Catching Up: Logan Paul

Well, its the end of July now and our little man is 11 months old!!  We have a little catching up to do so here are his month by month shots since April along with his highlights for each month.  Enjoy!

April 2013 - 8 Months Old

• Started flapping his arms up and down a lot when excited
• Rolls his wrists and ankles in circles - just like Peyton did!
• Plays peek-a-boo with his little blue blanket, covers his face and we say "Where's Logan?"

May 2013 - 9 Months Old

9 month check-up

Height: 29.3" (78%)

Weight: 19 lbs, 10 oz (33%)

Head: 46.3 cm (75%)

Peyton at 9 months: 28.5" (78%), 19 lb, 6 oz (58%), 45 cm (77%) --pretty darn close in comparison!! 

• Started scooting around on butt, but no real signs of crawling yet...
• Reaches and grabs for everything
• Tried some puffs and yogurt bites, had a real strong gag reflex
• He was used to napping in the evening (6-9pm) then woke up, ate and back to bed.  We transitioned him out of his and made bedtime 7:30.  Working great, he still sleeps all night!

June 2013 - 10 Months Old

• LOVES his baby food!  
• Getting the hang of water...for the longest time, every time he'd drink some, he'd throw it back up instantly.
• Still scooting around on butt.  He kind of shifts his legs back and forth while seated that gets him a little farther and he pretty gets where ever he wants to, just not in a traditional crawl.  
• Giggles when we pull his socks off his feet! :)

July 2013 - 11 Months Old

• Drum roll please............Little man started crawling!!  I, of course was out of town on a work trip when he did it so came home to a very mobile little guy!!
• Along with crawling comes rug burned knees and tops of feet!  
• Eating more and more table food.  Like to suck on the 'Popsicle' with fruit inside like watermelon, pears or mandarin oranges. 
• Really like cheerios!

Can not believe this guy will be ONE in a couple weeks!!  Where did this past year go?!?!  We couldn't be more blessed!

Just Dance!

We have a little dancing diva!  We put Peyton in dance class this year at Dance Xtreme with my good friend "Miss Kasey" and she LOVES it!!  Her first dance recital was in June and just too too cute!!  There were two shows on Saturday and the whole crew came to watch.  Their song was "Hey Mickey," the Minnie Mouse version.  Overall the girls did great!  They all kind of watched the coaches on the side of the stage for their cues on what to do next.  Peyton was front and center the whole time even though half way through they were supposed to switch lines and go to the back.  :)

During the second show, Peyton provided the crowd with a little entertainment in true dance recital fashion. We had a wardrobe malfunction!  No, not the Janet Jackson kind, but she lost her mouse ears and just couldn't quite figure out what to do!!  Kyle called it a "Catastrophe!"  for those of you familiar with Gaspard and Lisa!   She kept trying to put them back on with no success and finally caught a glimpse of Miss Kasey signalling here to just throw them down!  So she did and kept on dancing......until sweet little Eleanor in her class picked them up and tried to give them back to her.  The whole crowd was laughing and it was super cute!

OH, and a couple days before recital she did face plant on the sidewalk at daycare so had a nice scab on her cheek for added effect!  Enjoy!

 

Update coming soon.....

Oh my!!  I think this year's tourney season has been the worst so far for this little blog!  I have tons of things to share and no time to share it!  I promise..... updates are coming soon!!!!

Logan's 6 Month Check Up

Somehow, half of a year has past us already and our little man is on his way to one.  I'm a little late in posting this, his 6 months was actually Feb 13.  Saw the doctor and once again, everything is just fine.  I have to laugh though, the nurse was going through a series of questions about things that Logan may be able to do.... It went a little something like this:

• Is he sitting up? .............. NO
• Is he rolling over? ............NO
• Is he crawling?  ...............NO  
• Ok then, he's just a content little guy isn't he?............. Yep!

