I said that I would post a discount code for anyone who was interested in getting cards and I never did. I am sorry-so checkout my blog for directions on how to get 20% off. It's not too late! I just ordered mine today!
New talents...or not!
I don't know why we didn't get a picture of everyone in their aprons, but this is what me and all my sister-in-laws did this weekend. It was alot of fun, and alot of time. We decided that it really is a good deal when you can buy one for under $30. I would really like to become a seamstress, but lets just say that I don't think I was born with that talent. It would take lots and lots of practice before I could make this by myself. Thanks to Jayne, Kathy, and Tana I was able to pull this off. So, if any of you out there teach sewing lessons. I want to sign up. I would love to one day say that I made something like this all by myself.
We had a great weekend with all the fam! We already miss you guys, and like I said...Logan is bored out of his mind. We can't wait to see you next week! Keith and I are so lucky to have such great families. We were both raised in such good homes, with awesome parents. It really is so nice to have our families live 3 miles apart so we can see them both during the Holidays. Thanks everyone for a great Thanksgiving.
Dylan in her Thanksgiving dress. This is about the only picture I got the entire weekend. I don't know why, but I hardly ever pulled my camera out. So this is a shout out to Kathy, Tana, Nicole and Lacie. Send me your pictures because I was too busy trying to be crafty to remember to take any!
8 months old!
Not by any means is she walking or crawling on her own. But she sure is happy to push the little walker around. She is so beautiful and fun.
I can't believe 8 months has already come and gone. Keith told me the other day that he thinks he is ready for another. It really made me think about it. Am I ready? Watching Logan and Dylan together is alot of fun. Thinking about having more so they can play and we can have more family activities sounds exciting, but babies sure are hard. If I could just get another one at 8 months maybe I would be ready. Another one means a bigger car, sharing rooms, getting fat again, more responsibility, and changing the baby to adult ratio. I am scared to be outnumbered. But, it also means more sweet spirits in our home. More love, more being loved, and more fun. Wow...I can't believe I am even thinking about it. My heart starts beating and I get really nervous when I think too hard about it. For now we will just leave it as a thought, but we probably won't leave 2 whole years between Dylan and the next one.
I always think about the scripture that says something like, become as little children so you can enter into the kingdom of God. I couldn't have put perfection into better words. They are so sweet, and innocent. Yet, Logan understands and always has a simple solution to all lifes problems. He genuinely loves and cares, and wants to be loved and cared for. He is always early to bed and early to rise. They love me and always forgive and forget anything that I do wrong. Really though...is there anything else as wonderful as being a parent. It is the hardest, most rewarding thing I have ever done. How can I not want more?
Sassy Dean Blog
Okay. It is finally up and running. Most of you already know that I have been doing card/design for the past 3 years. It has mostly been a hobby, but something I have wanted to really get into since I received my certificate in Desktop Publishing in 2003. I really want to get into wedding invitations. I like working with people who have an idea of what they want and trying to create whatever it is they see in their head. You can come up with some pretty great stuff. I have been doing all of my design under the name Thgink Design. Yes...I meant to put the "g". It was supposed to be a clever play off of Knight (spelled backwards). It was a fun name but definitely not very marketable. No-one could remember how to spell it, including Keith. So that is when I came up with Sassy Dean. Growing up my parents always called me Sass, actually they still do. And Dylan's middle name is Dean (from my Grandma Carla). Hence the name Sassy Dean. I will be rebuilding the entire Thgink Design website and of course renaming it SassyDean.com. If you look at the Thgink Design website please don't judge me. Most of the designs are at least a year old, and I am constantly learning new things. Upgrading. The new site will be much better, and the new name will hopefully be more memorable. But until I get enough free time to rebuild the site-blogging is going to have to work. The blog is sassydean.blogspot.com. I will be posting some digital scrapbooking kits for all you scrapbookers. So many things to do...so little time. Tell all your friends and family. I have found the most amazing printer back east. They are super fast and their stuff is incredible. The price is pretty good for now, hopefully as I get going on this I will be able to find a printer that is just as good, but closer to home. Hopefully you like what you see, I will be offering a discount to those who talk about it or post a link to it on their blog. I just haven't created the code for the discount yet. It is another thing in the process. Check it out!
