Bliss!

Logan went to bed at 10:30 last night... and slept through to 6:30 this morning. :-D Probably won't happen again, though...

Logan's now sleeping in his 'big boy cot' in his room (as opposed to the portacot in the living room). We didn't have any problems moving him over, and it also means we can relax and watch a bit of TV (or Dada can play on his Xbox) while he's asleep.

He's growing up fast: 4 months old already! He's talkative, learned to blow raspberries, can wiggle round in circles when you put him on the mat, and in the last week, he's started try to roll onto his tummy. We've also introduced him to his Jolly Jumper, which he absolutely loves:

Trying out the sliding chair

We've had this for a while, but Logan's always been too small to reach the kickplate. Until now.

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!