Our Happy Boy

Ben caught this shot of Logan and I a few weeks back. It is by far one of my favorite pictures. I think he is starting to look a lot like me. What do you all think?

Washington DC

So I know I haven't posted for awhile, but I have a good reason for part of it. My family (my mom, dad, sister, her husband, Ben, Logan and I) all went on a week long trip to our Nation's capital.

It was lots of fun. There are so many things to do we didn't get to do all of them. Nevertheless, we got to see many sights. Ben and I had never been. Ben was a bit skeptical at first I think of what there really was to do. However, once we took him to the Air and Space Museum he was hooked. They even had a sample of the rocket he helps build for his job. Cool huh?

The best thing about Washington DC is that everything is free. We went to the National Zoo one day and just walked right in. The locals do their morning runs through the zoo. How cool would that be? I think we all need cities like this. I think the memorials were my favorite part, besides the zoo...I am a sucker for animals as you all know. I also love art history. I bought a book all about the symbolism and stories behind the memorials and, therefore, found them quite fascinating. I also loved Arlington Cemetery. I had no idea how HUGE it is. You can't help but feel overwhelmed and sense of American Pride walking through the cemetery. Ben's favorite was Mt. Vernon, George Washington's home. As Ben says, George is now his hero. We learned a lot about him and what he has done for our country.

We took many pictures of our trip. Here are some of the highlights.

Here is our whole family at the National History Museum with my favorite animal, the elephant.

Logan with his Aunt Rachel at the Air and Space Museum. This was by far Logan's favorite. There was one exhibit that was all dark with glowing stars and signs that he just loved. Thanks for taking me through it Aunt Rachel.

Ben in front of the rocket he builds everyday, the Minute Man III. (It is the one with the pointed top in the background.)

Ben and I from Robert E. Lee's house above Arlington Cemetery.

Logan playing airplane in the airport with his Uncle Jeff. He absolutely loves playing airplane lately. We would carry him around like this in DC and he would just be alert and looking at everything.

Logan crashed on the bed after a long day. I think we all wanted to crash like this after walking around the city.

We used the metro to get around and only paid like $25 for the whole week. Can't get much better than that. I have to say we got pretty good at navigating around using the Metro. It was very nice and clean. You have to watch out for the locals though who get on and off of the cars like herds. Don't get in their path or you are going to get run over.

I was a bit nervous about taking my 3 month old on a trip and plane ride. However, I was pleasantly surprised at how well it all went. My family was so helpful with him and Ben and i probably wouldn't have had as much fun if it wasn't for them. I joked that Logan was going to be so bored when we got home cause he wouldn't have 6 people looking at him when he woke up each time. He was a wonderful traveler and just slept on the airplane and through most of the museums and stuff as well.

I was also a little nervous to have to breastfeed Logan in public. I haven't done a whole lot of that here and was skeptical of how I was going to do at it. I prepared myself by purchasing a stylish Mommy Cover to provide the necessary privacy while feeding. This was a wonderful buy and definitely got a lot of use on this trip, alone. With my Mommy Cover in store I was able to nurse Logan at the National History Museum, Mt. Vernon, Jefferson's Memorial, multiple restaurants and food courts, airports, airplanes, National Zoo, and many other historic places. Logan didn't seem to mind and just went with the flow the whole time.

Overall we had a wonderful trip. I wish we could vacation all the time. But for now it is back to the real world.

Logan's Song

Ever since Logan was a month or so old, we have been able to get him to smile by singing his name to him. We were finally able to catch it on video and lucky for me it is my husband singing and not me. Video cameras always make you sound funny. Nevertheless, Logan loves it when you sing his name to him like this.

Look Who's "Talking"

The past few days Logan has started "talking" more and more each day. He loves to sit on your lap and just talk to you versus being put on the floor. We love to "talk" back to him and see his big smiles. His is truely getting more fun and cute each day! Take a look!

2 Month Pictures

Even though Logan is now closer to 3 months, I just now got back his 2 month old pictures. I took him just to Target and was quite pleased with the results. Here are our favorites of our cute little guy.

Stomach Bug

Over the last week Ben and I have both come down with some sort of flu or stomache bug. Ben had it last week and missed two days of work. I came down with it late last night. I spend the whole night in the bathroom throwing up. I ruined my streak of not throwing up since like 6th grade. I can't even remeber the last time I did to be honest, but it has been a long time. I am very fortunate to not get very sick very often. The bug I got now though has not been fun. Ben and I have been struggling with how to be good parents when feeling like crap. This is definitely one of the areas of parenthood I was not looking forward to. However, we survived the day and everyone is still alive. Logan was super fussy tonight. He just cried from about 6pm on till I just got him to go to bed at 9:30. Nothing is more frustrating than feeling helpless and watching your kid cry. I am still not sure what was wrong with him, but I somehow got him to finally go to sleep. Ben was wonderful at taking care of me today when I felt sick and taking over with Logan when I just didn't know what else to do. Although both of us will admit our patience is little when we are sick, I think we make a good tag team and made it through our first family sickness.