Fun family weekend!
We got to go fishing this Saturday and then headed to Delta. Logan had a blast. I was really surprised how much he liked his fishing pole. I think he told Keith 100 times how much he loved it. "Thank you Dad, thank you for my surprise fishing pole. I love it. I love spiderman fishing poles." He never really figured out how to cast it, but he sure had a good time running and splashing it in the water. He didn't catch anything, but we are going to try and go again this weekend. He has so much fun when he gets to hang out with his daddy. I am only needed for necessities, but Dad gets to play and have fun with him. So jealous, but I guess that is how it goes. 
When we got to Grandpa Don's house we got to take a ride on their new rhino. While driving around the farm I noticed this old tractor that I had never seen before. Apparently it has been there forever, I just hadn't seen it. I was so excited about it I had to let Logan play on it so I could get some pictures.
Sweet Mommy Moment
This story may not seem like much, but I think it would have to be one of my favorite moments I have ever had with this little guy. I was on my computer in the kitchen. Dylan was drinking a bottle on the living room floor, and Logan was just playing trucks waiting for her to be done. I was totally zoned into an e-mail when I heard Logan singing "I love Jesus, I am trying to be like Jesus, Jesus loves me and Dyl." I look into the living room and Dylan is done with her bottle lying on her belly surrounded by lots of toys. Logan had surrounded her and was proud of himself because he had made her happy. Hence the song. I went into the living room and gave him a big hug and told him thank you for trying to be like Jesus. I explained to him that he was like Jesus because he shared and was being extra nice to his sister. I then went back into the kitchen to do my thing. He laid on the couch and started singing "I am trying to be like Jesus." (Yes, I am retarded for not realizing that the learning moment was not over.) He doesn't know all the words to the song so he nicely asked me if I would sing him the song. So I did, really slowly and as sweet as I could I started singing in the kitchen. He smiled at me over and over-so sweetly. As I was singing he was taking big happy breaths. (the kind of breath you take when you feel the spirit) I then felt overwhelmed as well. I joined him on the couch and we finished the song together. Both of us a little choked up. He then asked if we could sing another. So I started singing "I am a Child of God." He soaked in the entire song. He stared at me with the sweetest big brown eyes I have ever seen. Then one more time asked if I would sing "the Jesus song" (I am trying to be like Jesus) so we sang it again. At the end of the song it says "love one another as Jesus loves you" and as I sang that part he started tapping my heart and then his heart over and over. Then said he loves you mom, and me. After we finished the song I got one more hug and away he went-moment over. So sweet-so tender. I love him, and I know Jesus loves him.
Way too long!
Man...I don't know how people keep up with all of this blogging stuff. I think about it, and then never do anything about it. That doesn't mean I don't take pictures, so since I haven't done a post for a while I thought I would load some pictures until I do. Who knows when that will be.
This is a picture of Logan when we were getting our family pictures. He was a total pill the entire time, but shelly managed to get some good pictures anyway. I will post a couple of them.
I blew this picture up to a 24X30 for our family room. It looks awesome!
This was Logan on his first day of preschool. He loves it, and loves all the kids in his class. He looks forward to school and talks about it every day. 
This is a picture I took of Dylan on my kitchen floor. She turned 6 months that day.
Okay...that is all I have time for right now...Until next time. :)
Number 5!
