Fire Fighter Jaden

Jaden's favorite thing these days is to pretend to be a fireman. Countless times a day I'm told that I'm on fire, but not to worry Jaden always gets out his hose to put the flames out. For Halloween this year we got him a firefighter outfit, which he dresses up on an almost daily basis. Last Saturday we happened to drive past the fire station and noticed that they had an open house sign up for that afternoon. We hurried home, grabbed Jaden's gear and headed back to the fire station. He LOVED it!!! They had several trucks for the kids to climb up in and hoses out to play with.

Poor kid, the outfit is plastic and doesn't breathe too well!

Side note: For anyone who has read the Twilight series, the author is working on another book called Midnight Sun that is a rewrite of Twilight, but using Edward as the narrator. The first chapter is online, it's about Bella's first day of school through Edward's eyes. I think it's a fun idea and really enjoyed reading it.

One week old

Logan is a week old today. The time has flown past, yet it seems like he's always been a part of our little family. Here are some pictures from this past week:

Jaden is a great big brother. He really loves Logan and likes to help take care of him. Logan really doesn't cry often, but when he does Jaden is right there telling him it's okay and not to be sad. Jaden loves to hold the pacifier in Logan's mouth, we have to watch that one pretty carefully as he likes to push it into his mouth a little too far.

Overall I think Jaden is adjusting pretty well to having a new baby in the house. He does at times get a little jealous so we are trying to give him as much extra attention as we can. The other day we gave Logan a bath, later on that night Jaden got really upset when Scott tried to put Jaden in the tub. Scott finally figured out that Jaden wanted to take a bath in the sink just like Logan. It was over before I could see it but I guess Scott picked him up and humored the kid by sticking our 40 pound toddler in the bathroom sink.

While we were giving Logan his bath Jaden said, "Mommy, take my picture too" and this was the little pose he came up with.

Jaden insisted the other night that he was going to sleep in the baby car seat.

Jaden built this tower all by himself!

Our new arrival

Logan James Holt

Oct 11, 2007

7:21 am

8 lbs

20 1/4 inches long

I was scheduled to go in for an induction Thursday morning at 6 am, but to the surprise of the hospital and ourselves we showed up at 2 am in active labor. This time around the delivery was very quick and easy . In fact it was so quick that by the time the doctor came and in they lifted the blanket for me to start pushing, his head was already out! Guess it was some kind of epidural, I didn't feel a thing! The nurse had just checked me a min before so he hadn't been out long. The doctor picked him up and pulled him out the rest of the way so I actually didn't even have to push once.
Logan is such a sweet baby. He is so much more mellow then Jaden was, we've only rarely heard him fuss. We are excited to finally have him here with us. He's a perfect addition to our little family.

Still Waiting

Ready and Waiting

I still have another day until I'm actually due, but with Jaden coming a week early it just seemed like this baby should have been early too. (I seem to block out the fact that I had to be induced and my body didn't actually go into labor early.) Right now I feel great, not at all like I'm about to pop any minute. I'm grateful that I'm not miserable, but it would be nice to have a little false labor to make it seem like I'm progressing.
I've been doing everything I can to be ready for when this baby comes. I'm now at the point that I've finished all the little things that I was hoping to work on to keep my mind off of not going into labor. Tonight I made these little picture frames for the boy's jungle room...all that is missing is some pictures of the new little guy. Hopefully it won't be long now.

Simple Pleasures

I went to the Dr again yesterday. I had progressed a little from last time but she didn't seem to think that the baby was coming anytime this week. This was actually good news considering that Jaden and I both have colds to get over before the big arrival. The best part of going in for a check up is that Scott takes a long lunch to go with us and we always have a picnic afterwards.
Every morning when Jaden wakes up he frowns at me and says that he wants Daddy to get him up. Often times he doesn't believe me that Scott has actually left for work so we are forced to call him on the phone to confirm that he really is gone before Jaden will get out of his bed. So on days that we get to pick Daddy up from work and have a picnic are like Christmas for the kid.
Jaden actually has grown to really like going to the doctor as well. As soon as I step off the scale he climbs right up to see how much he weighs. Yesterday he was explaining everything to my doctor saying, "that is baby brother's heartbeat" and that "Mommy's belly is really big right now, when baby brother comes out Mommy's belly will be small." Thanks for the encouragement Jaden.

Jaden has taken it upon himself to always carry the cooler

We were so lucky that it was such a beautiful afternoon after a week of rain

I included a pregnant picture...put a fork in me, I think I'm done folks

And the dream comes to an end

Jaden hasn't been taking naps for several weeks now. He has always been pretty good at laying down in his bed and either napping or most recently playing in his bed. As frustrating as it was that he wasn't sleeping during his "nap time" I really couldn't complain because at least he stayed in his bed and had quiet time. The best of all was that he never got out of his bed until I went in to go get him, so I was able to enjoy a good hour (or more if he actually fell asleep) to myself.

Today the dream ended. I had put him down did a few dishes and was in the middle of cleaning toilets and out pops Jaden from his room announcing that "I woke up already". So now only 2 1/2 weeks before my due date I have a toddler who I fear has officially retired from quiet time.

Goodbye to getting house work done quickly.

Goodbye to wasting a little time on the computer.

Goodbye to taking a short nap in the afternoon.

Goodbye to sneaking in an unhealthy snack.

Goodbye to having uninterrupted reading time.

The bright side of the story is that when Jaden did wake up he was so darn cute that I could hardly be annoyed with him...
Jaden: Mommy I have an owie on my bum
Me: How did you get an owie there?
Jaden: Somebody hit me on my bum
Me: Who hit you?
Jaden: A guy...it was Daddy
Me: Honey daddy would never hit you
Jaden: Ummm I mean I have a scratch on my bum
Me: Oh no, you do?
Jaden proceeds to take off his underwear and lay down on the couch asking me to..."rub lotion on my bum please"