15 month check-up

Went in to see Dr. Yap again.  What a funny guy.  His "Hogan, Hogan, Hogan" chant gets me every time.  Apparently they stop giving you updates on your height and weight at this point, so no percentages to give.  But Dr. Yap said I am doing great.  Another blessing for which to be thankful!  I did have to get shots at this appointment, so that was definitely the low point, but I made it through like a real pro!  :)

Thanksgiving 2010

My second Thanksgiving has come and gone.  It was a good day/weekend.  We started the day in Lawton with part of Mom's family.  Got to see the cousins (KK, KoKo, KelKel, Kinley, and Kase)...that was fun, as always.  Here are some pictures from that celebration.

KK & KoKo were the servers.  Speaking of which, I think we still owe them a tip!  :)

We tried to get a picture with Kinley and then all the cousins, but it wasn't working out so well...

 

After our day in Lawton, we headed to Aunt Hayley's house to visit her, Aniston, and Grandma Cassy.  By the time we ate, it had gotten so late that we left to head to Stillwater, so we missed out on taking pictures. :(  Mom has got to get more diligent about taking pictures...she is becoming a slacker!  :)

The rest of our weekend continued the next day at Grammy and Grandpa's.  We played a lot on Friday and were getting ready for the big game on Saturday (Bedlam!).  Unfortunately, OSU bit the dust and lost to OU...it was a real bummer!  But at least the time with family in Stillwater was a blast!

I love football!

KK & KoKo ready for gameday!

At least we managed to get a better picture of all the cousins here!

My 2nd Halloween!

2nd Halloween.  Lots of plans...disturbed by my fever.  I had a bit of trouble going to sleep last night.  Went down at the normal 8:30, but didn't actually go to sleep until 10:00, after much help from mom and a dose of tylenol.  Then woke up at 6:15, but managed to fall back asleep with mom and dad until almost 9:00.  Breakfast, church, lunch, and the first half of my afternoon nap all went just fine, until I woke up from my nap with a fever of 102 degrees.  I was not feeling well at all.  After resting on mom, taking tylenol, and eating dinner, I was feeling quite a bit better, so mom decided to dress me up and take me out with a bunch of other dressed up people.  I was scared of anyone with their face or head covered.  I'm sure I looked a little scary too with my dragon head on!  Our plans to go to the festival at church didn't pan out, but we hung out with a few neighbors and I even trick-or-treated for the first time!  Mom and dad looked pretty crazy too...check out the pics!

Parent Dedication

Parent dedication at church was such a special event.  Although your dad and I have been praying for you since before we were even pregnant with you, it was still so special to publicly confess that we are completely committed to raising you God's way.  This was not just simply something that we said lightly, it is our deepest hearts' desire.  My greatest prayer for you is that you would grow to be a MIGHTY WARRIOR FOR CHRIST!  ("Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might." Eph. 6:10)  I pray that you would always love God and that He would truly become your God and Saviour.  I pray that you will always know in your heart that God is the only thing that can satisfy.  I pray that you will always be His child.  God is so good and so worthy of all we can give Him.  For all He has done for us, giving him our entire life is really the only possible response.  You are such a special gift from God and we will seek Him with all our hearts in how to raise you!  You are a blessing, Hogan!!! 

12 month check-up

Today was filled with morning bible study for mom, playtime at church for me, and an afternoon trip to see Dr. Yap.  I am pooped.  I totally missed my morning nap and was woken up from my afternoon nap.  I was not happy and am so ready for bed.  Anyhow, my trip to Dr. Yap's office consisted of a lot of poking and prodding, a short game of feet peek-a-boo (that was really the highlight), sitting on weird, crunchy paper, lots of questions, and finally, two really painful shots!  Wow, I was not happy about those.  Could they warn me about it or something...I mean the pain just came out of nowhere!  Mom tried to comfort me during and after the trauma, but I could hardly be comforted.  I felt a little better when that shot lady left the room, but was still dealing with my throbbing thighs! 

But other than the traumatic shot experience, Dr. Yap says I am doing well.  I weighed in at 23.10 lbs. and am 31 inches long.  Apparently that equates to about 80th percentile in height and 60th percentile in weight.  My head is only in the 25th percentile, which is pretty crazy considering my dad has such a large noggin.  :)  At least it is over until next time.

I am 1!

Well, I made it to the big 1!  I had no idea what a fun celebration this day would be.  First, we started off the day with mommy, daddy, and I praying for a good day and mommy and daddy telling God how thankful they are for me.  I am so thankful for them too.  I may not be able to say the words yet, but I try to show them by a hug, kiss, and a sweet pat on the shoulder.  I think they get it.

Our next step of the day (after breakfast and a nap, of course) was lunch, cake, and presents at Grammy and Grandpa's house.  Grandma Sue, Grandpa Len, Aunt Katie, and of course, mom, dad, Grammy and Grandpa joined me for this "1st" party.  This was pretty fun and I was very interested in the light on top of my cake...I'm not sure why they would never let me get my hands on that thing!  The cake was good, although I was already so full from lunch, that I didn't have much room left for cake, so a few bites and I was good.  (Smart thinking by mom! :) )   Then presents!  This was really fun...lots of crinkly paper and fun new toys!

