Week 28 12-29 - 1-5

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On Thursday, Logan and I went up to my parent's house. My mom and dad were watching Jessalyn and Alyssa for the week while Tamie and Arnold got some things done around the house, so we went up to hang out for the day. Ginny and Sara came over and we spent some time in the pool and opened more Christmas presents. On Friday, Alex worked from home and I was able to get all the Christmas decorations taken down and we organized Logan's playroom (the old dining room). We practically need a whole wing for all the toys Logan has gotten already. I think we're going to go with the rotation method so he doesn't get sick of anything.

We went up to my parent's house on Saturday for the weekend. We celebrated Christmas with my family on Sunday morning and Logan got even more toys plus a bunch of hand-me-downs from the girls. We all got some really cool gifts including a new drill, clothes, new picture frames and decorations for above the entertainment center, and a portable DVD player for the car. It was great to hang out with the family for the weekend and Logan made a valiant effort to stay awake until midnight on New Year's Eve, but he finally fell asleep right around 11:15.

Logan has certainly joined in on Jessalyn and Alyssa's enthusiasm for Grandma and Grandpa's pool. He LOVES it! He loves to float around and doesn't even fuss when he gets splashed from the girls doing their cannon balls. He does a modified froggy-type breast stroke and he can even hold onto the bar all by himself while the current is on. Overall, the weekend was a lot of fun and we ate too much food yet again including our annual New Year's seafood dinner. The crab legs were huge! (and yummy)

On Monday, we went over to Jess and Will's to visit for a little while. We ended up coming home before the Rose Bowl because Alex had to get up at 4 the next morning to head to Battle Creek. Logan spent the day with Grandma H on Thursday while I did some work and then we spent the day at Grandma Ginny's day care on Friday.

Logan started to enjoy his solid food meals quite a bit more this week. He also seems to finally be feeling better so we think there might be a correlation there. Logan is getting better at sitting up but definitely prefers standing if someone is supporting him. It will be nice when he can sit by himself for longer periods so he can play with his new toys on his own. He still loves anything that makes sounds or lights up, but his favorite thing has to be the Jumperoo. Sometime he practically lifts the thing off the floor when he really gets going. He must take after Daddy in that respect!

He had his checkup at the doctor's on Thursday morning. He is weighing in at 16 pounds, 8 ounces. He is 26 3/8 inches long and his head circumference is 43.3 centimeters. So, he grew almost 2 inches and put on 3 pounds, 3 ounces in 2.5 months! He is finally into the 50th percentile for weight and height and is in the 40th for head circumference. It took him 6.5 months, but he is catching up!