Little Joys

I love this picture because he gets this same look on his face every time we let him free so he can go get whatever he's after.

Mama Lovin

good night kisses...

I have said before that Logan has been clingy...well this is what he does when I try and get things like dinner done. We're gonna have to figure out a solution very soon.

So Logan and I just love to go outside because, for whatever reason, no matter what kind of mood Logan is in, the second we go outside he is happy. Scott decided to do a photo shoot the other day since we don't really have many pictures of the two of us together and because he likes to document the progress of our yard.

Daddy Lovin

good night kisses...Like Father, Like Son

If you can't tell, they're both on their laptops.

9 Months

Logan turned 9 months last week! How fast time flies. We went to the doctor on Friday and Logan weighs 17 lbs 13 oz and is 27.5 in long. He's turning out to be quite a shrimp after being such a chunk when he was little. I swear I feed him. The doctor was a little concerned about his weight when I told her how much he still spits up. That's right I said still spits up. 9 months of spitting up 10-20 times a day has done quite a number on our carpet and couches...especially since he eats food now. Anyway, after seeing how happy and active he is she no longer thought it was a problem since the spitting up doesn't seem to bother him one bit. She increased his reflux meds and hopefully he'll grow out of this very soon. There probably won't be quite as many new updates since I blogged a couple weeks ago but here are the new things:

He "cheeses" big time when he sees the camera come out.
Can stand up without holding anything for about a minute or so.
Crawls everywhere now...no scooting anymore.
Walks holding onto things.
Has two beautiful bottom teeth.
Has started drinking from a sippy cup.
Likes to try and get mom to chase him...laughing the whole time
Has to be held down in order to have his diaper changed. Yes I have resorted to straddling him with my bum in his face just to change his diaper.
Loves to bang his hands on his tray and smash all his food.
Has lots of accidents...for example has pulled the bar stool on top of himself.
Thinks everything is a game and laughs when mom says "no" even though I'm pretty sure he knows exactly what that means.
Has become fascinated with his tongue and is starting to make clicking sounds with it.
Loves to blow through his lips so spit comes out...not sure what you call that.
Is very very ticklish.
Recently loves dogs and cats and probably any animal if he got close enough.
His most excited time of the day is the second dad walks in the door.
Loves going out. The second I pick him and the diaper bag up he squeals and kicks his legs with excitement.
Has become extremely chatty again...always making noises and jabbering.

First times:
Swinging
Sliding down a slide
Hanging from one of our trees (with mom's help, of course)

Logan with Penelope and Amanda (a couple of my beautiful beehives)

Hanging out with cousin Grace at the park.
First time swinging all by himself.

This is the smile he gave me when I woke him up from his nap on one of our walks.

Looking out the window to see when dad was coming home.

One of his new things...squinting one, or both of, his eyes when he smiles for a picture.

Woot! Woot!

Some of you may know that Scott has been preparing to get his Series 7 License. He loves to plan and figure out things so he, of course, came up with a perfect study schedule and had it all planned out over the past few months. I'm happy to say he took that 6 hour test in about 2 and a half hours and passed with flying colors. He worked hard and studied nearly every night and I have to say I, too, worked hard so he could study every night. Logan and I are excited to have him back and I think he's happy to have us and his free time back. Congratulations honey!

8 months

Okay so I'm so behind Logan's closer to 9 months than 8 at this point but I've been posting every month so far and I don't wanna stop now. I usually give an update of his height and weight but we'll just wait til his 9 month check up. Here's a list of new things he's up to:

Pulls himself up to standing position.
Can and has crawled across the room but usually prefers scooting.
Is currently cutting his two bottom teeth...yuck. He's running 101.5 temp, not sleeping or eating and cries all the time. It better not be like this for all his teeth.
Can go from the crawling position to the sitting position and the other way around.
Reaches for people when he wants them to hold him.
Has a very strong preference for his Mama and has become very clingy.
LOVES to play peek-a-boo.
Gives kisses.
Can throw things.
Can feed himself finger foods. Cheerios are his favorite.
Spits and locks his mouth shut when he doesn't want to eat something.
Has a huge sensitivity to eggs...we had two very bad experiences involving a lot of vomit and a splotchy face.
He walks on all fours. He started doing this when he wanted to go into the kitchen, but not touch the cold tile, he'd just get up on is hands and feet and move that way. This is a pretty new discovery so he doesn't go too far.

