3 weeks old and an innie!

After my last blog, I changed Logan and he had lost his umbilical stump, so we now have an INNIE! It's too cute, haven't been brave enough to tub bathe him yet, he's doing ok with sponge baths for now lol. He smells like a baby so obviously it's working.
Definitely nocturnal, he wakes up between 0300-0400 and stays awake until 0500 or later....he's done this all week, so I'm getting used to it, not crying, not screaming just hanging out, so I lay him in bed with me and we cuddle. I know when he's older and able to loco-mote he won't want to be held and cuddled very much because there is just too much stuff to see and get into so I'm trying to get in as many now as I can.
Enjoying my time staring at this cute little face....his hands are getting pudgier and it's just wild to feel and see the differences in him in just 3 short short weeks!

3 weeks old tomorrow!

Logan turns 3 weeks old tomorrow. He's still nice and mellow, although now he's starting to wake up around 0400 and stay up until 0500 or so, not crying or anything, he eats, gets his diaper changed and then just wants to be held while he looks around at the world.
He's gotten to meet a lot of people, he seems to do okay with meeting new people for now, although he's not a huge fan of people not knowing how he prefers to be held and then he gets fussy.
Here he is at the "Welcome Home Logan" barbecue at Grandma Cathy and Grandpa Jan's. Lots of people, great smoked chicken and barbecued brats, very tasty, of course he did have to have his re-processed but he didn't seem to mind.
This is after he'd had his clothes changed 3 times (we had some spit-up and pee issues) and he was finally asleep, the picture is a little grainy because I took this with my cellphone.

One of our 0400 hanging out sessions. How can anyone mind staying up to look at this face?


Worn out and napping in the nursery, we take a nap every day in the glider lol.



Another 0400 session, our little night owl! Thank God for Nuk binkies otherwise he's scratching his face with his hands trying to figure out how to suck on them.


And he is still in newborn diapers and clothes! Still has his umbilical cord stump, but it should be coming off any day now...he's growing so fast! But he still can't wear his 0-3 months clothes because they're too huge on him...soon though....of course he's too darn cute in his newborn stuff, yes I'll be crying when he outgrows them! But he has lots more cute clothes just waiting for him. Jeff is just waiting on him to be big enough to wear his "Army of Darkness" onesie....might have to buy a 0-3 one the one we have is a 3-6 month...thought he'd follow in our nephew and niece's footprints and be wearing 0-3 at birth, but the no sugar after week 24 diet from Dr. Lacey did help keep him small, and the weight off of me too! Our neighbor didn't realize we were pregnant, asked if we were babysitting when we brought him home one day when Jeff went to show him off, of course I slept pretty much all day every day while I was pregnant though and tried to stay out of the sun as well so they didn't see me that much. The neighbors with the pit bulls have finally moved out, thankfully. The dogs think he belongs to them, Hannah guards the Pack 'n Play at night and Gwen tries to eat anyone who comes near him....she'll have to start with the pinkie toe of course since she's so small herself lol.

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!