Weeks 33-34 2/2-2/18

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Here's a cute pic of Logan with his new Uncle Bosco. We went up to the daycare last Wednesday(Valentine's Day) to go meet him and surprise Grandma Ginny. Alex's parents went and picked him up last weekend from a breeder in the UP; it was nice of them to meet his parents in Gaylord so they didn't have to drive the whole way up. He is VERY cute and is already well mannered. He seems to like all the day care kids, but I don't know if he is getting enough sleep with all the action in the Ferrell house. Logan enjoyed playing with all the daycare kids for his first Valentine's Day. He also enjoyed trying his first sucker. Luckily, he lost interest after a few minutes so I didn't have a kid on too much of a sugar high! Later on, we went to watch Daddy play volleyball. Logan had a good time "cheering" for him whenever he saw him.

This past weekend, Tamie, Jessalyn and Alyssa came to visit. We babysat the girls on Friday night and Saturday morning while my sister went to a conference. Logan got to go to Chucky Cheese for the first time. He loved looking at all the flashing lights and went down a slide for the first time. Tamie and I drove up to Grand Blanc on Saturday afternoon to go get my parent's van; my sister finally sold hers so they are going to buy my parent's. Tamie watched the kids on Saturday night and Alex and I went to see Night at the Museum. The movie was pretty good and it was nice to spend time alone together. Sunday morning we all went out to breakfast and to church. Logan stayed in the daycare for the second time successfully.

I'm really glad that we have gotten involved in activities with other kids. We have our Play Away class on Mondays and we get together with some of the other moms from our Parent's Group every week too. Last Monday, we met up with Angie and Ella at Twelve Oaks. It was our first time mall walking and it was fun to see Angie and the baby. I still can't believe Logan was that small just 6.5 months ago! So between those activities and going up to Grandma Ginny's daycare every so often, he is getting some exposure to other kids. It's amazing because he can be really fussy all morning, but then he is as good as gold when we get to a play group. He is starting to try to interact with the other kids more and just loves observing the older ones. It's great to give Mommy a break too. It's amazing how much you can miss talking to other adults!

Developmentally speaking, Logan has had a big few weeks. His first tooth (bottom left front tooth) sprouted on 2/2 and the second one (bottom right front tooth) came out on the 6th. He had pretty rough days the days before the teeth appeared. I felt bad because Alex and I thought his reflux was acting up and that was the reason why he was so fussy. But come to find out, a little Tylenol or Oragel might have helped him out. It will be so much easier when he can tell us what hurts!

He also started picking his belly up off the ground on the 3rd. He can push up all the way and will rock back and forth on his hands and knees. So, we had to stop putting him to sleep in his cradle since he could push up and almost see over the top of it. Having him sleep in his room has made it a little harder on Mommy during the night. He is still not sleeping through with the reflux issues; most of the time he just needs to be sat up and jostled a bit to help get the acid down. But, I'm getting used to it and I'm thankful that Logan didn't seem to mind the transition into his room.

Then, this past week he figured out that he can move when he pulls himself up onto his knees. He still can't go forwards, but he can make it across a room going backwards pretty quickly. It seems to frustrate him though because he can't seem to understand why he is getting farther away from his toys.

Logan can also pull himself up to a standing position when he's holding onto Alex or I. He hasn't figured out (thankfully) that he can do this on any object. His balance isn't quite good enough to do that on his own yet. He is also a lot more interested in whatever Alex or I are eating. He loves to have "bites" of our food. Sometimes it's tough to try and find foods that he can have (rice, cooked carrots, green beans, bananas, etc.), but he loves getting tastes.

It's just amazing how much he changes every week and all the new things he learns. We need to start worrying about other things now like childproofing the house. I don't think it will be too long before he figures out how to crawl forwards!