So Logan had his 4 month wellness check up today. Normally Logan is a very calm baby. Today...not so much. He did not want to be laid down on the table to be examined, and he certainly did not like getting measured, especially his head! In fact they had to measure it twice because the first measurement didn't seem quite right. I had to hold Logan when the doctor checked his eyes and listened to his heart. Then he had to have his body examined. When that was going on Logan would look at me, crying, I could could tell by the way he was looking at me, he was saying 'Mommy, what's going on? Why wont you just hold me? Who is this man?' There was nothing I could do but smile at him to let him know it was going to be okay.
The doctor asked me if I had started Logan on solid foods yet. I told him not yet because I wasn't sure if he was ready. The doctor said he was and to start him on baby cereal, and he recommended the rice cereal. I said that we would start today. Then it was on to his second round of shots. He was a happy boy at this point, smiling at everyone and kicking his legs. So much so that the nurse had to hold his legs down for the shots. He got 3 shots and one oral. He cried with the shots but stopped right away when they gave him the oral. I then packed him up and got him ready to go pick up Papa. Logan fell asleep on the ride there and stayed asleep for most of the late afternoon.
After picking Kevin up I told him about our day and what a brave boy our son was. I also told him that it was time for Logan to start eating solid foods. So we went to Target to get rice cereal witch was what the doctor recommended. Since this was the first time we had ever even looked at infant cereal we didn't know what to get. There was a very nice lady in the same aisle, and she gave us some good advice. She also recommended what kind of cereal to get and how to prepare it. We were very appreciative to that nice lady. She told us to make it a little more watery then normal for the first time. After getting home Logan was awake and time to start the bed time routine. I gave him a bath, which he normally really likes, but not tonight. He cried for most of it, so it was a short bath, and not relaxing. Then we got him in his PJ's and a bottle was made. We are starting baby signing, so once the milk was made we gave Logan the sign for milk, and it seems like he is kinda starting to understand. As soon as we gave him the sign, he calmed down a bit. After the bottle we gave Logan a little bit of space and I started getting the rice cereal made. I was reading the directions and I thought I was doing it correctly. But I didn't. This is what happened: I made a 4 ounce bottle, just like I normally would. I then put that same bottle into a bowl and mixed in 1 tablespoon of rice cereal. Now I know that the lady told us to make it watery, but this was ridiculous! I couldn't even spoon it I mean it is supposed to be solid right? So I messed up, I had to dump it out. I thought I misread the directions, so I tried again. This time I put 2 scoops of formula into the bowl, and 1 tablespoon of cereal, then looked at the directions to see how much liquid to use. That's where I got confused. It didn't tell me how much to use! Once I was confused, and I knew I didn't understand what the directions were telling me to do Kevin stepped in. I watched the baby and Kevin made the bowl. This is what I did wrong. I was supposed to use 4-5 TABLESPOONS of formula, not ounces! And then use 1 tablespoon of cereal. So I guess I really don't belong in the kitchen! Once it was made, I put Logan in his bumbo chair and feed Logan his very first taste of rice cereal. I think we got more on his face and bib then we did in his tummy. But we are working on it. He will do better.
So now that Logan is 4 months it is time for me to start the tough love. Logan can no longer fall asleep on me and then be put in his crib. He must fall asleep on his own. Last night was the first time we did this. It was very hard for me. After he was fed Logan and I rocked in the rocking chair and I read him a story. I could see that he had his tired eyes on, so I went to the bedroom, and put him in the crib. He started crying, and I said, "Goodnight Logan, I love you". I then walked out of the room. He cried for about 10 mins, then I went back into the room, tried to give Logan his pacifier, which he didn't want so since he didn't want his pacifier, I walked back out of the room. Logan still cried for 10-15 mins more, and then all of a sudden, the house was quite. Logan had gone to sleep! Oh my goodness, I did it! This is how it is going to be from now on. Once Logan starts getting tired, I will put him in the crib, and he must fall asleep on his own. I will only go into the room every 10 mins to try to calm him down. After 3 times, I will then pick him up to calm him down, once h is calm, it starts all over again until he falls asleep. I was lucky that I only had to go in the room once. Kevin was there for me the whole time. He gave me encouraging hugs, and told me what a great job I was doing. I know that what we are doing it good for him. Logan must learn when he is tried and how to go to sleep. It may be hard for us now, but in the long run Logan will be a better man for it. Strong and independent. This was the first time I felt like a real parent, not just a mommy, but a parent.