Well, Keith and I celebrated our 5th anniversary this year. I can't believe that we have been married for 5 years. It sure went by fast! 3 moves and 2 babies later! I thought it would be nice if he didn't have to worry about our anniversary this year so I asked him if I could have the money and do something that we would both like. Being a guy, he was happy to pass the buck. So I started re-doing our bedroom (without him knowing) I had been planning on doing this for a while so I already had everything picked out I just had to buy it. Well...as things go, the bed I wanted was out of stock and they don't know if they will be making it anymore. The bedding that I had picked out was sold out, and could not find anywhere for a decent price. So I had to start from square one. But in the end it was worth it. Alot of secret shopping (thanks Mikah and Stephanie), ironing (thanks Julie), and hiding, here is the final result. p.s. the pictures don't really do it justice.
My brother Matt came on Friday morning after Keith left for work. We painted, hung curtains, pictures, decorations. We finished at 2:30. Only because Julie took Logan for most of the day...thanks again. When Keith came home we went to Zupas for dinner because it is our new favorite place. I told him that we were going to take the family and stay at a suite. So we needed to go home and pack. When we got home we all went upstairs and Keith laughed when he saw the sign that said "welcome to the 5th anniversary bed and breakfast Knight Suite" He opened the door and actually looked surprised. He suspected something for our bedroom, but had n o idea it was an entire makeover. He liked it, but did say that the best thing about it was that I got what I wanted and he didn't have to do anything. :) Men.
Happy 5th babe, glad I get to be your wife.
Take me out to the ball game
We went to the Owlz game last weekend. My dad took us. We all had a good time. Keith was so proud of this picture of Logan because it is a classic hot dog baseball picture. So I had to post it. It was perfect weather for a baseball game, so Dylan had a blast. It has been a good summer, we will be sad for the weather to change, we are all loving our time outside.
Cousin Day
Every year Grandma Jayne plans a pool party for all the cousins. Logan loves to see them all, especially his cousin Jaden who is 2 days older than him. They have a pretty good time together. After the pool party we were getting Logan dressed and he has been so proud of these new briefs that he was showing them off to all of the family. So this is our Logan, the new underwear model. It is so funny to watch him when he thinks he looks cute. He struts and pulls the lip pucker I think I am sexy face. I didn't know you could have an ego when you are 2.
The Zoo
We went to the Zoo on the 24th of July. My Dad took us while my mom was on her way to Switzerland. Logan seemed pretty bored with it, but when we came home he wouldn't quit talking about the zoo. I think he was just feeling a little under the weather with his tonsils. He had fun riding the train. When we got to the zoo we asked him what animals he wanted to see and he said, "The elephants and the dragons." We got a kick out of that.
We stopped at the bears and had a creamie, for some reason Logan was giving all the kids that walked by a thumbs up. I got a picture of him giving one out.
Lovebirds
Logan and Hannah at our ward breakfast. They are destined to be together. There was a bike parade, and of course Logan didn't want any part of it. All he wanted to do was run behind Hannah. So as you watch the parade, there were about 50 bikes, and in the middle of all of it, there is Logan running behind his girlfriend. The only person not on a bike. He lost his shoe and bent down to fix it, and when he stood up and she was gone he totally freaked out. "Where is my Hannah, I need my girlfriend." He is still pretty distraught about it, everytime we talk about Hannah he will say, "I was crying because I lost my Hannah."
Sleep Deprived
So we survived. It has really taken me this long to post because we have been trying to catch up on sleep from the whole tonsil thing. The first night was great, I think he was still drugged from the surgery. The next night he scream all night long. It was the saddest thing I have ever experienced as a mom. I would not be able to survive a child with a terminal illness. He was in so much pain that he would run circles around his room screaming..slapping his face trying to get whatever was hurting him off. It was a long night of screaming. It is so sad when they don't understand why they are hurting. My approach was to just give him sympathy and hold him. Keith's approach saved our lives. He would explain to Logan that we knew his throat was hurting and then tell him that he was so brave to tough it out until it got better. Only Keith could get him to take his medicine. He seemed to relate much better with Logan than I did in this situation. I was so grateful because there was nothing I could do. As long as Logan had his daddy he was fine. It took the entire 10 days to heal. I think because we went to the zoo and the pool near the end, and that slowed the healing process because we weren't keeping him hydrated.
