Week 43 4/14-4/22

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Spring has finally hit opening up a whole new world for Logan to explore. We tried to get some cute pictures of him in the flowers, but he was more interested in playing with them. Last weekend, Alex's mom, grandparents, Uncle John and cousin Kyle came over on Friday night to play cards. Alex and I played in a 4s tournament on Saturday while Grandma Ginny watched Logan. It was nice because it was the first time we've gotten to play together in a while. On Sunday, we went to church in the morning and then did some relaxing the rest of the day.


This week has been a little hectic. Alex had found out that he has to head to North Carolina for work and we decided that it might be fun to all head down in the motorhome and camp while Alex is there for the job. We thought it would be at the beginning of May, but for once they are ahead of schedule and he needs to be there by next Wednesday. So, we have been frantically trying to get the motorhome ready to go. We're not sure how long we'll be down there, but it could be as much as a month. I may fly back with Logan if we get busy at work, but as of now we are planning on staying with Daddy the whole time.

My mom came down on Tuesday to help with the baby so I could get some work done. We still tried to do our playdates throughout the week since Logan won't see his friends for so long. We also had the parent's group meeting at our house on Wednesday night. This was our first meeting without a speaker. It went well and we're trying to plan some fun things throughout the summer.

We took dinner over to Alex's grandparents on Friday night. Grandma had foot surgery earlier in the week. They had to remove a good portion of her heal. Depending on how the biopsy goes, she might have to be off her feet for as much as 2 months so we wanted to see them before we left. Aunt Marcia was there and she gave Logan a really cool bubble machine as an early birthday gift. We went back over to Grandma and Grandpa's on Saturday morning to have breakfast with them, Alex's cousin Tommy, Hillary and baby Tommy. They just moved back to Michigan. Tommy was born 5 weeks after Logan so it's going to be a lot of fun having them grow up together.

I had an appointment to get my hair cut on Saturday afternoon, so Alex took Logan to Babies R' Us to get some things we decided we had to have for our camping trip. He got a really nice all-terrain jogging stroller and a hiking baby carrier backpack. We went to church on Sunday morning and Nate came over that night to help build a cover for the step in the motorhome so I don't have to worry about Logan tumbling out the door. So, it was a pretty eventful weekend but we did actually get a lot of stuff done. It's amazing how much more room we have in the motorhome when everything is organized..I guess that's true with most things though:)

In other big news, Grandma and Grandpa Helsom both celebrated their birthdays this past week. Grandma turned 58 on the 13th and Grandpa turned the big 6-0 on the 21st. They are going to come camping with us on their way back from Florida the first week in May. So, we'll be able to celebrate then!

Week 42 4/6-4/13

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Alex only had a half day of work on Good Friday so we went to church on Friday afternoon. We watched the service from the Family Room which was nice to be with Logan, but we did miss the atmosphere in the auditorium. Then, Grandma and Grandpa Helsom came down on Friday night to watch Logan while Alex and I went to Palazzo di Bocce with Sa and Chad. It was our first time playing bocce ball and we had a lot of fun. We had dinner there too and the food was great.

On Saturday, we all went down to Tamie and Arnold's for Easter weekend and to celebrate Jessalyn's 6th birthday. Her party was on Saturday afternoon. She got a lot of great stuff including lots of outdoor sports equipment. Gotta start 'em early. The kids enjoyed hunting eggs and searching for the baskets the Easter Bunny left on Sunday morning. Logan didn't quite get the concept, but he had fun playing with all the presents.

On Sunday afternoon, we went to Great Grandma and Grandpa's house for Easter dinner with Alex's parents, Mandy, Marcia and Karly. It was good to see everybody and Logan enjoyed Easter dinner as much as everybody else did. He is really into people food at this point and loves to try bites of everything. He prefers that over baby food, but he still won't feed himself small pieces. He'll eat it if you feed it to him, but he only wants to play with it if it's on his tray. I'm sure he'll get it one of these days.

The good news is that the Prevacid seems to be helping his reflux issues. He's still up 2-3 times throughout the night, but he doesn't seem to be in as much pain as before. We also started him on yogurt (which he loves) to help his digestive system. Hopefully, things will get even better over the next week of the trial.

Logan spent the week perfecting his crawl and using the walker. He loves walking all over the house. He doesn't know what to do when he runs into something and just keeps ramming it with the walker until you turn him around. He's also learned how to get his toys out of his toy bins by himself. He loves to pull himself up and then pull everything out and throw it on the floor. It's very cute, but it will be better when he learns how to put it back in!

Week 40-41 3/22-4/5

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Wow! Week 40. It's amazing to think that if June 23rd would have been his conception date, Logan would just be due to be born. Granted, he didn't make it the full 40 weeks. But, it really puts how long pregnancy really is into perspective.

Alex and I were supposed to play in a tournament on the 24th, but we decided against it with Logan's ear infection and I still wasn't in great health yet. It ended up being for the best since we got a lot of stuff done around the house including some much needed baby proofing. A lot of decorative items were retired to the garage for the time being and we installed plug covers and other safety items like that. Logan and I spent more time recuperating the following week with a few activities mixed in.


The following weekend, we spent some time together as a family on Saturday and then we went to church on Staurday night. On Sunday, I played in the women's state volleyball tournament while Alex and Logan had a Daddy/Son day. Our church sponsored an Easter egg hunt and activities in a park in Southfield. Logan had a great time and enjoyed meeting the Easter bunny. Unfortunately, Alex forgot the camera so we don't have any pictures to share.

We decided to take advantage of the last warm day before the cold spell hit and went to the zoo on Monday with some of the Parent's Group babies. Logan was a bit crabby so he didn't seem too interested with the animals. We bought a zoo membership so hopefully he'll be more interested this summer. I went up to work on Tuesday so Logan got to spend time with Grandma Helsom. They just got back from Florida the weekend before. On Wednesday, we met Angie and Ella at the mall. On Thursday, we went to Grandma Ginny's to participate in the daycare's Easter egg hunt. It was a little strange hunting eggs in 3 inches of snow, so we only kept him outside long enough to get a few pictures.

He has perfected his crawling over the past few weeks and is getting pretty fast. He can also pull himself up on pretty much anything and is getting good at transferring from one object to another. Last Sunday, Daddy got to witness a great "first". Logan figured out how to push his Tigger scooter and walk along behind it. So, we pulled out the walker aid and he is getting pretty good at walking behind it. Logan's right front tooth also came through on the 29th. His left tooth made an appearance on the 3rd, but his gums have swollen around it again. Hopefully, it will pop through pretty soon.

Logan had his 9 month well baby checkup on the 5th. He offically weighs in at 19 lbs, 4 ounces. He's still in the 25th percentile for weight and head circumference and the 50th for length. The doctor decided to change his reflux medicine. Nights have been pretty difficult for the past 3 weeks or so. He can't sleep for more than 3 hours at a time and it gets worse towards the end of the night so most nights I end up holding him upright by the end of the night. I'm sure being sick didn't help matters any either. The doctor has put him on a 2 week trial with Prevacid, another acid reflux medicine. Hopefully this will work!