June 2014

Connor: 

This little guy is just too smart. Now that we have a dog I have to leave Connor alone in the apartment while I take Daisy out to the bathroom. We always take Daisy to the bathroom through the sliding glass door on the back porch. After Daisy did her business I came up the stairs and went to opened the back door but it was locked. I knocked on the door and Connor came over to it with a big smile and waved to me. I told him to unlock the door. He reached up on his tip-toes and placed his little fingers on the lock but couldn't figure it out. I started to panic, I didn't have a phone and the apartment office wasn't opened yet. I ran over to the Henderson's apartment and banged on their back door. Told Lacey what was going on and asked her to call maintenance and see if they could come unlock the door. Ran back over and kept trying to tell Connor how to unlock the door. Then I remembered that even if Lacey did get maintenance to come over they wouldn't be able to unlock the front door. On the front door we have two deadbolts. But the top deadbolt is only able to be locked from inside the house and is unable to be unlocked from the outside. I always lock the top lock because Connor can't reach it (unless he gets a chair). Panic started to set in even more. Connor likes to get into things he shouldn't. I said a quick pray of begging the Lord to help me. I then had a prompting to try kitchen window that overlooks the porch. In my mind I said "yeah right I know the kitchen window is not unlocked" but I tried it anyways. Sure enough it was unlocked and I squeeze through the tiny window. After that incident i had to figure out a solution to keep it from getting locked out. I didn't want to have to do gymnastics everyday with going through the window. I first tried locking him in his room but he just screamed the whole time which made me feel horrible. Then I tried distractions, turned on the movie Cars (his favorite) or gave him food. I thought I had mastered the problem. Then one day after taking Daisy out I couldn't find Connor anywhere in the apartment. Panic sat in again. I had forgotten to lock the front door. I ran out into the parking lot, frantically saying "Connor". Ran to the back of the apartment. Nothing. Ran back through the apartment, checked the tubs. He was for sure gone. Then another prompting came check the neighbor's porch upstairs. I ran to the back porch and ran up the stairs and sure enough their Connor was sitting in a chair. Safe. Except he was drinking an unknown nasty looking old drink. YUCK! I grab him and ran down stairs and gave him a stern talk. I was relieved to have found him but still adrenal filled my body. I was thankful I found him and that he was safe but I still had a problem of what to do with Connor while I take Daisy out to the bathroom. I told my dad (grandpa jack) about the problem and he said I was doing it all wrong. I needed to perfect the skill of distraction. I needed to get a little piece of wood to put in the track of the sliding glass door so he couldn't close the door and lock me out. I told him that Connor would notice the piece of wood and take it out, but thought otherwise. He said, "if Connor notices the piece of wood then he is so smart that he'll be building nuclear bombs by the time he's 5". The time came to try out dad's plan. I sat Connor down at the table gave him an apple to eat. Went to the back door placed the a clothes pin in the track and took daisy downstairs to do her business. While down stairs I see a clothes pin drop on the grass next to me. I look up and see mr. genius, Connor staring down at me as if to say you can't fool me, I'm no dummy. Since all this has happened i have embraced the face that my kid is smarter than me. I have put up a gate that blocks connor from going up or down the stairs from the back porch. I leave my kitchen window unlocked in case he decides to lock me out. He hasn't locked me out since instead he always plays on the porch while daisy goes to the bathroom.

This month Connor went to the doctor for his wellness visit. I found a doctor for Connor that I actually LOVE. The perfect mix of holistic and traditional doctor. She will recommend natural herbal ways to treat problems before doing prescriptions. They also do vaccinations differently. Instead of the traditional multiple vaccines at once, they break it down into doing one or two at a time. Connor check up visit went great without having to get any shots. Since Connor has recently become a super picky eater the doctor recommended doing lots of fresh fruit and vegetable smoothies.
Measurements: Height is 35 inches in 50% range and weight is 30 pounds in 60% range.

Connor has developed a sweet tooth. He tells me he wants cookies almost daily (its the only sign language that he still uses). Since both his parents are sweet addicts I guess he inherited it. Hopefully all of us can cut the sugars and start on a journey of a  healthy lifestyle.

Daisy:

We decided it was time for Daisy's first hair cut. Since we are big into DIY projects we figured we could handle a simple hair cut. After 2 hours of cutting her hair we decided that next time we'll leave it to the professionals or maybe just let it grow and never cut it. After we were done, I could not stop laughing at how hideous she looked. Bless her heart. Hopefully her hair will grow back FAST! 

Church:

Logan received a call from the Stake President to schedule to meet with him and his family. A week full of nervousness and excitement of what was to come. Logan was called as Elders Quorum Second Counselor. He happily accepted it and is excited to serve with the other great men in the presidency. Life for Logan is officially crazy busy. Work has been demanding long hours (12+ hour days) and now the calling will call for meetings throughout. We know it will all work out. The Stake President gave some great counsel that your family comes first, then work, and finally church. You will have to juggle and be satisfied in knowing that everything will not get done. You will have to prioritize your responsibilities. We know we need blessings so we are more than happy to serve the Lord.

Car Show:
Logan's work host an annual ford mustang car show every year. Connor did not disappoint us with excitement over all the cars! Connor was in heaven with pointing and yelling "CAR, CAR, CAR"! Great family fun.

Anniversary: 

For our anniversary we decided this to begin to switch off every other year on who plans the celebration. Logan was in charge this year for our sixth year anniversary. He wanted this year's celebration to be a surprise. He transformed our living room into a cozy, romantic dinner for two. He hung white sheets around the walls, candles for lighting, fire in fireplace for romance, music for dancing, and dinner from Cheese Cake Factor complete with delicious chocolate cheese cake. My responsibility was to have questions for us to discuss. I felt like we transformed back to when it was just us dating and getting to know each other. After dinner we were suppose to do some sealings in the Dallas Temple but we lost track of time. Afterwards we went racing. Logan found a place that has an indoor go cart race track. The go carts go up to speeds of 45 mph. We had a blast passing people and accidentally crashing into others. Logan sat the bar high for expectations of future anniversaries.