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Logan's 7 Month Photos

Yup - the little man is 7 months old today.  Each month that passes is a little more unbelievable - both the fact that we actually have a 7 month old baby and the fact that he's such an incredibly good baby!

We did a quick photo shoot yesterday with a Valentine's Day theme.  Believe it or not, I actually got my camera out and snapped a few of my own kiddo.    The results are pretty cute, but I haven't gotten to sort through all of them just yet.  For now I'll just post a wonderful happy baby photo.  Awwww ...

 

His adorable "Lock Up Your Daughters" onesie is courtesy of his Aunt Angie.  I know I'm biased, but ain't it true???  :-)

My back to back Super Bowl victories!

Last year wasn’t just a fluke!  Apparently, I do make a (consistently) mean pot o’ chili … So says the choosey crowd at Bruce’s annual Super Bowl Chili Cook Off for the 2nd year in a row.  And, I have another of Bruce’s wonderfully unique “trophies” to prove it:

Chris thinks Logan (who did attend with us and did incredibly well considering all of the attention and stimulation he got – the poor guy was POOPED by the time we left) is my good luck charm.  As soon as he started attending (think about it, he was there last year), I broke my streak of 2nd place finishes.  Maybe he’s right???

I know that I’ve shared with a number of people what a very impressive party this is that Bruce throws each year, but this year I finally took a few shots of the setup.

 

The actual competition centers around the garage where Bruce has actually run a couple of new electrical circuits to support the big screen TV and the 20+ crock pots.

A few years ago, Bruce introduced a new award – Best Dessert.  This year the winning dessert was Cake Puffs.  They were yummy icing filled balls of cake dipped in chocolate.  OMG, I was in heaven!

And here’s a shot of Bruce and his wonderfully tolerant wife, Fawn, handing out the awards in front of one of the big screens during half time.

Bruce asked some of the past winners to bring in their trophies to put on display.  3 of those are mine!  Now I have a 4th to bring next year.  Woo Hoo!

PS ... Sorry for the really bad photos.  I’m not sure how I managed to leave the house without my trusty Canon Elph in my pocket, but I did.  So, I was reduced to using the less than stellar camera on my phone. 

Logan's 6-7 Month Update

It doesn’t seem possible but Logan will be 7 months old in less than a week and yet again, I’m seriously late in posting his 6 month milestone update.  At least this time I’m getting it done before the month is up!

Here are his 6-7 month highlights:

• He’s basically still a big chunk o’ baby - 21 lbs 4.8 oz (94% percentile), 27” long (69% percentile), 18” head circumference (92% percentile).
• He’s very steady sitting on the floor all by himself now.  He only falls over when he starts to get tired.  Most of the time, he’ rather be on the floor surrounded by his toys than almost anywhere else.
• He’s not quite crawling yet, but we think he’s really close.  The frustration on his face at not being mobile is so obvious and a little heart breaking.
• He’s a really good eater.  He hasn’t rejected any of the pureed goo that we’ve offered him.   We’ve made our way through green beans, peas, squash, sweet potatoes, & pears with very little trouble.  He’s gotten the hang of opening his mouth long enough to give us a chance to get the spoon in.  The funniest part is the faces he makes when he gets the taste of a new food.  He never quite knows what to make of it.
  
   
• He’s finally sleeping in his crib.  I know that might not sound like a big deal, but for various reasons he’d been sleeping in his swing.  We knew this needed to stop for any number of reasons, but with the holiday’s we just hadn’t had the time to spend a weekend letting him get acclimated to sleeping in his crib.  So, the first weekend in January we finally bit the bullet and moved him to his crib, and he made the transition with a minimum of fuss.  Hallelujah! 
• We’re (finally) not having to rock him to sleep.  Again, we knew we needed to get out of this habit, but it was another transition that we needed to allow some time for.   I read a post on DrGreene.com that talked about this exact problem, and we were stunned that it was right on the money except that he only fussed for about 10 minutes the first time we tried it.  We are really close to being able to lay him down and walk away completely.  Now the only obstacle to easy baby sleep is the fact that we still wrap his arms up in a semi-swaddle style.  We’ve tried to let that go, and he won’t stay asleep for more than about 30-45 minutes.  Wish us luck!

The other major “milestone” of sorts is that Logan has spent his first week in a real day care.  Up until last week, he was literally right next door.  We were incredibly fortunate to be able to share a nanny with our neighbor.  Logan was with another baby about 6 weeks older than him, a toddler about a year older than him, & a 4 year old.  It was really a great situation – right up until our nanny’s daughter got really sick and she just wasn’t able to be here consistently.  It broke our hearts to have to make the transition.  Our nanny was incredibly great with Logan, and we never intended for him to have to spend a single day in day care.  But, the challenge is that both my neighbor and I are Realtors.  It provides a great deal of flexibility, but it is straight commission – when we don’t work, we don’t get paid.  So, not having consistent child care just isn’t an option for us.   The good news is that he has adjusted really quickly.  His primary care giver there, Miss Billy, says that he was as settled in at the end of his first week as most kiddos who had been there 2-3 weeks.  And, he's really gotten attached to Miss Billy, too.  His face lights up when he sees her which

That’s about it for now - as if that’s not enough!  We’re looking forward to Logan’s 1st Valentine’s Day now.  The only question is what incredibly embarrassing photos am I going to dream up to take of the little guy???