Catch-Up Time

This was originally written on Saturday, March 21, 2009:

It's been awhile since I wrote a post updating the things Logan does now, so that's what I'm going to do today. (There are no updates on me this week, aside from the fact that I had a dentist appt. which went easy & with no news -- which is good news. I also met Brooke for lunch on Thursday for the first time since last October; she is who I used to work with at the radio station, my last friend who is due in April - her little girl is due the day after Logan's birthday and whose baby shower I went to in February.)

Anyway, I'm going to read all of my posts since Logan was born and hopefully I'll tie up any loose ends. . .here goes:

At around 7 months old Logan started making a funny sound frequently, like "errr!" He still does it, I hope he does it into his childhood because it's so cute and "boyish." He typically says it when he's done eating and we're taking him out of his high chair. Other times it's when we're changing his diaper. It's a happy sound, but it almost seems it's like when an adult says "grr," like maybe he's trying to communicate: "Geesh, here they go again, I'll be glad when I'm a big boy and don't have to do these things."

At around 8 months old Logan started pulling off his sunglasses and now refuses to wear them when it's bright in the car. So Joe bought one of those things you put on the window to keep out sunlight, except it was a waste of money because it didn't work and he lost the receipt and box so I kept hoping we were going to get it to work, however it never did. Poor little guy cries pitifully when the sun is in his eyes. So, last weekend we decided to buy a high quality one, so that's what we'll be using from now on. Or maybe Logan just didn't like his cherry sunglasses, haha. (Those of you who have been reading since he was 4 months old might remember how I had to buy "girl" sunglasses because they didn't have any "boy" sunglasses left at the store in his size.)

Also at 8 months old Logan began crossing his ankles when he sits -- and he does it ALL OF THE TIME! It's so adorable. Whenever he sits in a normal seated position, his chubby short little legs are crossed. This I'm pretty sure he will continue to do, since I've noticed Joe does it, too! :)

Back in my post, My Son's CT Scan (and other stuff), I said that we weren't giving Logan the opportunity to be near the stairs. But around Logan's 9-month birthday Joe decided to show him one day how to go up them. Logan was very slow, it probably took a half an hour. So imagine my surprise when a week later (January 22) I was talking on the phone and had to get something out of my living room so I opened the baby gate and when I turned around, Logan was crawling faster than I could up the stairs! I ran to spot him, but he went up all 16 in a minute! Since then, whenever we're going upstairs we let him crawl up on his own, which he thinks is a real feat, but as you know from our scary experience in February (Do You Believe In Angels), he does not go down them yet. Interestingly, for about 2-3 weeks after the "falling down the steps" episode, Logan wouldn't go near the stairs when we were in our hallway. Now he seems to have forgotten, as he keeps making attempts to go down them but is not ready yet.

At 9.5 months old we moved Logan's bouncer to the basement. :( He just wasn't showing an interest anymore -- he'd cry whenever we put him in. But it sure was great for the five months that he loved it! Lately he's started to have a short attention span for his pack n play (play pen) so I think we might be putting that in storage in another month or two as well. . .although then what am I going to do downstairs when he needs his diaper changed? You might remember from my post, More of Son's 7th Month, that a few times I've put him on those mats you spread out on the floor but then he tries to crawl away when I'm changing him! For the past couple of months he's done that when I put his clothes on, too. He thinks it's pretty funny, a game to see if he can dodge me! But I always win because I have learned to be very fast! :)

At around 10 months old he started dancing when music is on! I love this!!!! Something I don't love, though, is that he started biting! In my post, Giving Sleeping Plan A Try, I said that Logan had started hitting -- but that only lasted a few weeks last October. The biting has been going on a month now. At first we didn't react because we didn't want to encourage him, but then it actually seemed to get more frequent (I do think the head banging is weaning itself, though). So we've been saying "no biting" just like we used to tell our dogs. I read this is common in my What To Expect book, because they're so used to biting toys -- it's just something that is comfortable & pleasant to them. But it has hurt both Joe & me a few times! So hopefully it will stop soon!

He quit taking his baths in the baby bathtub last month and now uses our regular bathtub. We could have switched sooner, but Joe is the one who does bathtime and he said it was easier that way, until last month. (The one time I gave Logan a bath by myself when he was a few weeks old he screamed the whole time and so I made a deal with Joe that he would do it until Logan was a year old). It's always gone flawlessly for him so I'm thinking he might as well keep on doing it past next month. . . :p I used to help for the first 3-4 months but now I only come in on occasion, so hopefully whenever I do it again Logan won't cry because ever since he was 2 months old bathtime has been one of his favorite parts of the day.

