Logan is 4 Months Old

Logan at 4 months. What can I say, I just want to eat him up - he is so sweet! Well, except for when he chooses to use his ear-piercing, high-pitched scream instead of his inside voice. He is very talkative and loves interacting with everyone. His brothers can always get him to laugh and his newest trick is blowing raspberries which makes Colin and Eli crack up. He has found his feet and loves to take off his socks so he can play with his toes. He reaches for everything and is particularly fond of grabbing our faces. Even though we haven't introduced solid foods yet, he has starting sitting in his high chair and joining us at the table for meals. He's getting stronger on his tummy and pushes up onto his elbows. He consistently rolls from tummy to back but has only rolled from back to tummy a couple times.

 

At his 4 month well-child appointment, I asked his doc about a new rash that had popped up over the last week and he said it was eczema. It looked pretty severe and since he's had such persistent cradle cap, I asked if it could possibly be caused by a food sensitivity. He said it was definitely a possibility but it could also just be caused by the dry winter weather. He suggested I try going dairy-free for a couple weeks and see what happens. Well, it's been about 5 days and Logan's cradle cap is almost completely gone and so is his eczema. Granted, I have been treating his cradle cap very aggressively for weeks and it's supposed to get better between 4-6 months and I did just finish treating the eczema with a steroid cream, but it seems like a strong coincidence. I might not be enjoying Mr. Freeze this summer... at least it's for a good cause! I just hope if he does have a food sensitivity it's something he grows out of instead of turning into a full-blown allergy.

 

Some stats on Logan: he's 13 pounds, 2 ounces, 25 1/2 inches long, wearing size 3-6 month clothes, and  size 2 diapers.

Has it been a month?

I guess it has since Logan just turned 4 months. Ack - must blog about that too. Oh, how time flies! So, everyday I think to myself, geez, I should blog about what we've been up to and then once I get all 3 boys occupied or asleep, someone wakes up or wants to eat and the next thing I know it's 9:00 at night. And let's face it, by that time, all I want to do is sit on the couch, shovel food down *my* throat and stare at the TV until I feel motivated enough to walk back upstairs to go to bed. Yesterday I was lamenting to Chris about how this is the case and he encouraged me to bust out my computer and work alongside him while he does taxes and while we watch the Grammy's. So here I am. This is mostly going to be a photo dump since I keep getting distracted by neon-colored hair and Maroon 5 covering the Beach Boys, but I know one day I'll post an entertaining anecdote about my childrens' shenanigans.

Brother love. 

Getting out some energy and having Star Wars "pod" races on their bikes. 

Eli won!

Eli painting while Colin's at school. 

Logan caught a little cold.

 Thankfully he recovered quickly.

Star Wars!

I hope to post an update on Logan at 4 months soon!

Logan is 3 Months Old

At 3 months, Logan is one smiley little guy. He loves to interact with us and is cooing up a storm. He's finally starting to enjoy tummy time and has fun lying on his activity mat and batting at the toys hanging above him. He has found his hands and is starting to explore his world with them. He still doesn't like his carseat but he's tolerating it a little better. He's weighing in at 12.2 lbs and is wearing size 3-6 month clothes.

 

Merry Christmas!

We did a few more fun things the last few days before Christmas. We attended Lights at the Zoo and the weather was *amazing*. Last year I remember it being so cold I wasn't sure I wanted to bring Logan this year, but the temperature hovered right under 50 so it was perfect! That, of course, still didn't stop us from dressing our little man in a head-to-toe snowsuit that he couldn't move in.

The boys were instructed one day to give their Mama & Daddy special holiday back rubs. Eli completely ignored that activity and Colin gave Chris and I three-second, finger-tip rubs. Needless to say, I think that was their least favorite activity of the month. The boys wrapped their cousins' gifts one day and had a blast choosing the paper, tags, and bows that went with each. We made Christmas cookies one day and I have to admit that after years of making sugar cut-out cookies, I still can't get it right! My cookies always end up looking like bloated versions of what they should be and I have yet to make an icing recipe that I love. Thankfully the boys thought they were delicious and it was so fun watching their different personailities reflected in how they frosted the cookies.

We celebrated Christmas at Nana & Papa's house!

The boys have been enjoying their gifts...

On Christmas Eve we drove around our neighborhood to look at Christmas lights and read Twas the Night Before Christmas. The boys also opened their new Christmas jammies and had fun leaving a note and snack for Santa.

 

Of course Eli & Colin had a great time opening gifts this morning and reading Santa's letter! It looks like they were on the "nice" list this year.

Merry Christmas!

 

Continuing the Countdown 'til Christmas

Continuing our countdown until Christmas, here are those cards we finally finished.

I think they were definitely worth the wait. Colin gave his to his teachers and Eli made some for Nana & Papa and Grammy & Poppy.

On Day 13 we did a snowman craft.

On Day 14 I thought we needed a little more sugar in our lives so we made Rice Krispie treat Christmas trees. I really like what the M&M's do for the Rice Krispies!

On Day 15 we visited Santa at the Sylvania Historic Museum. We love going here. The wait is never long, you get to wait inside, and it's free! Plus the kids love looking at the Christmas decorations in all the different rooms and checking out the dollhouses upstairs. This is our first year with no tears. I think we might be back to tears once Logan is more aware next year!

On Day 16 we attended Colin's preschool Christmas program. It was so cute and it was amazing to see how much more confident he was this year compared to last year. He actually sang this year and recited the poems and prayers. He did the dance movements and even tried to get his classmates to participate more.

 Our little Wise Man

Day 17 was an epic fail - I might need to avoid the dollar section at Michael's next year. I bought water color ornaments for the boys to paint. Unfortunately, when you added water to the ornaments, the color dissipated instead of intensifying and the boys quickly lost interest.

Today we watched the movie Polar Express and ate popcorn. Just one more week to go!