Taken Hostage

School has taken over my life. Add that to the fact that I have returned back to work full time and I am pretty short on time. Blogging has kind of fallen by the wayside.

As has taken my monthly shots of Logan :( I can't believe it but in just a couple short weeks he will be 10 months old! Right now he is completely mobile and can get into anything. His favorite things to get into include the cat food (yuck!) and anything that has a light on it including the computer, the modem, cell phones, and remote controls. He can also climb the stairs all by himself so our house is once again gated. As far as solid foods go we are still pretty far behind. He was sick a couple weeks ago and wanted nothing to do with it. The past few days we are getting back to normal but he is still eating mostly pureed foods and only eats about twice a day. I'm just hoping he progresses enough to eat some of his birthday cake in 2.5 short months.

Marcus is continuing to grow like a weed. And he is absorbing things like a sponge. He knows his numbers 1-10 (most of the time in order) and he knows quite a few colors  (which he must point out all day long). He has also started to learn the names of shapes. The other day he walked up to me with a foam block and said triangle and he was right! Took me by surprise that is for sure. But with all this knowledge and vocabulary is the ever so wonderful "terrible twos." He has mastered the "I don't want" and "no." He has also decided that talking back is fun. And as happy as I am that he is polite and says please when he wants something, he has come to think that if he says please he automatically gets what he wants.

On the home front, I have decided to eat only a plant based diet and try to live a vegan lifestyle as much as possible. It is going pretty well and I have found some really wonderful recipes to try out. We also just bought a second car and it has made life so much easier. It isn't anything fancy but it does its job and gets us around safely. Other than that we are just busy busy with day-to-day things. I promise I will try to keep updated through the holidays. In the mean time, here are some photos to hold you over:

 

Marcus enjoying a green smoothie. I love sneaking spinach into him ;)

 

Logan having a naked day to help with his diaper rash. He thought being naked was the coolest thing ever.