Also around 10 months old we started brushing his teeth. :) Not with toothpaste, as you aren't supposed to do that until after 2 years old because of the flouride, but many people start with a toothbrush & water before they even get their first tooth. Our pediatrician didn't say it was necessary yet, but after Logan got 6 teeth I would notice that some days they didn't look as clean. Since Logan has always gotten a kick out of watching me brush my teeth (from the time he was 3 months old it's made him laugh) I figured this was the perfect time to get him used to brushing his teeth. Sure enough, it hasn't been hard at all so hopefully that will continue.

Another change at 10 months old was Logan had always sat in his carseat or bumbo chair since he was born when I took my shower. I'd give him a bottle or toy and he never complained. But during "month 9" he began to get antsy and so I decided to try putting him in the bathtub (it's separate from our shower)! Now he can move around but is still confined, and I give him a couple of toys that keep him entertained until I'm done getting ready!

How in the world does everyone cut their baby's fingernails at this age? I haven't been able to cut them since Logan was sedated for his CT scan two months ago! So obviously they majorly need cutting, but after his last awake experience when I injured him back in December I know there's no way I can do it alone. From birth to 5 months I always did it while he was sleeping and then from 5 to 9 months when he was drinking a bottle, but now neither of those options work because he is too alert and moves his hands too much. I keep forgetting when Joe gets home from work to ask him to hold Logan while I do it -- we need to make that a weekly thing because I don't want him scratching all of the kids at the babysitter's! At least they don't grow as fast as they did his first six months.

On March 4th (10.5 months old) Logan colored for the first time! It was so cute, apparently Joe came across some crayons in our house, I'm not sure where I was, but he put Logan in his high chair with a piece of paper in front of him and taught him how to color/draw! I walked into the kitchen and saw Logan was having so much fun, so we bought special toddler crayons last weekend so this is something we'll be able to do regularly now :)

Logan also began eating meat at 10.5 months -- but only if it's in mixtures (he still doesn't like it by itself). He's finally eating all stage 3 foods now. I'm nervous that next month we stop all formula and baby food! He is so dependent on his bottles, I don't see this being an easy transition. His babysitter said that they are taught that "month 12" you don't have to stop cold turkey, it's okay to wean them during those weeks -- however, by "month 13" she is not allowed to give the kids anymore bottles or baby food. We will be following the rules at home, too, but it is going to be an adjustment for me as well. That means our schedule is going to completely change. I'm used to feeding him a bottle upon waking at 8, then breakfast at 9, then he likes a snack at 10, then another bottle at 11, then another bottle at 1 before his nap, then lunch at 3, then another bottle at 4, then supper at 6, and another bottle before bed at 8. That's 5 bottles that are going to be cut out. He'll be able to have whole milk in a sippy cup, but I'm guessing he's going to lose some L-B's. (He's 24 lbs now.)

It will also be weird for me to cook Logan all of our food for his meals rather than buy the easy stuff, lol. And, he's going to need to learn that his sippy cup isn't a toy (he's still not a "pro" with it, he prefers to play with it and it takes all day for him to drink only 1-2 oz of the 4 oz of water we put in it). But maybe he will surprise me, I never thought he'd give up nursing on his own (which he did at 9 months) so maybe he won't mind giving up the bottles, either. We will see as we begin in 3.5 weeks!

On a completely unrelated subject, in my post 9 Months Old (Next Week), I mentioned that one of my friends has been trying to have a baby for a year-and-a-half. The good news is that after very invasive testing it was ruled that things are perfect with her and she should have no trouble conceiving. Sadly, her husband has a condition called Azoospermia (you can read a complete article about it here), which means he is producing zero sperm. I was so devastated to hear this news, I couldn't stop thinking about her all week after she told me. But I began researching the condition and was relieved that all is not lost, there is still hope!

