Oh Happy Day

Last night I went to bed at 11pm and didn't wake up until 6am. Do you know what that means? Logan slept all night long! I was so excited I couldn't go back to sleep and all I wanted to do was wake Scott up right then and tell him the good news. I put Logan down at 10:30pm and got him up at 7am. As far as I know, he didn't cry once during that whole time. It was amazing. As many of you know I have been trying to do babywise and it's been a little difficult for us. It was very apparent Logan didn't read the book because he wasn't cooperating well or acting at all like the babies were supposed to act according to the book. He's bad at taking naps when he's supposed to and sleeping as long as he's supposed to. I was rereading parts in the book on Monday to find out what I was doing wrong since Logan was hitting 11 weeks on Wednesday and almost all babies on babywise supposedly sleep through the night between weeks 6 and 12. I found out that I'd been doing things all wrong. I was going by the "eat every three hours" rule but not by the "be on the same schedule every day" rule. So I was convinced I had ruined him and that we would never have a "secure, happy" baby like the book promised. Ironically, I was talking about it with Scott last night and he reminded me of the progress we had made and how completely over dramatic I was being. Needless to say, I was shocked. The day has been amazing ever since. Logan's been following the rules and taking his naps well. This is truly a day to celebrate.

So Crafty

I thought I would post a picture of my new dry erase board. I have been trying to pick up the hobby of being crafty but I don't really have the creativity for it. Luckily, I'm discovering there are lots of blogs and websites to take care of the creative part and then I just have to make it. I stole this idea from Make it and Love it. It was just an old picture frame I wasn't using and I just covered the cardboard with fabric and write on the glass with dry erase markers. I can handle crafts that are that easy. I'm looking for more cheap, cute ideas for decorating so if anyone knows any or knows of some good sites, let me know.

Two Weeks Notice

This morning I told my leader I was not coming back to work. It was really hard to do. Any other time I've quit a job, it's been because I was moving or was completely unhappy there. But I actually really liked the people I worked with and, on most days, also really liked my job. So, as great as not working sounds, it was a little bitter sweet. I've been working since I was 16 and full time since I graduated high school so being a "housewife" might be a bit of an adjustment. However I'm getting pretty used to this staying home thing since I've been on leave since mid April so I might already be past the adjustment phase. I'm really excited to officially start my now one and only full-time job of being a mom. With the exception of one, I've always had jobs I liked but I still felt very unfulfilled. It was like I was never being challenged enough or was never using any real talents. I was spending the majority of my day doing things that didn't really matter to me in the long run. Now I feel like I'm doing the most rewarding thing I can possibly do. I am actually molding someone's life and giving all my time and energy to someone I love. And though I don't have a clue what I'm doing, I'm finding talents I never knew I had. Though I'm cutting down big time on one of my favorite things to do...shopping, we won't be able to go out to eat as much as we used to, and we are getting rid of cable tv and our dvr (ouch!), it'll be so worth it. There's no greater thing you can possibly do in your life than be with your children to love and teach them. Thank you, Scott, for making this all possible.

Rollin

So yesterday I put Logan down for some "tummy time" and two minutes later he rolled onto his back. The look on his face was priceless. He seemed shocked like he had no idea what he'd just done or how he did it. I've been waiting for this moment for a couple weeks because he's been getting so close. I was excited to videotape it and show Scott when he got home but he hasn't done it since. We've been putting him on his tummy, coaxing him and cheering him on but it just doesn't happen. He pushes himself up, kicks, and leans on one side but just can't quite figure it out. He works on it really hard for a few minutes and then gets worn out and angry until we put him on his back. We'll see if there's more rolling to come anytime soon.

D-Backs Game

Scott won free tickets from work to the Diamondbacks game on Friday. We, of course, took Logan since he's such a baseball fan (according to Scott) and because we're too cheap to pay for a babysitter. Here he is all decked out before the game. I was a little worried about how Logan would act since we've never taken him to a sporting event before but he did pretty good. It was actually a pretty exciting game since the d-backs were winning for once and we had really good seats. I've never sat that close at a game before so it was pretty cool. It was a little difficult for Logan to get a nap in with all the cheering but he somehow found a way to sneak a couple short naps in. At times he wasn't a huge fan of all the noise so I took him for a walk around the stadium and he stole the show. I was ready to go back and just sit down because every person we walked by wanted to chat about Logan in his little shirt at his first game. He was a big hit. This will be the first of many games these two will attend together. Notice Scott, the real d-backs fan, is the only one without a team shirt. We're gonna have to do something about that.

The Nursery

Well I finally finished making the curtains and decorating Logan's room. It's nothing really exciting, especially according to these pictures, but here it is anyway.

This has nothing to do with this post but I found this picture that I took a few days ago and decided I needed to post it. They're just so cute together.

Okies in town

This past week was all about Logan. My parents, Aunt Sue, Grandma G, Aunt Diana, Grandpa V, and Grandma Virginia all came in town to see Logan. Obviously I don't quite have the power he has because I've lived here for 4 years now but have never been able to get them all to come out before...and in July even. Of course Logan LOVED all the attention. When he was crying in his crib, he would get rescued and rocked to sleep. When he would get a little fussy, he'd just get held. And he couldn't so much as breathe without everyone giving him their full attention. Except for my mom, it was the first time for everyone to meet him so, as hard as it was for me to see all my hard work go down the drain, I just let them spoil him.

This is right when my parents got in town. My parents are just eating up being grandparents. They were all just so excited to see each other. It's a big deal that Grandma Grassmann and Grandpa Vawter could come since it's hard for them to get around. Grandpa got all set up so he could get his dialysis done while he was here.