Friday, May 14, 2010
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Wedding Day
Well, I am now married. I have been married for 3 days now. I do not think it has really hit me yet. I still feel like I need to plan, and be busy. But I have no plans, and now I am not busy. Expect for the fact that I have a young son of course.
The wedding was great and beautiful. It was everything I ever dreamed it would be! But it took a lot to get there. Friday was the rehearsal and dinner. That did not go as smoothly as I had hoped. My best friend Michelle came into town Friday and we got our nails done. Kevin had Logan while he was running some last minuet stuff, he had to get his hair cut and he did laundry at his grandma's house. Anyway it was very nice to be pampered. I got my nails done, it took longer then expected. Then we had to stop by Target to get some more make-up and other supplies. Michelle's boyfriend had the car and before we left to get our nails done, we had loaded her car with wedding stuff, thinking that Michelle would ride up with me and Kevin to the rehearsal. When we got back to the house Kevin was getting things ready, loading our car with all the bags and supplies we would need for the weekend ahead. Packing Logan making sure we had everything. Once we were done and dressed for the rehearsal we thought we had about an hour before we had to lave for the site. Then all of a sudden, I remembered that we had to get to Costco for the drinks and appetizers!!!! OH NO! We did not have room for Michelle!!!! So she had to call her boyfriend so come and pick her up from our house. The problem was, he was already in Santa Cruz! So he came back to pick her up. Kevin and I ran to Costco to get the drinks. Once we had everything, we needed to head on up to the wedding site for the rehearsal. There was some traffic which made us about 15 min late for our own rehearsal! I felt so bad. My family was already there, Dad, Laura, and Arielle all drove up together, Nick and his girlfriend, Diana came a few mins after us. Valerie and her family was also there before us. Now we were waiting on Michelle and Kevin's family. I knew Michelle was going to be late, so that did not bother me. But where was Kevin's family? We waited for like over an hour and we had to do the rehearsal without them. The kids were starting to get a little hungry, and restless. I wanted to practice with music, but since Kevin's parents were not there, we couldn't do that. I just had to hope for the best. There was a point in the song that I wanted Kevin to see me for the first time, but since the music couldn't be played, I had to hope we could do it.
After the rehearsal, we went to the restaurant to met up with everyone. My whole family, and Kevin's family. It was a great restaurant, Mike's By the Bay or something like that. It was a beautiful place. Outside, and Cindy worked very hard on decorating the place. She made center pieces with daises, which were my flowers, and butterflies. Kevin and I had gotten our groomsmen and bridesmaids presents, we presented them. Kevin got really nice knifes, and I got heart shapes necklaces. Everyone seemed to really like them. In fact the bridesmaids wore them at the wedding. It made me very happy that everyone like their gifts. The food was fantastic! I had steak and mashed potatoes, so did most of the people. Dinner was really fun, we all had a great time. Logan was such a good boy during the whole thing!
After dinner, Kevin and I went to the hotel, he dropped my stuff off in my room, then we said goodnight to each other because this was the last time we would see each other until I was walking down the isle, or so we thought. I was sharing a room with Laura, and after getting dressed for bed, we decided to watch a little TV. Logan was asleep, and I was texting Kevin while watching TV. At around 9:30, I decided to hit the hay, I texted Kevin with goodnight. Kevin was sleeping with his brother and nephew in another room. A few hours later I got a text from Kevin saying he was miserable. James was having a night terror and screaming his head off. Kevin really needed to get some sleep since it was like 1 am. I told him to come to my room and he could sleep on the couch. He felt so bad about having to beak this rule, but I understand that he needed sleep. Then about an hour later Kevin's phone started ringing, I was afraid the loud phone would wake Logan up, so I answered it. Kevin's best friend Jenny was on the other line. She at first thought she called the wrong number, I told her who I was and asked her if she needed a place to crash. She said she did since she could still hear James screaming on the other side of the door. I told her my room number, and an hour later Jenny was knocking on the door. She had to sleep on the floor with some of Logan's blankets. Poor girl!
