lost a part of our family, but we know that this will be an incredible adventure for them.

Congratulations, keep in touch, we'll miss you, and come back to AZ in 4 years:)!!!

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Guess What...

...I'm PREGNANT!!! I will be 15 weeks this Friday and my official due date is January 30th. We are way excited to have another little baby join our family and Logan will absolutely LOVE a new little playmate:) I waited a while to make my official announcement just to make sure that everything was okay and it really has been an uneventful pregnancy so far. Of course, I've had the usual nausea and drowsiness, but nothing more than that. We feel so blessed to be pregnant again and I will keep you up to date on all of the details until this little one arrives:)My first ultrasound at 8 weeks!

Bon Voyage John!!!


For the past few weeks, John (Julie's husband), has been staying at the Roper's house while awaiting his Europe adventure. He will be backpacking all over Europe for about one month and then joining Julie on the cruise ship for another month. After that, they both should be on their way home possibly, to AZ!!! I am not going to get too excited, but it would be soooo much to have them here!
Anyway, I just wanted to let John know how much we love him and that we hope that he has an amazing trip! Email lots of pictures and keep in touch! We all miss you already, especially the boys!