I thought you might enjoy… March 30, 2008

A few weekends ago Jeremy, Logan, and I went to Jeremy’s little brother’s wedding in TX.  I thought you might enjoy the photos:

Logan and Aunt Jaime        Logan and the Flower Girl           Getting ready to walk down the aisle       

Down the aisle       Watching Aunt Jaime walk down the aisle (put that tongue away!)         Posing   

Doing the “Helicopter”      Dancing with Mommy     At the Forth Worth Zoo

Daddy was afraid of getting bird poop on his head!            Logan with Aunt Kristi

“Im Not Scared!” March 30, 2008

So, we took a family trip to the gym last night (GO US!) and had a really productive time.  Jeremy is on this training program that he found at runnersworld.com to get him ready for the 5K we are running in 2 weeks.  His program is designed to increase his speed adn endurance for the run.  Last night, it told him that he had to run 6 miles.  I thought he was being a little optomistic, but he actually did it!  It took him 62 minutes, which means that his average mile was just over 10 minutes, but he didn’t stop once.  I can only do 3 miles at a time per Dr. K because of my stupid IT band in my knee, so I have been working on improving my time each run.  My ipod and nike+ says I’ve been successful, so I consider it a win.  Jeremy thinks that he is going to be able to keep up with me on this run, but I think he is delusional.  I am averaging under 8 1/2 minute miles, so he has a way to go . 

 After our excruciating runs, we went ot get Logan from the childcare room and took him to the pool.  As you all know, I have been taking him to the pool almost every day this week to practice.  We began the week with him screaming and holding on to me for dear life.  He has progressively gotten better and more relaxed each time we go.  Last night… HE SWAM!!!  And I mean SWAM!  No screaming, no crying, no mad dashes out of the pool…  The kid not only swam to the ladder, he swam from one end of the lap pool to the other (with a pause in the middle to catch his breath) and then back again.  He also started floating on his back while I held him, then continued when I let go.  He said “I’m not scared” and this time I believed him.  What a 180 from just 5 days ago!  That’s my brave boy!

logansdreamlog.wordpress.com March 28, 2008

Well, Jeremy and I thought that it would be neat to publish Logan’s extremely vivid dreams on a blog so family and friends could visit and comment on his nightly visits to other dimensions.  It will be a cool journal for him as he grows to look back on.  As he gets older, he can take over the authoring.  Until then, Jeremy and I will be recording his stories for him.  Please add him to your blogroll and read about his dreams!

Sound-off Alert: Pointless Dr. Visits! March 28, 2008

So, as I mentioned, I took Logan to St. Louis to see a pediatric ear, nose, and throat doctor about getting tubes.  He went through this elaborate hearing test in a seperate office (that we will probably have to pay for because I’m sure insurance will find some reason not to cover it), and then to the appointment.  The doctor looked him over, read the test results and told me that he is a candidate for tubes, but it is “our decision” whether or not he gets them.  DUH!  I didn’t pay a $40 co-pay for a specialist to tell me that Logan is a candidate for tubes!  I knew that or we wouldn’t have gone!  You see a specialist for their professional and definitive opinion, not wishy-washy “it could help, it might not be necessary” crap. I think we will hold off on putting our child into a drug-induced sleep, let a doctor cut on his ears and nose with a knife, and have to deal with watching our child go through that pain, if or until it is definately necessary.  byebye $40.  So anyway, I am done. 

