Bum in the air

So last night July 29th at Grandmas Logan got up on his knees. It was so cute with his little bum in the air. He will be crawling very soon. I better start lugging my cameras around with me. I want to make sure I get that on film if I can.

Its funny because he is doing things really fast now. Now he has to just flip over on his stomach if we lay him on his back. And of course a couple nights ago was a glimps into our future. He flipped on to his stomach, and Angel and Eric and Aunt Caroline did their YEAH!!!! and clapped. I thought oh no, we are getting to that stage. Where we have to clap everytime he farts. hahaha We want to build that self esteem now dont we?

Sit Tall...

So Logan sat up by himself for the first time on July 25th. I was sitting him up on the floor. And I let him go. And several times he was able to maintain a sitting up pose.

Laughing.

Sharon(daycare)had vacation the week after the 4th of July. So that leaves us in a pinch. However, Aunt Jamie volunteered/demanded that she keep him for us. Her and Uncle Victor love on Logan all the time. So I was completely comfortable with it. He was going through quite a fit stage at this point. So she got to experience this for the first time. Because usually when she is with him, he is a sweet Angel 100% of the time. Well spend 9 hours with him, and we have a different story. But I was extremely grateful to have family to watch over our baby cakes. At one point she said to me "I have never had a job in my life that made me this tired". haha Of course I laughed hysterically. Its a lot of work for sure. But the most rewarding. I know it sounds cheesy but, I was talking to Dr. Beals about Logan. And I told her, when I am tired and he is crying or whatever....and it just seems like the most annoying moment, I remember how hard I tried to have him, and how thankful I am that I have the moment to be tired/annoyed whatever. And it makes it all worth it. I will take a screaming baby any day over the possibility of having none. And I mean that 100%.

So we survived that week. Well Aunt Jamie and Uncle Victor survived that week. And of course on Sunday they thanked us for paying them because they took that money and turned it into several hundred more at the casino. hahah Lucky kids.

So my Bubby had an apt on Wednesday last week (July 14th). And at that apt, my little man weighs 16pound 14oz. Eric will probably correct me later, but I believe that is what they said. We saw Dr. Kami Chapin. She is actually Logans Aunt Sarahs friend. She is a very sweet girl. I say girl because she looks like a kid. Of course everyone looks like a kid to me anymore. Anyway....She decided to have us take a peek at Logans kidney just to be safe. Eric has a history of course. And well Logan does this flinching thing when you touch his back, so she said lets just be sure.

Saturday we headed over to the hospital at 7:15am for his ultrasound on his kidney. It was surreal, as it was the same room I use to go to when I would get ultrasounds done. In fact it was there that I saw Logan was alive still in July during this same time last year, whenI thought I had lost him. And on the screen we saw him wiggling around. Anyway,he did so good. He giggled I think it tickled. And he was a good boy. I think he liked the ultrasound tech. haha (FYI...he is fine. No kidney issues at all.)

Then we went to Erics parents house for the day. Rosemary and I had work to do for Sarahs Shower. And Eric and Terry had a golf outing to go to for Marcs bachelor festivities. I suppose this was the warm up. haha

It was so stinking hot that day. And Logan, Rosemary and I ran around Dewitt a million times. Then we chilled at her office/house. haha It was nice and chlly in there. We made fruit kabobs, sausage cheeseballs, and prep work on the mini quiches. We were also having french toast sticks but we made those the next day.

I think we finally got picked up around 7pm. We had a nice day and Logan got to spend time with his grandma or Meema as she wants to be called now. haha But we were super tired, and I was ready to sleep.

Of course we made a pit stop to Grandma Medinas. Jodi and Aunt Lucy, and Uncle Jesse got to hang with Logan for a bit. Alex apparently flipped off his bike. And well he was all tore up. The last time Alex got hurt was when I had Logan. His bone looked like it was coming out of his leg. UGH. Poor kid. He got banged up pretty bad.

