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Milestones

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On Tuesday, July 20th, I had the honor of witnessing Logan’s first laugh. 🙂  Unfortunately for Noah, he had just left to go play softball and missed it.  I did immediately call Noah and kept him on the phone until he got to the ball field to try to coerce Logan into another giggle, but to no avail.  However, Noah did get to hear Logan laugh the following night.  Music to our ears. 😀

Then on the 22nd, Logan slept through the night for the first time! Imagine my pleasure and surprise when I woke up to him waking up right before the time my alarm goes off!  I chalked it up to a fluke so I wouldn’t expect it on the following night, which is good because he didn’t. But he did repeat himself on Tuesday of this week and last night!  I hope this is a trend that sticks because I can really get used to getting 7+ hours of uninterrupted sleep each night. 🙂

Yesterday was Logan’s 4-month check-up.  The doctor was very impressed with his growth and development.  You can’t even tell he was an early baby.  Here are his updated stats:

Weight: 16-pounds, 8 ounces (78th percentile)
Height: 25-inches (50th percentile)
Head: 17-inches (73rd percentile)

And for continual comparisons, I’ve created a stats page. 🙂  I’ve also uploaded pictures and videos here.

Three Months

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It’s hard to believe my little boy is already 3 months old!  Those months did go by fast!  Noah was just commenting on how big Logan is getting and that he doesn’t look like the tiny baby we brought home from the hospital!

Here are his updated stats (percentiles are based on my attempt at reading the growth chart online):

Weight: 14-pounds, 10 ounces [fully clothed] (68th percentile)
Height: 23 1/2-inches (24th percentile)
Head: 16 1/2-inches (60th percentile)

His percentiles have not changed much since his 2-month check-up.  That probably means I’ll be due for another growth spurt soon.

Logan has also started sleeping 6 hours straight at night, which is wonderful!  Now, if I can only get those 6 hours to correspond with when I go to bed we’ll be set.  🙂  He has recently discovered his hands and fingers and loves to grab at toys and burp cloths.  We purchased an activity mat for him to encourage this new interest and boy does it!  That kid can watch himself in the mirror or make the dangling toys/animals move for hours!  He also enjoys watching our ceiling fans and of course, Dodgers baseball.  🙂

I’ve added some recent pictures to the albums on facebook but have not yet migrated them to the website.  Hopefully this weekend, when I have more time and am less exhausted, I can get them posted.

First Father’s Day!

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Happy First Father’s Day, Noah!

Click on the photo for more pictures!

We didn’t do anything out of the norm for Father’s Day today, but Noah did get some QT with his son while running errands, playing with toys while relaxing on the couch and cheering Logan on as he attacked the whale on his new activity mat. 🙂  Logan did give his Daddy a gift today (other than a dirty diaper) – he “bought” Noah a new GPS unit.  How he knew Daddy needed one is beyond me. 😉

We survived!

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Logan and I survived our first week with me being back at work.  The days went by fast and yet the week was still long.  The hardest part of the week, besides leaving Logan, was finding energy.  Every morning my alarm goes off at 5am (usually Logan wakes up during the 4:00 hour), and I instantly pop a top on a can of Red Bull.  Without that wonder elixir there is no way I would ever make it to work on time.  Seriously, Red Bull needs to use moms as the key to their marketing campaign!  I have 90 minutes to get Logan fed, burped, dressed and to make myself look presentable.  Somehow each day we managed to make it out the door within 10 minutes of our goal time!  And by 1:00 or 2:00 in the afternoon, I’m raiding the vending machines at work for a caffeine and chocolate fix.

As I mentioned in the previous post, Logan was having a hard time adjusting to eating from a bottle during the day.  Well, Friday he consumed 6 1/2 ounces!  Yay!  No more hunger strike! 😀  Yet, everyday when we get home the first thing that I do is feed him.  After that, I should figure out dinner, but sometimes Noah isn’t going to home until late, and sometimes I fall asleep.  Or if i don’t fall asleep, I’m seriously lacking in the energy and motivation department and would like nothing more than to go to bed.  Usually by the time Noah does get home, I’m plumb exhausted and handing off Logan to him so I can catch a couple hours of shut eye, sleeping horizontally, before Logan’s ready for his next feeding.  Meaning, around 11:00 or 11:30.  I think one day last week, Thursday night maybe, I was in bed before 11pm!  Now, if I can just go back to bed after feeding Logan during the middle of the night…

It was nice to “sleep in” this morning…and by sleep in, I mean not having to wake up to an alarm. 😉  This afternoon we went to Bosom Buddies and learned they had an infant scale! Of course I had to weigh Logan!  Fully clothed (with probably a slightly damp diaper) Logan weighed 14 pounds 10 ounces!  According the the growth chart I found online, that places him in the 68th percentile!  Friday, when he turns 3-months old, I’ll weigh him again and measure his head and length. 🙂

But for now, I’m realizing there’s no reason for me to be awake, so off to bed I go (probably just in time for Logan to wake up).

