One week old today!

Wow! It's hard to believe that Logan's already one week old! Everything has been going really well. He had his first doctor appointment on Monday, he has to go back to be re-weighed tomorrow since he was 6 pounds 10 ounces on Monday which is down from his discharge weight of 6 pounds 11.9 ounces, but he's eating and needing his diaper changed like he should so I'm certain it'll be better tomorrow. He didn't even have to be checked for jaundice he looks so good! Tomorrow he also gets to go to Miami for the first time, but he rides great....just sleeps through it so it'll be good. Here he is when we were about to go for a ride. He prefers his Nuk binky to the one from the hospital, he spits that one out but keeps the Nuk in.

He sleeps really good, no not through the night, but he sleeps for at least an hour and a half at a time, normally more like 2 to 2 & 1/2 hours at night. Here he is in his crib, just sleeping away. He put his arms like that by the way, and kept them there for about an hour too.



And I FINALLY caught a smile! Ok, well a half smile but it's still a smile! He normally just smiles long enough for you to point the camera at him and then quits! So we have a bunch of straight-faces pics or smirks lol, but I caught one! Yes he's absolutely precious and I still get distracted looking at his little toes and fingers lol. Hard to believe something so small and fragile could completely change your life and how you think about things....but it does, it definitely does.

Logan is here!

Introducing Logan Connor Strickland!!!

Logan Connor was born at 7:52 pm on May 14, 2009. He weighs 7 pounds and 0.004 ounces. He is 21 and 3/4 inches long. Everything went well other than him having his leg up on his chest with the cord wrapped around it when he came which explained why he was having some heart rate decelerations. But 30 minutes of pushing and he was out. I'll post pictures later. He seems to have reddish-brown hair and blue eyes so far, cute little ears, all of his fingers and toes. Just too cute for words.



Logan at about 4:30 in the morning, when he was about 9 hours old.


Logan at home while Daddy was holding him in the rocker.



Logan in his first outfit.


Logan right after he was born in Grandma's arms.

We've officially made it to May!

We have officially made it to May! Woo-hoo! Now we're just counting down. Just a few more weeks, maybe less, we'll see.
Everything is looking good, and progressing like it's supposed to. I've even got the diaper bag packed to take him home from the hospital....I don't have the suitcase packed to GO to the hospital but I'm ready to take him home lol! I'm planning on packing that tonight....but I do have a list made....that's a big start for me.
So that's pretty much it for right now. Will update more...well...when I know more lol.

Week 35 appt/ultrasound, and nesting lol

Wednesday was our week 35 appointment and last ultrasound, everything looks good, he's approximately 5-5 1/2 pounds right now which puts him in the 30-35 percentile for weight but he's appropriate for me and what I've gained and my amniotic fluid, so that's good, Dr. Lacey says as long as I behave myself that he should be about 7-7 1/2 pounds when he's born, I guess that means I'm not to indulge my urges for some Shake's Cookie Dough soft serve huh? *sigh* But I'm all for him fitting in his newborn diapers lol.
Here are his ultrasound pics.


He wasn't impressed with her messing with his foot, but you can count all 5 toes. He kept drawing his foot up when she was trying to measure it.



His chubby cheeks, he was sleeping when she did the ultrasound so you can see his eyelids lol. He's facing straight forward in this pic.




This pic is a little brighter, his hand is up by his cheek, but still sleeping.



She kept trying to get a clear shot of his foot and when she went back to his face after getting it he had covered his face completely with BOTH of his arm! I think he's going to be just as cranky as Jeff and I when he's woken lol!

I've been nesting lately, so today Paula and I tackled the kitchen and dining room, it was all day task almost because we re-arranged cupboards and cabinets and swept and mopped and just scrubbed. I also worked on the living room this morning....we *ahem* just took down our Christmas tree, but it's down and put up and I also vacuumed and moved the furniture to get underneath it. Plus I worked on the bathrooms, I'm still working on the upstairs one, but I've made a huge dent in it....have the dog shampoos organized and cleaners, it's nice. Still have to finish cleaning the master bathroom but I'll do that later. Then we only have to tackle the guest room which is our current storage room and straighten the office and the basement living room, so HUGE progress. That's pretty much all I've been doing, cleaning and nesting lol. Just need to pack the suitcase and the diaper bag the rest of the way to feel like I'm domestically ready.
Next doctor's appointment is next week, so lots of fun!.

Nursery pictures as promised!

Ok, I keep getting nursery picture requests, so here they are....although we did re-arrange the furniture after these were taken lol. Here is the crib with the diaper organizer, and quilt and bumper pads and bed skirt that Grandma Paula made for Logan.



Here is a close-up of the safari toys from the baby shower that Aunt Sarah threw for Logan and the Bumper pad fasteners.




The crib.


Gwen guarding my lap from Rambo, he has his gorilla in his mouth, so she won't let him near me. Lol.

The dresser/changing table covered with Logan's presents from the baby shower.


We painted the walls, and touched up all of the trim, I'll post a few more organized pictures when it's all done. Just a few more things to do to it!

Next appointment/ultrasound

Our appointment yesterday (the 27th) went well, his heart rate is good and he's head down or at least he was when the doctor felt him. Our next appointment is going to have our 35 weeks ultrasound too so it will be very early in the morning on April 15th, well it won't be that early considering I have to work the night before but it'll be early for Jeff lol.
The nursery is mostly finished just have to touch-up a few spots on the window trim but when we get that all done and dried I'll post some pics...oh and when we take the paint and painting stuff out of the room too lol. Yeah that might look a little tacky otherwise. But it looks great....of course I may be biased....I dunno.
Ok well that's pretty much it for now.

Almost week 32

Well tomorrow is the beginning of week 32, exciting times. The nursery is mostly painted....we only have to touch up the trim since someone who is taller than I am kinda sorta painted the window trim a few times. Of course Gwen thinks it is her room, every time the door is opened she goes in and inspects it! I'll post some pictures after we repaint the window trim but it's called Aloe Green it's really pretty, looks great with the oak furniture we bought, and the white window and door trim.
Next doctor' s appointment is Friday morning, that will be fun because I have to work a funny shift (my last one! Thank God!) on Wednesday and then my normal shift on Thursday, then be at the doctor's office at 0900...yeah fun good times. Still taking the Protonix for now but it keeps the heartburn controlled so I can't complain.
Work is going good, of course the other RN who is due soon (she's due in April) and I are running bets on when we'll have ours since the one who was due in March had hers at the end of February....so we're wondering lol.
He's moving around a lot, getting hiccups, still dances to Josh Groban and Frank Sinatra, doesn't like it when I lay on my left side...which is just fine by me I prefer my right side anyways.
We gave Lia back to Craig, which was pretty rough but the others have been fine with it, and I know she's in a great home and having fun so that makes it easier. Rambo and Gwen have been pretty protective lately which is really quite funny when Gwen is guarding my lap and Rambo is wanting a back rub...she bites his ears and hangs off of them until he moves away from me lol. Hannah is well....Hannah, she doesn't seem to care one way or the other lol. Oh well.
Well that's pretty much it lately...so I'm off to play some solitaire.