GOT MILK?

Apologies for the super cheese title... but I'm SO WELL RESTED THAT MY MIND IS STILL TAKING A WHILE TO WAKE UP YOU SEE BECAUSE MY TODDLER SLEPT UNTIL 7:40AM TODAY.*

In other news, today Logan said his first words!  It was a phrase, really:  "Boobs?  Who needs boobs?  Whole milk is where it's AT!"



peace out boobs, this milk stuff is DELICIOUS!  moooooooooo


We have also learned that Logan loves when you sing "Happy Birthday" to him.  So, any time he is getting bunchy, I bust it out.  He's currently fussing in his crib, and I just started singing it to him through the camera/monitor (super creep).  Here is what happened:

"Haaaapy Birthday to you!  Happy Birthday to you!"

"WHAAA THE FUUUUH?"

And last but not least:

"I don't know who that baby is, but he's really handsome."

*now that I said that, he will be bright eyed and bushy tailed tomorrow at 5am.  Just you wait.

IT'S BEEN HOW LONG!?

Obligatory "Dear Logan, it's been a year" letter to come... once I can compose myself.

In the meantime...

How did this:


picture excerpt from
Guinness Book of Cutest Babies 2011

become THIS in just 365 days!?

I'm sorry, who are you?

We love you more than you'll ever know, sweet boy!

PS - could these ladies be ANY CUTER?!

Book Review

As any parent knows (patronizing alert!) along with your baby must come a slew of classic baby books that every baby family must have, regardless of what you think of these books (hint: zzzzz).  Don't get me wrong -- I love reading with Logie and books are a big part of our lives.  He unfortunately cannot be trusted with a book by himself yet (see Appendix A), but he is definitely into the whole ingesting the spine of the books reading thing.

I digress. 

I'd like to have a word with the person or group who "chose" these books that each child must have (lest the parents seem like they don't care about their child's literary start in life), because I really just don't get it. 

Below you find Austin Ali's literary review of several classics that currently sit in Logan's bookshelf.

Goodnight Moon:  Dude, this book is super creep.  I find the colors really grim.  That old lady bunny, that just sits and rocks away while the kid bunny sleeps?  I know she's supposedly knitting, but can't she face the window or something?  wtf?  And there's a GD FIRE running in the bunny's room!?  Isn't that kind of DANGEROUS?  I mean you'd think at first maybe that's why the old lady bunny is in there, to keep an eye on the fire and all, but then she's just GONE at the end.  Fire blazing away. 

The Runaway Bunny:  Listen, you little shit head baby bunny.  Your mama bunny went through a LOT to have you, raise you, etc. etc.  She worries sick about you.  And all you want to do is run away?  Why?  You better be nice to your mama bunny.  It makes me so sad that your mama bunny is willing to go to the ends of the earth for you (um trapeze artist?!), and then in the end you just sort of give in like "ok, fine, I'll stay here."  UM, so not cool.  If I were your mama bunny, I'd tell you to just stay in the fly fishing lake.  Well, I probably wouldn't.  But I'd be really sad if Logie turned out like you, all wanting to run away all the time.  Breaks my heart.

The Snowy Day:   YES I KNOW THIS IS LIKE THE MAJOR AWARD WINNING BOOK OF ALL TIME EVER.  I know this.  But really?  SNOOZE ALERT!  Seriously.  I believe it might be the most boring book I've ever read in my entire life.  Yes.  It's confirmed.  It is.    zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz




Appendix A.



It WORKED!

No, I'm not talking about the new robot I put together.  Or the new slideshow I completed for Logan's birthday (omgit'sthecutestthingyou'lleverseeinyourwholelifeomgjustwaityoumightdie).

I'm talking about...

DINNER!


I COOKED A DINNER THAT DIDN'T SUCK!

yes, I ROASTED asparagus.  yep.  I just ROASTED them.  no prob.
you know, for this recipe I was following.  It was only 1 part of all the steps.
oh and we really need to redo that contractor backsplash like NOW. 

It was this really complicated pasta meal I found on Pinterest.  OK, maybe it's not THAT complicated but I had to do a REDUCTION.  Even Willis said, "is this your first sauce reduction?  That's like stage 2 at least of cooking."  Well said, Willis.  Well said.  Maybe you'll even get lucky tonight for saying that.  OMG DAD / POPS TOTALLY KIDDDDDINGGGG!

wolf baby

guns

Yes, I have posted 3 times in one day.

I have a serious bee in my bonnet to make perfect 1-shaped cupcakes for Logie's first birthday party.  I will not shower/pee/eat until I find these. 

In my quest, I came across this:

this is a cupcake mold.

OMG. 

IMAGINE!?

Childproofing fail.

the kitchen was in this state for a good 45 minutes this morning.