And She's Off!

Well, it's finally happened. Logan is mobile! She's been getting around for a while, but it's never been purposeful. She never moved to actually get somewhere, it usually happened gradually that she's move herself around the room. Last night, I left her in our room to go grab something from the kitchen and was on my way back to her when I discovered her halfway down our hallway on her way to me. I proceeded to coax her the rest of the way and she got there! So, here's Logan's version of the crawling thing. Enjoy!

Road to recovery

After being up literally ALL NIGHT on Wednesday night with Logan screaming and banging/pulling on her ears most of it, I decided to take her to the Dr. yesterday. Since she can't tell me what's wrong, I worried that she might have an ear infection and I didn't want to leave that untreated (better safe than sorry, right?). We love the new practice we've been going to, so far we've enjoyed all of the Dr.'s that we've seen...which is good, because they aren't all there all the time- so in cases like yesterday, we needed to see a Dr. we hadn't seen before.

They did a good once over of L. No ear infection, but the Dr. could see a lot of drainage and thinks that may have been the cause of the ear pulling (possibly along with some teething). Since there was no infection and she hadn't had a fever in 24 hrs, they went ahead and gave her her flu shot. Nothing like going to the Dr. feeling poopy and having to get a shot that makes you feel more poopy, right? The Dr. just didn't see any sense in having us come back in a week and pay another copay to do something that they could do yesterday. She also reasoned that she already felt bad, so adding a little fever/soreness wouldn't affect her as much now as it would if she was feeling great. She was a champ! A little crying in the office but other than that you really couldn't tell she'd gotten one until later in the evening when she got fussy and pulled at her leg a little.

When Logan is well she has been trying successfully to pull up on things now for a few weeks. We had to move the coffee table out of the way because she pulls up on it, gets to standing and then falls--sometimes hitting her chin. So, until she's strong enough to pull up and stay up on that one, it's out. Yesterday, when she wasn't wanting to be held (which was a total of about 20 minutes), she spent her time pulling up on her jumper--you'd never know she felt so bad when you look at these pictures:

She seems better today. She slept almost a full night last night, so that may play a big part. It at least plays a big part in my health and sanity because I got more than 2 hours last night and it's the first night in about 3 that it's happened. I prayed last night that Logan would at least sleep until four, and what do you know, 4am on the dot she woke up. She was only awake a minute or two, though, and ate and went back down until 8:30. We're looking forward to a restful day trying to finish up Logan's recovery from this nasty cold so we can have fun this weekend. Happy Friday!

We've been hit!

The beautiful fall weather brought along an unwanted guest: cold and flu season. Both Logan and Mike have come down with a nasty cold and it's been quite a challenge for me to handle a sick husband and a sick baby at the same time. Last night Logan's full night sleeping came to a halt as she woke up at 1:30am with a stuffy nose and some other cold symptoms. She was up from 1:30-5 and then went back down briefly until 7:30 and has been up pretty much ever since with the exception of a few 30 minute naps (she can only sleep until her nose stuffs up and then she wakes up uncomfortable--poor thing).

Today we had to stock up on pedialite, tylenol, motrin, dayquil, thermometers and the like. We've been cuddling and watching Little Einsteins for the better portion of the day. Though, looking at these pictures, you'd never know she had been up all night the night before and was feeling so yucky. She's a happy girl so long as it's not about time for her next dose of meds.

Goodbye Summer, Hello Fall!

We've been waking up to 52 degree weather here and so Logan and I have been taking morning walks instead of early evening walks. It's been fun. Yesterday we spent an hour outside together and she just laughed and let the wind blow through her hair. Here's a few pictures from the event:

Mama's Helper

Logan has gotten to that wonderful age when she cannot be left alone in a room anymore without making a complete mess or getting herself into something that leaves her stuck. Since I can't stick her in her pack and play to play around (because she screams bloody murder until she's picked up), that usually leaves me one option: bring her with me.

Where I go.

Yes, wherever.

Yes, even to the bathroom.

I know. You don't have to say it.

