Back to belly!

We were getting ready for Logan to go upstairs for his bath tonight when I noticed he seemed SO close to rolling over from back to belly. He was trying SO SO hard. Up until tonight he would just rock from side to side and that is all. However, tonight he was twisting his head around and really straining to roll. We got down on the floor with him and when I noticed he seemed quite close I grabbed the camera. JUST in time. About ten seconds later he flipped onto his belly! This clip is the second time he did it. Here we go.... starting the process to have a mobile baby! YIKES!!

Whoever invented this is my new favorite person!

Whoever invented this little toy is a Godsend to mommies out there! It was one of the few toys we registered for. We have had it since one of our showers. Finally a few weeks ago I started to use it to help him go to bed. With his lovely magical toy we can lay Logan down wide awake (and content and swaddled) - turn on his "Magic Music Machine" on the lullabies setting and BAM - he is out in less than five minutes. He will lay there and talk to himself or the music and then asleep he goes. I had been using it quite successfully at naps and also to put him down after a night feeding. It is nice to know we can put him down and he can fall asleep on his own. Last night he was just not wanting to go to sleep while being held (he took a late cat nap) so I laid him down and turned on the music and "ta-da" he is out! It is Mommy's new favorite thing!

Sitting like a big boy!

We took this picture on Saturday at Grandma and Grandpa's house before a quick bath. He is sitting like a champ now. It was like all of a sudden it clicked. He will still fall over from time to time, but that doesn't seem to phase him unless he fall straight backwards and then he is NOT a happy boy.

Don't mind the bright red cheecks (teething) or the chapped chin (drooling)..... but WOW is he a happy boy!

I do miss him.... but....

So on Friday Nathan was flying down to Florida to help his grandparents back up the rest of their stuff. (They are moving up here in the next month or so.) I had to him to the airport so my mom picked Logan up at daycare and took him home with her. I had planned on going out there early on Saturday. I woke up sicker than a dog Saturday morning and went to the urgent care place at noon to try and get some medicine and nip this nasty sickness in the butt before I started to sound like a barking seal. I went out to mom and dad's after that. Logan and I had a ton of fun playing and hanging out. I spent the night there since Nathan was gone in FL. I had planned on bringing Logan home yesterday with me, but then realized it was kind of silly to bring him home just to sleep and my mom have to drive in to watch him today. Since she takes care of him on Mondays (and Wednesdays) I decided it was best to just let him stay out there.

While I did miss him terribly and Nathan missed him when he got home from driving straight through from Florida we both had the best night of sleep. I don't think I ever woke up until the alarm went off for Nathan. I even planned ahead and took my shower last night so I slept in until about 10 minutes before I needed to leave for work. Got dressed and ate breakfast and out the door.

I am still missing Logan and have called and "talked" to him this morning, but WOW... it sure is wonderful to have a great night of uninterupted sleep! :-)

Okay - so clearly I'm bored...

So clearly today has been a sloooooooooow day at work. I got all my research done and my to-do list is pretty much empty for work. SOOOO.... what did I do?!?

I started another blog! HA! I have always wanted to show people my scrapbooking, but never really have. I would like to think I'm pretty decent at it. (or at least I've gotten better over time!) Maybe someday someone will pay me to make one for them! Ahhhh... a girl can dream at least, right? :-)

I have posted our wedding album today. Check it out if you have a chance!

http://lindseyandherscrapbooking.blogspot.com/

P.S.

Logan is sitting up now too!! Such a big boy! He still will fall over from time to time, but he is doing great!

Then and Now!

I was going through some photos last night from when Logan was first born. Then I pulled up some photos from earlier this week and last night. It is amazing how much he really has changed. Being with Logan every day makes it hard to notice the drastic changes. (Other than how much bigger he is!) I still always thought his little face looked the same.... yeah.... not so much. :-)

Logan's first day in the NICU

Taking a snooze on the couch. He is still quite a peaceful sleeper. I wonder if the urge to check on him when I can't really hear him breathing will ever go away. Probably by high school. :-) haha!


