WE'RE BAAAAAACK!

Thank the Lord, we were able to get our pictures back! Jeremy went on a golf trip and one of the guys is great at computers and was able to work some magic for us.  So, you can expect lots of blogging coming up to catch up on these past 4 months.  To hold you over, here is a pic of my sweet babies.  Look closely, Isabelle put some of her play lipstick on and kissed Logan's cheek to make a lip print.

Computer Woes :(

Obviously, I have been a terrible blogger lately!!! However, there is a reason, not just being busy (which we have been extremely busy!). A few months ago our computer broke and we got a new laptop. At the time of that purchase we were told that our hard drive of our old laptop was still ok. So, the plan was to transfer our pictures onto our new laptop since we never backed them up...I know what you're thinking, you have to back up your pictures!! Trust me...lesson learned : ) Anyway, instead of paying for Best Buy to do the transfer, we purchased a cable that is supposed to transfer files from our old hard drive to our new laptop. Sounds simple enough, but we just can not get it to do that! So, needless to say, we are probably going to end up paying Best Buy to do the transfer for us. To me, pictures are priceless, but we wanted to try the cheaper route!

In the midst of all of this, we had to have the motherboard on our new computer replaced as well, so the pictures I had downloaded since getting it were lost!! I can't bear to lose anymore pictures. So I will not download anymore until I get my old pictures transferred on this computer and in a safe place. How do you all back up your pictures? Do you save/organize them on a web-based site? Just looking for suggestions and how you guys save and organize your pics safely.

On a non-technology note...things at the Pryce home have been good since starting the new year. Most weeks have been full with work, family time, church stuff, visiting friends, working on the house, etc. Even though it's been a mild winter, we are so excited for spring to arrive soon. Logan is almost 8 months old and growing like a weed. Izzy is getting smarter and funnier every day. Hopefully I'll have some new posts and pictures up real soon!

Christmas 2011

One night during the Christmas season I looked up and could not stop staring at those four stockings hanging on the mantle. It's so hard to believe that we are a family of four. Actually, it's really hard to believe that WE are the parents now having Christmas for two little precious babies. It seems like yesterday that I was the excited little girl who couldn't wait for Santa to come. I feel so blessed to have a family of my own and the joy they bring to my heart



I really love this picture. Izzy and Logan love each other so much (it took a while but they really do now!) I hope this means a future of playing well together :)



Waiting for Izzy's Christmas program to start!



She was so happy when she finally saw us in the audience! All the kids looked so cute wearing Christmas PJ's in their program



Izzy was so excited that Santa really came and he brought so many presents!



Logan didn't know what was going on, but he enjoyed it nevertheless!







Thrilled about the swing set Santa left her!







Having fun with cousin Karli on Christmas Day



What a magical and blessed Christmas we had this year!! Having Logan with us this year, being in our new house and Izzy getting old enough to get super excited about Christmas made it all so fun this year. We started getting into the holiday spirit soon after Thanksgiving. We bought a really nice, new artificial tree for our new house this year and had so much fun decorating. Logan loved looking at all the lights and Izzy was a great helper decorating with us (you wouldn't believe how many ornaments were on the bottom of the tree!) We also had fun decorating with lights outside, which is something we never really did at our old house. The festivities went on from there and we went to a new light show that came to Myrtle Beach this year. It was a huge drive-thru Christmas light display synchronized to music...it was so cool! One Sunday after church we went to a restaurant for brunch with Santa. Izzy gets excited about Santa and likes to wave to him from afar, but gets freaked out when she gets close to him. Logan is too young to care, so we were able to get some good shots of him sitting on Santa's lap. The week before Christmas my parents came into town for a week and we had a really great time with them. We spent a couple nights making Christmas cookies and fudge at our house. They were also in town to see Izzy's Christmas program at her school. There were so many people there and Izzy had a little deer in the headlights look, but once she finally saw us in the crowd she was all smiles. We also went out to eat a couple times with my parents and they were able to take each grandchild individually shopping for Christmas presents. The next day after they left, Jeremy's mom arrived into town to spend Christmas with us.

I had to work Christmas Eve, but got home in time to get Santa's cookies ready with Izzy and get her and Logan tucked in for the night. Unfortunately, Izzy got a cold a few days before Christmas and was feeling especially crummy by Christmas day. However, she had a blast opening her presents and loved all of them. When she had finished opening her presents, I told her that I heard Santa doing something in the backyard last night. Of course she wanted to go check it out and she ran out back to discover her swing set! Even though she was not feeling well she was super excited. After presents and our traditional Christmas morning breakfast pizza, the kids took naps while we got showered and ready. Every year we go to my sister's Christmas afternoon for a meal and to hang out. This year we decided to grill steaks and they were delicious! We had a lot of fun spending time together and the kids played with all their new toys. It's hard to believe Christmas has already come and gone, but it was a really great one : )