6 Months Stats:

Height: 27.5 in (79%)

Weight: 17 lbs (36%)

Head: 45 cm (79%)

Peyton at 6 months: 26.8 in (81%), 16 lbs, 3 oz (52%), 42.5 cm (49%)

Little bits about Logan:

• He's pretty content!  He's not sitting by himself but can sit up with a little support around him so he's on his way!  
• No rolling yet.  When on his back, he does get to his side but that's about as far as he'll take it.  We don't do nearly enough tummy time time but he kind of does a superman pose when there in an attempt to flip.  Peyton never rolled either, not until she was 8 or 9 months old!
• Loved his rice cereal.  We moved on to the baby food and overall, not too bad.  I swear the kid likes the vegetables better than the fruits.  We still get a good sour face when eating fruits.  I think his favorite is quash!  
• When he gets really tired he always puts his left hand up on his forehead over his eye like, "oh man, it's been a long day!"  it's really cute!
• Fascinated by his sister!  She's so busy, and he tries to keep an eye on her everywhere she goes.  She can get him to laugh pretty good too.  (I'll post a video soon)
• Getting more vocal and making new sounds.  Of course one of the more prominent noises he makes is "dadadadadadadada," so Kyle loves that.  I just repeat, "mamamamamama" as much as can! 
• This one's a drooler!  He got his two bottom teeth at 5 months and just gnaws on his fingers or anything he can get in his mouth.  He likes his paci too and sometimes will pull it out to chew on it from the side.    
• Starting to get the hang of his exersaucer.  He still leans a bit but likes to play for a little while at least.  He can reach one toe down to the floor.  

Until next time...

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

January is just about over already so I figured I better better post Christmas and New Years before it's spring!  We had a really nice break for the most part.  Christmas came a little early on the Dirks/Ubben side.  With every one's schedules, it just worked out for us to celebrate the weekend or two before.  That forced us to get our shopping done even earlier, which was a task in itself!  Then we headed up north to MN to the Williams side to celebrate my sister's 30's birthday and Christmas.  We stayed up there for a few days and got some good Grammy Pammy and Papa Dave time in.  Between the two Christmas' there were way too many presents.  These two kids aren't spoiled at all!  (I hope you sense the sarcasm!)  

{Logan and Santa.  Peyton wanted nothing to do with the big guy}

{tried the lights and baby shot.... maybe next year..} 

{yes! more little dolls}

{Peyton loves the opening part, pretty sure she opened most of  every one's presents}

{an izzy dog purse}

{too many dolls to hold on to}

{princess shoes!}

{auntie Deb and Peyton}

{papa Dave helping}

{cutest gift under the tree, 1st Christmas}

{happy boy!}

{Daddy and Peyton.  Got matching jammies for her baby}

{Happy B-day to my sis!  Welcome to the 30's!}

 We survived Christmas and made it back to Des Moines in time to start making plans for New Years Eve.  As shocking as it may sound, we actually had plans to go out and I was pretty excited about it!  Gma and Gpa Dirks were going to come for the night to watch the kids and everything.  I'm sure you can sense where this is going..... Unfortunately,  the flu bug had other plans for us!  Both kids got sick with fever, runny and stuffy noses, coughs etc...that seemed to last forever!!  Kyle and I both managed to escape it for for the first week and then it caught us both.  I was the last one to get it but didn't last long for us.  Poor Logan is still all plugged up but pretty darn happy otherwise.  I did manage to get one pic in the midst of our illness.

{Happy New Year!}

 Until next time...

Logan's 4 Month Check Up and Baptism

Little man is growing up WAY TOO FAST!!!  He is 4 months old as of  Dec 13th, now pushing 5 months but wanted to update his 4 month doctor visit. His growth and development are great and nothing too exciting to report except that we got the go ahead to start rice cereal!  It doesn't quite seem time for that already!!  My little baby isn't so little anymore....

4 Month Stats:

Height: 25.5 in (69%)

Weight: 14lbs, 6 oz (36%)

Head: 43 cm (67%)

Peyton at 4 months: 25 in, 13lbs 6oz, 40.5cm 

Little bits about Logan:

• LOVES his fist, fingers, hands!  Any and all that he can get in his mouth, the better!  He gnaws on those fists so much his poor little skin is raw.  We have to lotion them up every once and a while and put mittens on him when he goes to bed to heel them.
• Giggles more and more.  Pretty much any silly face and sound affects in  the "traditional adult trying to get a baby to laugh" kind of way works, but I think his favorite is when he is laying down and I pull him up by his arms and up onto my chest.  He chuckles every time like its a fun ride.  We'll have to get a video sometime.
• We got the bumbo out and he sits in it OK.  He leans a bit still but getting better.  His chubby little legs barely fit in it though!  I remember Peyton's didn't either that great, but she fits in it better now than he does with her skinny little legs.  
• Likes to grab and play with toys.  He got a "Sophie the Giraffe" from Tyson and Shannon and he loves it. 
• Gma and Gpa Dirks got him an exersaucer for Christmas that looks super fun!  He doesn't sit up all that great in it yet but, like the bumbo, does pretty good for a few minutes.  
• Not that great at tummy time... we need to work on that one a bit more.  When on his back, he half rolls onto his side sometimes but  that's as far as he's gotten so far.  
• He's starting to move around in his crib at night.  I find him down in the lower corner each morning, just like his sister.  Maybe the crib leans that way... haha.  

