Logan Speaks

"YEAH! THIS IS THE FUNNEST DAY EVER!! WOOOOOOO!"

She Found Him!

Kaylee found Nemo!!

I'm often asked why in the world Kaylee is still rear-facing in her car seat. After all, she's way past the minimum age of 1 year (she turned 2 in November) and weight of 20 lbs (she's around 23-24 lbs, so barely).

I started to write what was going to be a lengthy post about it, but decided to instead link to this post because she says almost everything I was going to (except better than I could) and cites her sources well. She gets asked the same questions and has the same answers as I do.

Please read it and watch the videos! Click here for the link if you didn't click on it above.


Everyone knows The AAP's (American Academy of Pediatrics) recommendation/guidelines/requirements of having your child rear-facing until they are "at least one year of age AND weighs at least 20 pounds." Unfortunately, most people don't know that they also state that this is the minimum and that "it is best to ride rear-facing as long as possible."

I keep hearing that they're going to change their official guidelines to reflect that research. I really wish they'd get on it. In my experience, far too many pediatricians follow the original guidelines and aren't informing parents of the new research (if they even know about it). I wouldn't have heard about any of this if someone hadn't mentioned it on a message board I'm a member of and I'm guessing it's news to many of you as well.

Please re-watch the crash videos and consider keeping/switching your child rear-facing. It really is so much safer and worth all the downsides that might come with it.

(Tip: Get a baby mirror for the car so that you can still see your child and he/she can see you. This can help keep baby happy while rear-facing.)

New Autographed Guitar for $75

For those of you who don't know, December was quite the lucky month for us. We won 3 big prizes:

1. Nintendo Wii
   
2. Acoustic guitar signed by Lenka (and a $50 gift certificate to La Caile)
3. Photography session, CD with edited photos, and 16/20 print with favorite shot (valued at over $350!)

Pretty awesome, I know :).

Anyway, we're now trying to get rid of the guitar. I love Lenka, but neither of us play the guitar and I'm not interested in learning anytime soon. Maybe if we had more storage room in our apartment we'd keep it and learn to play it someday, but we don't.

So we're selling it and wanted to let our friends and family know that we'll give you a deal. It's posted for $125 on KSL, but friends/family can have it for $75.

Let me know if you're interested!

It's a Yamaha EDF01 acoustic guitar and has never been played. Let me know if you have any questions!

her signature is so cute :)

S-L-O-W

Accident ahead + snow storm + snow plows = standstill

Cousin Coloring Time

Kaylee's face may look a little blurry, but she's having fun. Trust me.

I Love These Kids!

Kaylee and Logan have started playing together the past 2 weeks and I'm loving it!

Mommy the Playground

I have one patient wife. :)

It's Legal Because It's Snack Time

The kids are doing really well - either that, or Beth is just that good with kids.

The Itsy Bitsy Spider

We're subtituting today and it's just us and seven kids. It's ok to do blog posts during nursery, right? Right??