Since the surgery a couple things have changed.
1. I can't keep him full. He has a huge appetite. At his post appointment the Dr. said that when he would eat his tonsils were so big all food would gag him. Now that he has more room and doesn't get gagged-he wants to eat more.
2. Because of all the eating he seems so much heavier to me.
3. Much more energy.
4. I don't know if this is really related, but he is much louder. I think it comes with the extra energy. He screams at the top of his lungs all day.
5. His naps aren't as long. The Dr. said he can breathe better so he is getting better sleep at night, therefore not needing as much sleep during the day.
A couple days after the surgery we were sitting at the dinner table and out of the blue Logan said "I can breathe now." and continued eating his food. Sorry bud, we didn't know you couldn't breathe before. Now that all is said and done, I can't get him to quit wanting popsicles for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Tonsils
Logan is getting his tonsils out tomorrow morning. We are all a little nervous, but excited to have it done. From what I have heard he will be a whole new kid once they are out. We will see. I will try and post how it went on Friday.
Fourth of July
We had an awesome fourth of July. We spent a couple days at the Delta "Rez" It was so nice to take an entire day and do nothing but be in the sun. That is all I did during my high school summer days, so I totally miss the lazy days of laying out. My brother brought a couple jet skis and we spent the 3rd and 5th on the water. Logan had a good time. I had to bribe him to swim, but he loved going for rides on the jet ski, and loved playing in the dirt. I am a big fan of Keith's arms-minus the sweet farmers tan, so I had to put this picture on here.
Logan's girlfriend
This is Hannah, or as Logan sometimes calls her "Hannah Mckay." They were destined to be buddies. They really love each other. Hannah is a cute bossy little gal, and Logan loves to do whatever she tells him to. They get along great. You will often see them walking up and down the road-Hannah will be carrying a doll or two, and Logan will be pushing the stroller or grocery cart. He will even play doll house with her. One day we were trying to get Logan in the car to run errands. He said goodbye to his friends and we put him in his carseat. He then started throwing a huge fit-we couldn't figure out what he wanted because he was screaming so hard. But we finally picked out the work "Hannah." Keith unbuckled him and he immediately turned around and yelled out the door "I love you Hannah" which she replied "I love you too Logan." The funniest part of the whole thing is-Hannah's mom told me that they were all wondering why Logan was crying and Hannah said, "he wants Hannah." He is definitely not playing hard to get.
There are too many cute things about them, they hold hands when they walk together, Hannah won't go to nursery without him there, they can't split them up in nursery, and half the time Logan has his arm around her during singing time. Logan was cold when they were playing in the pool the other day and Hannah came up behind him and wrapped her towel around him. They just sat there cuddling in the towel together. It is cute now, but we might be in trouble.
Big brother Logan
I am still surprised by how well Logan has taken to Dylan. He is such a good big brother. I was getting ready the other morning and Dylan was just hanging out on my bed. She started getting bored so I asked Logan if he would go play with her. I continued to get ready and because Dylan wasn't crying I didn't check on them for a minute. When I finished with the blow dryer I rounded the corner to see Logan making up the words to a book. She was staring at the pages totally entertained. The picture isn't the best, but it is the only one of them both looking at the book before I got caught with the camera. I love to see him take the big brother roll. It is funny however, when Dylan is crying I often hear him say annoyingly "Dylan, you are just fine."
Miss Dean
As we all call her "Miss Dean" I couldn't decide which pictures to post of her. So here are a few. I just thought she looked cute in the first two. The second one was pretty funny-I was cleaning the car and put her in Logan's car seat to hang out. She loves it outside so much that she immediately fell asleep. It made cleaning the car a breeze. The last one is her at the Saratoga Splash-also outside. She loves it outside-she was smiling for no reason. Which for her was a monumental occasion.
Logan's pee's
Logan figured out that if he shakes around you can hear what he calls "his pees." He will do this little dance, and if he hears water in his belly he thinks he has to pee. If you can't understand him, he says..."I don't know, hearing my pee's, I have to get them out." He does this dance alot.