July 18, 2010



So at this point, Eric and I have realized that Logan loves to laugh more
he grabs for things now.
He follows our food like he wants it.
he reached for eric...or so we think. hhaha
He rolls over almost perfectly....now to learn to crawl.
He is talking, however he is defitely related to my dads side of the family. He yells!!!!!!! its super cute.

he is on the second notch of his exersaucer. Awe!!!!
wearing 6-9month clothing, sometimes 9month. Strictly for the length.
He moved on to Oatmeal from rice cereal and he so prefers Rice Cereal. To which I am told is weird.
bangs his hands on the floor all the time. I thought it was odd but apparently this is common at this age.

Stars Stripes & Cereal....

This past weekend we were up north of course for the 4th of July festivities. I definitely packed a lot lighter. However I still have a lot of improving to do. I still get blown away how we need to pack a truck load for this tiny little guy.

So last week before we left I took Logan to the doc. He now weighs 16.8 pounds. This was his weight with a diaper on. And changed around his dose on his prevacid. But overall he is a healthy little boy. Dr. Josh always tells me Logan has such perfect skin tone. However, now he has developed a the slighted case of eczema. I probably spelled that wrong. However if you refer back to my very first post I tell you that I dont care. So we have to put more lotion on his little head. We can now use Sunscreen. But he tells me covering him up is best. We also talked about feedng our little man food. We are to give him 1tbs in the morning and 1tbs at night.

So we packed our bags and headed up north on Friday when Eric got home. It was Eric, myself, Michelle, Logan and Angel. OMG...we took almost 3 hours to get up there. Not because of traffic. No, it was because of Logan. We had to stop a couple times and feed him, or carry him. He is going through a rough patch here. His teething has been makng him a little uncomfortable. So we are just chill and go with the flow parents. And well we finally made it up.

July 3, 2010

We got up and sat Logan in the high chair that my mom has up north. He liked it. This would be his first. And he was so adorable. So Eric and I prepared his food as Dr. Josh told us to. I fed him a little bit of his bottle so he was not super starving. And then I scooped his first spoon (tiny bit)full in to his mouth. OMG...he was so adorable. He closed his mouth around the spoon and said "mmmmm" and ate it perfectly. I could not stop laughing. Every bite he took was followed by an "mmmmm". He really liked eating with a spoon. And we got it all on video and lot of pics were taken. Eric sat in and gave it a try. And it was really cute. So we were pretty pleased with our first time. Then I fed him the rest of his bottle. He is afteral still a baby.

Here he is patiently waiting to be fed. We had to get him while he was not STARVING. Try taking his bottle out of his mouth when he is hungry.....


Here we have his first bite of baby cereal. Awe....he was so good.


This picture makes me laugh because I think he looks like quagmeyer from Family Guy...take a look.....




"mmmm"


Oh yeah we have to let Dad try.....


Aunt Michelle cleaning up the aftermath.


Much better!


Here we decided to bring Logans swing outside for his nap. We thought the nice breeze would put him down....yup it did. And I wanted one for me.



And as always he was passed around and handled it like a champ. Everyone oohed and ahhhhed over his cuteness. And we had tons of helpers. So that was nice. He went swimming again....which is like his fave thing to do.

Here Uncle Pete wanted to hold "his twin". Thats what he calls Logan because everyone thinks that Uncle Petes grandson Colin looks like Logan. Its cute..they are a month apart.



Charity (my good friend from Jr/High School) had a baby 9 days after Logan was born. I have been wanting to get a pic of the boys together. And here is Kellen and Logan. My mom was carrying Kellen, and Charity was carrying Logan. And well Michelle was in the background. haha





We gave food another try, and as we have learned, its not always fun. So here is a shot of that....



And seeing how feeding was no fun, we know Logan loves bathtime. So it was Logans first ghetto bath. We threw him in the kitchen sink.




It was so blazing up there but once in a while we would get a good wind going. So Aunt Carm stole Logan from me, and put him to sleep on the swing...spoiled brat.


July 4th,
My good friend Jamie (Becker) Demerly got a place up in Harrison. So we have been meaning to meet up, and we did. She caught me and my dad garage saling on the golf cart. And then of course she finally was able to meet Logan.

