Easter Sunday

We had a great Easter Sunday with Logan. We went to church this morning (and she slept through the whole service so I didn't have to sit in the nursery with her this week) and then we had a little Easter Egg hunt after the service. Logan got two eggs (well, Mommy got two eggs to take pictures of for Lo's baby book)! Then we headed to my parent's house for lunch and we spent most of the afternoon there. Here's a picture of Logan at my parents house, she's saying "Thank you Miss Shannon for my BEAUTIFUL Easter bow!"
Logan loves her bouncer at home so much that we had to get her a bouncer for her grandparent's house!
I'll leave you with our family photo.
Happy Easter! Love, The Kayles

Top 5 Reasons Why I Can't Wait to be a SAHM!

Since I'm on Spring Break and finally seemingly done recovering from my delivery (I was still on the mend when I first went back to work) I'm getting a taste of what it will be like when I can stay at home. I can think of a million reasons why I can't wait to start my new job as a stay at home mom but here are my top 5:

5. I'll be able to go grocery shopping and plan meals for the entire week AND won't be too tired to make the meals in the evening. :) Last night we had sweet polish sausage and wild rice. Tonight we'll be having a chicken casserole.

4. I'll FINALLY be able to keep up on household chores. Yesterday, during Logan's morning nap I was able to deep clean our kitchen, clean the downstairs bathroom, clean the living room AND get a load of diaper laundry done (by the way we LOVE cloth diapers!).

3. It'll give me a lot more time to craft! This week I made Logan a bow holder so that we can keep all of her bows and headbands in the same place. I'll be selling these on etsy once I'm done working too, so look out for that!
I hand painted the letter and the plaque.
The bottom velcros over so that we can hang all of her headbands in the same place, too!
2. I'm able to keep Logan on her preferred schedule. It is so nice to be able to have her get two full naps in, all of her normal feedings AND be able to get her to bed on time every night! When I'm working she has all of her naps at random times because of all of the different places she is during the day (sometimes at my parents, sometimes at home, etc.) It'll actually get a lot better in May when Carolyn is home and so Logan will be at home with the same person the entire month of May (I find that consistency is key with little Lo).
And the number one reason I can't wait to stay home is.....................

I get to spend a lot more time with my two favorite people!!

10 weeks old and smiling!

Today Logan is 10 weeks old!  She is such an incredible joy to her daddy and I.  We wake up every morning and can't wait to see her smiling face and we go to sleep at night marveling at how adorable and easy to love she is.  Logan can now sleep almost all the way through the night, she has a small snack after about 5 hours and then can sleep another 5 or so before she wakes up.  She has learned how to kick her feet in her bouncer so that it continues to bounce when it has stopped.  She has become FASCINATED with her mobile in her crib and will sit in there for 30-45 minutes just laughing at it.  She is starting to grab at her feet and I'm sure she'll soon be putting those in her mouth.  Her newest development is big smiles and little giggles.  Here is my best attempt at capturing them:  

Star of the Show

Logan has been a busy little bee meeting all kinds of family these last couple of weeks.  Last week, Logan met her Great Grandma and Grandpa Kayle.  They spent a lot of time together last Friday while mom was at work, she was held and snuggled all day long!  Here is a picture of the three of them at lunch on Saturday afternoon before Great G&G left.

Sunday afternoon Mike, Logan and I packed up the car and headed to a BBQ after church with our bible study group.  The hosts have a little 3 year old who followed Logan and I around all afternoon.  She was fascinated by the baby and so anxious to help do anything that was needed (bouncing the bouncer, putting her tete --pacifier-- back in her mouth, putting her socks back on and keeping me company while I rocked her).  She's going to be a big sister in a few months so it was good practice for her.  Here's a picture of Logan, it's the best smile picture I've gotten so far.  I swear I'll hold the camera for 10 minutes trying to get her to smile and as soon as I put it down she does it--it's a game!

Monday morning daddy took Logan and I out on a breakfast date.  I'm on Spring Break and it just so happened that Mike got Monday and Tuesday off and so we were all able to spend a lot of time together.  We ate at Casavanna, a local Cuban restaurant.  Here's daddy!

Logan slept the WHOLE date so Mike and I got some good conversation in.

Today is MY grandma's (Tita) birthday!  She had minor surgery on her foot yesterday so she's been in bed the last couple of days.  We went to make her feel better and to hang out with her on her birthday for a while.  Here is Logan getting ready to head over.
Logan and "Bistita" hanging out together.  As you can see, she's discovered her fist and can be found at any given moment trying to shove the ENTIRE thing into her mouth.  One day she'll figure out she just can't do it!
And finally, this is one of Lo's new favorite positions--tummy down on daddy's legs so that she can look out and see the world.  She likes to watch her Baby Einstein from this position, it lets her practice her standing AND watch and listen all at the same time!

Busy Week!

We've had a very busy week here in the Kayle household!  It was my second week of work and Mike was back to work so Logan was back and forth from home to Granddaddy and Nana's house.  That meant earlier mornings for mommy and baby to make sure we made it there on time.  It also meant earlier bedtimes which we are both trying to get used to.  Monday Logan spent the day with my dad and her great grandma (Tita), Tuesday and Wednesday she spent with my college roommate, Rachael, Thursday was back to my parent's house and Friday she spent with Mike and his grandparents!  Crazy busy week for her!

After a long day of playing at my parent's house I laid Logan down on our bed to go to sleep.  I left for about 10 minutes to go downstairs and wash some of her bottles.  I came back and she had rolled almost completely onto her tummy!  I think that once she is able to fully roll over on her own she is going to be a stomach sleeper.  She seems to sleep best when she is on it.
Getting ready to go to First Friday at church with her great grandparents.  
Today we started full time cloth diapering.  She finally fits into her adorable Bum Genius diapers and we are so excited to be using them!  I've noticed that Logan's disposable diapers have been giving her a bad rash and while I can get rid of it with methodbaby (it's the only stuff that works for her), it still comes back.  The cloth diapers should help.
Wow!  Look at our strong little girl!  I put Logan on her tummy this morning for a little tummy time before her nap and she propped herself right up onto her arms and held herself like this for about 20 seconds.  She's growing up!  

Two months old today!

1 month old

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--