Finally potty trained!
This picture says it all. I know I haven't potty trained a girl, but I do believe that boys are much messier than girls. He is not much of an aim yet, and even when he sits he hasn't figured out the "tuck." He is always so helpful to clean up the messes though. I must admit that having him potty trained makes things alot harder. Grocery shopping is impossible. Between potty breaks and nursing Dylan it takes at least twice as long to get anything done. So far we haven't had any accidents out and about. He has had a few outside playing with his friends. He gets distracted and forgets. So we taught him that he could pee outside. That worked for a while, but he doesn't get that he needs to do it in private so he just drops his pants wherever he is and pees. Two year olds are the best.
Grandma's Birthday!
We had a big birthday party for Grandma Jayne the end of May. I tried to get pictures of Keith and I together and this is the best pose I could get him to take. He thought it was funny, but who is laughing now.
Logan was playing in the water with his cousins and got cold so he laid on the cement to get warm. He is at the funnest age. So sweet and innocent, and curious. We love our gino.
Picasso
I should constantly post Logan's drawings. He is so clever and notices details about things. He draws lots of his letters and is always coming up with silly drawings. He is a perfectionist like his mother, so if his drawing is not working out exactly how he planned he gets upset and throws his doodle pad. He was drawing pictures one day and we asked him to draw a picture of daddy and this is what he came up with. Quite the portrait.
Much Better
I am loving this baby stage much better than the newborn stage. I love Dylan's cute little smile and giggle. I feel like I am actually doing things right...finally. She is much more content and decided to start taking a pacifier. So we are all loving life at the knight household. I wouldn't mind if she stayed this age for a while.
Best Buds
Logan is such a good big brother. He takes good care of Dylan. He is always helpful and tries to keep her happy. Today I was getting her ready for church and Keith left the room, Dylan started crying right as he walked out and Logan said "it's okay Dylan, Daddy will be right back" He was the first one to get her to giggle. And if he ever gets hurt, he wants Dylan to hug him and make him feel better. He really loves her. These two sure make me proud to be a mom.
Dylan's Blessing
We blessed Dylan on the 20th. It turned out to be a fantastic day. I was pretty stressed out about fitting everyone in our house and feeding them. But everything went perfect. Dylan was so sweet the whole day. Both her and Logan were a little high strung by the time everyone left. They both fell asleep for three hours. It was nice to have the peace and quiet. Dylan was so sweet, as I was getting her dressed she seemed to be really excited. I had been telling her all day that it was her special day and that she got to be so beautiful in her little white dress. (you know...baby talk) But as I was dressing her she started smiling, the big smiles where she would open her mouth so wide she couldn't control it. It was so sweet! It seemed like she knew, it made all the stress worth it. The blessing was beautiful, I tried to record the sound with our camera, but our ward is so loud all I got were babies crying. I hope I can remember it long enough to write some of it down...(mom I need your notes).
I lied...
So when I introduced Dylan in this blog I said that she hadn't really made a peep. I spoke too soon. She decided to care, and has become quite a bit more feisty than Logan ever was. She gets pretty fussy in the evenings and just cries for a couple hours. I have learned that she prefers her swing or carseat over being held. She wants her hands tied down because she can't control them yet. And mom you were right. She definitely wants to go to bed earlier. But we are slowly figuring out how to keep her happy. She is not a bad baby by any means, but she has a nice set of vocal chords. Maybe she will pick up the singing thing since screaming is how I developed it. :) Anyway, this is the reason that I haven't posted anything on our blog. I am still trying to figure out how to have any time to myself (is there such a thing after you have kids?) And tonight both kids went to bed at 8:30. I should be in bed, but it feels so good to have quiet time that Keith and I are really enjoying just taking it easy. We may be regretting it in the middle of the night. We will keep our fingers crossed that they both sleep good.
