Playing Catch Up...

It has been super crazy around the Harward household! We sold and moved out of our very first house!! We loved our first home, but it was time to move on. We are building our home in Eagle Mountain and we LOVE it!! It's just framed right now, but we can't wait to move in!! Right now we are living with my parents and Dawson and Logan have been loving it!! They get to see Mimi and Grumpa everyday! 😄

Now I'm going to catch up on the little best things that have come out of our little guys mouths and fun things that they have done, too!

- Dawson came upstairs the other morning to go potty after a long nights sleep. Mimi was getting ready for work and she asked him if he needed help zipping up his jammies. He told her no and said, "My mom is the best helper in the world with my jammies!" My heart melted when my mom told me that!! 😍

-I was putting Dawson to bed and he was not wanting me to leave his room. He has been having a hard time falling asleep lately. He asked me for a blessing (sweetest request!!!!!) and I lovingly explained that I don't hold the Priesthood like daddy, so I couldn't give him a blessing, but I told him that we could say an extra prayer that night to help him feel better and to feel at peace to go to sleep. We said our prayer and as soon as I ended the prayer Dawson says to me with a peaceful face, "Mom, I feel the Holy Ghost! My eyes are watery and I feel warm and fuzzy and good!" I cannot tell you how comforting that was to hear from him! My 4 year old recognized the feeling of the spirit! That was one of the most rewarding experiences! So WONDERFUL!!! I love the Gospel and for the peaceful feelings you get throughout life living the Gospel. This moment I had with Dawson really strengthened my testimony! The Church is true!! I truly hope and pray that he will always remember that feeling and want that in his life as he grows!

-Logan can SCREAM. Lot just a tiny little scream. No- Ear piercing, glass breaking screaming!!!! Oh my gosh!!! If we don't feed him fast enough, he will just scream until our ears fall off of our head. Haha!!! Crazy boy.

-Logan loves to look at himself in mirrors, talk to himself, giggle at himself, sing to himself, and is just the CUTEST little guy you've ever seen!!! 😍

-Dawson was helping Mimi out in the garden the other day and she explained that the snails were eating her Hosta plants. Dawson came running in to tell me and this is what he said... "Mom!! The snails are eating Mimi's pasta's!!!!" Haha!!!!!! 😂 Another cute word mixup he had said recently is "Pasquito" for "Mosquito". Oh my goodness, he just melts my heart with all of his sincere innocence!

- Logan loves waving to anyone and everyone! He always waves to cars that drive by, or in the store to people, he is just so sweet and social!

- Logan loves to play games! He puts his Binky behind him and we grab it and put it on top of his head and we do that over and over with lots of giggles and slobbery kisses! He also loves putting blankets on his head to play peek-a-boo! Oh goodness!!

I love being Dawson and Logan's mom!! They are my greatest blessings!! ❤❤❤

Gone Too Long!

I haven't written in the looonest time and honestly, I'm sick to my stomach. Dawson and Logan have done and said so many great things, and I haven't written down any of them. I know I have forgotten a lot! I'm feeling so sad! I NEED to be better at this, and I will be.
Here are a few things that have been done/said over the past few months.

-Dawson tells me that I'm beautiful every. single. day. It melts my heart!!!!!! And don't worry, I make sure to tell him how handsome he is, too! ;)
- Logan just had his 9 month appt today and he needed to get his second dose of his flu shot. Dawson quietly whispered to Logan, "It's ok buddy, you can be brave!" Best big brother, ever!!
-Dawson is ALWAYS kissing Logan. It's so sweet! Every once in a while we have to tell him that he needs to stop smooching him so much. ;) But really, that's not the truth. It's so sweet watching them together!
-Dawson and Logan are REALLY starting to bond. Not that they never did before, but now it's an interactive bond, I guess you could call it. Dawson makes funny faces, Logan laughs hysterically! Dawson makes funny noises, Logan laughs hysterically! Dawson walks by, Logan laughs  hysterically! Dawson loves that Logan laughs at him! Their little laughs together are the best noises I will ever hear!
-Dawson is really into Lightning McQueen and Santa brought him lots of Lightning McQueen toys and slippers, and he had mentioned to Jake and I a couple of times how happy and how grateful he is that Santa brought him these toys!  Yes, he actually uses the word, "grateful"- my not so little boy! He is using way big words! Like steep. He knew what it meant and everything. He even used it in a sentence! HA! He has used lots of other big words, some correctly, some not so correctly. ;)
-Logan is just a little ball of joy. Pure joy. He is always sooooo happy and smiley! He makes my heart BURST!!!! He isn't crawling yet (little stubborn guy) but he is steam rolling EVERYWHERE. HAHA and he loves to stand. So I'm thinking we are going to skip this whole crawling thing and go right to walking. He's already not following the "rules". ;) Logan is the most chill baby you'll ever meet!
-Logan loves to flap his arms so fast... It honestly looks like he is trying to fly away like a bird. Haha and he loves to point his cute little chubby fingers at things he sees. He says (screams) dadadadadada and num-num-num, and mamamamamama! And, of course, he just loves to scream at the top of his lungs. It's joyous when he does that in sacrament meeting... ;)
-Logan can eat, and eat, and eat! HOLY COW!!!!! How he is only in the 2% for weight just boggles my mind! Like today, for example, he totally downed a whole container of banana carb master yogurt and a whole, half of a grilled cheese sandwich, PLUS a 6oz bottle. FOR LUNCH. Haha, he's my good eater, that's for sure. :)
-Dawson started nursery last Sunday, January 3rd, 2016. Say whaaaaat?? My Dawson is a SUNBEAM IN PRIMARY???? How did this happen? He had been so excited to go to primary! His magical day was finally here- he got to go to primary. He met his teachers and immediately started telling stories. Oh I just love his personality. One of those stories being about his little brother, Logan of course!! (My mom heart is full!!!) During the last hour, they all meet in the big primary room. I peeked in to watch him in all his glory and to cry a little, too. I cried because of how proud I am of him, and because I couldn't believe how big he is getting! When he saw me peeking through the window, he motioned with his arms and mouth, "No mom! Go back, go back. I'm fine!!!!" His teacher looked at me and laughed and I laughed. He's definitely independent and clearly DID NOT want me to take him away from primary. He loved every single minute of it!
-Dawson is sassy. Seriously, he really is. When he is upset, he tells us like it is. He looks at us, with all seriousness in his face, and says, "Mom and dad, if you say that one more time, you're going to time out." Oh boy... He says a lot of crazy things that make me scratch my head, but I'm trying to enjoy it. Haha. (I totally am enjoying, it!!!)

