Logan Update

*Before you play the videos scroll to the bottom to pause the music.*

We haven't posted videos of Logan for a while so here is an update!

You may not know that he is an Excellent Pianist.

A Hide & Seek EXPERT!

Translation: 1,2, 3, 16, 17, 18...

Here I come! Where's Amber go?

I found me!

An Artist and a Potty Mouth... (I think this is the first time he's EVER said this word and apparently he liked it).

And a very Cool Dude.

And he's cute. But you already knew that.

-amber

The sky is falling!

Kylie had a high school volleyball tournament on Friday and Saturday. Kevin and I went on Saturday morning and then I brought Kevin home during one of her breaks so that he could go to work. When we walked through the door, Jacob met us and informed us that water was dripping from the celing downstairs. We looked at the ceiling and found about 3 spots where water was dripping slowly. I went back to Kylie's tournament while Kevin began the hunt for a leaking pipe somewhere. He called in and let them know he wouldn't be coming to work. He measured it all out so that he would know exactly where to start cutting a hole in the floor upstairs in order to fix the leak. Good news~ it appeared that the exact spot that he would need to cut the hole was in a closet! So he ripped up the carpet and cut out a big square of wood. He got his big flashlight out and looked for a leaky pipe. Nothing. No drips. No leak. Back to square one. He measured again. He had cut the hole in the right place. He looks again. Nothing. He was really confused. And then he noticed it...an empty squirt gun on the kitchen counter. Jacob had been shooting the ceiling with the squirt gun.

Middle of the Night Scare

Jacob has been struggling a bit since Tyler got married and moved out. He's been feeling a little anxious about sleeping in a room without a "big" person. We moved Logan into his room over the weekend and convinced Jacob that he is the "big" person now. Last night about midnight, Jacob came in our room and this is how our conversation went....

Jacob: (crying a little) My heart hurts.
Me: What do you mean your heart hurts?
Jacob: It just hurts.
Me: Is it beating too fast?
Jacob: No. I feel better. I'm going back to bed now.
Me: Be careful not to wake Logan up.
Jacob: Oh he's already awake. He's going out the front door.

Kevin jumped up and ran downstairs. Logan was just standing there with the door open looking outside. I think its time to put a latch at the top of the door. He takes every opportunity he can get to escape outside and sit on the grass and wait for Nina (Davina) to drive in or out of her garage so he can see her or ride the scooter that he's finally figured out how ride.

Logan Learns a New Song

Take Me Out to the Ball Game...

The date is set

The wedding date has been set! Save the date of Thursday, Sept 24, 2009. They chose a Thursday because of Tyler's school schedule. If they get married on a Thursday, he'll only have to miss one day of school and they'll still have a full 3 days to get away before he has to go back. We're very excited!!

IT'S A BOY!

We went to court today and our adoption of Logan is final! It feels really good to have this done. It's been a long road, but so worth it. As everyone knows, we've had Jacob for 4 1/2 years now. (One of the greatest events of our lives!) We feel like it's important for him to maintain a relationship with his birthmom since he lived with her for the first 3 years of his life. It's turned into a blending of a few families in some ways as we've grown to love his other sisters and brothers and of course Elizabeth. Because of our relationship with her, we've now been blessed with the opportunity to raise Logan as well. At first we felt like we were too old to be parents of a newborn, but after lots of prayer, we knew he was supposed to be here. He stayed with his birth parents for 6 months before coming here. Even though it seemed like a really long 6 months, we knew that when the time was right, he would come to us. Adoption has opened up a whole new realm of emotions for me. I always wondered if I could love someone else's child as much as my own. Now, I know that I can. I always wondered how I would feel about someone who could give up their child. The answer is respect. I have witnessed firsthand how much love a birthmother must have for her child to be able to let them go. As much joy as I felt by welcoming Logan and Jacob into our home, I felt an equal amount of heartache for their parents knowing how hard this is for them. So, to them I say thank you for loving your children enough to let us share our love with them as well.

On to our event of today. We went to court at 9 this morning. It was short and sweet, but such an amazing experience. Amber and Bret, Lindsay, Kylie, Whitney and Jacob were able to go with us. Once it was over we got our picture taken with the judge. Logan just wanted to play with the phone on her desk so wasn't overly cooperative.

So this adorable baby now belongs to us!

Tyler is engaged!

Tyler proposed to Tatum last night! They've been dating for a few months and as you can see by my last post~ she even survived a week with our family at Lake Powell. (Barely...literally. But that's another story) We love her already and are absolutely thrilled to be getting another daughter/sister-in-law. No date set yet, but it will be sometime before the end of the year.