Here are some photos I took for his 3/4 month photo shoot!  Enjoy!

On Sunday, December 2, we baptized Logan Paul at Lutheran Church of Hope.  Both the Williams and Dirks, along with the Ubben's and Downey's all came to celebrate with us.  Auntie Stephy and Uncle Nick and Tyson stood up as sponsors just as they did for Peyton.  He fell asleep just before the baptism and only woke briefly when the water touched his head and back to sleep he went.  God bless our little Logan!  

Until next time...

Pink Princess Party - Peyton Mae is 3!

Every time I asked Peyton what kind of birthday party she wanted, her answer was always, "a PINK one!"  So, a pink one she got!

It's hard to believe that our little girl is already 3!  It still feels like yesterday that we brought her home from the hospital or she was crawling etc... People always say this, but time really does fly by!  We had a party for Princess Peyton on Saturday with family and she was completely spoiled!  I'm not sure what's left to get her for Christmas because I'm pretty sure she has just about everything she could ever want!  Presents included an Leap Pad 2 from mom and dad, Leap pad game and headphones and Justin Bieber poster from Uncle Tyson and Shannon, an iPod from Uncle Nick and Kaleigh (to play games and YouTube instead of using our phones), Cinderella movie, dress, shoes and accessories from Gma & Gpa Williams, Barbie Princess Popstar doll and guitar from Auntie Stephy, Ugg boots and Iowa cheerleader dress from Gma and Gpa Dirks.  Bible song cd set from Great Gma Ubben, and a doctor kit from the Downey's.  Opening presents was kind of a blur, she ripped them all open so fast, we really had no idea who got her what at the time!!

Peyton has really developed into her personality and interests lately.  This one's definitely a girly girl!!  She loves anything to do with singing and dancing, she has a microphone in her hand most of the time!  Needless to say, we don't lack any entertainment on a nightly basis!

3 Year Stats:
Height: 39.3 in (92%) - grew 3 inches in a year
Weight: 31 lbs, 13 oz (62%)

And some fun things about Peyton and what she's into now:

• Loves music and videos - this started at daycare, Martina has the radio on during the day and the girls just really got into it.  Peyton likes to get on YouTube and watch videos of her favorite songs.
• Favorite songs: She'll ask us to turn up the music in the car when she can't hear it!
• Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe (or Peyton's version: Carly Baby)
• Taylor Swift: Never Ever
• Justin Bieber - As long as you love me
• Barbie Popstar - Here I am
• Owl City - Good Time
• Favorite Movie - Barbie Princess Popstar
• Loves to dance - She started dance class a few weeks ago that is every Monday.  Every night I pick her up from daycare, she asks if she's going to dance class tonight!  She also watches "Just Dance" videos on YouTube and will try to mimic the moves, it's hilarious!!
• Pretty dresses - She loves to dress up and has a few "pretty dresses" that she puts on to do her singing and dancing.  Pretty dresses include pink ballet dress with tutu, show white dress and now a Cinderella dress.
• Shoes - She's a bit of a shoes snob and will tell you exactly which pair she wants to wear or in some cases NOT wear!  When I get her a new pair, I have to make a really big deal about how cool or pretty they are or how I have a pair just like them etc.. to get her to try them on.  Her favorite right now are you silver sparkly Toms.  She actually pretty obsessed with new socks right now too, anything new she wants to wear immediately and all the time.  
• Quotes:
• "What you think about that?"
• "last morning" - everything is last morning as in, I saw it there last morning or I did that last morning.  
• "Come here, I show you something"
• "This is no fun!"
• "Fun Hater" - that's a new one from last weekend.....hmm...who taught her that one?!
• Still loves her blanky and pink puppy, babies, stickers and bracelets!