That was hard

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Yesterday was my first day back at work after being on leave for 12-weeks!  Not only was it the beginning of a whole new routine, but the first time I was going to leave Logan with another person for more than just a couple of hours!  So yesterday morning was not without tears as I got Logan ready for the day, as I drove to his care provider’s house, and as I drove to work.  Knowing it was not going to be easy leaving Logan, Noah told his employer he was going to be late so he could come with me.  It was great that he was able to come (really, I didn’t give him a choice in the matter) and surprisingly I even made it to work on time!

It really is such a HUGE blessing that Logan is being cared for by friends I completely trust.  I truly believe that made it easier for me to leave him yesterday and spend a full day at work. I think it also helped that I had placed a picture of Logan on my desk.

I look at it all day long, and as soon as 4:00 comes around, you can bet I am out the door and headed to my car so I can go be with my little boy!

I probably had a better day yesterday than Logan did.  Logan is a very mellow baby, enjoyed playing with some new toys and Anabelle, but he wouldn’t eat.  Poor baby barely drank anything from his bottles.  He’s taken bottles before, but not as his primary food source and he just wasn’t into it.  His being at someone else’s home during the day is an adjustment for him too.   When I got to the house to pick him up I was able to be the one to take him from the crib when he woke up from a nap.  At first it seemed as if he was confused to see me, but then was really happy that I was the one taking him into my arms…and not just because he was hungry.  😉

It was not as hard for me to leave him today as it was yesterday, but that doesn’t mean I didn’t miss him any less.  Logan did about as well as he did yesterday, only today he ate less.  🙁  I hope he soon decides to eat more during the day and not just wait for me to show up around 4:30.  To help, I’m going to have Noah work with him in taking a bottle tonight.  It doesn’t do much good that he tolerates taking it from mom.  Hopefully tomorrow goes better.  Otherwise, it looks as if Logan has my stubborn streak. 😉   Regardless, I’m counting down the days to the weekend and upcoming holidays/breaks from work so I can spend more waking hours with Logan!

(By the way, clicking on the above picture will open up a new album of photos.)

Two Months

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As Noah said, our two-month trial period is over and we’ve decided that Logan’s a keeper.  Well, we decided that he’s a keeper a long time ago, but it was funny nonetheless.  The fact that Logan is two month’s old now also means my maternity leave is quickly drawing to a close and that makes me sad.  I love my job, but I love my son more.  One day, hopefully, I can afford not to work full-time or not to work at all.  I’ve really enjoyed being a stay at home mom. 🙂

It also happened that Logan’s two-month appointment actually fell on his two-month birthday.  Here are his updated stats:

Weight: 12-pounds, 5 ounces (67th percentile)
Height: 22 1/4-inches (26th percentile)
Head: 16-inches (67th percentile)

A little bit of comparison, at 2 weeks, Logan’s weight was only in the 4th percentile!  He’s catching-up and, in fact, weighs about the same, give or take a few ounces, as my friends’ full-term babies at the same age.

I’ve taken some recent pictures, of course, but have yet to upload them to the album here.  I have put some up on facebook, however.

Life Verses

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I’m taking all of this information from Noah’s mom.  She explained it to us and we thought it very interesting and wanted to share…

The Jews have a custom of assigning a portion of scripture to each week of the year and when a child is born, that portion of the Bible assigned to the week of the child’s birth, becomes “their” scripture.  The scripture will be read and even memorized by the child for his/her bar/bat mitzvah and the child will even give a discourse on that part of the scripture.  The weeks are assigned according to the Jewish calendar, and so, Logan’s birth date of March 25, 2010 becomes Nissan 10th, 5770.  His scripture portion is called “Tzav” (Give an order) Leviticus 6:8-8:36.

There is also assigned a portion related to that scripture, which comes from The Prophets.  In Logan’s case, it is Jeremiah 7:21-8:3 and Jeremiah 9:23-24.  The Messianic Jews (those who believe in Jesus) also assign a New Testament portion.  For Logan, those verses are Mark 12:28-34, Romans 12:1-2 and I Corinthians 10:14-23.

While reading over these verses, Noah’s mom was struck by the fact they are very much about “the law” and it occurred to her that Logan may be destined to be a lawyer or a judge.  Noah and I were both told, as children and adolescents, that we should go into law as we were good at arguing, although neither of us heeded that advice.  Perhaps the same will be true for our son…heaven help us if he is. 🙂  Regardless of his future career passions, it’s very insightful to learn how just by being born, the bible already has an impact on his life!