Before the past 20 years this was a "done deal" condition -- patients were told that was the end of it, they would not be able to have a baby. However, technology has made HUGE progress and now there are three possibilities that have had a great success rate.
1) The man's hormones are tested. Sometimes it is as simple as he's not producing enough testerone. If that is the case then they will give him the amount to supplement in order for his body to produce sperm. Even if the count is still too low to conceive naturally, they can take what is there and put it with the woman's egg and then place the embryo into her uterus (invitro fertilization).
2) Surgery. Many times there is a blockage for unknown reasons, which gives a guy his own vasectomy. If the blockage is removed then obviously sperm can get through.
3) If the male is missing, say, the Vas Deferens (a condition called Congenital Absence of the Vas Deferens) or has another genetic reason for Azoospermia, such as Y Chromosome Microdeletions or Klinefelter's Syndrome (something that can be found through a simple blood test), then there is another procedure doctors can do to find sperm inside his testicle and put it with the woman's egg. One website says, "Thought at one time to be hopelessly infertile, it has been found that these men can have small amounts of sperm production occuring within the testicle. Our Center has successfully recovered sperm in men with this disorder who have gone on to father normal, healthy children."

Of course these things cost $, and their insurance is being typical in that they've suddenly stopped paying for anything else. :( They'd been covering everything from November thru now, because my friend has had a ton of appts. the past few months because she had to get her moderate dysplasia taken care of as well (that's all gone now; I haven't heard from my friend with polycystic ovarian syndrome lately), but her husband had an appt. scheduled this past Monday to find out which of these situations is his cause, however he had to cancel because he found out he was going to have to pay out of pocket. I really hope they can get their insurance to help cover this because they deserve to have a baby so badly!

There are probably a lot of guys out there who would secretly wish to have this condition because they are only having babies for their wives -- but this guy is about as traditional as they come. When he met my friend he was looking for a wife, a mother for his children. He wanted to marry her during their first month of dating. She accepted his proposal after 6 months and they were married 9 months after that. She is honestly probably the best person I know with children, it's really not fair.

Of course there is adoption, or even a sperm donor, but I know they are not ready to consider those options yet -- they want to be able to have a baby that is a combination of them. So please keep them in your prayers. . .thank you.

Back to Logan. . .when I was reading about his CT scan and surgery it reminded me of how then I thought back to his jaundice and that seemed so minor! I think if my next baby has jaundice, even if he/she has to be in the hospital like Logan, I don't think I'll be quite as an emotional wreck. Even though no mother wants to go through that during their first week, I know what to expect now and it really didn't turn out to be a huge deal. These days it seems unlikely that it would get out of control. I mean, they were testing him every second it seemed! Don't get me wrong, it was still worthy of my tears (a newborn being pricked in the foot to draw blood every day, having to be hooked up to the phototheraphy lights, needing an IV and having to stay in an incubator hooked up with tubes) -- but now that I've been through it, it won't be such a shock to my system next time. So hopefully that will be the case if baby #2 ends up with the brachial cleft fistula, too.

Oh, I guess I'm going off subject again but I ended up getting cramps with my last period and had to take ibuprofen, but it still wasn't to the extreme of my pre-Logan cramps.

Despite being in the car for 3 hrs at a time the past three weekends, Logan enjoys his carseat like he did during his first 7 months, and after 8 months. (It was just that one month after our Colorado trip over Thanksgiving and the trips we took before Christmas that he was fussy in it.) If you noticed, I said the "past three weekends" -- yes, we met my parents again Thurs. night because Joe's sister got us tickets to a play for Christmas that was last night (Fri) in Omaha, so we figured we might as well do the trade again rather than get a nighttime/weekend sitter, and then we'll pick Logan up this evening (Saturday). This is going to be it until his birthday next month, though--both Joe & I have been homesick for him for the first time, so we'll be keeping him from now on the upcoming weekends! The other two weekends it seemed like Logan was here, he was just taking a nap all of the time, haha. This time we're like, hey there's something missing! I definitely don't forget for a second anymore that I'm a mom, like I did when I was away from him the first 6 months or so.

The play last night was fun as far as getting to have a date with Joe (there were two: War of the Worlds and Lost World). We held hands like we were dating :)

How am I doing on my new year's resolutions? Let's see. . .I haven't hired a cleaning service yet. My friend Kendra told me about a great site called Motivated Moms that will help you so you don't need one, so I'm thinking of trying that.

I haven't started writing 5 short blogs a week because I'm not caught up to present yet. . .i.e. I still want to write my "book report" over The Fussy Baby Book as well as give an update on my life as a writer. I also want to do a timeline of Logan's first year, like what I did with my Pregnancy Timeline, AND Joe & my comparisons to Logan, similar to what I did in my post titled, Our Baby Books.

As I said in my post, He's Walking On His Own, I plan to take my trip to Iowa to visit friends the week after Logan's birthday (April 22-25)!

