1 year

Our third little guy turned one!  - a month ago!  :)  (Life with 3 and 2 in school makes my days busy!!)

We kept Logan's party small... just us, a few little balloons, a birthday hat and cake.  It's a party!  Logan loved his cake.  Loved.  He would have eaten it all if we had let him!  

At a year old, Logan is crawling fast everywhere and getting into potted plant dirt, racing towards the stairs if the gate is left open, or his big brothers room, if their door is left open.  (Lego territory!) He stands while holding on, and walks around the couch, or on the toy shelf, etc.  He has 2 bottom teeth, and it doesn't look like he is getting anymore soon!  He is sleeping great, and is an all around happy, easy baby.  His favorite little car to play with is Lightning McQueen.  At 9 months or so, he could pick Lightning out of a pile of little cars.  Every time.  We would even burry him!  He loves music, and dances (rocks back and forth) and claps his hands to the songs.  His first word is 'uh-oh', and just learned to shake his head no.  Whenever I am telling him no, I must shake my head, because now, when I tell him no, he starts shaking his head no.  So cute!  

A year ago I was nervous and wondering what a third little boy, a third version of us, would be like.  This one is a keeper!  I can't imagine not having him around.  He is such a joy, such a blessing!

logan, 11 + 12 months

Well I have let this blog of mine slip out of my mind for a long time!!  Here are photos of Logan, at 11 and 12 months... (At least I took them at the correct times, even if I didn't post them!)  See his 1st birthday post for stats and what our little guy is up to.  

logan, 9 + 10 months

I am getting behind on blogging these days!  I think it has something to do with me having 3 active kids.  ;)  I missed posting about Logan at 9 months, so onward to month 10!  

-Logan is getting fast at crawling, always smiling and crawling around the house.  He loves to go into the bathrooms, (gotta keep the doors closed!) his big brothers room, play room, living room - where he likes to put his hands in the fireplace, and kitchen -where he likes to get into the dog food bowls.  

- He is keeping me on my sweeping toes! Any type of dirt, especially fuzz from our rug and dust bunnies, he puts in his mouth.  

- He loves to play in the play room, especially with the toy kitchen.  Opening and closing the little doors and taking the toys out of its shelves. 

-Believe it or not, at 10 months, he is finally liking bath time!  He still complains a bit when he is first put in, but then soon starts splashing with his hands.  That is better then when he used to cry the whole bathtime!!

- Up until 2 weeks ago, he was still getting up once at 3am-ish to eat, and then many times, would wake at 5am, crying hard, but I knew it was just because he was tired, it wasn't time to wake up.  I had been praying that Logan would show signs that he could sleep through the night, because I was getting nervous about letting him cry it out.  Well one night he slept all the way through!!!  So I knew he could do it.  So the next couple of nights we let him cry, and soothed him a bit, then bam!  He hasn't woken up since, and he now wakes for morning around 6:30am, and happy, no complaining.  An answered prayer!

- He likes baby jarred food, isn't too excited about my homemade stuff, but is getting better.  He feeds himself baby snacks and crackers, but if I put broccoli in front of him, he just stares at it.  

- And like a true Cajun, he enjoyed gumbo!!  Ate it up....

- He isn't staying any sounds besides a little repetitive grunts and spitting raspberries.  

- He gives me kisses when I am holding him, open wet slopping kisses!  

- Anything his big brothers do these days makes him laugh.  He is really starting to love them!

logan, 8 (ish) months

A lot has happened in the last month for Logan!  He has started crawling, sits up by himself, has 2 bottom teeth, started eating food... He's growing fast!  

A few other things he is up to:

-Now that he crawls, he loves to crawl to our fireplace, and put his hand inside it, where all the soot is... gotta keep my eyes on him!

-We play in his room a lot, because it is about the only room I am pretty sure everything is appropriate for him, no little legos allowed in there!

-He is still sleeping in our room, for a couple of reasons... like he gets up at 3 to eat.  And his room is far from us!  I am too lazy to walk across the house to get to it.  

-Still wakes and cries at night, but not to eat... praying he figures out how to sooth himself better soon!