Then it was the day of the wedding! Kevin woke up and played with Logan for a bit, then we all went to get some breakfast. I knew we were going to catch some crap because Kevin and I were with each other, but I didn't care, as long as Kevin didn't see me in my dress until the wedding I was fine. Kevin's parents were eating breakfast as well as like 30 high school kids! There was a line! All I really wanted was some coffee and a bagel, I was not about to wait in a line, after all, I WAS the bride! I got my coffee and Jenny got me something to eat. Kevin took Logan back to the room and I told him that I would bring him something to eat. We had breakfast with Kevin's parents. Then it was time to start getting ready for the big day! I took a fast shower and shaved my legs, actually, I veet-ed them so they were nice and smooth! Laura helped me with Logan while I was doing all of this. We started packing up my car with everything, and got the appetisers out of the hotel's fridge. They let us keep it there over night. I was very nice of them! Now it was on to the wedding site! I wasn't nervous until my friend Eric called me up to let me know that he was there. I told him that I would be there in a few mins and to wait for me. When I hung up the phone I felt such a wave of love and appreciation for my friends. They did so much for us that I day! I'm so lucky to have friends like Eric, Susie and Josh. When I pulled up to the site there was a baseball game going on so it was a little hard to find close parking, but I found parking. Walking up to the house I became a little nervous. I saw Eric and we went over a few things. Then it was time to get up stairs because Kevin was arriving, plus I had to start getting my hair ready. A good friend of Cindy did my hair. It was half up and half down with curls, and white flowers. It was so pretty! I loved it! While I was getting ready people were coming in and out, some taking pictures and some needed answers. Things downstairs seemed to be going great. I have not heard of anything going really wrong. After my make up was done, it was time for the dress! I love my dress! It fits me perfectly in every sense of the word. My mom laced me in and others helped to get my ready. Then it was time!
I will never forget walking down the isle. It was one of the highlights of my life. The only problem was, people were not ready to walk, meaning they were not lined up when it was time to go. Also, there was a helicopter flying around outside. I didn't think anything of it I thought it was a traffic copper, boy was I wrong! It came down for a landing!!! On MY WEDDING DAY! RIGHT WHEN I WAS WALKING DOWN THE ISLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I couldn't believe it. I couldn't hear the music, so the DJ had to play it twice because it took so long for people to get down the isle. Maia was the flower girl, and James was the ring bearer. They did a great job, or so I'm told. I haven't seen the footage as of yet. Now it is my turn. I was going crazy and my dad was holding my hand, which made me a lot more calm. I didn't make it very far down when the tears started coming. I saw my friends, and then I saw Kevin, and that's where I lost it! He looked so handsome, I couldn't keep it together. My dad whispered in my ear that I was beautiful and that he was so proud of me, he knew I was going to be happy and taken care of. He shook Kevin's hand, and handed mine to his. Then we went to the alter and the ceremony started. But people couldn't hear us because of the helicopter. But we went for it anyway. Before I knew it we were saying our vows, and then she pronouced us 'Man and Wife...You may kiss your bride!' I was married!!! Then we ate, then we toasted, and dancing came next. My friend Jessica caught the bouquet, and Arielle's boyfriend caught the garter. By the way, I love Arielle's boyfriend. He was very resecptful and nice. I'm glad my sister is with such a good guy. I think he will fit in perfectly with our family! Here's hoping, (no pressure). After all that it was time to clean up, and get dressed in street clothes! I did not want to take my dress off. I want to wear it again! And I will for Halloween. Then on to Monterrey. Kevin's parents took Logan for the night. It was the first night away from us. I missed him terribly. But it was nice to sleep through the nigh not worrying about waking Logan up. We ordered room service at the hotel, because by the time we got there, both Kevin and I were SOOOOOO tired, and I just couldn't drive anymore. After food, Kevin and I went to 'bed' then we went to sleep.
The next morning was Mother's Day. We were going to have lunch with Kevin's parents, and my new in-laws, and to pick Logan up. But we had all morning, so we went to breakfast. Or at least tried to. The breakfast place that was recommend to us had an hour wait, and I couldn't wait. I was grumpy, and needed coffee and food. So we went to the place next door and had some breakfast. It was good. Right by our hotel there was an art festival going on. So we went looking for presents. We found a pearl necklace for Cindy. I didn't see anything I liked. After that we went to lunch and picked up our baby! We missed him soooooo much! Lunch was great. After lunch Kevin and I decided to do some shopping on the pier. That is where I found my mother's day present. It is a pretty safir necklace. I will post pics when I get them. I LOVE my necklace. After shopping we were all tired, and went back to the hotel. We took a nap, and again ordered room service for dinner. I like room service. After Logan went down for the night, Kevin and I drank a little then went to sleep. The next morning we had to pack up and head home. We both didn't want the weekend to end, but it did.
