My Sleeping Boys

Last night Brent, Logan & Indiana all snuggled up on our bed as I was putting away laundry and ironing. About 15 minutes into it, I looked up and all three of them were asleep...it was pretty cute and I was lucky enough to get my camera before they all woke up.

2008 BLIZZARD!

It's officially March and it looks like the middle of winter here in Columbus, Ohio! It has been snowing nonstop since yesterday morning and it's just now starting to lighten up. We're under a Blizzard advisory until this afternoon (I think this is a first for this SoCal girl). When we took our pictures this afternoon we were at 15 inches! I think this is the most snow we've gotten since we've lived here.

As much as I am ready for spring, it's been kind of fun to see all of the snow fall and to have an excuse to stay in and veg; life gets so busy and hectic it's nice when the weather forces you to slow down and just enjoy the people you love. Brent and I have had such a fun couple days enjoying our little family; hopefully we'll be able to find the time to do this more frequently...minus the blizzard!

We took this opportunity to introduce Logan to the snow...he didn't seem to thrilled about all the cold, wet flakes falling on his face. So we quickly snapped a couple pictures and got him right back inside (10 minutes to get bundled up, 10 SECONDS outside, and another 10 minutes to unbundle)!

Indiana on the other hand was absolutely loving all the snow. It was hilarious to watch him pounce around in the snow that came up higher than him.

One of Indy's favorite things to do in the snow is to try and catch snow balls...pretty funny to watch; he can't seem to figure out why he can't catch them.

Roadtrip to Chicago and Milwaukee

Logan did awsome on his first of many roadtrips! Brent had a Prosthodontic conference in Chicago of all places in the middle of February (why not Arizona, we're dying for some warm weather!). Last year we took this opportunity to see a little of the windy city and then visit our good friends who moved to Milwaukee and we decided we'd go for it again this year with Logan. On Friday while Brent was
immersed in the world of Prosthodontics, Logan and I got to spend the day together...and what is there to do in Chicago in the middle of February...SHOP. Logan endured his first shopping trip with mom and did very well. Because it was so cold we actually only walked to the mall that was about a block away from the hotel and spent most of the time riding the elevator in the 7 story mall; I'm just beginning to realize how much longer it takes to do things with a baby & a stroller, no more escalators. Actually, we would have liked to go to the aquarium or a museum but none of them were within walking distance of the hotel and I was not quite prepared to try the subway (or a taxi) with baby & stroller by myself in Chicago (maybe when I'm a little more experienced).


Daddy & Son...do we see a resemblance??



Saturday we headed up to Milwaukee to visit Joe & Jenn (our friends from dental school). They adopted a baby (Samuel) last year who just turned 1 on Dec. 31st and then just had a baby in Sept. (Mason) and we were very excited to see there 2 little ones & show off our Logan. It was a blast to see them again and all of us were still in disbelief that we're all parents now...it still seems very surreal. (We were two of the very few couples without kids in dental school).

A couple years ago we would have headed to dinner @ Chili's and then gone to see a movie. (Jenn & I were notorious for "eating out" much to our husbands' dismay). My how our lives have changed! Instead we had a very good lunch @ Joe & Jenn's (thanks guys), spent a few hours catching up, feeding babies, changing diapers, putting babies down for naps, feeding & changing again...breathe...and then managed to get out for a little bit to have dinner at the food court in the mall because there is a play place there!! We loved every minute of it!


Before we left we took a few pictures of all us (unfortunately Samuel was already asleep). It was hilarious to see Mason & Logan next to one another; they are only 3 months apart & Mason looked like he could clobber Logan.

We sat them on this little couch to take pictures and they were just these two little blobs staring at us...niether of them can hold there heads up yet and they just kept rolling into one another. It was pretty funny to watch (although they did not seem all that amused).

Happy Valentine's

I think we have the happiest baby ever!! (thank heavens). Recently, I Logan has just been so content & happy which is great. It seems like he is either asleep, eating, or giggling & smiling at something...I absolutely love it!

Nonni (my mom) got Logan the cutest little Valentines outfit and every time I went to take a picture of him in it he was covered in spit up! (He is a major spitter). But, I was getting him ready for his bath today and had peeled away the top dirty layer & he just looked so adorable in his little onesie on the red towel! I was fortunate enough to get some really cute pictures of him laughing away! Maybe I'll get a picture of him fully dressed & cleaned one of these days...but I'm not counting on it!




Just as we were leaving to go for a drive, Logan was giggling away again in his carrier! He loves looking up at this crazy cow toy we have on it; and often I'll hear him make little laughing noises in the back seat when we're driving around and he's watching it move.

Back to work & Logan's 2 months

Well, my maternity leave ended last week and I started back up at work with lots of mixed emotions. I was incredibly sad and a little worried about leaving Logan at daycare all day, but I was excited to get out of the house after two months and enjoy the company of adults again. It turns out everthing went very smoothly and I know leaving Logan at daycare was way more stressful for me than for Logan...he was smiling and giggling away when I picked him up (definitely not phased at all; it did make me a little jealous though)! But I can now empathize with all of you working mothers; I was thorouhly exhausted at the end of the week and when Logan and I got home on Thursday evening we quickly ate and got ready for bed and we were both asleep by 7:30pm (that's a first for us)! Poor Brent got home to a very dark and quiet home with only Indiana awake to greet him.

The best part of that night though was the fact that Logan didn't wake up again until 6:00am!!! I think daycare is wearing Logan out and I also think that he's decided to take pity on me, because he's slept through the nights off and on for the last week and a half (more on than off!). I'm almost afraid to say anything for fear I'm going to jinx myselft. The first few times that it happened I was scared to death that something was wrong; but, when I checked on him, he was sleeping away soundly! I was actually very nervous about him sleeping that long that I even asked our pediatrician at his 2 month appt today if it was ok and she just laughed at me- I'm a paranoid 1st time mommy. Also at our two month appt we learned that our little guy is growing wonderfully... he now weighs a whopping 12 lbs 4 oz; he's in the 50th% for weight and head circumference (dad thinks we have a smart little guy on our hands), and 25th% for height (but not so tall). He had to get a shot today though and I've never seen his face so red nor heard him cry so loud...it was a very sad sight and it took a good 5 minutes or so to calm him down afterwards.

Looking back on these last two months, I've realized what an amazing adventure this whole parenting thing is; it is nothing that Brent nor I could have imagined. We constantly find ourselves looking at one another and at Logan in disbelief that this precious little baby is ours. It has been such a joy to have a new little baby with such a sweet and joyful spirit in our home. We are so grateful to our Heavenly Father to have entrusted this child into our care and feel so blessed to have him here, happy and healthy!

More pictures per Megan's request...

When my mom was out visiting for Logan's blessing we took Logan up to Kiddie Kandids with Brent's mom to have his picture taken. Logan was more interested in sleeping then smiling (or even opening his eyes) for the camera. He just grunted when the photographer would move him and tickle him to get him to open his eyes. So we have some cute "sleeping" pictures of Logan. However, as soon as we were done he decided to open his eyes and smile for me...of course! We'll try again at 6 months.

Logan's Blessing

Logan was blessed this last weekend at our church here in Columbus by Brent. We were so fortunate to have both of our parents out for the blessing even though it was a very quick trip for both families. Logan was an angel during the beautiful blessing that Brent gave and he even opened his eyes super wide when Brent showed him off to the congregation. Brent later told me that he kept feeling him poop during the blessing which was a little distracting for him!




Brent was even a good sport about Logan wearing a "dress" (as long as this was the last time)...we all thought he looked adorable. My mom made this blessing gown in 1978; myself and all of my siblings have worn it for our blessings. David and Kat also had their new baby Christian blessed in it.

Logan and Indiana

Indiana is finally getting used to not being the center of attention any more. It's been pretty funny to watch his reaction towards Logan. He's very curious about him and is always coming over to take a sniff...especially if there's a stinky diaper. He still doesn't like it when he cries though and will generally leave the room to get away from all the noise. The funniest thing he's done though was to steel a sock right off of Logan's foot. Logan was hanging out in his carrier with his little feet just dangling at the bottom. Indiana was sniffing around and he spotted THE SOCKS (Indy is a sucker for socks!). Mom and I looked over and just then Indy managaed to get hold of the end of the sock and pull it off of Logan's foot and dart off with it. Mom and I just sat there rolling because it was probably one of the funniest things we've ever seen!

Logan at 3AM

Well we've struggled through the last few weeks which seem to be a huge blurr. Logan had been pretty fussy because we found out he had acid reflux and just has not been sleeping very much...which in turn niether have we. Brent took over a couple feedings this weekend so I could get some much needed rest and regain some sanity. Despite being thoroughly exhausted Brent couldn't resist how cute he looked at 3am after he was done eating and snapped some pictures. Does this look like a tired baby?? At least Indiana was sleepy!

Go Bucks!

Unfortunately we suffered another disapointing loss at the BCS National Championship-but we did have a very cute buckeye fan on our hands!!
Logan was sleeping very soundly before we were about to leave to go watch the game and Brent thought it would be a good idea to put his jersey on that my mom got for us. I really did not want to wake a sleeping baby doing this but Brent was very persistent so I went ahead. Logan didn't move a muscle; it was hilarious. He slept through the whole thing; Brent and I were cracking up because he looked so darn cute and we took about a gizzillion pictures.