Grr, I haven't read any fiction books lately. I have really been desiring to lately, so maybe after I post today!

My de quervain's is finally gone!!!!! As you know, I was waiting to make an appt. with a physical therapist until I was done with breastfeeding because many people swore that's when it often ends. But I was really skeptical. Why would that make a difference? It was caused when I was pregnant due to swelling! Well, after I stopped nursing when Logan was 9 months old (so 9.5 months of suffering) I did notice that it became more off & on rather than constant, but after another month when I received a comment on one of my de quervains posts, asking how I was doing, I made the decision that I wasn't going to delay any longer--I was going to call the physical therapist's office. But then my wrist felt perfect that day. . .and the next. . .! It was so strange, there has been nothing since! I really do think it's 100% gone now because there has been no pain or discomfort at all for the past month! Ironically, when I met Brooke on Thursday she said that she was starting to feel it in her wrist! So hopefully her's goes away when she has a baby. Otherwise, there are the exercises I gave in my post, De Quervain's Tenoysnovitis and if physical therapy doesn't help, there are splints, medication, and surgery. Or maybe it will go away on it's own like mine after nearly a year! :p

Excercising 5 days a week? Yeah, right. I haven't even been doing 1 day a week. I need to make myself a schedule because that really does help me to be on track with things like this. Something like -- every evening while I watch TV, use the eliptical. American Idol is on two days a week so I should at least be able to do that!

Who's your fav this season? I was disappointed Alexis got kicked off, I liked her so that's too bad that she doesn't even get to tour with them. My top 3 favorites though (ever since the top 36 was announced) have always been Kris Allen, Danny Gokey, and Adam Lambert.

The cooking something healthy & homemade every single night was unrealistic, so I've changed that resolution to 3-4 days a week. My cousin's wife Kim gave me a great recommendation for getting fresh fruit & vegetables: join a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) organic farm. To find one near you, go to Local Harvest.org. It looks like there are 16 in the Omaha area so I have no excuse! :) She also recommends the Simply In Season cookbook and Quick Cooking Magazine (or the compilation cookbooks). My friend Elaine recommends Rachael Ray's 30 Minute Meals. I can't wait to share recipes here that I try!

For decorating, I was going to go shopping with Stacy this past week to work more on the rooms in our house but she ended up having the flu!

I have watched several videos via the internet on how to do CPR and heimlich so I'm more comfortable than I was a few months ago. I read on Jolly Mom that it's not necessary to take a class because it's so easy, so I will refresh myself with my own "internet course" every month!

And finally, sadly, I just haven't been able to devote the time to all of the things that go along with writing a book and getting it ready for an editor, since I had a baby. Unfortunately, I've only been to the library once to write (what I said in my post, 8 Months Old, that I was going to do one night a week so I could "zone out"). That's something else I'm going to put in my new schedule to do religiously so that I stay on track.

Oh! I don't think I ever mentioned that Joe's nephew's wife who had a baby last Februrary (who said over Thanksgiving that they hadn't been preventing another pregnancy since her birth) announced that they are having another baby this September! It will be fun to hear what they are having in a couple of months. I think his other nephew & wife (who had a baby girl last June and said the same thing at TG) have decided to wait because he's only going to be going to Iraq for 7 months rather than a year as originally expected. He leaves this coming week.

Knock on wood, it's been about a week since Logan peed through a goodnight diaper. But if it happens again, Kim recommends "goodnights" pull ups. They are in the same section as the diapers. Or, some of those plastic underwear that people used long ago with cloth diapers (before someone invented diaper wraps). She said, "I'm thinking you could put them on over his disposable diaper and it would help keep the moisture in. The downside is the plastic pants are not breathable so you'd want to watch closely for diaper rash developing." OR, combine Logan's regular diaper with night time cloth training pants. She said, "Several of them have a waterproof (but not plastic) exterior and absorbent liner. I use diaper doublers in [her son's] cloth diapers during the day, so tried putting one in tonight to see if that helps. I also sometimes use wool diaper wraps at night as they are absorbent yet very breathable. I got the link above from this site -- lots of info on the site about "green" products for kids."

