Baptism

We had Logan's baptism today, at Our Lady of Fatima church in Tawa.

In the picture to the left, you can see Logan wearing his christening gown (not a dress, regardless of what his Aunt Felicity has to say about it) that Juliette's grandmother made about 40 years ago. 17 members of Juliette's family have been christened in it -- 18 including Logan.

We had a good turnout -- a few people couldn't make it, for one reason or another -- but it was a lovely private service. Father Penders -- who married Juliette and I four years ago -- did the service. He even made an impromptu addition to the service, calling our friends' 6 year old daughter up to hold Logan's baptism candle -- not something we'd thought of, but in retrospect was a great idea.

Logan was great throughout the service, even watching Fr Penders during the sermon. He didn't scream once, even when he had the water poured on his head -- though I'm sure some of that was because Juliette and I had his pacifier ready to put in his mouth at the slightest sign of impending screamage.

(L-R: James (godfather), Sarah (godmother), Juliette (happy mum) holding Logan (sleeping baby), me (proud dad), and Felicity (godmother and aunt)

To celebrate afterwards, we went to Nan and Grampa's place for afternoon tea. The centrepiece was the top tier of our wedding cake, which has been carefully stored in our freezer for the past four years for just this occasion.

Exciting times!!

Well our little boy was 3 months old old on Wednesday 17th (4 days ago) and we just can't believe how the time has flown!!!

He is loving the singing at SPACE and is now started to make different sounds like he is talking to us, which I am sure he is :)

We had our 12 week vaccinations on Monday and he coped better than last time, still screamed but not quite as much and again settled as soon as I fed him. He was very sleepy the following day and a bit unsettled the day after but I think that was because he was trying to push out a poo - he waiting until Daddy got home to do it so he could change the nappy - what a good wee boy my son is!!



Yesterday we took him swimming and he loved it, not so keen on the shower afterwards but loved having both Mummy and Daddy in the water at his level. We did not stay in for long obviously as babies get cold quickly (the pool was nice and warm though) but I was pleased we went.



Today we have his Christening at 2pm so will try to update again tomorrow (given we have been slack of late) - I hope he will be a good boy - but as long as his tummy is full that should not be a problem. Better go and start getting ourselves organised - takes a while with a baby!!

Two months old today!

Little man is growing up fast...!

Busy times

It's been a busy two weeks for little Logan.


Last Monday, we took a trip up to Palmerston North to visit our friends Amber and Steven, and their kids Caitlyn and Carter. Logan was good on the trip up -- he tends to go to sleep in the car -- and while we were in Palmie. He even endured Mummy shopping in Ezibuy and JK! Unfortunately, on the way back home, we got caught in the traffic north of Otaki. As soon as the car stopped, Logan woke up and started screaming. Mummy managed to calm him down with a bottle of formula, while Daddy worried about having enough petrol to make it to Otaki. Fortunately, after nearly an hour in the traffic jam, we made it to the BP in Otaki, and stopped to feed Logan properly, change him, cool the car down, refuel, and get something to eat and drink.


On Wednesday, we had coffee group at the Peppermill again. Everybody in the group has had their babies now -- 9 boys, 4 girls -- though not every one managed to make it. Logan got a little grizzly in the cafe, but not too bad, and he put up with his parents going shopping afterwards. The wheels started to come off towards the end, though, so Mummy and Daddy raced home to feed him.

On Thursday, Mummy and Logan had their first Baby & You class, so Daddy managed to get a break from helping Mummy look after the little chickling.

On Saturday, we had another big trip over to Greytown to visit Sarah and Jason and their little critters (Logan's second cousins Hamish, Amelia and Samantha). No problems at all -- Logan slept all the way there and all the way back. We also stopped in at our friends Judith and Dave (and their son James) in Totara Park on the way home.

This week's been less hectic. We finally met the Plunket nurse on Monday, and -- contrary to other people's horror stories about Plunket -- she was very nice. She weighed Logan (4.9kg), and gave us a few hints and tips to help with wind, feeding, and the thrush infection in his mouth.

We had dinner with Nan and Grampa on Monday night, and Mummy and Logan had the second Baby & You class yesterday (where Mummy learned baby massage, which Logan seems to like).

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!

Obviously we had a very special Christmas and New Year being the very first we spent with Logan!

Logan got lots of Christmas presents - as per the attached photo (and of course I have listed them so he will have a record - though Crispin and I are debating whether this is such a good idea given he may start to expect such continued spoiling in the future!!)