Pictures, Pictures, Pictures

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I’ve re-organized how Logan’s pictures are on the site.  Instead of having everything grouped together in one album, Logan now has his own category with several sub-albums.  You can access it by clicking on the photo below.

Joyeuse fête des mères!!!

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Happy Mother’s Day to my mom, my mother-in-law, and all my friends that are moms or about to be moms!  Today is an extra special Mother’s Day too as it is my very first Mother’s Day!

 

And what better way to celebrate being a mom than to have my baby boy dedicated to the Lord this morning at church!  Not only that but Logan’s Grandparents, Great-Grandparents, Uncle Joe and Aunt Erika came to witness his dedication — Four Generations!

After church to continue the Mother’s Day celebration, we all headed over to Grandma Maryann’s for brunch.  With how schizophrenic the weather has been here lately, yesterday couldn’t have been more perfect!  Lots of sun and temperatures around 70* made it impossible not be to outside!  Logan did not give me a gift yesterday (he has an item in mind but hasn’t found what he wants yet and isn’t going to settle), however Noah did have a lovely bouquet of roses delivered to the house and my mother-in-law gave me a hanging basket of strawberries.  Yum!

It was a great day spent with wonderful people, and of course, my adorable baby boy!

Back on a computer again…

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After a month without a decent computer you can bet I went through withdraws, but again, like in February, I am so thankful I have a smart phone!  Right after my family headed back to California my laptop went kaput.  We handed it off to an uber techy friend to diagnose and try to repair the brand new hard drive.  When he stated that he feared the worse, Noah and I decided to buy a new computer.  Homestead needs something reliable.  A computer that continued to fry hard drives – not so reliable.  Yesterday the new laptop arrived (YAY!) and this morning I got final word from my friend that the motherboard on my Dell is fried.  It would probably cost upwards of $600 to replace the motherboard, not worth it…especially since that’s more than the cost of a new computer! That being said, it’s a good thing we went ahead and purchased this new laptop.  Plus, it’s new, faster, and fancier!   All that being said, I’m sure my readers don’t care too much about my computer woes and is more interested in learning about, who else, Logan.

Thursday, Logan turned 6-weeks old!  For those that don’t have facebook, I’ve uploaded pictures of Logan to the site.  Below is a sneak-peak (click on the picture below for more).  We can’t believe how fast our little boy is growing!  He has already out-grown the premie clothes and some newborn sizes.  He’s a bit in-between sizes right now.  Some newborn sizes are too small, some too big, and the same applies to 0-3 month outfits as well.  Last Sunday, at a friend’s house we weighed him both on their bathroom scale and one their Wii.  Both scales listed Logan as weighing upwards of 10-pounds!  I didn’t believe it.  I expected him to be more in the 7 to 8-pound range.  So, when I had my doctor appointment on Wednesday I took Logan across the hall to his pediatrician’s office to get an accurate weight.   Any guesses? Well, the Wii was pretty darn accurate.  At 6-weeks old (less a day) Logan weighs 10 pounds, 2.5oz!  I’m shocked!

I am excited to celebrate my first Mother’s Day!  What will make the day even more special is that tomorrow we are dedicating Logan to the Lord at church!  I managed to acquire a special outfit for him to wear (that half fits due to the aforementioned size issues), I have yet to figure out what to wear.  Noah’s grandparents and brother’s family, who all live locally, will be attending the dedication service and Noah’s parents have also flown out for the occasion.  It should prove to be a very special day!  Noah’s already arranged to have flowers delivered to me.  🙂 I’ll be sure to have someone take pictures of Logan’s dedication…hmm, I wonder if Noah has figured out what he’s going to say in the prayer.

In other news, softball season officially kicked-off last Tuesday.  Due to most of the women on the team becoming moms, this summer the team switched from co-ed to the men’s league.  Logan and I went to support the men at their first game, but left after the first inning and the gale-force winds made it pretty miserable weather!  We did get to see Noah hit a triple his first time at bat and missed the atrocity that followed (the team lost 24-1!).  I’ve set-up another page where you can follow the team’s scores.

And finally, I think, we have had several mornings in the past month where we have awaken to find white stuff on the ground.  I have no idea when such days were (except for yesterday), as I am not coherent enough to write it down at 3:00 in the morning. The most that was accumulated on any of the days was probably 3/4″, but it didn’t last long; melted by 10:00am in most cases.

Well, I think that’s it for now.  Just a few items from the past month. 🙂