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!

January 2012

Since it has been so long since my last post, I will do a little catching up over the past couple months. January was spent mostly housesitting for my co-worker, Roni, and also for our usual 2 Beagles. We celebrated a few birthdays of friends, starting with our friend Patrick (left), who is someone we knew in CA, but recently moved out here and is also going to BC.

Brian took me on a surprise date night to a Catholic worship event called Lift Ministries. It was held at a school about 45 minutes away. It was just like old times! There was an amazing pro-life speaker, adoration, and praise & worship (right). I was in tears within minutes just by being there because it brought me right back to our youth ministry days, reminding me so much of the retreats and events we were involved in. There is something so powerful to me when I hear Christian music being played and the feeling of singing along, praying the words as loud as you want. We haven't found anything like this in Boston yet and I realized that night how much I missed it. (Although, one of the churches we attend regularly has 24-hr adoration, which is definitely awesome, but that's the closest thing we've found. -picture to left). It was the perfect date night!

There were a few snowy days, but this winter has been very unique in that we hardly had any snow on the ground! I was a little bummed, especially since I didn't get any pictures on the days we did have some snow. Brian, on the other hand, was super happy that it barely snowed and wishes every winter was like this one. We have now experienced the extremes of winter in New England!!

Icicles!

I have been on the hunt for awesome icicles! Of course there are times I find some and I don't have my camera, but here are some that I have found so far:

It's Snowing!!!!!!!

As I am writing this it is snowing outside, officially! Brian and I were so excited - we stood by the windows just watching it come down. The ground and car right outside our window slowly got covered in white! I have tried to take some pictures of the progression, since this is just so exciting for us!
I would say it took about 2 hours to look like this and it is still coming down. Now the trees are starting to turn white! So much fun! So those pictures were outside our front window, and these are from the kitchen window:
Now the fun snowy winter pictures begin! Stay tuned! :)

December Activities

A couple Sundays ago we met Caleb & Robyn (and her sister, Becky) for breakfast in Cambridge. We were connected to Robyn through Brian's teacher Tracy from LMU (but she went to BC as well) - Tracy and Robyn are cousins and Robyn recently moved here with her husband - they're very nice!! When we got off the subway, we were shocked to see the stairs/escalator climb up to the street. This is a picture from the bottom of the first set of stairs/escalators (the second one was shorter).

I am working on a little class project for St. Norbert School for my flower girls' class. They read a story about Flat Stanley, so I colored him and put him in his winter clothes and have been taking him with me places. This is us going down the giant escalator.

A few days later, we went to a Christmas party at one of Brian's teachers' house in Newton. Her students turn in their papers at the party, which is probably a great way to get more people to turn them in on time. It was starting to snow a little on our way home, but it was tough to take a picture of since it was very light (but I tried anyway, pic on the right).

Then we stopped to take a picture at the entrance of BC on our way home. Like I said before, everything is so nicely decorated for Christmas!! :)
Lastly, this is our little "Christmas Tree" that we got for our apartment. It is actually rosemary, but it was cheaper than the mini pine trees, and it's edible! :) We put just 2 little ornaments on it because it can't hold much weight, so these 2 are from Dawn in 2007 and are perfect on our little tree.