Puffs

About a week and a half ago, we broke out the cereal puffs and let Logan give something new a try. I was pretty sure it would go well, as he is generally a go-getter when it comes to trying things. 

Makenah showed him how to eat the puffs (of course) and he downed them. He loved them, and gummed them with no problem. 

Messy face, excited to be a big boy.

 "How do I get this to my mouth?"

 "Got it!"

 That is one proud looking boy.

So, in the past week, Logan's appetite has really grown up. After a short trial run with the super dissolvable puffs, he moved on and mastered Cherrios, which he now loves. (What baby doesn't?!) At that time I started to throw in other soft finger foods for him, and he's done great. This past week he has started to refuse purees, so we have moved on from them. He is now doing a good job eating small bits of the appropriate things we are eating. Tonight he ate mostly what we did. :) 

So big.

In the leaves

We still have lots of leaves in our yard. They have made it through the wind around here. Some nice sized piles near the house had been calling Makenah's name. We got Logan in on the action too. 

We set Logan down near where Makenah was playing.

 She decided he needed leaves by him.

Of course, I ended up digging out leaves from his mouth, but he had fun being by big sis.

Lately

Making fruit pizza with Grandma...

 and tracing their bodies. 

(Most days involve a tutu at some point. She's always good about "de-fancying" when we head somewhere. Occasionally a tutu comes along, but hey, you got to rock it sometimes.

 Loving Casey

 Sharing puffs.

This was actually Logan's first time trying them. Makenah was so cute teaching him how to do it.

 Big boy.

 Tennis playing fairy.

 Building with cousins.

 Centerpieces for Italian night.

 Testing out the new tutu.

 Just the girls.

 Cousin Ashley swayed him right to sleep.

 Showing Logan how to best utilize the tupperware drawer.

 Creating.

Playing.

Throwing wishing stones in at the local flower shop.

And, Aunt Cristal sent me these...so cute!!

With sweet Cristal.

 All the Wiens/Stucky girls.

 Some good lookin' guys. 

Thanksgiving 2012

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving this year! Bryan got several days off of work, we got to spend time with both our families here in Garden City, and we ate lots of great food. We have so much to be thankful for! 

Some thoughts from Thanksgiving:

~This year the Stucky/Wiens clan was together to celebrate, so we enjoyed seeing aunts, uncles and cousins in addition to Bryan's parents, brothers, and grandparents. While Makenah and Logan do not have any 1st cousins yet, Makenah especially has become quite attached to her 2nd cousins!! They spoiled her all weekend by including her in everything, playing together, teaching her things and being so gentle and kind. All I could do was smile when I watched them. It made Makenah seem like such a big girl when she was included like that.

~This was my parents' first Thanksgiving in Garden City and it was SO great to have them here!!! My sister was in town from Colorado, too. My brother Aaron is now living in Virginia in preparation for his wedding next month, and so he spent Thanksgiving with his fiancé and her family out there. (We are SO SO excited to go to VA for the wedding in a month! Ahhh! We miss them though!) 

~Who can complain about having two turkey dinners? Not me! I fill my plate mostly with side dishes though! I get stuffed with stuffing. An then, on Friday night Bryan's parents hosted an Italian night in honor of his grandparents 55th wedding anniversary. It was Macaroni Grill-esque, and we had fun cooking pasta and decorating the house like a restaurant. It was a great time. 

~Poor Logan had a cold from Wednesday through Sunday. It was hard to see him feeling bad and he wasn't his usual happy, smiley self. He was such a good sport though, and seemed to enjoy his first Thanksgiving as much as he could. He even sampled sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes and gravy, jello salad, and pumpkin pie.

~Bryan and all the guys got to spend quite a bit of time doing manly things like shooting guns at the range and riding dirt bikes and four wheelers at the river. He enjoys that stuff so much, especially doing it with family. 

~I did a poor job of taking pictures. Ugh. I just snapped a few, mostly of Makenah and Logan. I wish I would have documented everyone there and more of the festivities. I have a few phone shots to include with others later. 

Playing outside with Grandma and Aunt Jenna. 

 Earlier in the week, Makenah and I made turkeys from her hand prints. She loves doing crafts!

 With Grandma and Grandpa

 And Aunt Jenna

 Makenah was Allie's shadow all weekend. 

 With all her Wiens girl cousins.

 Logan and Granna

 More time together.

So, you can see I missed a majority of the festivities. But, its not about the pictures, its about the time spent with family and the memories we made. For that, I am so thankful. 

Thank you to our families for a wonderful Thanksgiving!!