-LOVES HIS MAMA!  He practically lunges for me when Jason has him and he sees me for the first time in the morning!  I love it!

-He loves anything paper he sees on the floor.  Books, paper, trash, etc.  

-He has this cute spitting/raspberry/'t' sound he likes to do.

-He may be a picky eater.  He hasn't been too excited for carrots or broccoli, he will eat squash, but it isn't his favorite.  He loves yogurt and likes sweet potatoes, and I have actually had better luck at the jarred baby food in stores than me making him baby food.  He likes the store stuff!

I'm soaking up all that is Logan!  These days go too too fast... 

a batman party

Our Asher-boy has turned three years old!  And to sum up his personality these days - superhero -.  He has fully embraced it all, and loves to run and punch and throw and jump and fly like all of them!  His favorites are the Avengers and Batman.  

For his birthday, he chose Batman, and I think it all came together nicely!  I am not a huge fan of character parties, but I think I did a good job of a Batman theme that made our boy happy, and didn't go over the top.  Some details include the big '3' gold balloon, batman balloon, big black papered drawing of Gotham City, party favor bags (tag made by me) and his cake.  

Asher caught me looking up Batman cakes on Pinterest, and he got very excited about all the very well done fondant cakes.  I was nervous his hopes were too high!  Luckily what I cam up with, he liked!  Phew!

We had lots (and lots!) of friends in our house, to celebrate Asher, and it made me happy that we were able to do that.  I still feel so lucky and blessed that we have made friends here, (been here over 3 years) ... I remember when we moved to Aberdeen, I thought there was no way we could become connected and have friends!  That is probably silly sounding, but for an emotional, homesick, pregnant (with Asher) girl I was, it was a very real feeling!  

Happy Birthday Asher boy!!

logan, 7 (and a half) months

I am getting behind on my Logan posting, but these photos were taken when he was 7 months! I love him to pieces, when I hug him I take in deep breaths, to soak up his yummy baby smell, to remember it always, because it really does go by fast!  This month seems to be the month where he is learning new skills and settling in to a good schedule.  

-He just started to crawl a bit this week!  He has been rocking on all 4's for weeks, but with the intense longing he has for the remote control, it fell to the floor next to him, and up and off he went!  taking 5 crawling steps or so!  

-He loves the wipes bag, remote, my phone, and some big legos the most. 

-After a few attempts at food, this week he also started opening his mouth willingly to eat food.  ;D  Hoping to try squash, sweet potatoes and carrots soon!

-One bottom tooth has cut through!

-He still can't quite sit all by himself, but he is getting better.  I found him sitting up in the corner of his crib the other night, both cute and sad, because he was crying, and I don't think he knew how to get out of that position!

-He is a fantastic traveler!  We just did a trip to London, and I wore him all day in the Ergo, and he barely complained.  Just cat napped.  (Bedtime was another story, but we survived!)

-He loves and knows his routine.  When we got home from our trip, I could tell he was so much more happier!  And his bedtime routine is much smoother now.  He goes to bed without complaining, and is sleeping till 5-6am.  YAY!

easter

Up until Easter Sunday, I had worn a jacket every day this year.  But Easter Sunday, although cool, was perfect.  Not that other Scot's haven't gone jacketless, but I am a Texas wimp, and even the slightest breeze can get me cold most days so I am always prepared.  After church, it was just too beautiful to go home, so we did what anyone else would have done... go through the McDonald's drive-thru and head to the beach!  The boys had fun with their cars driving through the sand, and Noah, AKA 'I don't like dirt-mess-things touching me or getting on my clothes', took his shoes off and was running through the water and rolling around in the sand!  It was a wonderful way to finish off the weekend, and celebrate Jesus.  Can't wait for more trips to the beach.  

spring brings new projects

Since Logan has been born, (7 months ago!) I have been taking it easy with everything.  (And rightfully so!)  That includes house duties, and creative projects.  Now that Logan is napping for longer periods, if I don't fall asleep on the couch, I have some time to work on some projects on my make list, between loads of laundry and dishes.  (Will my laundry basket ever be empty?!  It seems to never all be done.)  

