Two months old today!

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2 months old

Logan is TWO MONTHS OLD today! AH! How did she get so big, so fast?! :) Again, this month I'll say that although the time does seem to fly sometimes, other times (like in the middle of the night) it seems like it has definitely been two months. I will say that pregnancy was like a turtle walk and babyhood seems to go a lot faster than that did. We went to the Dr. last week and Logan is weighing 10lbs 5oz and she is 20 3/4 inches long, the Dr. was shocked that she is only on breast milk, he says she's growing very nicely and that we're doing a great job. It's always nice to hear someone say that. We've seen every Dr. in the practice that we go to and I haven't wanted to choose one because I love them all so much, so I just let them put me with whoever when they schedule me (though, for her 4 month appointment they've put us with the Dr. I've been favoring and may stick with until we leave). Here are some pictures of Logan today at 2 months old:The end of a BEAUTIFUL smile! She's been doing this a lot lately, and as you'll see in the next few pictures, I can capture the beginning or the end but I can't seem to get the actual smile--they come so quickly and I am so excited when I see it that it's hard to get the camera going quick enough.


Again, this is the end of one of her smiles. You can really see how long she is in this picture. At the rate she's going, she'll be taller than me before she's 6 years old! :)

This one was captured at the beginning of a smile. I know everyone is wondering what Logan did to celebrate her two month birthday. What did we do?




We went and got mommy's hair cut! :) It has been 4 LONG months since I've had my hair done. While I hear it's common to lose a lot of your hair after you've given birth because of the hormone changes, mine has gotten thicker...if that's even possible. It's been heavy and hard to manage so I went in and had them thin it out a little and trim it up so that I can feel like a pretty mama again. Logan slept through the whole thing, she was such a good girl! Tonight Mike is working so we'll probably rent a chick flick and have a girls night... it's so nice to have someone to spend the evenings with when Mike closes, I definitely don't feel lonely anymore when he's gone (don't get me wrong, I LOVE having him at home, though).

Ok, little girl...you are two months old today and these are things that are new about you this month:

- Your head control is great! You hold your head up all by yourself and when you're on your tummy you can hold it up too.
- Speaking of your tummy, you LOVE tummy time! You'll lay on your tummy and play and play and play and only fuss after you've been doing it for a long time.
- You like to stand on mommy and daddy's knees, you have very strong legs. Occasionally you'll even start to bounce a little, you are growing up so fast!
- You started smiling this month. It's not always in response to anything, but it is a BEAUTIFUL smile and it just makes mommy and daddy light up when you do it.
- You like to stick your tongue out at daddy when he sticks his out at you. At fist we thought maybe you were just sticking out your tongue because it's such a natural thing for you but you seem to do it in response to him because every time he does it, you do it right back at him until he stops.
- You continue to love your baths, it's so great for us because we know you'll settle down as soon as you hit the warm water.
-You consistently sleep 4 hour stretches at night and on occasion you'll even give mommy and daddy 6 hours! You're a good sleeper but....
- You HATE to fall asleep. You fight it and fight it and fight it. I think you want to be up and knowing what's going on in the world around you (I'm like that, too, so you get it from your mama), I usually have to snuggle you really close to get you to fall asleep.

We love you so much!

Back to the Grind

My 8 week maternity leave ended this morning as I sadly marched my way back into a classroom full of 7 year olds.  Saying goodbye to the little one was a little tough this morning but I definitely have the conquering mentality- I just have to tough it out for 11 weeks (only 10 of those weeks are in school, 48 school days, 76 regular days) and then I'll be home with my baby for good.  It wasn't as tough as I thought it would be, the day went very quickly and I eagerly anticipated getting my arms back around Logan.  Mike stayed home with her today and will be here all this week.  Here are some pictures he sent me at work to help me through the day--

Party Animal!

Logan and I went to Sam's baby shower yesterday.  She's expecting baby boy # 2 at the end of April.  Logan is so excited about her new friend being born and can't wait for him to get here so she has another playmate in the nursery!  This is how she spent the ENTIRE 3 hours we were there:

Happy 7 Weeks

Logan is now 7 weeks old!  Next week we'll celebrate her 2 month birthday.  Where has the time gone?  I feel like it's almost time to pack her lunchbox for kindergarten. *sniff sniff*  Here are a couple of pictures to celebrate the day!

Logan is starting to watch things very intently.  When we realized she loved to just stare at the top of her carseat handle, we broke down and got a toy to hang from it so she'd have something a little more entertaining to look at.  :)  She seems to enjoy it, but every once and a while we still catch her just watching the top bar (oh, to be so easily entertained).

March Happenings

March has already been such a busy month!  We've been getting into a good routine, we've been taking more trips out to get away from the house, and Tia Carolyn, Uncle John and future Aunt Lindsey came for a visit!