During this week Logan took 4 steps all by himself (this was one more step than last Sunday), but still prefers crawling as his main source of transportation, which I'm fine with. It's funny how now I'm nervous about him walking when before I was overwhelmed when he started crawling; now crawling is no big deal! It's because I understand the expression "moms have eyes in the back of their head." I've somehow learned Logan's moves so that I don't necessarily have to stare at him, gritting my teeth, every second to make sure he doesn't kill himself. :p Plus, he actually seems to know what he can and can't put in his mouth now! When he picks up something of mine, rather than just automatically put it in his mouth like he used to, he looks at me like, is this okay? Then if I shake my head, "a-uh," he puts it down and goes about his business (wouldn't it be nice if he always obeys like that? I'm enjoying it while it lasts). Half of things he doesn't even bother anymore. Like, the other day a bunch of odds & ends had spilled on our bathroom floor. I was in the middle of doing my hair so I thought I was going to have to stop because Logan was crawling on the floor but he didn't even touch the mess.

I'm starting to like his age again. Even though I loved his 8th month and have had plenty of sentimental days since the 0-6 month phase ended, I can't say that I've wanted these days to freeze in time like I used to say last summer. I remember during his 3rd month I actually cried because I was so happy, everything was so perfect, I never wanted him to get any older, I wanted everything to stay exactly like it was. I mean, obviously I'm glad he is changing and getting older because I continue to read heart-breaking blogs about all of the babies out there who are dying and not getting to live past this age--but you know what I mean. After six months old I've been kinda like, "sooo, um, I'm glad to hear that a lot of parents say 18 months old is the best age of all because that gives me something to look forward to!" In other words, I feel like he's starting to go on to anther phase and this time I'm ready!!! So hopefully the walking won't be quite as much of an adjustment for me as the crawling was, since he's already mobile and active and keeping me on my toes!

In my post, More Of Son's 7th Month, I said that we were going to start teaching him sign language at 9 months. Who are these babies signing at this age? I've been practicing with Logan on & off for the past two months, but although he'll pay attention for a couple of minutes -- that's it. He prefers running around the furniture and is not doing things on command yet. I've heard boys are more into motor skills and slower at cognitive skills than girls, so maybe that's why. Like, I remember over TG Joe's nephew's daughter who was 9.5 months at the time was already able to do actions when her parents would say, "Do such-and-such." (But she is 13 months old now and just started crawling last month so is not yet walking.) Logan just stares at us blankly and doesn't mimick us yet (despite him laughing when we do ever since he was 3 Months Old, as I said in that post). He's pointing to stuff now, though, indicating like he wants us to turn on the fan or light (he's really fascinated by being able to turn the switches on & off). So maybe he will mimick and do signing soon because he is starting to whine when he's trying to communicate something to me when I can't understand what he wants. So I can see why learning sign language would be helpful.

He's not saying words yet, either. Of course he's been saying "mama" and "dadda" since 7 months old, but I don't consider that "for real" because he doesn't say them on command. I was starting to think maybe he was referring to me when he was crying because he'd say "mama" but then I learned all babies make that sound when they cry -- that's supposedly why we call ourselves mama and dadda -- because all babies say these words first. . .they're not saying them because we've taught them. Same thing with "dog." It is very obvious that he definitely, clearly, knows A LOT of words including what a dog is and so I thought for awhile around 9 months old that he was for sure saying "dog" because it often happened when Bella and/or Cosmo would walk into the room. But just as I was about to write it in his baby book, Stacy mentioned that Jaxson was saying "dog." So I looked that one up, too, and it's the same thing as "mama" and "dadda" -- no matter what country a baby is born in, or whether a kid has a dog or not, they often say what sounds like "dog" at this age. So I have not considered him to have said his first word yet. The day that he says a word on command or he goes up to something and actually says the word to something, then I will say he's talking -- but that hasn't happened yet.

I put his stuffed animals in his crib now so he doesn't have to sleep alone these days, but he's not really interested in them. (He throws them out, haha, quite a difference from me who was hooked to my winnie the pooh until, um. . .) As I said in my last post, he's never seemed to want a security object. (He loves his tractors, though, as I said in my 6 Months Old post.)

Joe's sister's partner is still having heart issues (as I first wrote about in More of Son's 7th Month). They know now that it was a virus that caused the original problems and then it just so happened she caught this extremely rare virus (that doctors said there was no chance of her ever catching again) a second time before her heart had finished healing, so she's been in & out of the hospital since last November. She's a singer, though, and she's been able to go on tour lately, so she's doing better.

We scheduled Logan's 12-month pictures for a week before his 1st birthday (April 10th). We're going to do them with JCPenney this time (his 3 month were with Target and his 6.5 month were with Portrait Innovations). He was going to have his 12-month pediatrician appt. on April 20th but since he's going to be in Iowa now that week I rescheduled to the following Monday (April 27th).

