Four

Here's our first picture(s) as a family of four! We had a couple done in the hospital but the camera was on the wrong setting so you can see four blurry light figures but not much else. Before Carolyn left, we had her snag a couple. Unfortunately, we were quite tired so our little ones look like fresh spring chickens -- because for whatever reason they both seem to bounce back very nicely after nights of not much sleep -- but Mike and I were pretty exhausted...hence the sunglasses. :)

Logan Picks Brackets

Here's Logan helping Mike pick his brackets the other night:

Push Present

I have to take a minute to brag on my husband. He told me that this go around he wanted to get me a push present but wasn't sure what to get. I'm not a big jewelry person, I like the stuff I have and never switch it out so I know it's not easy to shop for me... but he outdid himself this time. I've been hinting that I wanted a new shower head for a while and so yesterday when we were at Target he ran off and picked one up for me. He came home, installed it and then let me go revel in it's glory for quite a long time. Let me tell you, nothing says I love you like a gift that makes you feel like a human again. It is absolutely the best push present I could have asked for.

Anyway, what's been going on at our house? Well, Logan has decided she needs a pacifier now just like her brother:

(not really, she just throws one in her mouth every once and a while and parades around so that everyone can see what she's doing)

Brody has been sleeping...

Watching basketball with daddy:

And sleeping some more.

And both kids are loving their last few days with Aunt "tare." I'm not sure I'm ready for all of my help to leave! It's been so nice to have so many extra hands to help.

Today we left Brody sitting in his chair while both Carolyn and I ran out of the room to do random things (literally for a minute) and before I knew it Logan was running down the hall to ask me if she could hold Brody. I told her she had to wait for one of us to come into the room so she ran back in and held his little hand until we were ready. She is such a sweet big sister, it's so much fun to watch her in this new role.

Meeting Brody

Here are a couple of videos of Logan meeting Brody. In the first one I don't think she quite understands what's going on--she had been away from Mike and I all day long and was tired and seemed more excited about seeing the two of us than figuring out what the little creature in the basket was. After a little while we tried to re-introduce them and that's when she got really excited. She does think for a minute that he's Benjamin (her cousin) because he's the only "baby" she had been around (for an extended period of time) and because he's the only baby boy we have pictures of.

Girls Morning Out

Yesterday we headed out to the mall so we could do a little window shopping and have lunch. I've been really wanting the BBQ Ranch Chicken salad from Cheesecake Factory so that's where we headed for lunch. Logan has really stepped up the last few days and has been behaving SO WELL wherever we go. It's been a huge blessing and I'm hoping it keeps up after our help is gone.

She had some mini hamburgers and french fries for lunch. The fries kept her good and occupied for quite a while.

My two kiddos:

These two have been such a huge help to us this week! We are so thankful that they were able to take some time off to come help out.

Logan has loved all of the extra attention she's been getting. She just adores Carolyn and follows her around the apartment. She wants to do everything she does!

And we got to use the double stroller for the first time (with my own two kids, that is)! The carseat, thankfully, pops right onto the front bar of the stroller so we won't need to get another double stroller. The best part? Logan LOVES being right next to her brother in there so she doesn't fuss about wanting to get out at all! We just kept telling her to watch Brody and make sure he was happy and she was very content to just sit with him. At this point she was done shopping, though, she was ready for bed.

(I should also mention that the angle the picture is taken from makes it look like she doesn't fit very well, but she really does fit just fine.)

Sweet Little Boy

We've been tinkering around with some pictures since our new subject doesn't move like the toddler does. They aren't anywhere near the quality I'd like, but I'm waiting another week or two until little boy has some more wakeful periods before getting someone in here to shoot some real ones.

A Few Pictures

We're adjusting to life with two. We've also been doing a lot with Logan since we've got some extra help for the next few days so I've neglected putting pictures up for a few days. Here are a few and I'll work on taking some more in the next couple of days.

Logan L-O-V-E-S her baby brother. She constantly asks where her baby is and wants to help with every little thing....except throwing diapers away, she quickly exits the room before she gets asked to help with that task. I guess I can't blame her. :)

We've found that this is the best place to have Logan hold Brody. She likes to just sit and snuggle him in his chair and he seems just as content to sit leaning up against her shoulder asleep.

Today we ventured out to Chik-fil-a for another free breakfast. Logan thought it was fun to show off her brother and was highly disappointed when I told her she couldn't take him with her into the play place. I'm also confused with my dates and thought it was St. Patrick's day when we woke up so she's wearing her green today. I guess everything starts to run together when you're tired.

And this little guy just slept while we all ate and played. I really think he could sleep through a hurricane which is fantastic since that's kind of what Logan reminds me of in the afternoons.

We've done really well adjusting here. Logan is acting just about how I expected her to--she's loving having a baby around but does test us in other areas. We're working hard to get her back on her schedule starting today and think that'll at least help marginally. Brody is a very easy baby (fingers crossed it stays that way). He's very alert and is already having 2 hour awake periods at a time. He sleeps well at night only waking quickly for feedings and then he goes right back down, so I'm able to sleep a good 6 hours a night right now. He nurses like a champ and we've had no challenges with that. He was almost back to birth weight at our weight check yesterday and he's got no signs of any jaundice. We'll see how easy things are once all of our help leaves, but right now we'll continue to enjoy the extra hands!