Turning 30

For my 30th birthday, I got to sleep in! Brian and Logan hung out downstairs and made me a sweet special pancake breakfast!! Then I went to lunch with a few of my awesome co-workers...it was fun getting together outside of work! 

Then I came home to a beautiful edible arrangement from my little man!! He already knows how to shop for his mom ;) The three of us devoured it all (don't worry, Logan didn't eat any chocolate). 

Then we were off to my birthday party! We decided we should do something extra special, after all it was my Golden 30th!! :) We reserved the back space at a Greek bakery nearby for dinner. The food was amazing and I think everyone had a really great time. It was fun to just have all our wonderful Boston friends together!! 

While Brian drove to the airport to pick up Pam & Gigi, I hung out with Jyllian at home. They were coming to town to help Jyllian move into her apartment before school started. We are planning to have dinner with her every Wednesday & love having her here!!

I feel so blessed!!! I am especially thankful to have been surrounded by such wonderful people & receive so many loving messages for my birthday! The only thing missing was family.

The weather suddenly got cool on us and its already beginning to feel like fall!! Logan and I have been cuddled up on the couch for the past two hours...under a blanket with the heater on. :) Love these moments!

Work memory

I know it's been a while - I recently joined the smartphone world by getting an iPhone & I just installed the blogger app so I'm hoping posts (even if short) will be more frequent. 

I just wanted to share & remember a lovely encounter i had with an 81 year old patient last night. I had been taking care of him for 3 days and was letting him know thAt I'm off today and hopefully, for his sake, I won't see him on Tuesday. He said a few sweet words about me as a nurse and that he will see me Tuesday, ending with "and I miss you already". And he is now known to me (& Brian) as my "81 year old boyfriend"...love patients & moments like that! 

Winning is fun

Many of you probably know that I am obsessed with free things! I love sampling new products and entering giveaways. I've won a few little things in the past, but recently I've won some pretty cool stuff!!

The Funky-monkey blog hosted a giveaway for a platter & coasters from Savvy Charms Boutique...and here they are!! I really like them & they would make great gifts!!

I've recently discovered the awesome blog of My Four Littles and won the beautiful prize pack of natural baby products by Hip Peas! Can't wait to give them a try!

 

Then I also won a gift certificate for Initials Inc through one of the first blogs I started reading years ago, Bright, Bold & Beautiful - I haven't used it yet, but I'll be sure to post pictures of it when I get my stuff.

I saw that I won the NurturMe giveaway on Thrifty Nifty Mommy, but I haven't received anything yet.   I hope it does come because I really look forward to trying it, especially because it's organic & Logan is almost at the phase of life where he'll be starting food.

I'm super excited that I won a 3 month subscription for Conscious Box via the blog Dirty Truth Reviews. The first box just arrived and it was full of goodies fit for us!

Lastly, I won something from the blog SimplyMe - It's a stationery/photo item from http://www.crinklednose.com that our families will probably enjoy around Christmastime ;)

Sooo much fun & I couldn't wait to share these awesome things with you!

Nursery Wall Art

I searched for tons of ideas for wall art for Logan's room and there were SO many great options & ideas! I was having such a hard time deciding and thought it would be fun to use my (maternity leave) time off to create a little something special on my own. I didn't really have anything in mind yet, but I bought some canvases and started thinking up a plan and looking around at ideas on the internet. Since Logan's room is mainly jungle animals (big surprise, right?), I decided to do something with animals and create my own wall art, but something that wasn't too "baby". I searched images online and found some cute silhouette animals that I decided to try and hand paint. My friend Tara has been painting something for her bathroom, so we got together and painted our projects while the guys discussed Theology. I haven't painted something in a while, so this was a lot of fun, especially when you have good company to do it with too! I painted the animals on the canvases using a toothpick, which made it a little easier to handle, and I decided to put all the canvases around the fun letter I bought from Pottery Barn. Here is the finished product!

The animals clockwise from the top are a Panda, Deer, Pig, Giraffe, Elephant and Kangaroo. It's still not quite what I had visualized, but I think it's fun and different...and I am proud of my work! :) 

Growing baby!

Yesterday we went to the pediatrician for his 3 month check up (I think it was really supposed to happen a month ago, but they messed up I think because our last visit was at 1 month). Logan had to get 3 shots and he was not happy! The doctor made him upset at the end of his assessment by doing tummy time in the nude - he screamed! I think he was cold!! So we put his diaper and socks on and comforted him until the nurse came in. She gave him 3 shots in his thighs and he immediately screamed - the loudest we have ever heard so far! Poor guy!! Brian bounced him to happy land (sleep) while I got him dressed. Throughout the day he was a little more sad than usual and I think it wore him out because he slept for 10 hours straight last night!!! Definitely a record! 

Logan's numbers: weight 12 lbs 11.7 oz (21%), head circumference 41 cm (63%), and length 26 inches (100%!!!!) - maybe we really do have a future basketball player in our hands! That's our big boy!! He is such a joy! He is a big drooler now and enjoys blowing bubbles with all his slobber. He loves sucking on his hands and Sophie the Giraffe, grabbing hair, fingers, clothes, and shaking his rattle. We just can't get enough of his "oohs" and "ahhs"!! 

Today has been a relaxing jammie day due to Blizzard Nemo. There is probably already a foot of snow out there now and it's going to continue into tomorrow. Pictures to come!! :) I actually tried to go snap a few shots a little bit ago and I couldn't even open our front door because there is so much snow - we are literally snowed in! 

Also to note, I go back to work this week Wednesday! I am starting back part-time and easing into full-time over the next month, which is really nice. I am glad that I am able to do that! Thus, I should be back to 40hrs/wk by mid-March. We are hoping my schedule works around Brian's so that he can watch Logan while I am at work and vice versa. All I can say is that the past 3 months went WAY too fast!! Time really does fly!

Life with baby

So it has definitely been too long since my last post, so sorry!! As you already know, Logan was born on election day in November and he has truly blessed and changed our lives! We have been enjoying our time bonding with him as well as watching him grow, learn and make a million faces. In addition, we have been having a wonderful time with all our visitors, family from California and local friends/co-workers. Logan is already 2 months old and I haven't blog since his birth...but I have made a new year's resolution to blog at least once a month! Even though I have more time on my hands now than I ever will, I usually find many other things to do in my down-time, like cleaning up around the house, laundry, paying bills, etc....or just staring at my super cute son! Also, I am often holding Logan in my arms, but it's too difficult to blog one handed. So, I am going to do my best to continue posting updates and pictures here for those who don't have facebook or just feel like reading more of the details. :)

Brian starts back to work/school on Monday, but we have truly had the greatest time this past month while he was off. We love listening to Logie (as we like to call him) and all the cute little noises he makes now. He also is getting so good at holding his head up and grasping toys. Being parents is so magical and we love every moment with him. I will be heading back to work (starting out part-time for the first few weeks) the second week in February - I am looking forward to it (I do love my job!), but I am really going to miss being home with him all day, everyday. 

 I've included some of our favorite pictures from the past 2 months.

This post has taken me almost 10 days to write/finish - every time I started writing, Logan started crying. I think I will try to make my posts shorter and, hopefully, more frequent.