Logan Lately

I've been really bad about doing monthly posts on Logan, so here's Logan from the last couple of months. On December 13th he was five months old. At his four month appointment, he weighed in at 14 lbs. 4 oz. and 25 1/4 inches long. In the last month he has started laughing a lot more. He's so ticklish and really cackles when you tickle his thighs. He really belly laughs sometimes too, it's hilarious. He is such a happy, smiley baby. All you have to do is make eye contact with him and he starts smiling like crazy. There has been several times now that someone has told me he's the happiest baby they've ever seen! For the most part he's a very easygoing baby. We are often on the go and you sometimes forget he's there because he's quiet and just goes with the flow. Even when he wakes up from a nap, I won't even know he's woken up until I see him moving in the monitor. When I go up to get him he's just smiling and playing with his feet and never made a peep! Except for an occasional nighttime wake up, he sleeps through the night and lately for 12 hour stretches. On the days I have to work, I will often go in and get him up for a feeding before I go to work and he'll go back to sleep. He has recently settled into a pretty good nap schedule. For about two months he was doing the 30 minute catnap thing several times throughout the day. However, he finally in the last few weeks started taking a long morning nap, a long afternoon nap and usually a short evening nap. I looked in Izzy's baby book and she did the same exact thing. She did the 30 minute catnaps for a couple months and just like Logan, she started on a good nap schedule right at five months. He's still a very good nurser and eats about every 3 hrs. I'm pumping on the days I work and he's doing good taking bottles for Daddy, 8 oz of breastmilk at a time. We've done rice cereal a few times and he's not very fond of it. He makes faces and actually gags on it! I'm thinking when we introduce baby food he'll really love it. He has started grabbing at toys and holding on to things. He's very alert and follows us with his eyes as we move about the house. He loves to watch his big sister play and act silly. His new favorite trick is blowing raspberries with his mouth, silly boy :) He's such a precious baby and I feel such a strong mother/son bond with him. Thank you God for blessing us with Logan Jeremy :)

Izzy's Third Birthday

Izzy's Preschool Class



Singing "Happy Birthday" to Izzy at preschool







Daddy and his little girl



Being silly with her friends



I can't believe my baby girl is 3 years old!! To me, 3 seems so much older than 2! Anyway, we all really enjoyed her birthday this year. Her actual birthday was on a Tuesday and Izzy goes to preschool Tuesday and Thursday mornings. Me, Jeremy, Logan and Jeremy's mom came to Izzy's class and brought cupcakes and goody bags for the kids. It was so fun to watch Izzy at school. She was very well behaved and did everything the teacher asked of her. Isn't it amazing how kids can be so well behaved for other people?! After watching them do circle time, all the kids sang happy birthday to Izzy and then enjoyed their cupcakes, it was a lot of fun. After school that day, we went out to a pizza restaurant and met Karli and her daddy for lunch. Later that day after naptime Izzy opened her presents from us and other family members. Izzy loves to draw and color so we got her an easel and she loves it.

That Sunday afternoon we had a little party for Izzy at our house. We invited some of our friends from church and life group and also had some family. It was a nice day so the kids ran around out back and had fun playing in the playroom. We played some games and had tons of food, it was a really nice time and we appreciated all who came to celebrate Izzy's birthday.

It is so amazing to see Izzy become more and more of her own person everyday. It also amazes me how smart she is and how we have can have full conversations now! She's been very inquiring lately. If I say a word she doesn't know she says "(insert word here)"....what does that mean? while shrugging her shoulders and holding her hands up...it's too cute. She has always been quite the drama queen, but as she gets older she's really learning how to work it!! For example, yesterday she was pushing her play food cart around the house, and suddenly decided it was too heavy to push with all the stuff in it. I told her she was doing just fine pushing it before. She then proceeds to push it about two more feet, fall to the ground on her knees, and say "see, it's too heavy, I can't push it!" Quite the character for sure! Singing has definitely been her number one hobby lately. She comes with me to my women's Bible study every Wednesday and goes into a class. They learned "God Bless America" and she has been singing it non stop at the top of her lungs around the house for about two weeks now! She knows every word to it and actually sings it quite well :) I love my sweet Isabelle and am so thankful for her and the joy she brings to our hearts.

Halloween!

Izzy, Robert and Karli at Trunk-or-Treat



The cutest little hot dog you've ever seen :)



The blind ref and his little cheerleader

We had a really fun halloween this year. Our church had a huge trunk or treat event. It was a major way to reach out to the community with the message of Christ. This year around 45oo people walked through trunk or treat. There were about 30 trunks and a special pumpkin tent for the kids to walk through that told of how God cleanses us from our sin and puts His light inside of us. Jeremy and I both volunteered in the morning, I did greeting and Jeremy was helping with the food. Later we came back with the kids so they could enjoy the festivities. My sister Jill and her kids also came with us. The only drawback was the freezing temperatures and cold winds that day!! On Halloween night we hit the streets with the kids. Izzy was so fun at halloween this year. She actually got the concept of running house to house getting treats and she loved it. I was a little under the weather so I mostly strolled down the street with Logan while Izzy and Jeremy trick or treated, but we all had a lot of fun. Even though we moved to a different house in the same neighborhood, this side of the neighborhood is so much more fun!! In past Halloweens there were never a lot of kids out running around and we only got a few trick or treaters. This year, being on the other side of the neighborhood, the streets were filled with people and we got so many trick or treaters at our house we ran out of candy!

Busy Busy Busy!!!

I can't believe it's been so long since I've blogged! It's been a very busy couple of months. On September 22 we moved into our new house and we couldn't be happier with it. We have a lot of decorating we still want to do, but are pretty well settled in. I've also gone back to work since I've blogged last. We've adjusted pretty well to our new routine, but life has gotten very busy since then. Thrown in with all of this has been Halloween, Izzy's birthday, church activities, and family in town. I'm determined now to get my recent pictures organized and posted. So, there's lots to come, but above is a couple pictures to hold you over :)