Week 20 & 21 11/4-11/7

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Here is Logan sitting in his new Bumbo chair. He really likes it since he can't quite sit up on his own yet. The chair helps him to be able to keep track of everything going on around. The weekend of the 4th was pretty relaxing. Jess came down on Saturday and hung out for the day. We had some fun playing with Logan and did a little cooking. On Sunday, my parents met us at Kensington to check out our new church and then we went to lunch at the Olive Garden afterwards. Then, we went over to Nate & Raechel's new house in Rochester. His sister Mandy is staying there now too so it was nice to see all three of them. They were still trying to get settled so we didn't stay too long. It's really close to church so hopefully we'll get to stop in more Sundays in the future.

The next weekend, we went up to Tony & Tiff's for Dani's 30th birthday party. We dropped Logan off at my parents house on Saturday; it was nice for them to get some QT in because they left for Florida the following Wednesday. Our parent's group met both the past two Wednesdays. The topics were Infant Massage and Feeding so both sessions were very benficial. The SAH mom's also met over at our house last Friday. We got a few good pics of the babies interacting.

Alex had to go back to Battle Creek and Kentucky for work most of the past two weeks. It was really bad this past week because I ended up with the flu. It's not a lot of fun to try and take care of a 5 month old when you're sick with the flu. But, we both survived..another mommyhood feat accomplished! My sister and the girls came up on Thursday for the day to hang out. It was good to see them and they were all surprised at how much Logan had grown and changed since they had seen him last.

Logan surprised us and slept through the night 3 times the week before last. We were hoping that he was starting a new trend, but then he had quite a few rough nights this past week. We're hoping he just wasn't feeling well this past week and will start moving towards sleeping through the night again. He is starting to take better naps during the day, so our hard work at making him stay in bed seems to be paying off a bit. But, he is still only taking 45 minutes or so. If we can get him up to 2 hours for his naps, I will be ecstatic! But, one thing that we have figured out about our son is that just when you think you have things figured out...they change! We also started him on rice cereal this past week. He loves it! He will actually grab your hand and pull the spoon towards his mouth. He gets most of it in his mouth, but he still ends up pretty messy afterwards!

Week 18 & 19 10/20 - 11/3

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On October 19th, Logan and I went down to Fort Wayne in Grandma and Grandpa Helsom's motorhome to watch Doug & Nicole's sectionals. They coach varsity volleyball at Carroll High School down in Fort Wayne. The team won their match on Thursday night, so Alex came down from Battle Creek after work on Friday. The team won both of their matches on Saturday and won sectionals for the second year in a row. It was great to see Doug and Nicole and watch the girls play. Logan was either watching the games intently or he passed out sleeping...we joked around that we needed to make a tape and play it in his room with how soundly he slept through the loud, cheering crowd. Logan and I headed back on Sunday morning and Alex hung out until Monday morning since he had to drive back to Battle Creek for work. Doug's team lost in the regional finals the following weekend, so they ended up in the top 16 in the state.

We took Logan's 4 month pictures. It's a little harder to capture the smiles since he is enthralled with the red light on the camera. But, we managed to get a few good ones. The pic in his green hoodie is hilarious...we think it's a pretty good Yoda impression with his hands clenched in front of him and the squenched look on his face.

The following Wednesday, we had our second parent's group meeting. The group came over to our house and the topic was "adjusting to parenthood". It was great to relate to other new parents to find out we're not alone with the mixed feelings about the extreme life changes of having a baby. Some of the stay-at-home/part-time moms have also started to meet every so often during the day. It's great to talk with other parents that are dealing with the same questions and developmental milestones. The babies don't quite play together yet, but they are definitely aware of each other and seem to enjoy it.

On Saturday, we went up to Grandma Ginny's for the day. We played with Logan and watched a few movies. It was a nice relaxing day. Alex, Logan and I went to Kensington Church in Troy on Sunday. It is a modern, life-based Christian church. We really enjoyed the service and hope to get more involved going forward.

Tuesday night was Halloween. We had a few hand-me-down costumes, so we had to dress him up in all of them. So, he was a pea-in-the-pod, a yellow M & M and a flower. He looked pretty cute in all of them, but ended up busy eating through most of the trick-or-treaters.

I've been able to work a few days over the past few weeks on some deals, so my mom has been watching Logan. Logan also spent a day at Grandma Ginny's and enojoyed being entertained by all the day care kids.

Developmently, Logan continues to amaze us. He seems to enjoy tummy time more now and has rolled from his tummy to his back 5 times now. Hopefully the next time will be with Daddy since Alex hasn't seen him yet He can reach out and grab toys more effectively and has even started to "sing" along with his song books. One of his favorite games is to dive his face into Daddy's chest when Mommy is "gonna get him"..then he pulls his head back, gives us a big smile and a giggle and waits for me to come in again. I must admit that it's one of the greatest games I've ever played too!