Joe & I never made a weekly schedule like I wrote about in my post, Update, for our "married life," our "time to ourself" and our "parenting Logan" but we have felt on the same page lately so it hasn't been necessary. Of course the past 4 weeks have really helped (getting dates every weekend). It's been fun to have time just the two of us and to feel a constant in-love feeling that can often get put on the back burner when you're focusing so much & spending so much energy on a baby (as we did during Logan's months 6-10 which caused us to bicker a bit). But aside from a couple of months where we yelled at each other for the first time in our almost 9 years together (or almost 6 of marriage), I still say getting pregnant and having a baby was the best thing Joe & I ever did for our marriage. Obviously that's because we had a good, solid marriage to start with (I don't think a baby fixes a bad marriage -- but I do think it can make a good marriage stronger).

In my post, 6 Months Old, I said that I might have passed a weird genetic trait on to Logan that made his feet peel. Well it never happened again! So maybe not! He definitely, though, takes after Joe in that they both sneeze twice whenever they go from inside to outside, it's so funny!

In my post, More on Brachial Cleft Fistula, I mentioned that Logan had a plugged tear duct when he was two months old which caused him to have yellow gunk in his eye. Fortunately that only lasted a week and never came back.

Remember how last fall I said that he was doing a fake cough? Well that only lasted a month, but around 8 or 9 months old he started fake laughing! He still does! I recorded it on video one day so I will have to post that; I decided to join YouTube again and make a site of all of Logan's videos because I'm in the process of transferring them from our computer to a DVD finally, so I will post the link whenever I get them all uploaded.

Reading my post, Returning to Normal (Is That A Good Thing?), reminded me of Logan's experience with the blanket on Labor Day. It's so nice to be able to play "peek a boo" now (although he started losing interest for that game around 9 months old) having him able to take off a blanket from his head on his own and not have to worry about smothering. In the fall he will actually be able to cover up with a blanket in bed!

Now that Logan is 11 months old, his schedule is as follows: 8 am, wake up. Play until 1 pm, take a 1.5 hr nap. Play until 8 pm, go to bed. Some days he'll still take a 3 hr nap (from 11-2), but then those mornings wakes up at 6:30 am so it's a toss up. (Babies this age through 2 years old sleep 13 hrs in a 24-hr period so it's either wake up earlier and take a long nap or sleep in but take a shorter nap.)

In my post, Rough Week, I mentioned that I thought Logan was going to have Joe's hair. But now it appears that it's mine! For one, Joe's hair is super thick and he's always had a lot (even as a baby). My hair has always been thin and takes forever to grow. Well several people have thought that we've given Logan a haircut because it's so thin and short on the sides, lol! Second, Joe's hair has always been black and his skin dark. I was born with black hair & dark skin, but kept getting lighter with each year. Logan has been following my same pattern, as his hair is just brown now and he's average in complexion. Who would have thought? (I had assumed Joe would be dominant.)

The other day Joe said that Logan peed in the bathtub which caught him off guard, we forgot what it was like since Logan only peed once without a diaper after two months old! Every now & then he'll still cry when we change his diaper, but for the most part you might remember me saying last summer that stopped at two months old as well. I just try to make it a very happy event, singing, "It's diaper changing time! It's diaper changing time! It's time to change your diaper -- and then you'll be all clean!" (Whatever you must do, haha.) Most of the time that distracts him and he laughs at me (apparently I'm that kind of singer).

I'm glad he still looks at me like I make the sun come up, which I wrote about in my post, When Life Gives You Lemons, Make Lemonade. It was neat to see his face light up the past two weekends when we picked him up from my parents. He definitely knows who we are! :)

He recently wore his last 9 month outfit (crazy that he still could, but true) but is mostly wearing 2T clothes nowadays!

In my post, 8 Weeks Old, I was relieved that Logan had never cried in public. Knock on wood, but if you don't count his two professional photoshoots (nobody else was around), he still hasn't! Sometimes I think he does better in public than at home because he's distracted. He got kind of antsy at Perkins with Brooke on Thursday so I had to take him out of the high-chair for the end of our hour-long meal, but for most of it I just fed him puffs and an organic rice cake and he was fine. (And for some reason nobody else was in the restaurant even though it was 11 to noon.)

I think I finally covered everything! You're all caught up!