From left to right starting at the top:
Soft toy Sheep from Great Aunty Anne and Great Uncle Ross
Car duvet cover from cousin Rebecca
Snail cloth book from Liz and Cameron
Thomas and Friends DVD and 2 books from Aunty Maiko and Uncle Richard
Sneezy the Activity Dragon from Nan and Grampa
Jeans from Aunty Miranda, Uncle Andrew and Connor
My first Christmas Stocking from Nan and Grampa
Spinning top from Nan and Grampa
Activity Rings from Great Aunty Julie and Great Uncle Russell
Soft toy Zebra from Aunty Miranda, Uncle Andrew and Connor
2 Max books from James and Sarah
Buzzy Bee toy from Nan and Grampa
Tabby McTat book from Aunty Felicity
Greedy Cat book from Nan and Grampa
Forgetful Mog book from Aunty Maiko and Uncle Richard
Elephant and Giraffe All-In-Ones from Mummy and Dada
First Christmas Pooh Bear ornament from Margaret
First Christmas Snow Globe and Snowpeople family ornaments from Mummy and Dada
Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes book from Nan and Grampa
Santa and Doggies ornament from Nan and Grampa
Max and Tilly socks from Nan and Grampa
Pirate Poster from Nan and Grampa



In comparison we had a very quiet New Years at home...though there were the 20 minutes of fireworks at midnight which woke up the little man!

Now we are going through Logan's 6 week growth spurt with him feeding every 2 hours at times but he is 4.65kg now which is great!

We are really looking forward to all the growing and interaction our little Logan will have this year - welcome 2010!

Our hectic week!

As per the post from December 20th we had a very busy week beginning on the 21st....

Monday 21st December
Diana, Emily, Angela and Bethany came to visit us in the morning - it was lovely to see Diana and Emily especially as it had been almost 2 years given they now live in Melbourne. Emily has grown so much and is such a lovely wee girl, her and Bethany got on well and it was nice to see them together too. Bethany just loves giving cuddles to you and was always asking to hold you - she even wanted to feed you but I had to explain that that was a little difficult :o)

Aidan and his Mum popped in when they came to pick up Emily and Diana so it was nice to get to see them too.

We picked up Daddy from work in the afternoon and all went to see Meera for Mummy's check up and all went well, Meera said there is a 20% chance that if Mummy has another baby it will come early too - Mummy is going to plan on it being 100% to be safe!!

Tuesday 22nd December
We went out to Stokes Valley to have you feet and hand casts taken for your Twinkletoes wall plaque in the morning - it was interesting to see how they take the moulds (using the same stuff they do for dental moulds).

We then had lunch at a lovely bar in Stokes Valley - yes you have now frequented your first bar!!

After that we visited both Mummy and Daddy's works to say hi and show you off again and then you had your pediatric check up - all went well and we just have to work on different positions to feed you in to try and avoid all that wind.

Wednesday 23rd December
Today you had your 6 week vaccinations and you did not enjoy them. After the first injection in your leg you screamed and Mummy had just started to get you calmed down when the one in the other leg went in...then you were inconsolable with much more screaming until Mummy fed you and then you forgot all about it lol. No major reactions which was good :o)

Thursday 24th December
A pretty quiet day at home, we went to family Christmas mass at 7pm where you were perfectly behaved (you loved the singing) and everybody thought you were gorgeous - which of course you are!! Bethany wanted some more cuddles and proceeded to tell her Mum that she wanted a baby like you..."a cute one" :o)

Back to Nan and Gramps to hang up the Christmas stockings and then home for Mummy to wrap more Christmas presents!

Friday 25 December
Your first Christmas - see the seperate post, you were spoiled rotten!

Logan the Social Bunny

Well Master Logan has celebrated his one month old milestone by being very much the social bunny of late.

On Thursday Dada stayed home as you had had a very unsettled night and Mummy and Dada were both very tired. We recovered by lunchtime and went out to lunch at K-Mart and then did some shopping.

On Friday we went to pick up Uncle Richard with Nan and then went to lunch at K-Mart with Nan and did some window shopping. Then we picked up Dada from work and went to Animates with the doggies!

Yesterday we went out to Denny's for lunch with James and Sarah and then did some final Christmas shopping and the food shopping. Then we stopped by to see Nan and Gramps and to give you some food! We were out from 12 until about 6 and you were such a good wee man.

I think we will stay home today for a rest (although we still have to put up the Christmas tree) especially as next week will be so busy....

Monday: Diana, Aidan, Emily, Angela and Bethany coming to visit in the morning, Mummy has a specialist check up with Meera at 4.45pm
Tuesday: Twinkletoes at 11.20am and then pediatric check up at 2.20pm
Wednesday: 6 week vaccinations at 11.45am
Thursday: Christmas Eve - hoping to go to family Christmas mass at 7pm
Friday: Your first Christmas!

Gosh we are going to be busy, especially as some time during the week Mummy has to wrap all the Christmas presents!!