A few firsts (many of which occurred during the Oklahoma trip):
Cheerios
Bread
Pancake
Cracker
Black beans
Pasta
Egg : (
Broccoli
Spinach
Meatball
Apple
Banana
Snow
Plane Rides
Illness (pink eye and ear infections)
Christmas
Opening presents
Being away from Dad
First time in Oklahoma
First "girlfriend"...he met her at church in OK and it was love at first sight.

Most likely there's a lot more updates but that's all I can come up with right now.

Here he is with his huge stuffed dog at Nana and Papa's house. When he was tired, he'd just cuddle right up to it (and he's not cuddly).



This was Nana's favorite bib. I forgot to post it last time so here it is.


Fun in the Tub.

I always try to get a picture of him grabbing my face and giving me kisses but they always turn out looking something like this.

Enjoying some first foods.

I wouldn't let him have any frozen yogurt but I let him wear a bowl as a hat. He actually kept it on for quite awhile.

Christmas

Well I found my camera and I have a lot of catching up to do so here goes....
For Christmas we went to Oklahoma. The day before we left, I took Logan to the doctor to get his flu shots and decided to have him checked out because he had a fever and was not acting normal. I found out he had ear infections and pink eye. It as obvious the poor little guy was not feeling well and I was worried everyone back home wouldn't get to see the "real Logan" but after just a couple days on the meds he was back to his cheerful self. Logan and I went a week before Scott so we could spend more time with my family which meant that I would be flying with Logan for the first time all by myself. I was pretty nervous because Logan won't go to sleep when people are holding him, he always wants to move around, and, like I said, he was sick. Everyone at the airport and on the plane was really helpful. He, of course, made a few friends with that big smile and contagious laugh of his. After wiping down everything in reach with antibacterial wipes and cleaning both our hands with antibacterial gel multiple times, I ended up passing him around to a few nice people wanting to play with him and help me out. He did cry some and he didn't sleep much at all but, with those people's help and feeding him practically the whole time, we made it. Logan got spoiled rotten by all the friends and family excited to see him. We had to make a trip to the school my mom teaches at for some lunch and a little "show and tell." He loved all the attention and so did Nana. We mostly just visited family and friends, made treats, ate treats, and shopped the week before Scott got there. Here we are decorating some sugar cookies. Over half of them were eventually eaten by Scott.

It was the first time Scott had been away from Logan and only the second time away from me for that long since we've been married. Scott productively spent his lone time watching all the seasons of "The Office" and cleaning out the refrigerator. Whenever we'd talk on the phone, I'd put it on speaker and Logan would just light up as soon as he heard his voice. We were happy once he finally joined us the day before Christmas Eve. We were so glad he came when he did because that night it started to snow and on Christmas Eve it was an all out blizzard. The winds were 50-60 mph and snow drifts were piled a few feet deep in some areas. Cars were stuck and abandoned in the middle of the roads. Highways, streets and the airports were all closed and visibility was pretty much non-existent. It was a huge mess because snow plows and sanders couldn't get out since you couldn't see 3 feet in front of you and once they did, all the abandoned cars that got stuck in snow in the middle of the road made it difficult to plow them. I have a feeling another state a little more equipped for this type of thing wouldn't have had quite as many problems. Needless to say, unlike most snow storms, we were completely snowed in Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. We watched a lot of movies, played games and ate the whole time. Had it been any regular day I wouldn't have minded it but it kinda put a damper on our celebrating. The pictures don't do justice but they're all I got.

Papa likes to introduce Logan to new foods every time we see him so this time he fed Logan snow.

Because the winds were so strong, snow was coming in under the doors. Since Logan liked it so much the first time, he decided to help himself to some more.

Logan was pretty excited about all his presents, (and by all I mean we came home with a large suitcase full of Logan's just toys and still had to ship some) but the paper and the bows were definitely his favorite part.

He's such a good helper. Here's Logan with some of his favorite people.

We had a great time and even after 2 weeks it seemed too short. We didn't get to see everyone I wanted to see and eat everywhere I wanted to eat but other than that I have no complaints. I came home 5 lbs heavier which to me signifies a good trip. The flight home was much easier with Scott there and I think he gained a little more respect for me seeing how difficult it was even with the two of us there.

My parents got him this outfit but sadly he didn't get to wear it for them since they cancelled church so we had to do a little photo shoot of the little handsome man.

Oh P.S. I want to make a christmas tree ornament or decoration of some kind each year using a picture so if anyone has any ideas please let me know. Obviously I have yet to do this year's.

A Little Set-back

I'm very behind on blogging and I blame most of it on the holiays. I have attempted to start the catch-up process but realized, after looking everywhere imaginable, I have misplaced my camera with all our recent pictures still waiting to be uploaded to the computer. Stay tuned. Hopefully it will turn up soon.