*Rawr!*

Well Logan has been a busy busy boy here lately.
Jeff and I both worked on Halloween so he went Trick or Treating on All Saint's Day (November 1st before you ask). But earlier in the day he went to church with Grandpa Don and Grandma Paula and had a blessing/naming ceremony he had a good time playing with people and flirting with the girls and biting Uncle Jeremy's finger plus yanking Mommy around by the hair (where did I sign up for that kind of abuse by the way?) We misplaced our camera so I don't have family/Halloween pics, but Paula has them so I'll have some up pretty soon and I'll add them on this blog.
We went shopping at Babies R Us, really there should be a law against that place....geez....I spend too much time there, but anyways we found this awesome little elephant and Logan is bonkers about it....and I do mean bonkers.


The wheel in the middle spins, lights up and plays music....he's absolutely in love.


I think he likes it? What do you think?


It truly is amazing how much space a small little boy can take up of a king size bed lol! He has about 3/4 of it at all times, preferably the middle with us on our sides on the edges so he can have more rolling and creeping room. He gets around really well in the bed, not really interested in crawling yet *thankfully!* He gets around pretty well with his two legged carriers.


The elephant's trunk is a perfect chew toy in his opinion.

We went to Benefit Bonanza for my work (I got my flu shot *ouch* not H1N1 just seasonal) and Logan flirted with every female we saw. We got to visit with Dara and Richard for awhile. And we then went to Miami and put out Jeff's order.
Oh! And we're contemplating thinking about maybe cutting a tooth. He's been drooling and gnawing lately but it kind of comes in spurts sometimes not quite so much sometimes we're getting new clothes on every few hours lol!


Gotta love that grin!

What has Logan been doing lately?

So what has Logan been up to lately? September 14th he turned 4 months old and the following day he went to visit the doctor, weighed in at 14 pounds, got his check-up and his 4 month old shots that was followed by almost 48 hours of Little Mr. Cranky Pants coming to visit. All I can say is Thank God for Childrens Tylenol...I'm looking forward to being able to give him Childrens Motrin but not looking forward to him turning 6 months old lol. I know I know....I'm just a mass of contradictions lol.
But after the he got over being a little nose stung bear we went on an Art Walk in Joplin on Thursday September 17th with Uncle Billy and Auntie Sarah...granted Logan slept through it...all of it...he rode around in his little backpack carrier and slept the whole time. He woke up during dinner.
September 18th was my birthday and the three of us hung out and just enjoyed being together.
We went to the Newtonia Fall Festival on Saturday the 26th and toured the Ritchey Mansion. Logan really enjoyed the tour he listened to all of the speakers and looked at everything and also baptized the floor twice...yes we cleaned it up lol. He had a good time. He even got to be passed around the lunch table and play with Auntie Jessica and Grandma Paula and Grandpa Don.
Sunday the 27th was a busy busy day. We found the bouncer we wanted and also the high chair which I was shocked about because the store only listed it as being available online but we found it in the store so awesome luck!
Some awesome pics of bouncer time.


"Is this for me? All mine?"


"What is this green thing? And what are all those things under it?"


"This is mine, you no touchy Daddy" A nice thank you for all the hard work Jeff had to do to put this thing together. Lol. But he understands because he really liked this one too, he actually picked it out.

"All the colors, all the animals.....woo-hoo!!!!!"


"I like this, can I keep it please?"


"Ha-ha! Yup! I get to keep it! Which is good because I just gotta bounce!"

"ARGH! I teach you Mr. Bear for being in my bed!"

"Hey! Do you mind? I'm having an intense conversation about personal space and boundaries here!"

"Ah Mr. Lion! How do I love thee let me count the ways...you crinkle, you're brightly colored, you smile, I can chew on your feet and your head rattles....yes I love you. Now c'mere so I can show you that love!" Gotta love those feet! He puts them up and together like that all the time lol.


"That's all for now folks! I gotta go talk to some boobies and get some sleep." I'll get some high chair shots later.

Piggies and rattles!

Well Logan has officially discovered tootsies AND piggies! And boy oh boy are piggies interesting! You can wiggle them, bend them, curl them and make them turn into all sorts of colors...white, green, shades of blue, gray, and flesh colored!


No he's not able to sit up by himself just yet, but he's working on it, he's still working on that whole balance thing but he's lasting longer in between face plants in to the cushions lol!

Going, going.....



Gone! But this is even more fun!


And yesterday he discovered his rattles, he's always had them but normally all they elicit is a bored look, but now...they're awesome! He even HOLDS them occasionally now!

He was enjoying EATING Tweety more than rattling, note all that nice saliva all over his face...yes he's getting his clothes changed more and more due to extreme dampness, he's gnawing everything but no tooth buds yet...thankfully lol! And check out that foot in the action lol!



And here is some double-fisted rattle action! He has one in each hand....he then proceeded to smack himself in the head and was no longer amused, but it was fun while it lasted!