What a great wedding, and a great life I have. I feel so blessed to have such great friends and family who love and support me. I have the greatest husband, and the perfect child. Life couldn't be much better then it is right now!
The wedding was great and beautiful. It was everything I ever dreamed it would be! But it took a lot to get there. Friday was the rehearsal and dinner. That did not go as smoothly as I had hoped. My best friend Michelle came into town Friday and we got our nails done. Kevin had Logan while he was running some last minuet stuff, he had to get his hair cut and he did laundry at his grandma's house. Anyway it was very nice to be pampered. I got my nails done, it took longer then expected. Then we had to stop by Target to get some more make-up and other supplies. Michelle's boyfriend had the car and before we left to get our nails done, we had loaded her car with wedding stuff, thinking that Michelle would ride up with me and Kevin to the rehearsal. When we got back to the house Kevin was getting things ready, loading our car with all the bags and supplies we would need for the weekend ahead. Packing Logan making sure we had everything. Once we were done and dressed for the rehearsal we thought we had about an hour before we had to lave for the site. Then all of a sudden, I remembered that we had to get to Costco for the drinks and appetizers!!!! OH NO! We did not have room for Michelle!!!! So she had to call her boyfriend so come and pick her up from our house. The problem was, he was already in Santa Cruz! So he came back to pick her up. Kevin and I ran to Costco to get the drinks. Once we had everything, we needed to head on up to the wedding site for the rehearsal. There was some traffic which made us about 15 min late for our own rehearsal! I felt so bad. My family was already there, Dad, Laura, and Arielle all drove up together, Nick and his girlfriend, Diana came a few mins after us. Valerie and her family was also there before us. Now we were waiting on Michelle and Kevin's family. I knew Michelle was going to be late, so that did not bother me. But where was Kevin's family? We waited for like over an hour and we had to do the rehearsal without them. The kids were starting to get a little hungry, and restless. I wanted to practice with music, but since Kevin's parents were not there, we couldn't do that. I just had to hope for the best. There was a point in the song that I wanted Kevin to see me for the first time, but since the music couldn't be played, I had to hope we could do it.
After the rehearsal, we went to the restaurant to met up with everyone. My whole family, and Kevin's family. It was a great restaurant, Mike's By the Bay or something like that. It was a beautiful place. Outside, and Cindy worked very hard on decorating the place. She made center pieces with daises, which were my flowers, and butterflies. Kevin and I had gotten our groomsmen and bridesmaids presents, we presented them. Kevin got really nice knifes, and I got heart shapes necklaces. Everyone seemed to really like them. In fact the bridesmaids wore them at the wedding. It made me very happy that everyone like their gifts. The food was fantastic! I had steak and mashed potatoes, so did most of the people. Dinner was really fun, we all had a great time. Logan was such a good boy during the whole thing!
After dinner, Kevin and I went to the hotel, he dropped my stuff off in my room, then we said goodnight to each other because this was the last time we would see each other until I was walking down the isle, or so we thought. I was sharing a room with Laura, and after getting dressed for bed, we decided to watch a little TV. Logan was asleep, and I was texting Kevin while watching TV. At around 9:30, I decided to hit the hay, I texted Kevin with goodnight. Kevin was sleeping with his brother and nephew in another room. A few hours later I got a text from Kevin saying he was miserable. James was having a night terror and screaming his head off. Kevin really needed to get some sleep since it was like 1 am. I told him to come to my room and he could sleep on the couch. He felt so bad about having to beak this rule, but I understand that he needed sleep. Then about an hour later Kevin's phone started ringing, I was afraid the loud phone would wake Logan up, so I answered it. Kevin's best friend Jenny was on the other line. She at first thought she called the wrong number, I told her who I was and asked her if she needed a place to crash. She said she did since she could still hear James screaming on the other side of the door. I told her my room number, and an hour later Jenny was knocking on the door. She had to sleep on the floor with some of Logan's blankets. Poor girl!