After my second nap, off to the tailgate and my "official party" we were.  By this point, I was frankly still a bit tired and really not ready for what lied ahead...too many people, lots of noise, and frankly, just a lot of chaos.  Everyone else seemed to have a good time, but I would have much rather just stayed at Grammy and Grandpa's and played!  But, I managed to have a decent time and it was really nice to see everyone!  Thanks everyone for coming to my party!  :)

Learning to walk

I have been working for some time on this walking business and I think I might just be getting it.  Mom and dad bought me this cool train thing, which does a ton of cool stuff, but really helps me walk.  I love it.
Note from mommy:  Hogan is really getting the hang of walking, with assistance that is, and is wanting to walk around with his train constantly.  I am so glad that he wants to walk, but man, sometimes it wears me out having to follow him around and steer the train...he gets stuck all the time...hasn't quite got the turning thing down yet!  :)

Note from mommy:  These pictures were actually taken 3 weeks ago.  He did great then, but is really cruising now.  I will have to take some new pics of him walking with his train and upload those later!

                                                                                                                        Stopping to wave!

My first OSU game

Although I attended a tailgate last year, this year I attended my first OSU football game.  And I must say, I did not enjoy it too much.  Wow, a ton of people all screaming at the top of their lungs while we are all packed in like sardines.  I just don't get it.

Couldn't get Kaden to be serious!

Tailgating before...this was much better than the game.  At least I could move around out here!

 

Trying to steal mom's coke!

Uncle David's facial hair is very interesting...

All sorts of new stuff

Mom and dad are great.  The other day, mom comes home with all this great stuff.  A wagon and a rockin' trike!  Let me first say that I have decided that I really love the outdoors, so how cool is it that mom got me more outdoor toys!  Yay!  We have been hanging out outside enjoying these toys every evening.  I love when dad takes me for a ride in the wagon because he goes really fast and is really crazy...I love it!  Good times!

 

From mommy:  rocka rocka!  My baby is so cute and so funny.  He was loving making the trike rock!

Summer happenings

Well, I have definitely been slacking on my blogging lately.  As they say, time flies when you're having fun!  and boy have we had a fun summer.  So many things have happened since my last post.  My new cousin, Kase Ryan McCullough, was born July 19.  Everything went really well and mom and dad kept saying what a cutie he was.  He has already gotten really big...still not quite as big as me, but he's on his way.  Everyone keeps talking about how we will get into plenty of trouble together, us only being 10 months apart.  I don't know what they're talking about...I think we will be perfect little angels!

 

Then, right after we got back home from meeting baby Kase, Grandma Sue and Grandpa Len came to visit.  It was great to see them!  I really missed them.  We had so much fun and they bought me my first pool.  I had a blast in this thing.  Total freedom unlike the big pool; mom always puts me in this really restrictive floaty thing in the big pool...it's such a drag.  In my own personal pool, I was able to move around, play with all sorts of toys, splash real big...it was great.  Aunt Katie also sent a few gifts, which included a really cool sippy cup with a straw.  It's a big boy cup...it's about time these people realize I don't need those baby sippy cups!

As if all of that wasn't enough fun.  Mom then decided that we were going to go on a little trip to Omaha.  Grandpa decided he was going to Omaha for a few days, so mom thought we would ride along and go for a visit, even though Grandma Sue and Grandpa Len had just visited.  You can't see family enough, so I was thrilled to go.  All in all, it was a good trip.  The drive was long, but not too bad at all.  Note from mommy:  Hogan did so amazing on this trip.  In fact, on the way back, we only stopped once in 6 hours.  He slept perfectly at night and naps.  What a good baby!

We got to see my great grandma and grandpa, Nonnie and Pampa, Aunt Katie and of course, Grandma Sue and Grandpa Len again.  Oh, and how could I forget...I got to meet my new best friend...Elin the cat!  Wow, did I have a good time with her.  Unlike Berkeley, she let me chase her around and actually wanted to play with me.  I wanted to take her home, but both Grandma Sue and mom didn't go along with it.  Bummer.

 Well, better get going for now.  I'll be back soon with another update on this wonderful thing called life!  :)

9 month pics!

We just had Hogan's 9-month pictures taken. Well, we actually had them taken on 6/26/10, but just got the CD of pics. Rachel, the photographer, came out to our house to take the pictures, and I am so glad we did it that way. They turned out great and I love that we will have these memories of Hogan in his first house! Here are a few of our favorites. You can check out the rest of them on our Flickr photostream and order any you want there.

 

simple joys in life

my first 4th of july

What to say about my first 4th of July.  Pretty uneventful...how about that!?  It rained almost all weekend.  We went to OKC.  The plan was to swim and cook-out at Aunt Chelle's, but it was not even really warm, so we didn't do any swimming.  Here is the first pic we attempted of the cousins. 

 

Kellen and Kinley decided they were not up for picture taking, so it was just Kaden, Kohl, and me.