Last Week

Last week Logan, Buddy and I had a very busy week. John, unfortunately had to work - although, Thursday and Friday he had a conference in Los Angeles, CA - so he got to have 2 fabulous flights and days of his own traveling. Logan, Buddy and I took this opportunity to do some traveling of our own.

On Monday we left for Wisconsin (while I battled a bit of morning sickness). We swung by Milwaukee to pick up my sister-in-law Brittany and her dog, Oakley. We drove up together to my inlaws house for a few days of family visiting time...and of course, time by their fabulous pool. :) Logan loved the pool...naturally because the weather was nice and warm, so was the pool. Today was a milestone day for Logan - he did his first army crawl/creep! We were so excited!!! His bait was his pacifier and boy did he scoot! It was very fun to share his first army crawl with family. :)

Tuesday morning, Logan, Brittany, Dorene, Alex and I went strawberry picking. It was both Logan and my first time - I was excited, Logan - eh, whatever. It was HOT, HOT, HOT that day - when we left it was 82 and by the time we left it was 86. Dan and Kaye lent us their backpack (to Logan in) - that they used for Meghan when she was a baby. With Logan strapped on my back in his plaid overalls, hat and sunglasses we took our hay ride out to the strawberry fields (his first hay ride - he enjoyed it). We spent about 15 minutes picking strawberries. The strawberries were big and very sweet - Brittany made me eat the first one, she said it is like a rite of passage for picking strawberries....boy was it delicious. Logan can't eat strawberries just yet - it is one of those foods that babies shouldn't eat until after a year of age because of allergies. Anyway, it we lasted 15 minutes before Logan was unhappy - poor child was probably so hot; I was sooo sweaty - it was gross. But we did like strawberry picking and we will do it again in the years to come, but I think we will try and do it earlier in the day (we did it at 9am, while early, it was sooo hot already) and on a bit cooler day, if we can.

Naturally when we got back from strawberry picking, we jumped in the pool! We enjoyed a beautiful, hot day outside at the pool - we all got gorgeous tans as well! Buddy loved all the acres of yardage to run around.

Wednesday we hung out in the morning - Erica, a family friend of the Battermann's and her son, Carson stopped by for a quick visit and swim. We had another delicious meal for lunch, then we left with Brittany....dropped her off and continued on our way.

We arrived back home just before all the icky Chicago traffic. John arrived home shortly after and we enjoyed a lovely evening together. Thursday morning at 5:30 John left for LA. A few hours later, Logan and I left for my sister's house. We stopped by my Mom's work first and she and her co-workers ooh'd and ah'd over Logan. We then drove over to Dawn's and had lunch and swam in her pool. That night after dinner, Logan and I drove to my parents house (Buddy stayed at my sister's since he can't come to my parents house due to my Mom's allergies).

Logan did great through the night, until 4:30 (funny, at home he rarely wakes up through the night, but both nights at Dorene's and at my parents he woke up once). I think he looked around and neither crib had bumper pads so he could see through the bars and recognized that this was not his room. Luckily my Dad was already awake (apparently he wakes up around 4:30 all the time...oy) so he sat up with Logan and rocked him back to sleep.

We spent the day at my sister's again - it was so much fun! Melissa and the kids came over and on Friday's my Mom only works until 11. So we all laid out by the pool and had a fantastic day. To end the day, we went to the Creamery - a fantastic ice cream shoppe that I went to often while growing up. Logan even had some ice cream! Nothing like a 7.5 month old eating ice cream - thanks Mom and Dad! ;)

And that ended our busy weekend. John came home late that night and we enjoyed a relaxing weekend at home doing nothing.

Everybody noticed such a change in Logan - he reaches for things (his arms seem to get longer everyday); he is more mobile; his head spins in every direction (especially when there are dogs around); he babbles more. He is just changing so much. :)