We reached another milestone a couple of weeks ago, this is more of a mommy milestone, though.  Before I had Logan I prepared several meals to freeze and they lasted us all the way up until last week.  So, last week I loaded up my baby and we went to the grocery store to pick up some things for meals.  The picture above is one of the meals that I made.  It was a WONDERFUL lemon chicken recipe (let me know if you want it, it's easy and yummy!).

This is what kept Logan entertained while I cooked.  When we first got our bouncer I was a little sad that she didn't seem to take to it.  I think now that she's more alert and is able to focus on different things she enjoys it a lot more.  I can sit her in there for 30-45 minutes at a time sometimes and she just watches the animal toys rock back and forth.  She's been trying to grab at them but hasn't quite mastered that yet.
Mommy and Lo all ready for St. Patrick's day!  Actually, this was the Sunday before St. Patty's.  I wanted to be able to show her cute shamrock dress of somewhere other than our house so I put it on her a little bit early.  
Logan's Tia Carolyn is down this week on Spring Break from the University of Alabama.  She came down with John and Lindsey and we've been doing all kinds of things to get ready for their big wedding in August.  This was Monday afternoon at Miracle Mile getting our Bridesmaids dresses taken care of.  :)

Baby LOVES Bathtime

In all my years of nannying and babysitting I never met a baby who loved baths as much as my own child does...in fact, most of them HATED baths!  Not this child.  When Mike and I hit our wits end with Logan's crying all we have to do is stick her in the bath tub and she IMMEDIATELY (yes, as soon as she touches the water) stops crying and becomes completely content.  Too bad we can't keep her in there all day long when she has fussy days.  :)  

One of the many reasons I love having a baby girl!

We get to play dress up!  When we lived in Tallahassee all of the little girls wore bows like this and it seemed liked at every corner there was some boutique shop that specialized in making these and monogramming things.  I always thought that if I ever had my own little girl I'd definitely spoil her with all of these girly things...and then we moved to Miami where they don't have anything like that.  I found a great place that makes them online, though, and was so excited when I discovered it!  

I'll finish this post with a couple of pictures I took last night.  This is Logan listening to her dad practice his sermon.  

I guess she's not old enough to appreciate it, yet.  

Look at what Mommy made me!

With the little bit of extra time I've had with a new baby (which isn't a lot), I took Logan to the craft store and got some things to make her some new onesies!  The first one (on the left) says "priceless", the middle one says "does this diaper make my butt look big?" and the far one says "mommy needs a nap."  Logan and I had fun crafting together.  

Before Logan was born I looked EVERYWHERE for a baby tutu that wasn't over $30.00 and had no luck.  A few days ago I decided I could make one myself and went and got the materials and went to it.  I think in effort to supplement our income a bit next year I'll start an etsy business and sell baby/little girl tutus and the letters I made for her room.  I know it won't make us a ton of money, but it'll give us a little extra for spending.  Here are a couple of pictures of Logan with her new tutu, it's still a little big but I love it!

Random Stuff

So much has been happening with little Logan in the last couple of days that I wanted to give everyone an update-- and what better way to update than through pictures!

Logan has been going through an intense growth spurt the last couple of days.  She is eating a TON, sleeping more than usual and is a bit fussier than she normally is.  In an effort to get her to stop crying, so that mommy can have a break, Mike has started doing ANYTHING to try to comfort her and this seems to be her favorite.  She sits facing out while he swings her back and forth.

Here she is during the first part of our night-night routine.  She has just been bathed and is getting ready to cuddle with daddy.  We are starting to establish nightly routines with her so that when she eventually gets moved into her own crib for the whole night she knows what's coming.  We start with a bath, cuddle with daddy, eat and then listen to some Baby Einstein lullabies.  She is starting to get the hang of it all and hopefully it will make her transition a little easier.

Hooray for small victories!  Yesterday, Logan took a nap long enough that I could totally deep clean our kitchen!  Usually she sleeps just long enough that I can get the dishes done and some of the clutter picked up before she wakes up and needs to be fed.  Yesterday, and today, she has slept so long that I've had time to get bigger projects done while she is sleeping.  This is a wonderful milestone to hit!

August 9 is quickly approaching.  For those of you who don't know, my brother, John, is getting married on August 9 of this year and when I first realized that this was a mere 6 months from the time I would give birth I began to panic a bit.  How in the world was I going to get back to pre-baby size by the time the wedding came???  So far, of the 31 lbs that I gained while preggo with Logan, I've lost about 26!  I only have about 5 more pounds to lose before I'm back to my normal weight but do not mistake that for being back into pre-baby shape.  In effort to start getting myself back to that, Logan and I started walking in the afternoons.  Yesterday we walked almost a mile and a half!  She loves being outside and looking around at the new world she entered a few weeks ago.
She's been so alert lately!  Here she is getting ready to head out on our walk in our WONDERFUL snap and go stroller.  

And finally, another great milestone!  Logan has started taking some of her naps in her own crib.