snausages March 28, 2008

So we are riding along in the van today on the way to eat lunch with Janae and the girls before Logan’s doctor appointment and he randomly says: “Mommy, why does your dad call sausage, snausages?”  First of all, what in the world goes on in that little head of his???  Second of all, he has all of the sudden started calling my dad “your dad” instead of Papa.  Isn’t that strange?  Its like he is trying to make his statements personal to me instead of personal to himself, like I wouldn’t know who papa was without him specifying that he is my dad.  I just thought that was random, cute, and interesting… so there you go.

 ~~~Disclaimer~~~ 

My dad is the one who owns the “Academy of Stupid Human Tricks”, so anytime he or Mel (Meemaw) are referenced, expect strange and mostly unexplainable behavior, vocabulary, and phrasology to emerge!

Lasso Santa Claus (around the neck and drag him down main street kicking and screaming) March 27, 2008

So Logan will NOT stop singing this dumb song that this singing/dancing animated Santa sings.  Anyone who knows my family could tell you exactly whose house that thing lives at, because Lord knows it IS NOT going to make its way to this house!  Anyway, my Dad and Mel have had the thing since Logan was 1, and he always loved to play with it.  Until this past Chrsitmas, I managed to keep him from learning the words to the blasted song and held out even last July when he BEGGED me to teach it to him.  Luckily, I am the only one in my family who can say NO to him, therefore buying myself 6 more months of sanity.  Well, the grace period is finally over and here it is March and the kid makes ANYTHING he can find into a lasso (including the frisbee ring he got in hie EASTER basket), and singing that godforsaken song at the top of his lungs.  To top it all off, he gets frusterated and begs for help when the current lasso doesn’t work out and he wants ME to fix it. GRRUUHH!! 

I told him that he needed to learn some Easter songs.  You know what he said?  “I know an Easter song!”  I was so excited, I actually asked him to sing it for me… “I’m gonna lasso the bunny” followed by very mischivous laughing.  As frusterating as it is, you have to laugh.  Oh, then I told him I didn’t like that song and he told me: “If you don’t like that song, then you can have any lunch”  What is up with that??  I hope he isn’t using that one at school.  His teacher will call social services thinking I use starvation as punishment.  I run a tight ship, but come on… 

Did I mention that I finally got Rudolf put up for the year… for the third time?  I keep putting it up (in the media cabinet out of sight but not mind) and somehow it keeps mysteriously showing up in the DVD player after Nana has been here watching him.  (please refer back to that no one saying no to him thingy)  I got proactive on him and bought 5 new movies for his Easter present. (not like he is deprived of movies, but I thought fresh ones might distract him) Just when I thought it was working, he goes to stay at Dad and Mel’s (the academy of stupid human tricks that wind up being really cute when Logan does them).  The doorbell rings and Logan runs up to it saying to Meemaw “I would be SO SUPRISED if you opened that door and Rudolf was standing there.”  How random is that?  I guess going cold turkey on Rudolf has some side effects.  I am not giving up though.  I don’t think I can take one more second of Holly Jolly Chrsitmas.  It’s almost April for goodness sake!”

DEATH TO SANTA!!  (At least until after Thanksgiving, that is if I get a break.  We may be boycotting Christmas this year.)

Swimming, Sewing, and Living March 27, 2008

We tried the swimming thing again today.  I found that if I made him say “I’m not scared” over and over, he would start laughing and then swim on his own just fine.  He did much better, but was still all too anxious to “get in the hot pool.”  I think I have ruined him with my love for hot water.  (oh… I’m sure you could do so much with that statement)

I am soooooo excited!  My new sewing machine came in the mail today and I can’t wait to use it… but instead I seem to be tied to the computer writing about it instead of using its silly blog.  I got my old one almost seven years ago and it has been through some rough times.  It finally retired in the middle of my really cute (and really time consuming) purse project and I had to put the whole thing on hold.  (My OCD has been kicking in big time knowing that there is an unfinished project in my basement!)  Well, Jeremy knows how much I rely on that really heavy peice of plastic and metal, so he told me I could get a new one for Mother’s Day (fortunately mine came in March instead of May!)  It is soooooooo cool!  I’m sure this is fascinating, but it has 60 different stitches and it is all computerized.  Enough about that.

Well, Jeremy took the night off from studying so he could spend time with us, so I should probably say goodbye and help him get Logan to bed.   Then I guess I will be heading off to bed… I mean the floor. :(  

The Parents of Peyton Hausman and Logan Plank Cordially Invite You to Witness Their Union… IN 20 YEARS!!!! NO MORE KISSING! March 26, 2008