She looks sweet but Grandma Virginia would just steal Logan away from everyone.

We celebrated 4th of July with my family. We just swam, ate, played games, and just tried to stay cool.

It was exhausting.

This little guy had lots of energy, of course.

It all caught up with him and he eventually just passed out.

Sunday Logan had his baby's blessing. All my family was there, my friend Shonda, Scott's parents, grandparents, cousin Kevin and family, and sister Stacy and family. Needless to say, we took up a few rows in the chapel. Scott was extremely nervous about the blessing but it was beautiful. We just can't get over how blessed we are to have Logan in our family.

Here's all my family that went.

Just Scott's parents and grandparents made it for the pictures.

First Timer

Logan went on his first road trip a couple weeks ago. He and I went with some of Scott's family to Huntington Beach where his sister Christi lives for her baby shower. I was so nervous about the trip because I just never know what each day is going to bring with him...sometimes he's a breeze to take care of and sometimes he can be such a stinker. Plus, I was going at it without Scott. Though I knew I'd have the help of his mom and sisters, I was still pretty stressed out about how it would all go. We'd have to stop to feed him, change him and hope that he didn't make any messes or scream during the 7 hour drive there and back. Surprisingly he was great pretty much the whole trip. The car rocked him to sleep when he was tired and he was happy when he wasn't.

He looks like he's up to something in this picture.

As long as he had his pacifier, he was happy until we could stop even when it was time for him to eat lunch.

He also had his first trip to the beach. Christi was nice enough to let us use one of her future baby's hats and Stacy was nice enough to let us use her carrier. He loved riding around downtown in his stroller and loved being able to look around in the carrier but he wasn't a huge fan of the sun or the cold wind so we're still working on his love of the beach.

We also took Logan in the pool for the first time on the 4th of July. He wasn't too sure about it at first but now he seems to really like it.

And last of all of Logan's firsts, we took him to the movies. Yep we're those people you spot in a theater and then try to find a seat as far away as possible. I was okay with giving it a try since we were going to the $2 theater so no one spent a lot to see the movie and we planned ahead so the movie would start right after feeding time and we picked the latest showing so he would hopefully go to sleep right after he ate. I was still pretty stressed about it and anytime he made a peep or even looked like he was going to make a peep I was afraid he was going to cry. Luckily he was good and pretty much slept through the whole thing. The second time we went to see Transformers with my parents and it wasn't as perfectly planned since it was a little more last minute and we went out to eat before the movie. Since it wasn't late and he's pretty much on a schedule, he ate when the movie started and then was wide awake...just like I trained him. Transformers is pretty much all action and was really loud which I thought would bother him. I had him facing me and realized he kept trying to see what we were looking at. We sat him up in our arms and he just watched the movie. He was smiling and laughing and having a good 'ol time. At the very end he fell asleep even with all the loud noises of the movie. Besides peeing all over himself in the middle of the movie, diaper's fault not his, he was a perfect angel.

Scott won tickets to the Diamondbacks game tonight so we're gonna take him to his first baseball game. Hopefully that goes just as well.

2 Months

A couple weeks ago I took Logan to his 2 month doctor appointment. He was 12 lbs 5 oz (according to a previous post I overestimated by a pound) and 22 and a half inches long. I was pretty sure he had reflux and after talking to the doctor she prescribed some medication for it. I wish I had video or even a picture of what happens when he takes this medicine because he is so pitiful it's funny. It smells pretty strong...kind of like peppermint and apparently it tastes disgusting. Logan gags every time I give it to him and has the most disgusted look on his face for about 30 minutes. The good news is it works! He no longer cries when he's eating or throws up what seems like a gallon of milk at a distance of 3 feet anymore. I just have to keep telling myself it's worth it when he's giving me that look that says "why are you torturing me" when I give it to him. He also got an immunization shot in each thigh and some sort of immunization drop in his mouth. He screamed for a little while but then he was fine and just fell asleep. We went grocery shopping and I thought he would just sleep it off but I was so wrong. A couple hours later, he was screaming. He wouldn't sleep, couldn't eat, and could only be held in one position that didn't hurt his little legs which involved me holding him on my shoulder rocking and bouncing him to stop the screaming. It was so sad and I have to admit there were times I just cried along with him. Since I didn't feel like I could go inside a store with a baby that sounded like death, I had Scott stop at the store on his way home to get some baby Tylenol . I didn't have a chance to tell him what all I was going through and, of course, this occasion happened to be a "selective hearing" day for Scott and he ended up bring home Mylicon, the medicine we normally buy Logan. Once I took care of things and got the Tylenol in Logan, he was happy and smiling again. Next time he gets shots, I will be ready.I just thought I'd post some pictures I took right around his 2 month mark. I can't believe how big and strong he's getting.

Check out that hair. He has quite the old man culdesac do.

6 weeks old

So here are some recent pictures. He smiles quite a bit but I can never seem to get pictures of him when he does. I just weighed him with me on the scale a couple days ago and he weighs about 13 lbs now. He's growing so fast. There's nothing really exciting about these pictures and no stories to go with them but I know the family in Oklahoma is looking for more recent pictures and I'm here to please the crowd.

Rise and shine. He loves to stretch.

He was really having a good time on this play mat... until he couldn't figure out how to let go of the rings. He's new at playing.Sometimes he's very mellow...and sometimes he's very crazy.

Here's what I like to call his baby bird pose. I think he's just hoping food drops right in his mouth when he does this.