*I made the big boys some new bowties for Easter, out of my Liberty fabric I had been saving, in case I have a girl.  (wah, wah....)  I figure that's not going to happen, so I put it to good use, and I think this green color is perfect for this Sunday!  I used Jessica's tutorial,  here.  

*I added Logan's profile silhouette to our entrance wall.  To think when I bought all three of these frames, (IKEA) I only had Noah.  I knew one day I would use them all together for our children!  Noah was 2.5 in his, Asher maybe 8 months, Logan, just shy of 7 months.  They will all be updated again one day, but I just love Asher and Logan's messy hair!

   The easiest way to make a profile silhouette is to take a profile photo, print it out from the computer the size you want, trace the profile with a pencil (makes it easier to follow a line when cutting), then, while on top of the paper you want to be the silhouette, cut out the profile photo.  Done!

*I've had this white bud vase for years, and it had found its way into our storage cabinet, for things we don't really use, but maybe will need in the future.  I have seen a vase with this color combo, and although it is very valentines-y, I love it.  Pale pink on top, 'ketchup' red on the bottom, with flecks of brown paint spattered on it with a tooth brush.  Now it sits on my dresser, and makes me happy when I see it!

I've got more projects I want to work on, including a big one I've been putting off for years, a quilt!  I started an inspiration board for it.  I am giving myself till the end of the year to at least start it.

H A P P Y   C R A F T I N G !

child calendar station

Noah is a sponge these days, soaking up knowledge in subjects at school and life skills.  He has always been an organizer.  A rule follower (mostly).  Since before he was two.  It started with organizing his cars carefully on our couch, and now he shows these qualities in organizing groceries, his bedroom, playroom, and even in his leaf and rock collections outside.  He loves lists, writing, and is starting to get the creative bug.  With these qualities, I knew he would love a weather station print out, that I found on Pinterest.  While planning to make that for him, I made him a calendar station too, where he could see the full calendar month, and also be able to switch the date each day.  I loved this weather station so much, I wanted to make something that complimented it.  So I shaped the printed out pages to be similar, and added some small clips at the top, to be able to switch out the full calendar month each month.  The bottom section has a sliding orange bar that he can select what day of the week it is.  (This idea I got from the weather station print out, seriously, such a great little design!)  Along with the full calendar that he can see, there is a spot to put the specific day's date.  Each velcro'd piece is laminated, there is no way it would hold up otherwise with my crazy boys.  

HE LOVES IT.  He goes to his little weather/calendar station multiple times a day, changing the weather as it changes outside, checking the calendar to see what day his dad will be home, what will be the dates for the weekend, etc.  I gave him some little post it's to write little notes about the day to add to the calendar, I came to check on him after him being quiet for awhile and there were post it notes all over it.  But he wrote on the chart, next to the post it's.  Ha!  It's been graffiti-ed!  But it is loved, for sure! 

logan, 6 months

Babies are awesome!  And this one is tops!!  He makes me want to have more.  His cuteness and squishy-ness is too much!  Logan is 6 months now and is testing the waters in getting on all 4's!  That seems super early to me, he hasn't even mastered rolling onto his back yet!  We will see what this month brings...
Logan is:
Sleeping 7:30-6am, typically with an early feed around 4am...
He is a light sleeper, which is new to us, both big brothers slept solid through any noise typically.  I've got to work on my stealth mode!
We are going to start some rice cereal with him in the next few weeks!
He loves play time on his tummy.  Laughing, smiling ear to ear, and spazzing his whole body in delight!  It's fun to watch.
He may be a baby blanket type of kid.  He loves to suck on shirts, blankets, soft toys.
He will randomly laugh at his brothers doing simple things.  Like eating gold fish.  He thinks it's hilarious.
He has rolled from tummy to back a few times, but I don't think he meant to.
He gets on all 4's and rocks while in his bed, rarely does it outside of the crib.
Still in our room for sleeping!  I am hoping this month we will get him on a good schedule and transition him to his room.
--big brother wanted in on the photos this month.  ;)