I always remember my mom talking about never being able to go to the bathroom alone after she had kids and I laughed it off thinking we just must have been crazy. I can say now that I know the unfortunate truth and that my child has to come to the bathroom with me now, too.

Anyway, I also have to stick her with me in the kitchen while I make dinner. To keep her occupied (so I don't have to spend 20 minutes bringing her toys into the kitchen) I usually throw a pot or something down for her and ask her to help me make dinner for daddy. She loves it! (pardon the food on her face in the first shot, the look was just too cute to keep off of here)

8 Month Photo Shoot

So, our monthy photo shoots are no longer an easy task. We spent 20 minutes this morning trying to get a good shot of her that could be compared to previous months. These are the pictures that got snapped on the way to the right shot:

(read next post to get the 8 month update)

8 Months Old!

Good morning, guys! I'm EIGHT MONTHS old today!!

Logan is well on her way to being a 1 year old! Ah!! We're 2/3 of the way there. She is quite a joy and as she gets older, we enjoy her more. We're at that age where she's getting to be very interactive and that's been a lot of fun.
So, Logan, you are eight whole months old--what have you been up to this month?

- You are clinging to mommy like GLUE. And when I say glue, I mean people have to peel you off of me to get to you and you usually don't go without a fight and some major tears. (you do go happily with your daddy, though, thankfully)

-You are wearing size four diapers when you aren't in cloth. You fit into size 3, but 4's are a lot roomier and prevent a lot more leaking.

- You wear 6-9 month clothing but you're fitting better into the bigger stuff (for example, if there's something that is 6-9 month and then there's something that is just 9 month, you fit much better into the latter).

- You wear 12 month PJ's. Not sure why we have such an issue with the PJ sizes. The 6-9 month PJ's definitely don't fit you anymore. You have a few 9 month PJ's that fit but mostly you're in the 12 month ones.

- You started waving this month. When you first did it we thought you were just playing with your hands but now you do it in response to people who wave at you. You also do it when you wake up from your nap and see your daddy--it's like you're saying hi, I'm awake now!

- You can say three words: mama, dada and banana (which sounds more like anana). You only say banana when I take food out for you, probably because you love bananas so much that during some point in your meal you usually have something with banana in it and that word is repeated to you over and over as you eat.

- You do not crawl yet. You've been rearing to go for about 2 months now but haven't gotten there. However, you did master the rolls this month. Up until now you have HATED rolling from your back to your tummy and pretty much refused to do it until one day this month you realized that if you roll from back to tummy and then back to your back...you can get places. So, you've been doing it a lot this last month. Along with that, you've learned how to roll out of your diapers when you're on the changing table which makes life a little tougher.

-Your first freckle showed up this month! It is on your right cheek and I don't know why it's so exciting to me, but I just find it adorable and kiss it all the time.

- You learned cause and effect this month. For example, if I sit you close enough to your bouncer (and the music happens to be turned on) you know that if you bat at it, it'll play the sound effects. This entertains you for hours. You also learned cause and effect by trying things you aren't supposed to do and getting swatted on the hand (i.e. grabbing cords, etc.). You already are testing your boundaries.

- You know the meaning of the word "no." When you hear it you immediately drop whatever you are doing.

- Your favorite books are still "Moo, Baa, Lalala" and "No, no, Noah!" followed closely by "Happy Baby ABC's."

- Your received a puzzle this month that has big knobs on it and it has quickly become your favorite thing to play with (or chew on).

- You've started taking two 2 hr naps a day, which is AMAZING for mommy because I'm able to get so much stuff done.

- Speaking of sleep, not sure if this is a fluke but for the last three nights you've slept from 9:30pm-6am only to wake up for a quick drink and then you go back down until 8:30. It's been incredible! This is the first time in eight months that I've slept more than 5 hours at a time.

- You now reach to be picked up. It is the sweetest thing and just melts my heart when you lift your arms up for me to hold you.

We love you so much and are so excited to continue watching you grow up! You are such a joy to have.

Here are your comparison pictures:

And this is when it really hits how much you've changed: