logan's latest and greatest

logan crawled tonight!!! he actually moved forward on 2 separate occasions on all 4's! thanks to oreo! oreo was walking by loges and of course, logan excitedly tried to get oreo and pushed himself forward! yeah! way to go loges! just in time to visit the grandparent's for aiden's 1st birthday this weekend! we'll see if he does it again anytime soon. . . here are a few photos of logan loving his high chair. such a happy guy.

"hi mom!"

just look at that face

"this is fun"

"so, what do you want to do today mom?"

finally feeling better

last tuesday, i started feeling funny. . . i mean sick funny. on wednesday evening, i came down with a fever of 102.7 that stayed with me for a few days. luckily, chris was on paid time off and could watch logan while i slept for a few days. i came out of my funk on sunday. good news is i lost 6 pounds of my baby weight! i had to flip my week this week due to chris having meetings in san diego. so, loges and myself hung out the past two days while i continued to get back on my feet. below are a few pictures we had taken of logan at picture people right before he turned 7 months old. i awoke from my sick slumber and my baby had more hair and 2 more teeth poking out of his gums. we've been attached at the hip (literally) the past 2 days. i go back to work tomorrow for 3 days. then we are headed up to san jose for cousin aiden's 1st birthday party this weekend! there was also a picture of logan standing with a white stool. i'll have to bug chris again for it.

"this is much easier now that i can sit up by myself!"

"hi guys!"

"i'm shy"

"don't bother me, i'm busy playing"

is this my son or what?

here are a few pics of logan looking like he's playing school with his "friends". he's soooo my kid!

the teacher and his "students"

loges with his buddies

"and then you do this. . ."

so cute!

alyssa came to town

my cousin katie, jeff, and their daughter, alyssa came to temecula a couple of weekends ago. alyssa is just 6 weeks older than logan. it was so cute seeing them together! alyssa was showing logan how to crawl. logan just sat there and watched her. he came close. . . but still no crawling.

super cute alyssa

alyssa checking out logan's sock

logan checking out alyssa's bow

nate joining in on the commotion

"hey, what's that?"

the beginning of a beautiful friendship

logan and his favorite bear

"hey, i want to see the giraffe"

logan's first injury

(sigh). . . it was going to happen eventually. i was trying my best to prolong the inevitable. i am, by my very nature, a cautious person. i check things out before i do something new. i look before i leap. my husband, on the other hand, does not. chris has broken so many bones in his life, that even i, after hearing the stories the past 12 years, can't keep track. i knew the day would come, when i would worry about this, when we had our own son. this day has arrived.

the night of january 30th, chris and i were both on logan watch. logan was rolling around on the floor in the family room. i was sitting on the couch watching him. chris was talking to oreo and also watching logan. in a split second, logan was up on all 4's and was trying to go forward. he was so close to crawling. we were both watched with anticipation. . . thinking at any moment, he was going to start crawling and then. . . and then. . . he fell sideways and bumped his head on the edge of our entertainment center. boo. poor bubbas started crying in hysterics. i wasn't too concerned at first until he stopped and i saw the shiner on his head. whoa.

i became more concerned when my normally calm husband said we should call the doctor ("just to be sure"). the doctor on the phone said there was nothing to worry about since he wasn't bleeding and didn't lose consciousness. logan was quite content except for when chris tried to put a cold compress on the side of his head. logan screamed and cried so much that oreo became concerned and came over to rescue the baby. i think it might be time to bubble wrap the baby and call it a day.

oops!

later with mommy

the boo-boo

shakin it off

posing for the camera

happy birthday logan and oreo!!!

logan turned 7 months old today! oreo also celebrated a birthday on valentine's day! he joined our family 10 years ago! we sure do love our mr.cookie!

oreo and loges checking out the rain

best buds

logan had his 6-month check up on 2/12 (even though he turned 7 months old today). loges is doing great! he did well during his appointment today. . . i think he liked the doctor's glasses. he was smiling and showing off for her. she was impressed with his gross motor abilities. logan is clapping and waving, which she said doesn't typically happen until 9 months. he is doing lots of pinwheels and rolling of course. he weighed in at 19 pounds, 8 ounces (the 75th percentile). his length and head size were in the 90th percentile. way to go bubbas! he is also getting 3 more teeth! yep! 3! 2 on the top front and 1 on the bottom next to the 2 he already has in the front. Soon, my baby will have 5 teeth! wow!

my little weirdo loves getting his teeth brushed

"this is so fun!"

he loves brushing his own teeth too!

"i love this guys!"

a moment worth stopping for

last friday, i was driving around getting lunch for me with logan in the back seat. while i was stopped at a red light, i looked in my rear view mirror and had a moment. a moment of utter and complete peace. a moment of pure love. all was right in the world. at least in my world. at that very moment, no worries entered my mind. no stress. in my rear view mirror, all i saw was my son. happy. smily. wonderful. my eyes welled up with tears. happy tears. i smiled from ear to ear. i love my days with loges. he's the best.

Rice Cereal

we gave logan his very first meal of rice cereal last week. he seemed to like it for the most part. here are a few pictures of logan enjoying his dinner!

we took a pretty funny video, but i couldn't figure out how to post it

uh-oh, we might be in trouble here. . .

hmm. . just look at that face!

"what do you think loges?"

he likes it! he really, really likes it! whew!

Sea Life

while my parents were here for my graduation a couple of weekends ago, we checked out legoland's new aquarium, sea life. we wanted to do something new for everyone so sea life was the perfect choice. it was cute but i definitely would have rather gone to legoland. i love that place! after sea life, we all went to the carlsbad outlets. i got a new coach purse with some of my graduation money (thanks everyone!) and logan got a lot of cute new clothes. thanks grandma and papa! we love having you visit us! here are a few pictures from our day.

me and loges

nate having a good time

emily isn't so sure

jen and uncle pat

they always have really cute areas for kids to build with legos

the girls and loges (in the stroller)

chris showing logan a fish up close

me and nate inside an aquarium bubble

this was pretty cool!

chris and logan trying it too

that's a nice look for ya em!

grandma and papa holding hands. awww. . .

logan and emily catching up afterwards

my mom and i taking photos of each other as we left