Goodbye Logan

These are likely the last photos of Logan. His dad has been out of work for awhile and in today's economy it makes more sense for him to watch Logan while Connie is at work.

Rockin' Rollin' Logan

Logan has mastered the roll. He rarely stays on his little play blanket anymore and was in fine form on Tuesday. Happy to roll wherever he might land. More than once he rolled in front of the glass doors that hold our stereo system just to smile and goo at his reflection.

Logan is sitting somewhat independently, almost. He and Robbie had a fun time playing with a small mirror Connie had included in the diaper bag.

Today

We had a quiet day, today, with just Ian and Logan at home with me.

Robbie's GES girlfriend was having withdrawals LOL so he went to work with Mark.

Unfortunately, neither Robbie or Logan got in naps today -- I'm thinking Logan's lack of nap is a direct correlation to the fact Robbie wasn't here today.

Ian got to have some one on one play time with Logan.

Logan is real close to figuring out how to roll over...just needs to co-ordinate those arms and legs. He's going to be keeping me on my toes real soon!

Logan actually held on to his rattle for the first time today, that I've seen anyway. Love his look of determination here.

Love the motion in this shoot.

How stinkin' cute is this kiddo?!

Some Randomness From Today

Robbie just HAS to hold Logan as soon as he arrives. He'll jump up into a chair, hold his arms wide, and wait -- rather impatiently -- for me to put Logan on his lap.


Ian also loves to snuggle up with Logan though not as demanding as Robbie.









"Hey, those are my toes! What do you think you're doing?"









Okay, I really miss taking this kind of picture!









Come on, just one little smile while the camera is trained on you...just one, please.








Just to bug Mark LOL

Alex is missing from the pictures because he had a bit of a fever and cough over the weekend so I wouldn't let him near Logan today.

Today...

Poor Logan had a rough day today. He's fighting a respiratory virus that's just making him miserable. I was glad Mark worked from home today so that he could deal with our kids while I took care of Logan.

Anyway, back around the Superbowl, Mark had picked up these foam-core board jerseys for the boys to color. The boys finally got around to coloring them the other night so this morning we took the pictures...

Loving on Logan

Logan arrived bright and early this morning and enjoyed some quality cartoon time with the boys.

Big Brother

Here's Robbie reading to Logan the other day. So stinkin' cute! Robbie is such a good big brother. He wants to hold Logan every morning when he arrives which we've had to prevent the last few days as Robbie is fighting a cold. Logan seems completely fascinated by Robbie as well. When we take Ian to school Robbie introduces Logan to everyone LOL I don't see the same jealousies that Ian had when Robbie arrived on the scene but I'm not sure if that's due to the fact Robbie is 3 or that Logan is just visiting or some combo of both. Whichever it is I'm thankful for it as it is making my job easier.

Ian is also filling the role of big brother well...of course he has some experience LOL Ian is always ready to help me whether it's getting a diaper or the bottle or a blanket. Ian would love to be able to feed Logan but I'm not quite at that comfort level yet and Ian was fighting that sinus infection/cold thing.

We seem to have found a bit of a routine with Logan so I'm crossing my fingers that it continues thereby allowing me to find my groove.

I Know...

I know I've been quiet here on the blog this week.

My first week of "working" has come to an end. I'm a little tired because of the extra cleaning LOL Things I normally wouldn't worry about I'm having to stay on top of because of the baby. It's one thing not to vacuum every day with my own kids but it's completely different when it's someone else's.

I don't have the same me-time during the day now so I'm having to readjust my own routine again. I may be a bit more hit-n-miss here until I find my groove.

At any rate, this was Logan's first week and we're still working out the routine kinks. He's a good little guy. Robbie is enjoying being a "big brother" and likes to "read" to Logan. It's so stinkin' cute. Logan hasn't developed any real schedule yet (of course, he's only 9 weeks old) and is keeping his poor folks up most nights. Hopefully, I'll be able to work out some sort of daytime routine with him that will help them with the nights.

Ian came down with something Tuesday night/Wednesday morning. It was the weirdest thing. Tuesday night he had a bath after dinner and complained to me that he had a cough though I hadn't heard him at all. Wednesday morning he came into our bedroom wheezing and said, "I'm dying." Well, of course, he wasn't dying but he sure didn't sound good, either. By the time we were downstairs and the boys eating breakfast, he was coughing and running a temp of 99.8. Mark took him into the doctor and Ian was diagnosed with a sinus infection. (That sounds completely strange to me. I've never heard of wheezing with a sinus infection.)

So Ian has some meds but so far is still wheezing and coughing. Tylenol took care of the fever. The only thing the meds have noticeably done is make Ian feel better. Wednesday he was lethargic, didn't eat more than half his Pop-Tart for breakfast all day, and I had a hard time getting him to drink anything...Mark even bribed him with 7-Up. Today, he's up and around but not fully back to normal on the food and drink.

Cam and Alex have been doing their normal school routine: get up, turn on the TV, argue with me over why they should wear a sweater or light jacket to school, forget something they should have packed in their backpack the night before, destroy the house as they walk through the door each afternoon, complain about homework and chores, and all manor of BOY behavior LOL

Well, I need to go oversee today's round of homework. Hopefully, this weekend I'll be able to catch up with the Gratitude Project and get some photos up.

Introducing...

Logan. Isn't he just the cutest?

December 5th

A red-letter day LOL

1. We turned on the heat for the first time this fall/winter.
2. OJ joined the Nevada tour.
3. Logan was born at 6:02 pm.

Logan being the event that effects our family the most. I'll be donning my Nanny hat again. Logan is the son of one of Mark's co-workers. He weighed in at an impressive 7 pounds 6 ounces considering he arrived 3 weeks early. Mom and baby are doing great. We are excited to meet this little guy but are waiting for everyone to get healthy. Hopefully, I'll have pictures of this cutie soon. I expect to start caring for Logan mid-January.