Brotherly Love

While I was pregnant with our 2nd precious baby boy, I could not even imagine what having two sons would do to me. These wonderful little boys have changed my life in so many marvelous ways and they continue to amaze me on a daily basis. 

One of the biggest blessings to me is seeing the brotherly bond grow each and every day between Logan and Landon. Landon lights up EVERY time he sees his big brother and Logan knows exactly what to do to make his baby brother feel better when he is crying. Logan proudly introduces Landon as HIS baby brother to every person he meets :) 

The tight bond between these two is not something I could have ever imagined, especially when Landon is only 5 months old but they are inseparable... And their love for each other is something only God could create! 

Thank you Lord for all of our blessings, but especially our beautiful, happy, healthy, loving boys!!

Happy Halloween 2011

Halloween was pretty laid back this year (just the way we like it!)

We just hung out at home until our Merwin cousins and best friend April and Blakely came over in the evening. Then we headed out to do some trick-or-treating! Our neighborhood was jam-packed with kids and lots of neighbors giving out goodies - JACKPOT!! All the kids had their candy buckets completely filled after only 45 minutes of trick-or-treating!!! What a fun night :)

Logan asked for a Mickey Mouse pumpkin (imagine that?!) and for a little pumpkin for his baby brother. Who am I to tell Logie no? So that's what they got!

Our sweet little boys

Mommy and Daddy decided to join in this year so Daddy and Logan were football players, Mommy was the referee, and Landon was the football!

Happy Halloween from the Madler's!

Our Sweet 'Lil Family

 

It is that time of the year again... 

Andrea took us down to Tempe Town Lake this year for our fall family pictures and she never fails to impress me! Just like always, she did an amazing job!

Here are some of the pictures she sent me for a sneak peak!

Kisses for our boys!

Love our sweet boys!

More pictures to come when Andrea sends me the rest on the CD : )

"Your children will see what you're all about by what you live rather than what you say." 

~ Wayne Dyer

Happy 3rd Birthday Logan!!

I had to sneak some pictures of Landon on this post because he is getting so big so fast and I feel like I'm not keeping up. Our sweet little boy is now 15 weeks old and is already rolling over BOTH ways!

Getting some love from cousin Brayden

Now on to Logan's birthday... which became a week long celebration!!

Great-Grandma Dorothy, Chuck's cousin DJ, DJ's wife Nikki, and their two children, Ella and Grady were down here in AZ visiting for a few days. We decided it would be fun to throw Logan a birthday party a week early so our family could attend. SO... off to Amazing Jakes we went.... by the end we had about 30 people help us celebrate Logan's 3rd birthday!

I decided to take on the task of making Logan's beloved Mickey Mouse Clubhouse cake from scratch... I even made the fondant from scratch. I don't know what I was thinking (...now that I am a stay-at-home Mom, I can do everything.... ha ha yeah right!) Well at least the birthday boy loved it and that's ALL that matters!

Getting ready to blow out the candles

Logan is SO loved :-)

These pictures make me smile and tear up all at the same time! I feel so bittersweet about my baby boy growing up but I couldn't be more proud of the little boy he is becoming!

These three boys have so much fun together! 

BEST friends!!

LOTS of kisses for the birthday boy ;-)

The next day the Merwins came over to our house to hang out and open presents... Logan was too busy playing games the night of his party that he didn't even want to stop to open his presents!!

The girls loving up on Landon and he totally eats it up!

Kayli and Brooklyn made the most amazing card for Logie. Kayli traced and colored Mickey Mouse (Logan's absolute favorite!) and they signed it with such a sweet message. They really thought of Logan when they made that card!

Logan's favorite present of all was a "Mickey Mouse" hat that his cousin Kayli handmade especially for him! I have to make him take it off before he goes to bed...

Then tonight for Logan's birthday, he decided that he wanted to go out to Fuddruckers to eat and play games with Daddy for his birthday. We have had so much fun celebrating Logan for the past week! We are getting quite a chuckle out of him because every day now, he wakes up and asks to check the mail to see if there are "presents for me because I 3!" 

Happy 3rd Birthday to our precious, sweet, kind, thoughtful, smart little boy who made us parents! God blessed us beyond our wildest dreams when He brought you into our lives!! We love you so very much Logie!