Dentist

Yesterday, Logan had her first dentist appointment! Our pediatrician said she's at a good age to get seen since she's got so many of her teeth in and it's a good age to start promoting those healthy habits. I had really wanted to get some pictures in the examination room because it was themed like a rainforest and had butterflies hanging and trees everywhere, but Logan was pretty clingy and so that didn't happen.

She did really well until the hygienist pulled Logan's head into her lap to clean her teeth, then she didn't know what was going on. She kept saying, "mommy, I meed (need) you, I tan't do this, I tan't do this!" I didn't know whether to laugh because it was so cute or cry right along with her because she was so scared. She got through it, though, with the promise that we'd order her a special, non food related treat when we got home. Here she is showing off her clean teeth (she wouldn't smile, I think her teeth felt really funny with the fluoride in):

She's got a nice, healthy set of teeth! Her two year molars haven't popped yet, but the Dr. says they're right under the surface so it could be any time. He says she does a great job with her brushing and to keep it up and we'll go back in a year and then start regular exams every 6 months or so.

(at this point she was done with pictures and wanted to get home to show daddy her teeth)

Cooking With Kids

Yesterday, Logan and I were invited to attend a cooking with kids party. Our neighbor is a Pampered Chef consultant and throws all kinds of fun cooking parties and did one for the kids this go around. She did a little PC promoting but mostly it was just a fun get together to experiment with her own products and to let the kids do some cooking. They made burger sliders for lunch and then made brownie sundaes for dessert. Logan doesn't get a whole lot of sugar in her diet so it's a real treat when she gets to load up!

She poured her own sprinkles and put her own whipped cream on top.

The brownie was on the bottom of the ice cream mess she created and I'm not sure she even noticed it was there...and since it was so close to naptime I didn't dare tell her there was more sugar to be eaten!

Logan loves to go over there and play because Carleigh has all kinds of fun, girly toys. This tiara was pretty much glued to her head until we pried it off so we could go home.

Then on a random side story, when Logan throws crazy tantrums we send her to her room until she can tell us that she has a happy heart again. A couple nights ago I put her to bed and a few hours later she poked her head out of her room and said, "mommy, mommy! I ha-he (happy) and I have bow, I tum out now?" This is what she looked like:

At this point Mike was minutes away from being home so I got her up to say goodnight to him. However, now anytime she goes into her room for bedtime she has to try the "ha-he" routine to see if I'll let her out.

Happy Boy!

We started Brody on Zantac yesterday in hopes that it would help with his fussiness/pain while he was spitting up/laying down and it seems to have helped! He's allowed us to lay him flat on his back under his play mat several times for long periods of time and is content as can be. He's also allowing me to lay him down and he falls asleep on his own, now, which he wasn't doing when he was in pain. Hopefully the meds are helping and he'll continue to improve! I caught a couple of smiles this morning:

Conversations With My Two Year Old Part 3

Me: Logan, we're having fish for dinner tonight.

L: Like Memo (nemo)?

Me: Yes, Nemo is a fish.

L: Mommy, I no eat memo. Shorry.

After we got home from Target the other day, Logan ran to find Mike.

L: "Daddy, we got you tack tack juice!"

Mike and I took a minute to figure it out, but realized she was telling him we'd gotten him contact solution (contact juice).

Logan grabbed Brody's blanket and cuddled up to it.

L: Mommy, this is my bank.

Me: No, that's Brody's blanket, just like you have your pink blanket, that's his blanket.

L: No, it's mine, but I share with Broey.

Oh boy.

Last night Logan climbed up onto the counter and grabbed a cookie. I told her she could have one bite and then she needed to put it up until today. She took a bite and then said she'd throw it away, I told her that was fine so she climbed down, went to the trash and continued to eye the cookie in her hand.

L: Mommy, I have one more bite?

Me: No, Logan, no more bites. If you disobey we'll have consequences.

L: Oh. Otay.

I turned around to finish the dishes and when I looked back at her she was chewing and had a smug little smile on.

Me: Did you eat that cookie?

L: Yes, I ate tookie. I get a no-no now, but mmmmm I got a tookie.

I guess it was worth the consequence.

1 Month Old!

Brody was one month old yesterday! I waited to post until today because I knew we were having his 1 month well checkup and wanted to include all of that info. So, here's what you're up to little man:

- You weigh 10lbs 1oz and are in the 55% for your weight.