He's 16 weeks old, 13.37 pounds and a BIG talker now. He's cooing and shrieking occasionally too. He laughs sometimes but what got an uproarious laugh once doesn't work later that day but might two days later. Ah well he's enjoying the world a lot more now, or maybe i should say interacting with it. We went to PetSmart Wednesday while Daddy was in class, he enjoyed looking at the fish a LOT and he found the Sun Conure fascinating, but Daddy isn't cool with a $650 price tag so no birdie yet...but I'm working on talking him into a pair of parakeets much cheaper and chirpers not screamers like cockatiels, we had one a long time ago never again.

Logan turned 3 months old 08-14-09

Well Logan is now officially 3 months old! Wow! The time has flown, I swear I'm going to wake up and still be pregnant and have a few weeks left lol!

Look at those chubby little cheeks!

He was enjoying making faces at Daddy before we went to town.



Gotta love that tongue!


So photogenic too!

He had a fist sucking night a few days ago he did this for about 10 minutes didn't want his pacifier or to eat just was enjoying his hands.

July 22, 2009 First trip to the zoo & Bass Pro

July 22nd, 2009 was an exciting day. We went to the Dickerson Park Zoo in Springfield in the early afternoon and to Bass Pro in the evening. Logan showed his excitement by blowing bubbles when we got there...bubbles without bubble gum so I'll let you figure out what he used as his bubble medium lol.


It's a really nice zoo with water features like fountains and waterfalls. This is as close to the waterfalls as we could get but it still made for a good picture.


We got to see lions and tigers and bears...oh my! Sorry I just had to say it! It was pretty warm so most of the animals were sleeping. Here is Logan at the lion enclosure. The lioness is on the ground and the lion is sleeping on top of the wooden platform. Like Logan's "ceiling fan"? It works perfectly! Kept him nice and cool and me from fretting the whole time about him getting too hot! Jeff gets all the honor for coming up with the idea of attaching the fan to the carrier shade.


The Malayan Tiger was awake and pacing in his enclosure...but he was kept going and waiting at the building so I think it was feeding time. Here he is in the grass.


The only time Logan opened his eyes was after the Malayan Tiger exhibit...he slept through 3 hours of the zoo...but we still had a good time.


We had some ice cream to cool down in the shade. Jeff eating his ice cream.


And turn-about is fair play so he took a picture of me eating my ice cream. I have my sunglasses on in all the pictures or I'm squinting so sunglasses it is lol.


The giraffes were really really tall and we got to get up on the observation deck and take some pictures. Here's Logan with a giraffe behind him....sorry about the trash can but it was the only place the stroller would fit for a picture where there wasn't a bunch of little children running around....well little children who didn't need to be in our photos anyways.


And this giraffe liked to have its close-up taken so I took one lol!


We went in the snake and amphibian house but everything is behind glass so the glare pretty much obliterated the photos so here's a picture of one of the many statues through out the zoo of a bullfrog that's outside the amphibian house.


We made Logan two souvenir pennies in the gift shop, one has a lion on it and the other has an elephant but I can't get a decent picture of them because we used brand new pennies so they are really shiny. Here's Logan doing pretty much what he did all day...yes sleeping!



Then we went to Bass Pro but didn't take any pictures there. He slept through most of the store and they were doing a bunch of construction as well. We had dinner at Hemingway's and just browsed the store. But it was a good day in Springfield. Next time we're going to try to go to the Civil War Museum as well, it was closed when we got there yesterday.

July 14th, 2009=OUCH!

Logan had his 2 month doctor's appointment yesterday. He's a whopping 10.12 pounds, & 23 1/4 inches long. He scored average on his height growth chart and just a little below average on his weight growth chart but he's not on formula so his growth is good. Everything went good...well until he had to have his vaccinations...he got two shots on his left leg and one in his right....poor guy. I know they're necessary but still pretty heartbreaking to have to watch him cry and not be able to prevent it. But I gave him some Infant's Tylenol beforehand so after he quit crying he went to sleep. He also got a Rotovirus vaccine but it was oral so that wasn't bad. Next appointment is 3 days before my birthday so I'm going to try to get that week off.

Happy 4th of July!!!

Just wanted to put up a quick blog wishing everyone a Happy 4th of July! Hope everyone had a great and SAFE 4th! So glad I'm not at work tonight or since Missouri started selling fireworks anyways...I remember last year and the firework injuries....I prefer not to smell burnt human.
Logan is doing great. He was 10.83 pounds earlier this week when I weighed him....wow....growing like crazy, wanting to be awake and interact more...of course I'm missing him taking naps where I could lay him down, he's been waking up within 3 minutes of being laid down this week, makes for a long day....oh well, this too shall pass. He's starting to do better with it.
Some pictures I've taken in our early morning sessions...he looked like he was dancing when I snapped this one, I can almost hear him singing "We can dance if we want to, we can leave your friends behind, 'cause your friends don't dance and if they don't dance well they're no friends of mine..." Although he doesn't have the weird hat and bullwhip that Men Without Hats used in the music video lol!


"Hey! Get that camera out of my face!!!!!"


"Crud! She is sooooo going to post that....sheesh what am I gonna tell people?"


And here's my favorite pajama outfit we bought him it reminds me of the fox from "The Little Prince" by Antoine de Saint-Exupery....it's a great book...give it a read.



We went to my Dad's wedding on Sunday, here's Logan in his attire sitting on Daddy's lap...had to put up the close-up of his face, too sweet.