Miniature Golf
Logan really likes to Golf. Whenever we go to Delta it seems that he wants to spend a lot of his time golfing. So we thought miniature golf would be a good Saturday activity. We went to Boondocks, they have a cute miniature golf course with tons of cute things that we thought would entertain Logan. Nope...we had his attention for 2 holes (out of 18) He got bored really fast! We were disappointed that he didn't like it, but had paid for all 18 holes so we wanted to finish. Not a good idea. We would hit the ball, and Logan would go get it and either hide it, throw it, or bring it back to you. We still had a good time, but just for the record Logan does not like miniature golf.
Picture day :)
I heard of this photographer when Logan was 16 months old. I was so sad that I didn't know about her when he was a newborn because she had the cutest newborn photos, and he was such a cute baby! So, I was bound and determined that my next child would get newborn photos. The month I found out I was pregnant I called her and made a tentative appointment to get my pictures taken in March. Pathetic I know, but I wanted to make sure and get in because she is so booked. Of course in the mean time she had to raise her prices a couple times...that didn't make Keith very happy. But, she did a fabulous job, and to me it was money well spent. Keith on the other hand wouldn't have let me do it, but I had saved my own hard earned money just for this day. Dylan slept the entire 2 hour session. Logan was quite a pill, but somehow she got some really cute photos of him. These are 2 of my favorite. There are so many to choose from, she took so many pictures that she had to give me 2 cd's. I wish I could blow them all up and plaster my walls with my cute babies! If I could I would get their pictures taken every 6 months. They grow up so fast I don't want to forget any of it!
Fun fun fun....
I just couldn't help myself. I had to take a picture when I pulled all of the clothes out of the dryer and had a pink basket. It is so much fun having a girl! Keith has even said that pink has really grown on him. I am having so much fun dressing her. I am afraid that I am going to wish away her life because every day I find more cute clothes in her closet that I just can't wait for her to wear. I keep thinking...when she is 3 months she can wear this, or six months. Thank you Tana for all the cute clothes, you have definitely saved our budget. I better stay out of the stores for a while, for one I would go spending crazy and two she already has so many clothes she will never be able to wear them all.
Dylan Dean Knight
She finally joined our family on March 11. Thanks to Dr. Jones who was willing to schedule the induction a couple days early so I could make it to my little brothers wedding. It was a pretty good experience. I highly recommend inducing verses going on your own. It was really relaxed. We watched a movie while I was in labor, and I got an epidural before I really needed it. :) The dr. broke my water at 8:30 Tuesday morning. I immediately started having strong contractions and dilating. They put me on a small drip of pitossin (don't worry, I have no idea how to spell all the medical things) It was really working, so the nurses left and said they would be back to check on me. We stuck in a movie and thought we wouldn't make it to the end because I was progressing so fast. As the movie started, my contractions stopped. I quit everything. Throughout (second hand lions) the nurses kept coming in turning up my pitossin bewildered by my lack of contractions. I was beginning to think that I was going to have to have a c-section. Our movie ended and Keith got up and was moving his chair when he noticed a big puddle on the floor. We finally figured out my IV came unhooked and was dripping on the floor. We called the nurse and she came in turned the pitossin back down and hooked it back up. She was annoyed but relieved that that was the problem. And lo and behold we had baby sister 3 hours later. I did however have to wait 20 long minutes for the Dr. to come. He was held up in his office as I was trying as hard as I could to not have her without him. He finally arrived and 3 contractions later we had this beautiful baby girl. She came out screaming and hasn't really made a peep since. She is a sweetheart. She weighed 6 pounds 6 ounces and was 19 1/2 inches long. The first 5 nights she slept six hours at a time. She just recently decided to be a little hungrier, but sleeps great so it isn't bad getting up. Logan was a little skeptical about her at first. He was really naughty and mean for a couple days, but once things calmed down he decided that he loved her. He hugs and kisses her and tells me how beautiful she is, and how much he loves her. He is really tender with her and is proud to be a big brother. We are proud to be her parents!
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