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!