My Projects

Since we found out that we are having a girl, I have decided to start making some things for Graysen. I started out by making her a baby blanket that matches the bedding set we got for her room. I also wanted to make her a blanket to use in her carseat, swing and her glider. I found some really cute fleece on sale, so I made the smaller blanket from that material.

We are also going to be cloth diapering her almost right from the start. I have a couple of patterns to sew diapers so I decided to go ahead and make some diapers. So far I have a one size pocket fitted diaper that should fit her from the newborn stage through potty training and I made a fitted diaper that should fit her from 8-15lbs. After I see how these diapers work and which one I like better, I will sew more cute diapers.

I also have plans to make her some babylegs. I just need to find some cute socks to use and see how big she is. And I am sure that I will want to make many other cute, girly things for her as she gets bigger.

2 Years Old

Wow. I still can't believe that Logan just turned 2 years old. I seriously don't know where the last two years went. He has grown and changed so much and is now a very active toddler. We had a birthday party for him on Saturday and he had a great time running around with all the older boys and playing on the trampoline. By the time we cut his cake, he was falling asleep at the table trying to eat it. As fast as the time has passed, I am really looking forward to the coming year and seeing Logan become a big brother. He already loves to kiss my belly and blow raspberries on it. I am sure we are going to have some jealousy issues to work through since as much as we talk about the baby, I'm not sure really sure he understands the true impact of what is about to happen.

We have his 2 year old check-up on Thursday and I will be sure to add his growth stats once his appointment is done. We have a couple of things that we need to bring up at this appointment including starting a multivitamin since he isn't eating very well, when to start taking him to see the dentist and we are also starting to get concerned about his lack of verbal communication. We know that his hearing is fine and that he understands what we are saying, but he still isn't talking very much. We have definately seen some improvement in the last month or so, but we want to be proactive with this and get him going in the right direction sooner rather than later.

Potty Learning

We decided that we were going to try relaxed elimination communication with Logan in March 2008, but I really fell behind with it and Logan also decided that he did not like the potty and he would not sit on it. Since he was feeling this way about his potty, we decided not to push things and let Logan tell us when he was ready. A couple of months ago he really wanted some Elmo underwear while we were at the store so I thought that he might be showing signs and bought those for him. It turns out he was more interested in the fact that they had Elmo on them than actually potty learning so I have been letting him wear them over his diaper, which looks hilarious, but he is just so happy. Then he started to stay dry during the night if I got to him before he woke up in the mornings and he was using the potty those mornings. However, since I have been home from work, he is now the one waking me up and he is usually wet by the time I get to his room so that was a step backwards, but that is ok. I know that night time potty learning is usually the last thing to come. His newest thing is when he has to pee, he will start to grab himself on the outside of his pants. When I ask him if he needs to pee, he will tell me no, but when I take him to the potty, he goes! So I know that he has some control and some understanding of the feeling of needing to go, which is a step in the right direction. I am going to continue to follow his lead on this and hope that he starts telling me his when he is showing me signs and then we will go from there. I am a little worried about a setback with the new baby coming, but if that happens then I will just let him tell me when he is ready again.

Spaghetti!

Logan has discovered a new favourite food; spaghetti and meatballs. I decided to make this for dinner last night including homemade meatballs and garlic bread. Thank goodness I remembered to take off his shirt before he started eating because he was a red little boy once he was done. He kept asking for more meatballs and insisted on having a cup of milk and water at dinner. I even caught him trying to drink out of both cups at the same time. Needless to say, this will probably be one of our weekly dinners until he decides that he doesn't like it again.

30 Weeks Pregnant

I still cannot believe that I am already 30 weeks pregnant. The time has just flown by. I had an appointment with my midwife earlier this week and a cervical length ultrasound which was normal. I also had a follow up ultrasound to check the position of the placenta and it has moved away from the cervix, but it is still anterior. We also confirmed that Graysen is indeed a 'she'. I am going to continue taking the Nifedipine to control my contractions until I am 35 weeks and then we will later nature take it's course. She is a very active baby in utero. She is constantly moving all over the place and you can see waves going across my belly.

Haircuts

Logan's hair grows like crazy. We are at the point where we need to cut his hair every 2-3 months now. He has always had a lot of hair, but we have been able to keep it out of his eyes and it was never growing this quickly. So, we took him for another haircut a couple of weekends ago and he looks like a new boy all over again. It also seems like everytime we cut his hair it gets blonder and blonder. I would never have guessed he would have hair this light in colour since he had such dark hair as a newborn.

I am curious to see if Graysen is going to have all this hair too. I have a feeling that she won't be born with quite as much hair since I haven't been experiencing the heartburn this time that I had when I was pregnant with Logan. I just hope that she has some hair because I am looking forward to putting pigtails in a little girl's hair. And I really hope that people do not mistake her for a boy for the first six months, since Logan was called a girl for about that long just because he had so much hair.

Puzzles

One of Logan's favourite things to do right now is puzzles. He has several puzzles that have pieces with pegs so that he can fit the piece into their corresponding place and he has stacking puzzles. He has really started to understand that he has to spin the piece of the puzzle to make it fit into place correctly and gets very excited when he completes a puzzle all by himself. His favourite puzzle by far is the Plan Toys Cone. Within the first 20 minutes of having it at home he had figured it out and now he will just sit there and put it together and take it apart over and over again. With his 2nd birthday in just 3 weeks we are looking for some puzzles for him that also have educational value to them such as ABC's, 123's and shapes and colours.