So the day has been very busy.  Went to work and spent the day designing my new team webpage for next year.  Having a student teacher helps me get so much other stuff done!  Then I picked up Logan and hauled tush to Leisure World to get some more swimming time in before the 5pm cut-off for family time.  He is still terrified and hates every second of it.  His reward was an evening with Morgan and Peyton. 

Peyton—><—Morgan

Peyton and Logan think they are married and they play house every time we get together.  Peyton recently moved out of her sister’s room so she could “have her own room with her husband Logan.”  Morgan always gets stuck playing the baby.  I think she ignores them anyway.  We have finally gotten the two to stop kissing on the mouth.  They were getting a little too old for it to be cute, plus the added tackling made it a bit too intimate for 4/5 year olds. 

 I can honestly say that I have never seen anything like these two.  They hold hands and walk along with each other carrying on a conversation like miniature teenagers.  Sometimes I think they communicate better than me and Jeremy (haha).   They are really good friends.  I guess that runs in their blood.  Next thing ya know, they will be sitting down around the kitchen table playing Rook and yelling at their kids to “GET BACK IN BED!!!!”

SO this is how well I know my dear, predictable friend Janae… She mentioned that when Nathan was home this weekend (he has been working in Chicago the whole month of March) that they had been out looking at cars.  I knew they were looking to sell their F-150 and get something smaller and more gas friendly.  Well, on our way to their house tonight, I told Logan that I would bet him 10 bucks that we would get there and Janae would have a new car.  Well, she had parked in the garage and didn’t mention anything about it when I got there, so I assumed that I had been wrong and would owe the piggy bank.  After the kids were all fed and in bed, she happens to mention that she got a new car and it was in the garage.  “I KNEW IT!!” I said.  She has this really odd habit of trying to convince herself that she can keep pointless secrets from me for shock value.   At least she trusts me with the meaningful ones =).  Well Janae… I have officially figured you out and your predictability has saved me 10 bucks from being lost into deathly hallows of the piggy bank. 

My dear friends, the Hausmans have finally joined the Honda family!  Yea!  A CRV!!  Congratulations.  Words cannot express how proud I am.  Goodbye gas guzzling F-150; hello 25 mpg!   

Mary Poppins! March 25, 2008

Yesterday, I spent the whole afternoon learning to write code that apparently does not work on this blog, so I guess its just going to have to look boring for now until I have more time to work on it. 

 Logan and I had the best night last night.  We went swimming at Leisure World, which was more of a mind game than anything.  I spent the whole time getting our stuff together and driving there trying to explain why he needed to learn how to swim in teh first place.  The kid can swim all by himself with no problem, but he is so terrified that he will not let go of me.  He spent 15 minutes swimming laps with my hands firmly secured around his waist.  Every time we came close to the stairs or the side of the pool, he started frantically swimming and grabbing for it, trying to get out of the “cold pool.”  Oh well, we will keep on truckin!

When we got home, we watched Mary Poppins for the first time.  He loved it! (My heart be still!) This was one of Jennifer’s and my favorites growing up and I think it is going to be one of Logan’s!  He loved the music and tried to sing along with me the whole time.  When Jeremy got home from school, he sang it all for him too.  His favorite is “Let’s Go Fly A Kite,” which is one of mine too. 

So… is it normal to be disoriented when you wake up on the floor?  I couldn’t seem to figure out where I was this morning, thus making it really difficult to get out of bed.  Until tomorrow…

I just signed up! March 24, 2008

This is my first attempt at this blog thing.  I guess I should join the rest of the world.  It is kind of exciting!  I can’t wait to play around with some code and make this pretty. 

 Well, Logan is on Spring Break this week.  Typical, since I was last week.  He is at home all week with Grandma while I slave away (not really). 

Jeremy and I just signed up for a 5K on April 12.  I can’t wait to kick his butt again.  We have been training the past few weeks and can’t wait to support another pro-life initiative.  It is for a SLU scholarship to aid women who get pregnant while in college. (Boy wouldn’t that have been nice!)  It is fun to do our part and compete too!  Check out the site, sign up, and join us!  http://pages.slu.edu/org/sfl/ 

 Funny story, and for all who know me, this is definately not out of the ordinary for something like this to happen.  So… I layed down in my bed last night and heard this huge CRACK.  The rail on my bed just snaps and falls.  We had to take the bed apart and sleep on the floor.  This seriously is something that would only happen to the horribly accident prone Yours Truly.  I guess that’s what I get for buying a pine bed and then moving it 5 times.  Oh well… I guess we get to add it to the list of home improvements that is already piled a mile high!  So goes the life of responsible adulthood. 

Until later from the floor of my bedroom…