Renaissance Festival

Well, first of all, Logan turned 2 months old! He's getting nice and chubby and growing like a weed. He was in the 50th percentile for both his weight and length (Brenden has always been in the 25th). I have a feeling one day Logan may catch up with his brother!

We took the boys to the Renaissance festival and we all had a lot of fun. It was a beautiful day. Low 70's - cool breeze - Carolina blue skys as far as the eyes could see - turkey legs - roasted cobs of corn - it was a great day!

Here's Logan chillin' out in the stroller. I have a white blanket over the top to keep the sun out but still let the light in.



Brenden loved "The Painted Lady" who had a bunch of paints and let the kids paint her dress and her blankets she was sitting on while she told stories. We literally had to drag him away kicking and screaming!
Brenden wanted to be painted too!

The Painted Lady loved her little painted boy!

Logan had fun in his seat enjoying the nice weather.

Brenden LOVED the joust. He could care less about the men on horses, but he loved getting to say "yay!!!" with the croud when the jousters would perform.

Here he is on DaVinci's flying machine. It was fun for Brenden but made Mommy GREEN! Man-operated rides are not for me apparently!


Here he is trying on a Robin Hood hat. I just love those big brown eyes!



It was a great family day for us!!

My growing boys

Logan has started cooing and smiling now and it just warms my heart each time I see it. Here he is showing his cutie grins...




Big brother Brenden still demands special one on one attention from Mama but how can I resist such a cute face?


MOST of the time Brenden really loves his brother (as long as he's not interfering with his Mama time!) I can't wait until Logan is big enough to start playing with Brenden.

Halloween

Just thought I'd share some Halloween pictures of the boys. Logan stayed home with Daddy but had his cute spider hat to wear for the day.



Brenden wore his peanut costume again this year. He just looks so cute in it and it still fit. Just like last year he was big hit. Teenagers told me the costume was "cool" and parents had to go fetch every member of the household to come to the door to see my little peanut. He got the rock star treatment all night!


Here he is examining his loot! There was very little in here that was toddler safe, but one smart parent had bags of pretzels (or as Brenden calls them "tetels") so he was able to eat those right away! Thanks smart parent!!



It ended up raining some but Brenden just started rubbing his hands together in it and saying "wash! wash!" He's too cute :) I can't wait until Logan can carry on the peanut tradition next year!

Fall!

We are finally getting some nice fall weather around here. I love my warm weather, but I must admit that the heat and bugs are not good for little toddlers to play in! Its been so fun to get out in the cool air and not have mosquitos everywhere!

Brenden decided to help us rake some leaves!

Ooooh. These things are pretty neat!

Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Here Mommy, you need a drink!

We finally got around to carving the pumpkin from the pumpkin patch we went to. Brenden enjoyed playing with the seeds and the pumpkin "guts." For some reason he insisted on wearing his coat during this activity!

Scooping the seeds with a spoon.

Helping Dada make the silly pumkin face.

Brenden is finally experiencing a little bit of "I'm not the baby anymore" reality and has been acting up a little. He's become VERY attached to mama and gets mad if Dada tries to do something he wants Mama to do for him. He wants to be held more and will hand me his sippy cup and make me hold it while he drinks out of is. He will do the same with food. He has started protesting daycare as well. He's fine about 5 min after I leave, but when I get there he refuses to go inside and clings to my leg the whole time. He's also getting 2 bottom teeth and has a cold. The poor kid has just had some rough days.

He's talking up a storm now. He repeats anything he hears and remembers lots of new words each day. If he throws something he'll say "good throw" afterward because that's what Dada always tells him. He's got most of his colors down. He still has trouble with red, yellow, and blue - in his eyes they are all "bwue!" but he knows purple, green, brown, black, white, and pink.

Logan is getting his chubby baby face now. He LOVES to eat. I don't remember Brenden feeding this frequently! I could swear he'd go 3 hours between feedings but I'm lucky if Logan will hold off for 2 hours at a time. I am constantly on standby for a feeding! However he will go 4-5 hours at night without a feeding which has been nice. He's more alert now. I'm getting the occasional smiles but its tough to catch them on film.

Here is a half-smile.

Here he is playing with his activity center. Do you think he looks overstimulated?!


And here are my two boys together. Logan looks happy to have his big brother near by!

One Month Checkup

Logan had his one month appointment last week. He is growing really well. He weighed 9lb 4oz and was 21in long. His weight was in the 45%, his length was in the 25%, and his head circumference was in the 50% (this surprised me!, his head seems so big compared to his body!) So all in all he's a little short, but the rest of him is average. He had his second HepB shot and did really well. He let out a little cry but settled down immediately. He's starting to smile now on occasion. I haven't been able to really catch it on film, but it won't be long now. He's hit and miss with his sleeping. Some nights he does great and others he wants to stay awake and wants Mommy to entertain him. I think his eyes are going to stay blue. Brenden's eyes were never this light, they were a very dark gray-blue at birth and continued to stay dark and have brownish hues to them. I think in some ways he looks so much like Brenden and in other ways he doesn't look like him at all. It just depends on his expression.




Brenden is a good big brother. He likes to act out whenever I am feeding Logan and Daddy is at work. I'm sure its his way of saying "hey, why aren't you paying attention to ME" so we have some challenging days, especially on weekends when I have both boys all day by myself. Thank GOD Brenden still takes a nap and I get a chance to refuel.

I've been looking high and low for a child sized broom for Brenden. He always tries to use the big one and it is too bulky for him and he ends up getting mad at it. I finally found this broom at WalMart. It was with the younger child toys, I figured it would be with the kitchen toys or the girls toys. Here he is cleaning up under his table after his lunch - Yes, he has his own table. He was constantly fighting the booster seat and was hardly ever eating his dinner so we got a child sized table and chair and it works like a charm! He just didn't like being restrained and forced to sit in a seat. With this table/chair he feels like he's more in control.

Pumpkin Patch!

We decided to take our very first trip to a local pumpkin patch this fall. Brenden had such a great time! It was a fun family activity.

Here he is petting some baby pigs.



He was SO amazed at the rabbit in the cage!

My little pumpkin!

We took a hay ride to the actual pumpkin patch. Brenden had so much fun as you can see by the expression of pure joy on his face!

He wanted to pick the BIG pumpkin.


Logan hung out with Mommy in her sling and slept the whole time!


After our perfect pumpkins were picked we were back on the hay ride.


We ended the event with a sampling of some WONDERFUL local apple cider. The nice folks at the farm gave Brenden a refill after he had a HUGE melt-down when his cup was empty! It was lots of fun and something I hope to do with the boys every fall!

Toddler Hoe Down

Ever since having Logan, its been difficult for me to get a lot of good quality one-on-one time with Brenend. Logan needs me to nurse him every 2.5 -3 hours during the day and with each feeding and burping lasting 30 min or more, it just leaves little fun time for my big boy and his mama. On Friday, the daycare had a "Toddler Hoe Down" for Brenden and his classmates so I left Logan at home with daddy and spent the afternoon with my adorable toddler.

They had some pumpkins in the sensory table for the kids to explore the shapes, textures, and smells.


Brenden is showing Mommy his new pumpkin discovery!

He also got to play with some ears of corn - which weren't as fun as the pumpkin! (oh and notice his hoe down outfit!!)

Such a cutie!

Showing off his playground to Mommy

Picking flowers off of the bush.

Neigh!


What a big pony!


And taking another pony for a ride!


We had lots of fun and really got some much needed quality time together!