Another NICU picture. I still hate seeing on those monitors and IVs and such hooked up to him. It was very stressful every time an alarm would go off. One would say he was fine the other would say his heartrate or breathing dropped. The nurse would laugh and say that isn't right.... pink babies don't have that problem. You can see on his right foot he has a monitor that checked his blood oxygen level. He would curl his toes around it and make that alarm go off all the time!

Such a BIG boy now. Has gone from premie diapers to size 2-3!

This is really where you can see the difference. He had a feeding tube in his mouth - it ended up in his nose for a while because he kept pulling it out of his mouth. Just like he did the ventilater when they tried hooking him up to that. He was just clearly showing them he didn't need it!

Thank God for the blessings of a happy, healthy baby!

Cereal is still going well. I tried to increase his feedings to two a day, but that lead to some major pain this morning. Logan was so constipated that he was turning beat red and screaming when he was pushing. Poor guy. The diaper was making things worse so I had to unfasten it so he could go. Talk about a rough start to the day. But as soon as he was done he was smiling and back to his happy self. I laid him down on his boppy to watch "Jack's Big Music Show" while I finished getting everything together for daycare. He was making the best singing cooing sounds. I was laughing. I came in and told him how funny I thought he was and he just beamed at me. He certainly knows how to make his mommy smile!

Perspective

A friend of our family died yesterday. It was sudden. It was tragic. His family was a group that Nathan's family is very very close to. He was only 31... would have been celebrating his first wedding anniversary next week. He was an only child to two very devoted parents. His name is Adam.

Nathan and I were talking last night and it was a time where we just wanted to hold eachother and Logan a little closer. You just never know when your time may be up or that of someone you hold so dear.

The thought of Logan dying before us has actually been a reality we faced when they took our baby boy from the labor and delivery room when he wasn't breathing. It was only an hour before we were able to see him and see that he was breathing, but every second not knowing was an eternity. Since then there are still times I will tip toe into his bedroom and make sure he is sleeping peacefully in his crib.

While Nathan and I try to tell each other as often as we can how much we love and appreciate the other it is times like these where you really do realize what you have in life. I know the economy is bad...I know people are struggling... I know people have lost their jobs... I know all these bad things are happening. BUT - look around you... regardless of all those things you have your spouse, you have your children, you have your family, friends, pets... all beings who you love and love you. You can never give too many hugs, too many kisses, too many I love yous, to many thank yous to those around you. Give a few extras out when you think to - in the very least you will know you have brightened someones day.

Success with Cereal... take two!

This was our second attempt at cereal. The first attempt failed miserably! Logan wanted nothing to do with it and got very very mad at me. But after waiting two more weeks things went a lot better! Here are some of the highlights...

The first bite:

Logan's reaction:

One of Logan's very lovely faces while eating the cereal:

"Fine - okay Mommy... I'll play along..."

Logan was even nice enough to help feed himself...

But it looks like he was actually trying to trick me and didn't want to give me back the spoon!

A few more bites:

"Daddy - I know you are busy taking pictures, but please help... I really just want my bottle!"

5 months old!

I still can't believe Mr. Man is 5 months old now! At his last appt (when he had a cold last week) he was 14 pounds 5.5 oz and 25 3/8 inches long. His cold has for the most part passed. He is doing so great. His latest thing which just MAKES MY DAY is when we put him in the exersaucer he just has a great time. BUT when he is ready to be done he will fuss a bit and when I ask him if he is done he will reach his arms up for me to pick him up. I love it! He is such a sweet little man. He nuzzles into my shoulder and just loves on me. A great time!

I think we will try cereal again in the next couple days. Our first try wasn't the greatest. He was not a fan! :-)

Kayleigh is doing great!

I posted a while ago about this beautiful little miracle baby! She truly is. So many people across the world are praying for her every day. I am so happy to say that she is doing SO much better! Reading her parent's blog and updates each day it was clear that she was so close to death. The prayers and doctors and everyong around her helped pull her through and she seems to be recovering more and more each day. I just pray that it continues. I know she has been an inspiration in my life and many many others.

http://kayleighannefreeman.blogspot.com/2009/01/1809-see-it-to-believe-it.html

Who knew an exersaucer could be so amazing!?!