There are TONS more things, but it's 12:31 am and my brain is foggy. So I'm going to retire to bed and I will write more soon! :)

Because I'm Still Three...

That is Dawson's excuse lately if he doesn't want to do something or eat something. Here are just a few examples...
1. Me: "Dawson, will you please pick up your toys?" Dawson: "No, mom. I can't, because i'm still three years old."
2. Me: "Dawson you need to eat your dinner. If you don't eat, you are going to be so hungry for bed. Please eat so you can grow big and strong and be so healthy." Dawson: "No but I can't, because i'm still three."
3. Me: "Hey Dawson, before we can go outside to play, you need to put on your shoes. We can't go outside barefoot because you can get hurt." Dawson: "I can't get hurt if I go outside barefoot because i'm not four, yet. I'm still just three."
4. The neighbor boy tried to give Dawson a little bag of fruit snacks and I heard Dawson say, "No thanks. I don't want any right now because i'm three years old."

There have been a bajillion more times he has used this excuse, but those ones above are just a few of my favorites.

Gold

Dawson has, unfortunately, picked up the habit of picking his nose. :/ I knew it would happen sooner or later. Yuck. The other day we were driving in the car and I looked back to check on the boys and I saw Dawson picking his nose. I asked him to please stop and he said in all seriousness, "No mom. I'm looking for gold."  Oh Dawson. :)

Special Brother Bond

It honestly doesn't matter what the age difference is, brothers have such a special bond from day one. It is AMAZING to witness this first hand with my two boys! Logan loves Dawson so much and he instantly smiles when he sees or hears Dawson in the same room. Dawson is a natural protector, too. He doesn't like it one bit when someone he doesn't know well, will hold Logan. He's not afraid to tell them that they can't hold his little brother. Another time was when Logan had a check up and Dawson was holding his hand and telling him, "Shhh it's ok baby. Don't be scared. The doctor is nice."

These brothers LOVE to play peek-a-boo. Dawson gets out a blanket and plays with Logan any chance he can get. I love hearing their giggles. It is the sweetest sound in the whole wide world.

Being a mommy of two boys is the greatest blessing. I'm already having the time of my life watching them grow up. I can only imagine it gets even better as they get older.

Logan Toots!

Logan tooted the other day so incredibly loud. It was a grown man fart. Not kidding. Well it scared him and he looked at me with scared eyes and started bawling. It was so sweet and sad at the same time.

Snuggle

Dawson can be such a snuggle bug when he wants to be. I sooo wish he was snuggly, but I do cherish the moments when he agrees to snuggle with me! :) The other morning he climbed into my bed around 6:30 am. (he does this every morning, I hope he never outgrows this) When he climbed in he said in a cute, morning breath whisper, "Mom, wanna snuggle with me?" It was so cute and it melted my heart! I love me some Dawson snuggles! I can't wait until Logan is older and can snuggle in bed with us, too! He is still tiny!

Boogers and Running Out of Air.

The other day Dawson came to me in a worried voice and said, "Oh mom. My nose is running out of air because I have really big boogers up there." He is so cute.

My Tummy Is Talking To Me.

Dawson was going to the bathroom and I came into the bathroom to see if he was almost done and to wipe his bum. Dawson said, "No, mom. I'm not done pooping. My tummy is talking to me and it said that I still have 3 more poops to come out." :)

So Innocent

Dawson- "Eeew, that's risgustin'." Thats his word for 'disgusting'. Haha he is so sweet! :)