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Logan is growing up way too fast. Its sad that I think this already, afterall in only 5+ weeks he is going to seem a WHOLE lot older when I’m holding baby in my arms! He took his sweet time deciding to do most things in life…roll, crawl, walk, talk, etc. When he finally took off with talking (I’m pretty sure this was when he finally realized by talking his sister had to stop) he has increased his vocab by leaps and bounds. It never ceases to amaze me what comes out of his mouth these days! Not only will he repeat anything & everything but he comes to us with the funniest statements and comments seemingly out of the blue. He is very big into playing basketball and constantly uses it as a tactic to avoid nap time and bed time. He LOVES to sing & dance & he will do both anytime he hears music of any kind (even just the music in his head.) He is a struggle to keep quiet and still and he LOVES to go, go, go. I think of him these days as my future weight loss program (for after baby is born.) :)

Alexa had kindergarten round-up last week. Where has the time gone? I remember anxiously waiting her arrival and thinking she’d never get here, let alone be almost 5 years old!!! While I am mentally and physically ready for her to go to school, and while she is BEYOND ready to go…its going to be weird. She is by BIG helper, literally - she does so much for her brother, especially early in the morning and with this pregnancy and all. It’s a good thing I have all summer with her yet so she can help out the first few months baby is home! She was beyond excited to go and had been counting down the sleeps until the day came. That Wednesday Daddy asked her several times how she felt about going to round-up and her answer would come in this simple not much emotion showing way saying “I’m excited but a little bit nervous too!” It was quite cute. As I dropped her off, she had to get her name tag on and have her picture taken -- and the look on her face became more and more alarmed that I would be leaving her. I know she doesn’t like mom leaving anyway (she bawls for me to go to bible study at nights when she’s home with Dad but waves happily when he goes anywhere) so I had told her in advance that I wasn’t allowed to stay & that if she didn’t cry or throw any fits I’d take her out on a doughnut date afterwards. That part thankfully worked but as I said goodbye to her the look she shot me could have killed me! It was this deer in headlights type of a look that seemed to cry out as if I had just led my little lamb to the slaughter house! I was scared to return and pick her up…but alas, as I stood outside the classroom and she came out to find me she was a different girl entirely! She was bouncing and happy and incredibly excited! The buzz/high she had from going there lasted throughout the rest of the day/afternoon/night! She was still ecstatic as she was going to bed that night!

Needless to say both kids keep me on my toes constantly and are full of excitement and energy. Although they are similar in many ways its amazing to see how different they truly can be!