- You are 21 1/2 inches long and are in the 40% for your height.

- You are not wearing any sized disposable diapers because you miraculously can pee out of them, so we bought some small cloth diapers and started you on those a few months early. (thank you, though, because by the end of it, you'll have saved us quite a bit of money in the first few months)

- You're still wearing newborn clothes.

- You have good control of your head and love to lift it up and look around.

- You've started to smile and it's such a sweet little smile!

- You sleep 3 hour stretches most nights, though, you gave me a 4 hour stretch a couple nights ago and I'm hoping that returns.

- You're a great sleeper, though! You eat when you get up at night and go right back down until the next feeding. This is quite a change from your sister who would wake up to eat and then stay up.

- You've adapted really well to our schedule. You get up when your sister does, take a nap about a two hours later, eat lunch with us, take your second nap while she naps, take a short catnap before dinner and you go to bed within 30-45 minutes of her, so you've made my life a little easier!

- I'd love to say you're a super happy baby, but you're pretty fussy during the day unless you're wrapped up tight in the moby. We talked to the Dr. about it and she thinks you've got a touch of reflux so she's put you on some medicine for it and says it should help. (ETA-- you're most fussy when you're trying to spit up/spitting up or when you're flat on your back which is why we brought it up at the Dr.)

- You love your mommy and have a hard time being passed to anyone else. Every once and a while you'll be happy when daddy is holding you, but for the most part you want your mama.

- You HATE the car. We dread having to go places because we know you'll scream the entire time.

- You love your sister. If you're really upset, she can usually cheer you right up.

You are a joy to have, though! We're so blessed to have you as our son and are so excited to watch you grow. It's hard to imagine life without you and you've only been with us for a month. We love you!

Play Day!

It was finally warm enough to pull out the double stroller and walk ourselves to the local park. I breathed a sigh of relief when I woke up and the weather looked beautiful because it meant we didn't have to stay cooped up indoor anymore! And we're already reaping the rewards of it as Logan fell asleep the instant she hit her pillow and will hopefully sleep for quite a while. All but one of these pictures are of Logan because Brody pretty much just took his morning nap while we were there in the carseat. I've come to realize that my new camera is just MADE to take pictures outside, I got some gorgeous shots of my gorgeous girl!

Sweet boy sleeping through our morning:

I included this next one because I get told a lot (especially by random strangers) that Logan looks like the Olsen twins back when they played Michelle on Full House. I don't see it much, probably because I'm her mom, but she does kind of look like them in this picture:

And here's a video of Logan sliding (she's saying, "keep going, keep going!" most of the video):

Sunday

So, we finally made it back to church today! I really hate when we have to be out...even though our church streams their service live, there's just nothing like corporate worship and when we can't be there I feel it all week long. I'm happy to announce that despite having a fussy toddler who did NOT want to get dressed this morning (she spent a grand total of 25 minutes in her room thinking about her little 'tude before deciding to get dressed), having to plan out my nursing so I got it in right before we left, having to fill two bags and get four of us out the door, we were only 3 minutes late!

Nothing like starting the day off with some French Toast ("with pow sug PEES!")

Here's Logan with Brody after church trying to teach him the verse she and I have been working on (Deut. 6:5 in Logan-ese "Love the Lord your Dod with all your har, with all your shoul and with all your miiiiiii.")

Sweet smiles for the camera:

Every once and a while she stops, leans her head down like this (usually it's up against his head) and says, "Awwww....I yuv you Broey." And I melt...over and over and over again.

Before we go to bed at night, we say the Shepherd's prayer together (and usually use her little Bible to do it). Today when I put her in her room for her nap I kept hearing her call out, "Mommy! I meed (need) my shep!" After a while I heard her mumbling quite a bit. And I didn't get it until I went in after she fell asleep and checked on her. She had her bible open to the Shepherd's prayer and that's what I had been hearing her mumble.

Mike has a crazy week with papers and such this week for class so the poor guy has been at Starbucks for the last four hours writing a paper and studying. Logan and I are going to go make him some dinner now so he can fuel up before studying into the evening tonight!

Happy Sunday!

(p.s. there are some pictures in the post below--I did two posts today and want to make sure all of the grandparents and great grandparents don't miss out on any!)