kathy's big 50

November 9th has a very special meaning. Yes it it the day the Berlin wall came down, but more importantly it is the day my mom (one of THE greatest ladies I know) was born.

Lookin' good at 50 mom!

These are some of the things we get to look forward too when we turn 50: hemroid cream, tiger balm for stiff joints, and specialized vitamins...no more flinstone chewables.

We celebrated by going out to dinner for some Mexican food (her favorite), and then went back to my parents house for cake, ice cream, and presents. Mom pretty much told everyone that she got to hold Logan all night because she was the birthday girl. We all chipped in and put together a movie for her that was all pictures of her throughout her life set to music. She absolutely loves it! Thanks Kari for organizing everything.

As you can see good looks run in the family. What a mama's boy!

Some things I love about my mom:

• always has an art project going in her home
• she is quite the Nintendo wii player as we found out during thanksgiving
• she has always loved us unconditionally no matter what choices we made in life
• everything I know about the priesthood I learned from her
• she taught me how to treat a lady
• I still love to show her my sketch books
• she will call to check up on her "boy" if it's been a while since we last talked

Happy Birthday Mom... I love you!

sytycd

"so you think you can dance" is on tonight. i can hardly wait! i love the show and get nervous each week for the results show. i am a nerd like that. it is cool that 2 of the contestants in the top 8 are a married mormon couple (married to each other, not just married :) i really want to see the tour when the top 10 come to denver (i am hoping they come to denver). hint, hint dave!!

just because

it seems like it's been a slow blogging week. is everyone still trying to recover from thanksgiving? i keep checking my google reader and there's not a lot of blogging going on. so since i had no blogs to read i decided to post a picture of logan from today. i love this chub chub!

if you need something to suck on...

and your own fingers won't do

try sucking on your toes...

or someone else's finger

back yard bang

a few weeks ago dave's work, the art institute of colorado, hosted an event sponsored by salomon snowboards called the "back yard bang rail jam." it was a snowboarding competition in downtown denver. yes, right in the city. it was awesome! they shut down 2 city blocks right next to dave's school and built scaffolding that was covered with carpeting and then snow.

they had 3 different types of rails and salomon brought in 50 of their professional athletes to compete. dave was on the planning committee and so at 11:45pm the night before the event he went downtown to help build the scaffolding. he worked all night and got home at 5:30am, took an hour nap and was back downtown by 7:30am to start the final setup and organize the students who would be helping him. it was a long night and day for dave (although he got some cool swag, like a free snowboarding jacket and skull candy headphones) and the event was a huge success. the weather was perfect and 3,000 people attended. i am so proud of him. he even got a little taste of my old life (event planning).

they also had a design contest for student and alumni to design snowboards which were then auctioned off. the money will go toward the art institute's scholarship fund.

this was such a cool event! i can't wait for next year!

new moon

it's true. i went to the midnight showing on opening night. we waited in a long line of avid fans that wrapped around the movie theater before we could even get inside. it was cold, so luckily that didn't last too long.

we passed the time by chatting, which i was more than happy to do with these awesome girls! i know i might cause an uprising by writing this, but i thought it was just ok. really, i expected more (since they actually had a decent budget this time). of course kristen stewart's acting was less than stellar (seriously, they couldn't find anyone better?!) and robert pattinson is not nearly good looking enough to play edward, but i guess i should have expected both of those because of "twilight." i will say i was tempted to switch to "team jacob" based on sheer looks (do you think robert pattinson felt a little embarrassed when he had to take off his shirt compared to taylor lautner? just wondering because i would if i were him). despite way too many, laugh out loud embarrassing/cheesy moments it was entertaining. and the company made arriving home at 3am worth it! (wow, i wrote way more in this post than i expected to).

4 months

logan's actually closer to 5 months now since i have taken so long to post these pictures, but that's just how it goes sometimes. i decided to take his pictures on his changing table because he seems to love it there (i'm not quite sure why). even still, i couldn't really capture any smiles on camera even though he smiles tons. he is still unsure about the camera.

here are his stats:

15 pounds - 50th percentile

26 inches - 75th percentile

42 cm - 50th percentile

currently he has 2 bumps on his bottom gums where teeth will eventually pop through. for now he is just sucking on everything, including his bottom lip (a new thing).

showing off those chubby thighs (that i just can't get enough of!) and his 2 band aids from his shots (sad, but not as traumatizing as his 2 month shots).

these days logan is:

grabbing his feet (as evidenced in the pictures above) and starting to suck on his toes (oh, to be so flexible)

screaming. he has found his voice. he sounds like what i would imagine a baby terydactyle would sound like. at times it is hard to distinguish between a happy scream and an angry scream

sucking on anything and everything that makes it into his hands...burp cloth, blanket, fingers, his shirt sleeve, my shirt etc

blowing raspberries

noticing different textures. he loves to scratch the throw pillows on our couch.

staring at anything shiny

giggling more and more