Then it was the day of the wedding! Kevin woke up and played with Logan for a bit, then we all went to get some breakfast. I knew we were going to catch some crap because Kevin and I were with each other, but I didn't care, as long as Kevin didn't see me in my dress until the wedding I was fine. Kevin's parents were eating breakfast as well as like 30 high school kids! There was a line! All I really wanted was some coffee and a bagel, I was not about to wait in a line, after all, I WAS the bride! I got my coffee and Jenny got me something to eat. Kevin took Logan back to the room and I told him that I would bring him something to eat. We had breakfast with Kevin's parents. Then it was time to start getting ready for the big day! I took a fast shower and shaved my legs, actually, I veet-ed them so they were nice and smooth! Laura helped me with Logan while I was doing all of this. We started packing up my car with everything, and got the appetisers out of the hotel's fridge. They let us keep it there over night. I was very nice of them! Now it was on to the wedding site! I wasn't nervous until my friend Eric called me up to let me know that he was there. I told him that I would be there in a few mins and to wait for me. When I hung up the phone I felt such a wave of love and appreciation for my friends. They did so much for us that I day! I'm so lucky to have friends like Eric, Susie and Josh. When I pulled up to the site there was a baseball game going on so it was a little hard to find close parking, but I found parking. Walking up to the house I became a little nervous. I saw Eric and we went over a few things. Then it was time to get up stairs because Kevin was arriving, plus I had to start getting my hair ready. A good friend of Cindy did my hair. It was half up and half down with curls, and white flowers. It was so pretty! I loved it! While I was getting ready people were coming in and out, some taking pictures and some needed answers. Things downstairs seemed to be going great. I have not heard of anything going really wrong. After my make up was done, it was time for the dress! I love my dress! It fits me perfectly in every sense of the word. My mom laced me in and others helped to get my ready. Then it was time!
I will never forget walking down the isle. It was one of the highlights of my life. The only problem was, people were not ready to walk, meaning they were not lined up when it was time to go. Also, there was a helicopter flying around outside. I didn't think anything of it I thought it was a traffic copper, boy was I wrong! It came down for a landing!!! On MY WEDDING DAY! RIGHT WHEN I WAS WALKING DOWN THE ISLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I couldn't believe it. I couldn't hear the music, so the DJ had to play it twice because it took so long for people to get down the isle. Maia was the flower girl, and James was the ring bearer. They did a great job, or so I'm told. I haven't seen the footage as of yet. Now it is my turn. I was going crazy and my dad was holding my hand, which made me a lot more calm. I didn't make it very far down when the tears started coming. I saw my friends, and then I saw Kevin, and that's where I lost it! He looked so handsome, I couldn't keep it together. My dad whispered in my ear that I was beautiful and that he was so proud of me, he knew I was going to be happy and taken care of. He shook Kevin's hand, and handed mine to his. Then we went to the alter and the ceremony started. But people couldn't hear us because of the helicopter. But we went for it anyway. Before I knew it we were saying our vows, and then she pronouced us 'Man and Wife...You may kiss your bride!' I was married!!! Then we ate, then we toasted, and dancing came next. My friend Jessica caught the bouquet, and Arielle's boyfriend caught the garter. By the way, I love Arielle's boyfriend. He was very resecptful and nice. I'm glad my sister is with such a good guy. I think he will fit in perfectly with our family! Here's hoping, (no pressure). After all that it was time to clean up, and get dressed in street clothes! I did not want to take my dress off. I want to wear it again! And I will for Halloween. Then on to Monterrey. Kevin's parents took Logan for the night. It was the first night away from us. I missed him terribly. But it was nice to sleep through the nigh not worrying about waking Logan up. We ordered room service at the hotel, because by the time we got there, both Kevin and I were SOOOOOO tired, and I just couldn't drive anymore. After food, Kevin and I went to 'bed' then we went to sleep.
The next morning was Mother's Day. We were going to have lunch with Kevin's parents, and my new in-laws, and to pick Logan up. But we had all morning, so we went to breakfast. Or at least tried to. The breakfast place that was recommend to us had an hour wait, and I couldn't wait. I was grumpy, and needed coffee and food. So we went to the place next door and had some breakfast. It was good. Right by our hotel there was an art festival going on. So we went looking for presents. We found a pearl necklace for Cindy. I didn't see anything I liked. After that we went to lunch and picked up our baby! We missed him soooooo much! Lunch was great. After lunch Kevin and I decided to do some shopping on the pier. That is where I found my mother's day present. It is a pretty safir necklace. I will post pics when I get them. I LOVE my necklace. After shopping we were all tired, and went back to the hotel. We took a nap, and again ordered room service for dinner. I like room service. After Logan went down for the night, Kevin and I drank a little then went to sleep. The next morning we had to pack up and head home. We both didn't want the weekend to end, but it did.
What a great wedding, and a great life I have. I feel so blessed to have such great friends and family who love and support me. I have the greatest husband, and the perfect child. Life couldn't be much better then it is right now!
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