Logan LOVES to stand and so putting him the exersaucer every so often is something he gets beyond excited about. We have to put our Wii Fit board in the bottom because even on the lowest setting he can't reach the bottom. :-) He stands right up holding all his weight for a good 10 seconds before he plops back down and spins himself around. He loves grabbing all the toys - especially the ones he can pull into his mouth. There are also buttons that make animal noises - the cow and lion seem to be his favorites. (Maybe that is because those are the only ones he can reach... but whatever!)

"That red triangle is mesmerizing!"

"Checking out the cool 'MP3'-like toy Aunt Christina and Uncle Oliver got me...

I really just like the lights."


"Pressing the cow button... yet again!
See that lizardy lookin thing? Yeah I chomp on that bad boy!"

"I don't quite understand this part of the toy but I like when mommy and daddy push the balls over the arch for me!"

"Yup - Exersaucer time is FUN!!! YIPEE!!"

Looking back...

I can't believe all the things that have happened over the past year. Just before 2008 began we found out we were going to be parents! December 22nd to be exact. What an amazing Christmas gift God gave us!

It was surreal to know that it happened so quickly after we decided to start trying. This tiny little person was already growing and getting ready to make our lives even more fantastic than we could imagine...

One of Logan's first pictures:

Once we knew our little baby was on the way we went forward with our house buying plans! We knew that was something we wanted to do in 2008, but jumped on it as soon as the year started. In April we closed on our first house! We spent the rest of April and May making the house ours with some new paint and taking down some HORRID wallpaper! (Many thanks to my parents for all the help they gave us!)

Our moving team:

We moved in May and have had a great time making our house a home. I had hoped I would have been more help, but soon after we moved I was put on bedrest! GOOD TIMES!

Who knew sitting on your butt could be so tiring!?! But gestational hypertention - which turned into pre-eclampsia and throw in a little gestational diabetes and you are in for a placenta nightmare! I went twice a week for tests to make sure Logan was still doing well. The week leading up to his birth I was at the labor and delivery triage every day (with even once overnight stay) except for Friday. My blood pressure wasn't coming down. An ultrasound on Wednesday showed that Logan wasn't really growing in there. All my issues were ruining my placenta and making it hard for Logan to grow. Saturday was it and they decided to induce me! Everything went well - other than the epidural not working. Logan was born on August 10th, 2008 at 7:34 a.m.

Logan in the NICU isolette:

My first time holding him the day after he was born:

Life would never be the same. Those first few moments were so scary as Logan had respiratory distress because he inhaled a blood clot. Thankfully the NICU team were able to get it out and he was breathing on his own. He was just about 4 weeks early. A short week's stay in the NICU and we were able to bring him home! It is hard to believe that the little 5 pound baby boy we brought home from the NICU is the same 14 1/2 pound laughing, smiling, sitting big baby boy we have now! He is doing so great! He has blessed us with so much love, taught us new levels of patiences and how to operate on limited sleep.

Nathan and I were talking on New Years Eve and just trying to imagine how 2009 could be any better than 2008. That is when Nathan said - well you won't be pregnant in 2009. I said - uhm... but we have Logan. He says he is treating Logan's birth and my pregnancy as two different things! HAHA! He reminded me of the siatica pain, diabetes diet, waking to pee every hour, throwing up, falling asleep in the middle of the day (although that part wasn't all bad...), the crazy amount of trips to triage and unlimited doctors appts, etc etc... Okay so pregnancy wasn't my favorite thing ever.

But this next year we get to watch our bouncing baby grow into a tumbling toddler, continue making our house a home, loving each other more each day, laughing at the rediculousness that we come up with, wondering if anyone has as much fun together as we do on a daily basis, bickering and then realizing a minute later how dumb it is... and sleeping through the night again!

We hope and pray the best for everyone in 2009. I pray each day is better than the one before!

Love,

Lindsey