And He Is Off...

Well, Logan is taking off with crawling now and he is even trying to pull up on the couch and coffee table, but so far can only come up on to his knees.  As if that wasn't enough, he seems to not really want his baby food as much as he wants what we are eating.  He barely ate his food and then gobbled up my lasagna!  Between the crawling, the tooth that has now come in and him eating big people food, I just want time to freeze.  He is growing too fast! 

I better change the subject before I start tearing up... Have I mentioned how much my boys love Superheros??  Well, Evan's preschool class has been talking about the book Jack and the beanstalk and today Dennis noticed a poster on the wall that said what each kids answer was to the question "What do you wish was at the top of the beanstalk?"  Evan's answer was... Green Lantern!  Hilarious!

Colin's picture of the Joker

The Last Stocking

Today I picked up Logan's stocking.  Dennis and I purchased 5 stockings when Colin was a baby.  We are probably the only people in the world that plan that far ahead, but we figured we wanted to have matching stockings and didn't want to have to buy new ones each time we had a kid.  So, after 6 years we now have all the stockings embroidered.  When Dennis and I discuss the pros and cons of a 4th child, he points out that we would have to buy new stockings...maybe he has a point!

Logan and I ran some errands today and I must say he can be such a chill baby at times.  At the grocery store he just laid back with his feet propped up in the cart and just looked around.  At least 10 people made comments about how relaxed he looked!  We were at the grocery store for a LONG time too and that was after a stop to the mall.  I was very relieved that he was so good and seems to be feeling better today.

The big boys and Dennis had another drawing session this evening.  The amount of paper we go through is insane but it is nice to see them being creative.

8 months old!



Despite having a cold and not feeling that well, Logan is having a big last couple of days.  He is finally cutting his first tooth, which I felt yesterday.  If that wasn't enough he is also starting to crawl.  He took his first couple steps two days ago.  Unlike his brothers who both were tummy combat crawlers (especially Colin who barely crawled regularly until right before he walked), Logan seems to be a true crawler and is doing it fairly early too.  I am a bit nervous that he might choke on all the little toys the big boys leave around that he can now crawl to.  We are going to have to keep a closer eye on him.

At eight months, Logan is sleeping about 10-11 hours at night (about 7:30pm to 6am) and takes two naps a day most days.  Some days he wakes up earlier but will go back to sleep if I feed him.  He is pretty attached to me which I attribute to Dennis traveling and also me not working.  If he is tired or in a bad mood he especially wants just me.  Most of the day he is pretty chill playing on the floor by himself, but after his afternoon nap he does get fussy on and off, some days worse than others.  He is eating stage 2 and 3 foods as well as table food if it is chopped up very small.  But, he isn't able to pick up stuff with a pincher grasp, so he can't feed himself yet.

He is growing so quickly, I wish he would slow down!

Deck The Halls!!!

The Christmas tree is up, the lights are on, and stockings are hung!!!  I love this time of year and love when our house is decorated for Christmas.  This year we kept the decorations to a minimum (not that we have very much normally), so the house won't look to cluttered if we happen to get a showing.  It still is putting us all in the Christmas spirit to see the tree and stockings up.

The boys had fun putting the ornaments on the tree, of course I had to help them because otherwise only the bottom quarter of the tree would be decorated!  Now we just need to get some more shopping done and we will be good to go for Christmas!

Thanksgiving 2010

We went to Northern VA for Thanksgiving and had a wonderful time at both Catherine's and Holly's houses.  It was great to be able to spend Thanksgiving with both sides of the family!  I am thankful for so many things but just to name a few...

1.  A loyal and hard working husband
2.  Three incredible kids who are as loving as they are handsome
3.  A large extended family that gives us lots of love and support
4.  And most of all that we are all happy and healthy!

Family Photo 2010

Today we took our first professional family photo since Logan was born.  As any parent of three kids can relate to (especially parents of three boys), our expectations going in were very low.  If we could get a picture with all three kids looking at the camera we would be happy.  Luckily, the picture turned out pretty good.  Every one was looking at the camera and almost smiling! 

Colin was great the whole time.  He smiled in almost every picture and there were just a couple shots where his eyes were looking away.  Logan did surprisingly well also!  However, he is a baby so we had to deal with him spitting up sweet potatoes on himself and the floor and we had to stop to wipe drool many times.  He was also a bit shy so he would lean against me or put his head down when the photographer looked at him.  But, we got some great smiles out of him.  Evan was the hardest to photograph, he was a bit of a restless three year old.  He kept putting his fist out like he was a superhero and couldn't seem to find a midway point between cheesy grin and no smile at all.  But, like I said all in all it was a success, no tears and a family shot that is worth giving to others! 

Because I can't scan professional pictures, this blog won't have a picture along with it.  Everyone will have to wait until our Christmas cards go out!

Movie Night!

Despite all the delicious candy Colin and Evan had in their Halloween baskets, they have been fascinated by a microwave popcorn bag that each of them got from one of the neighbors.  They have been asking when they can eat it for a month now.  So, finally we decided to have movie night so that they can enjoy their popcorn.  Well, apparently we have deprived our children, as both of them have never seen popcorn being popped and were watching the microwave the whole time.  Popcorn is just not something we think to buy.  When they were done being captivated by the microwave, we turned the lights off and watched the movie together.  It was a great family night and one we will have to repeat more, now that they are getting older.