Milk

Yesterday I packed up about 174 ounces of breastmilk to ship off for donation! This certainly put a smile on my face!! 174oz will feed alot of babies!! Esp preemies-- Parker started out at 1mL per feeding. (there is 30 mL to an oz) This program is so neat!! I'm always amazed that something the body naturally manufactures is so beneficial & now, my body is helping many :)

Oh, What A Day!!!

Oh, yesterday was a mess!!! It started when Logen found a wooden spoon and decided to go diggin' in my plant (there is a picture on the blog of Logen playing in the SAME plant) He coaxed his little brother into helping him. Its not like they were way off in another room, they were next to the couch where I was sitting. They were both laughing, so I thought I'd leave them be. Plus, I was like 2 steps away from them. When I did happen to peek over the arm of the couch, I see a HUGE pile of dirt and Parker laying on it. Now, it wasn't "just dirt" it had spit up and Logen drool in it. Which made it MUD. We needed to be walking out the door in 10 minutes and I had mud on the door, the curtains, both the living room and kitchen floors, the rug-- EVERYWHERE. Both children despirately needed bathes, but we had an appt to get to. So I get them cleaned and in the van- both crying at this point and me-- frazzled!
(Adam had put a cabinet out at the end of the drive way with a free sign on it Sunday, I forgot it was there)

I started backing up and ran right into it! Lovely-- in my NEW VAN! It did minor damage to the front (I will post a pic as soon as I upload the camera)

That evening-- Parker and I ran to wal-mart to get diapers. Adam and Logen were out back working on the shed. Logen wanted to come inside, so Adam popped in a movie for him. I walk in the door and guess what he's doing--- yes, PLAYING IN THE DIRT!

Today-- Logen only played in the plant once. I was putting on my make-up and walked into the living room to find him!



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Parker got into a sitting position ALL BY HIMSELF today!!! He's pulled up on Logen's chair once so far. Still belly crawling, but getting up onto hands and knees more and more every day!

Logen got "taped" on his left arm today and we noticed IMMEDIATE RESULTS! He reached down and picked up his shirt with the LEFT HAND!!! YAY!!!!! He got completely retaped and they added tape to his calves. I have noticed a difference in his walking just this afternoon. He picks his feet up much higher and is more aware of his walking! I'm loving this stuff!

Sleep Progress

Thursday Night Adam & I decided that Logen HAS to learn to self-soothe and put himself to sleep. So, we explained to him what was going to happen and the "sleeping" reward system. We read books as a family in the living room and then tucked Logen into his bed. (instead of Adam laying down with him)

Thursday night: Logen cried for 1 hour 15 minutes and slept the ENTIRE night!
Friday night: Logen went to bed amazingly-- NO TEARS! Slept all night!
Saturday night: Logen cried for about 20 minutes and slept all night!
Sunday night: Logen didn't cry, but got out of bed 2x. Woke up once, came into our room w/o tears and went back to sleep in his room well.

His reward system: He has a sticker chart. He gets a sticker for no tears and a sticker for not getting out of bed. Last night, he only got one sticker. We use the same chart for potty training. He gets 1 sticker for going #1 and 2 stickers for going #2. I'm not 100% convinced he "gets" this, but he really enjoys putting stickers on his chart. After about 15 stickers- he gets to pick a prize from his "treasure chest" full of cars, bubbles, sidewalk chalk, stretchy slimy critters, bouncy balls, etc.

I'm hoping he continues to do well! It sure is nice to beable to sit on the couch with Adam and not have our children climbing all over us! Big-people time is great!! LOL

What Book Got You Hooked?

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To find out more, visit: http://www.firstbook.org/whatbook/

LOGEN SPEAKS!

His SLP said that Logen officially has ONE WORD! "uh uh" Ya know, the slang for "no".

Logen is also doing WONDERFUL signing!


Here is a list of words he signs:

More
All Done
Help (which he TOTALLY abuses!!!)
Please
Potty
Airplane
Fish
Dog
Drink
Eat (he uses eat for drink most of the time)
Milk
On
(I think there are a few more, I just naturally do them when I talk to him now-- guess I'm having brain farts! hahaha)

We are working on:
Thank You
Up
Out
Butterfly
Mom
Dad
All of his colors
Animals
Bedtime (sleepy)

Logen got "Taped"!!!

Logen got Kinesio taped in PT today. Here are some pics to show you where she put it & what it looks like. The tape is basically like a firm hand rub on the muscles at all times. It's on the front of his legs, the side and his lil' booty. The tape stays on 3-10 days. Depending on any major blow out diapers we may have :( You can shower & swim, etc in the tape. Since this is the 1st time for Logen to wear the tape; we will have to see what happens when we take it off- should we tape in those spots, use larger or smaller tape, etc. When he was squating this afternoon, I did notice that his knees did not 'go in' as much as they do w/o the tape. Cherri (PT) said that she has seen vast improvement in as little as one week of tape wearing!

Bass Pro Shop

Purina Farms

On our way out of town Friday, we stopped by Purina Farms. Logen loved it, Parker didn't care either way!

Child Labor

Logen was all-to-happy to help us push the luggage out to the van upon leaving St Louis last Friday. Talk about cheap labor :) He did very well and actually was able to push the cart, Adam helped to speed the process up!

Anheuser-Bush Tour

We finally made it to Anheuser Bush today after Logen's appt. We had planned on being there most of the afternoon since out previous appt lasted about 4 or 5 hours. But, we got out after only an hour and had free time!! So, went went to tour the brewery! It was pretty neat and even the boys had fun! It was a 7 block walk all together. And, the free beer at the end was a minor perk! LOL


(On "Cars" when Lightning McQueen is teased for his lights being 'stickers' I laughed- I didn't know REAL race cars had stickers as headlights! Adam got onto me for touching the race car... I had to touch to believe! LOL)