Logan responded amazingly to the 4th. He slept through the whole thing. haha He slept through every bomb that went off in our backyard. And believe me I was shocked because they were so loud this year. So we will see if next year he flips out. Because I know he wont be sleeping.

July 5th was an extremly HOT day as well. Oh my lord it was warm. And Logan was teething and fussing, but we tried to make the most of it. My mom fed him and laid him in fron of the fan. And she let him hold his bottle (everyone tries this, but i want him to be a baby forever). And wouldnt you know it, my little monkey eats like a monkey....


Eric went boating with Danielle, Sean, and Todd. So Logan and I stayed behind and played for a while. We were trying to pose....



And here he was playing peek a boo with mommy....

Turn the Page...

(Started this post on June 25th....just not publishing it.)


So I read to my sweet little boy every night before bed. And he really loves this. In fact I think Eric loves it too. haha Anyway, the other night he turned the page. I wasnt sure who would believe me so I did it again last night in front of Eric, and yup..he had to hold the book and turn the page. Can you believe my little genius? haha

I read him the Foot Book by Dr. Seuss. I think Eric loves it when I read this. So weird.

Ray and Stefanies Wedding.....

So my brothers wedding turned out to be a lot of fun. It was seriously the hottest muggiest day for a wedding. And I being the dope that I am, decided to straighten my hair for the occasion. Bad move fuzzy top.

I rushed home got Logan all dolled up in his outfit...oh man he was a cutie.






I took Logan to the ceremony. During the wedding I had Marc take him out in the hall because he was pretty fussy. And of course one of my aunts instantly snatches him out of Marcs arms. And well then from then on he was passed around to total strangers for the rest of the time we were there. He was so good until it was over. Everyone was super loud and just all over the place that I think it scared him. And he started screaming. So I took him and stepped away from all the madness. And then of course he was totally fine and fell instantly asleep.

Eric and I had Jayna(my student worker in the J-School) watch Logan at his parents house in Dewitt. So we made our way over to their place and got him settled. I thought with the music it would be a bad idea to take Logan. And Jayna is so super sweet I knew he would be just fine. So she was officially our first non family non daycare babysitter for Logan. We paid her about 8.50/hour. Boy have times changed. I got paid like $2.00/hour when I was a kid. WOW.

The reception was lots of fun...very pretty










I have a million more pics on my facebook page, you can find them there.

Jayna said Logan was super good. And that he loved the song Poker face. I couldnt stop laughing because that is a song I sing to him just about every night when I am getting him ready for bed. He loves Lady GaGa. We have moved on to Bad Romance. He happens to fall asleep when I sing that too him. So either it is my bad voice, or the lyrics. I havent figured it out yet.

First time in Crib

On June 14th, I finally caved and decided to let Logan sleep in his own crib. This of course was a very thought out process. We got him the Angelcare Monitor. This bad boy does it all. It has a sensor pad that goes under the mattress. This pad sets off an alarm if the baby were to stop breathing. We have tested it by picking him up. And let me just tell you, I will not sleep through that alarm. I has a temperature display. And an alarm will sound if it is too cold or too warm in his room. Is has a million other features, but those were the ones that mattered most to me.

We got him ready for bed quite early that night. And I layed him down in his crib. He now actually looks like he should be in there. Whereas when I placed him in there at about 2 months he looked like a dot compared to the bed.
See Photo below when he was just a little dot:



I did not want him to sleep alone. So I layed a mattress in his room. And I stayed in there with him. However, I begged Eric to join us. I didnt want Logans first night to be by himself. And of course he dont know any different. His eyes were closed the minute we shut the lights off. haha

In the middle of the night I woke up. And oh my God...I was so sore. So I looked at Logan. He was just fine. And I said to Eric "come on lets go to our bed." Forget that. So we grabbed the handset and went to our room. He slept just fine until about 4:30. I got him and fed him. And then put him back down to bed.

I am sure he only woke up because we put him to bed so early. Otherwise he would have been just fine.

So we made it! Another milestone for the Loganator. And it only took 5 months and 4 days. hahah