And the award goes to....

Melanie Richardson, for being the worst blogger of 2012!

I am sure I probably no longer have anyone that even bothers to read this blog, so Im just going to look at it as a tool to see and review my past. And that past includes being very busy with work, home and kids (dog & human alike) and I am ok with that. Not happy about it, I would much rather be able to fill everyone in on the crazy things I think about and document it for all time, but I dont have the time. I could post on my blog at home or play with my beyond adorable and incredibly loving son, and I think at this point he is more important. So Logan, if you ever decide to go back and read this blog when you are older (which I hope you do) and think "man, mom was not good at this, didnt she care?" the answer is yes. I care more than you will ever know (until you have a child of your own) and while I wish I could do it all, I can't, but I can prioritze, and I choose you!

Anyway, its been crazy as always. Its the post holiday time which means we are getting lots of calls from people who got engaged. If this applies to you, please just ignore (or forgive) me, but I dont like men who propose over holidays (be it christmas, thanksgiving, new years, valentines day, a birthday, etc). Now, if you got your lady another gift in addition to the ring, then I dont care (as much) but if all you got her was a ring you owe her an additional gift! Propose when she honestly truly doesnt expect it, when she is a bad mood and has nothing to look forward to, not when she is already excited about a current holiday. Dont you want her to remember her engagment story as a compelety seperate story, not one that just rolled into "christmas 2011"? Maybe not, and maybe she doesnt care either, but that has always irked me, even before working in the wedding industry. Ian proposed when I was dreading finals, trying to find an internship, exhausted from hell week and group projects, and just craving yummy food cause I was on a diet. He turned a shitty week into a great one and gave me something to be happy about during finals week. I heard on the radio that people are now hiring "proposal planners", come on, if you cant figure out how to propose to the woman of your dreams in a way she will love, then maybe you should re-think the situation. It doesnt have to be like in the movies, this is real life. One of my brides got proposed to as she was in dirty working around the house clothes as they were doing yard work, not a picture perfect moment, but she didnt care one bit!

Wow, didnt expect that did you? I didnt either, just kinda came out while Im sitting at work. So, what else have I been up to (other than work), I'll recap it below:

• We have made a few little improvements to the house, ok, maybe I should just say we finally have done a little decorating :) We got a new area rug, put up some new pictures & logans artwork, got a new kitchen light fixture, made Logan a toy room, and got a big garage shelf. I still want to paint some rooms, put up some more light fixtures, and do a mosiac tile backsplash in the kitchen (with lisa's help).


• I have gone through about 10 family size boxes of kleenex in less than a month due to freakin cedar! The other day I swear I had a twig in my eye it was itching and hurting so much. I was trying to fish out the twig with my nails & a wet q-tip, which suprisingly enough, didnt help the situation.


• I am now going to start eating a teaspoon of Texas honey every morning because its supposed to help with allergies, and Ian isnt having any problems and he puts it in his cereal, so maybe it works. I did it the other morning, its not the best feeling in your throat, feels a little icky, but dude, if it will keep my from this hell next year (or later this year when its something other than cedar) I dont care how funny it feels.


• Annie is turning 10 on Saturday, its freakin crazy that she is that old. We are throwing her a bday party on the 29th, hopefully I will post pictures, but you know my track record...


• I have organized my iPod, its is almost perfect now. All the songs have the correct information (no greatest hits albums) and the correct album cover. Now I am going to help Travis learn how to do this as well, he doesnt know how much fun cool stuff he is about to learn!!!


• I have gone back to dark brown hair. I was really liking the red, but when I did red on top of red it was almost purple, and I figured I couldnt do that again, I would look like a clown. So back to brown I went. Im sure in a few months it will change again :)


• I somehow managed to lose a full size sippy cup. How does one lose something so big????

I think thats enough about me, how bout an update on Logan:

• He is the cutest little boy EVER. This is not a biased opinion, it is FACT!!!


• He is still not talking (takes after his mom on this one), but he is making tons of noises. I am trying to not get concerned that at 19 months old he isnt talking. I have heard many stories from other mothers and they tell me not to be, but I just have a little tiny bit of doubt that I cant get rid of. He is a big fan of "mamamamam" but not just towards me, everything is "mamamamam". He also loves to say "tickatickaticka" is so stinkin cute.


• He loves trains! Thomas or Dinosaur Train, he doesnt care, he just loves trains. He was pushing them around last night and was kinda saying "choo choo"


• He LOVES the Dinosaur Train (a show on PBS), its hands down his favorite. I have a feeling his 2nd birthday will be dinosaur train themed. He could spend all day sitting on his bottom watching that show if we let him.


• He loves to run and push things. He especially loves to push things right into his mama's feet (which she doesnt love so much). But it is so much fun to just sit around and watch him run and play.


• He is a sleeper. They say at school he is their best sleeper (no surprise there). The problem is he goes to bed with me (so around 10, 10:30 or 11) and then he doesnt want to wake up in the morning. I know he should go to bed earlier but then I wouldnt be able to see him. So I try to let him sleep as much as possible in the morning and then he takes his full 2.5 hour nap at school. I think he will survive, might have some bags under his eyes sometimes, but he doesnt worry about those :)


• He is not really an eater. He loves mac n cheese, raspberries, blueberries, mandarin oranges, fruit & veggie melts (the gerber treat), and those fruit & veggie pureed pouches. He sometimes really likes beans (baked, garbonzo, black), luncheon meat, fig newtons (if his dad doesnt eat them all first), spaghetti. He is pretty picky (again, not surprising). He does love himself some chocolate milk, thats for sure!


• He has a bit of a temper and doesnt really have any patience. Lisa thinks this is a sign of him being spoiled, could be, or it could just be that I am his mother and he is taking a bit after me. Either way, he can sometimes make me want to scream but then he always ends up smiling at me and I just melt.


• When I enter a room he is in, could be that Im coming home from being gone 12+ hours, or that I left for 1 minute, when he sees me he waves and gives me the biggest, cutest, most heart warming smile ever, and no matter how crummy I might be feeling I know that I am loved and needed. However, when he does this when I know I am about to leave him for 12 hours to go to work, it makes that trip even tougher than it was already going to be.

Well, those post will probably take up the entire page, so I think I'll wrap it up (as interesting as it is). I'll try to do better (again, you have heard this many times and history isnt in my favor), but maybe one day I can change!

Anyawy, I hope everyone had a great holiday and is looking forward to a great 2012!!!