SUYL - BIRTHDAY PARTIES

This week on SUYL - KIDS BIRTHDAY PARTIES!
I am VERY excited about this topic because my little sweetie pie is having his 1st birthday in June. I have actually been planning for it and buying things since Christmas! I hope to get lots of other ideas from other KELLY'SKORNER people!!

Logan LOVES Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, so I am going with that as a theme. I am going to go with cupcakes instead of cake. I bought a cupcake tree, cupcake wrappers, and cupcake toppers.

I have been buying up stuff to go in little goody-bags. I found a bunch of cute items at Michaels at Christmas time, so I bought more than I probably needed to. I found mini coloring books, crayons, noise makers, puzzles, play-doh, rings (for the girls), stickers, and lots of other cute things. I will be making personalized goody bags for each kiddo who will be attending. I LOVE these bags :) (I had bought other goody-bags, but I do not like them now!)I also thought about making each kid a drawstring bag and embroidering their name on it, but that is alot of work for the amount of kiddos I will be inviting - not to mention I am hosting my S-I-L's baby shower the day before! :)

I am going to order this personlized banner from ETSY. I really like it and it will be a great keepsake.

I am still trying to figure out games to play - for now I am going to go with : "FIND THE BONES". Kids have to find bones (cut out from cardboard and decorated with their names) around the house by crawling on their hands and knees like PLUTO. I also thought of giving kids a task and then putting "mouskatools" in their goodie bags to help them accomplish it??? I think this may be ALOT of work, but it sounded fun!
****IF YOU KNOW OF ANY COOL GAMES, LET ME KNOW*****

I may have have a bubble machine outside (hopefully it is not TOO hot) so the kids can go out and play and the adults can get a small break. Or I may just give each kid bubbles in their goody-bag with a custom wrapper.

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IF YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS LET ME KNOW :)

9 Month checkup - how do I get you to eat more food?

Yeststerday Logan had his 9 month check up. He had been fussy and his nose was running so I was glad to have an appointment already made. I would't just take him in for a runny nose, but since we were going, I wanted to make sure he was not sick. (I do not goto the doctor much and so I guess I really do not take him much either. I grew up "sweating out" fever and we never went much as a kid.) ANYWAY, his pediatrician said that he was in the 5th percentile for weight. He is only 17 lbs 11 oz. I knew he was a lightweight, but thought he was for sure over 18 or 19lbs! He is a healthy baby, but he has always been skinny and has never really packed on any fat. Now he is too busy and is always into things, so he is burning even more calories! He is in the 50-75th percentile for height, so I am guessing he will be like me and his dad were when we were young.
The Dr. said to feed him more solids, and I have been trying to. I recently started him eating solids 2x's per day again. He used to be a great eater, eating a jar of food at a meal, but now he rarely eats 1/2 of it. He loves cheerios and crackers, so I am trying to give him those 2x's a day. I tried bananas (cut up ofcourse) this morning and he WAS NOT HAVING IT! He didn't even want to eat his regular food. He normally loves pears and sweet potato or carrots and apples, but not this morning. I think it might have been because of his runny nose??
Anyway, if anyone has any suggestions on how to get him to eat better, I would like to hear/read the comments.

Logan also got another shot yesterday and got his finger stuck for the anemia test. He did really well, but hated sitting still while they were getting enough drops for the test. He let out a good little cry for about 5 seconds when they gave him a shot, but he was fine right after. I prayed all the way home that he would sleep ok at night. Chris would be working all night and Logan had been waking up 8-10 times at night. THANK YOU JESUS! Logan slept really well. He woke at 2:30 and 4:30 and finally at 6:45. The only reason he woke up at 6:45 was because the electricity went out and it turned his white noise machine off. Normally he is up by 6, but I rather enjoyed some "ME" time this morning. I used the time to cut some fabric for a few reversible pillowcase dresses and then to pin some ribbon on some cloth diapers.
It was a GREAT MORNING and the day has been GREAT AS WELL!!!!!

AMEN - PRAISE GOD! I AM BLESSED BEYOND BELIEF!!!
I LOVE THIS BABY BOY and just HAD to put this picture on this post!!!!

It Won't Be Like This For Long

This weekend was a mixture of mountains and valleys, so to speak.
Saturday we enjoyed being home and spending famliy time together. We straightened the house, bought groceries, and started laundry. It was a nice relaxing day.
Sunday morning my hubby left for work and Logan and I enjoyed a little "mommy and son" time. He is playing SO hard now and going everywhere in the house! I wish I had 1/100th of his energy :)

He WILL NOT leave the outlets alone (glad we already had most of the plugs baby-proofed). He gets into the dog bowl, tries to get into the cabinets, and if there is something he isn't supposed to touch, he wants it!

Logan was 39 weeks old yesterday... YEP, STILL doing the blocks, but he will not sit still :)

I have been trying to get him to eat more baby food, so I started feeding him "breakfast" instead of just a bottle. He is eating really good and has even started liking cheerios and crackers. I had tried them a few weeks ago, but he didn't want them. He ate about 20 cheerios yesterday between breakfast and lunch. Most of them he ate while we were at church. He looks like a little bird opening his mouth for me to put a piece of food in. He can pick stuff up and put it in his mouth, but since these pieces are really small, he struggles a little.

Sunday afternoon, my brother and sister-in-law came over to visit, and then my grandparents showed up, too! It was really nice outside, so we went out for a little fun.

After my hubby got home from work, the nightly routine started : playtime, bathtime, making bottles, cleaning bottles, etc... It is a bit like groundhog's day! lol

After Logan went to sleep, I worked on a few orders - a tutu and shirt set, some toothfairy pillows, and a burpcloth. I really love creating!

AND THEN THERE WERE VALLEYS... DEEP VALLEYS!
Logan started waking up every 30 minutes to an hour lastnight. He was fussy and was taking forever to get back to sleep. He usually wakes up on average 4 times a night still, but lastnight was horrible., I felt bad for him, because his little body needs sleep. My hubby and I probably got maybe 2-3 hours of sleep lastnight, but it was in little spurts. I gave Logan medicine (he has been teething) and rubbed some stuff on his gums, but that didn't help one bit. Picking him up didn't help. Neither did patting, rocking, singing, or any of the million things we tried. Finally about 1 AM, all I could do was cry. I had been praying all night that he would rest and we could get rest too. I prayed that if he was hurting or uncomfortable that he would immediately feel relief and that he would be relaxed and able to sleep good. At 2AM I figured maybe God was trying to teach me a lesson in patience and I was failing terribly at this lesson. I do not know what caused my sweet baby boy to loose so much sleep, and I guess I will never know. I just keep reminding myself how blessed I am - I have a wonderful baby boy who is healthy and home and he will not always want me to rock him or pat him or sing to him. It is hard to remember that when you are exhausted from 9 months of sleepless nights, but I know that it is true. "IT WON'T BE LIKE THIS FOR LONG" is my new theme song.