Frozen plastic breaks

Note to self, frozen plastic milk bottles can break.

*sigh*

In one of my zombie early morning states, I was getting some chicken in the freezer out in the garage to feed Lola (long story, she's been sick with pancreatitis this past week). As I'm grabbing the box of chicken, I knock one of the milk bottles that I've stored some pumped breastmilk in. It falls to the floor (concrete) and breaks! ARGH. Cracked the bottom of the bottle as well as the lid. The milk was saved thank goodness (it was frozen solid) -- just defrosted and fed to Logan this morning. But damn what a clumsy mistake, and waste of a good bottle!!

Spring time already?

It seems like our cold winter was short lived and we're entering Spring time already! It was a beautiful warm day today so we three went out with my parents to downtown Campbell, had a lovely lunch at a local French cafe and walked the main drag before heading back home.

Now that Logan is 2 months old, I'm starting to feel the pressure of getting our child care situation nailed down. Guess what's at the top of my to-do list this next week?

My dad took some great pictures of little Logan today (his 2-month birthday), posted online here. He's definitely a little charmer. Smiling all the time now and gazing at Mommy and Daddy's faces. He's also starting to learn how to vocalize more and seems to be enjoying it -- I think he and I talked about the great weekend we had for at least 20 minutes this evening. ;-)

2 Month Check Up

This afternoon we took Logan to his 2 month check up. He's looking really healthy and doing really well. We got some anti-biotic drops for his eye since he has a minor tear duct infection and instructions on how to help get rid of his cradle cap. Dr. Safir also checked his hips and says they feel great so that's good (ortho check up is in 2 weeks). He also had 4 big shots which upset him pretty bad, but we gave him a little Tylenol beforehand and he seems to be back to his normal self now, so maybe it helped.

As for growing - he's done a lot of that in the last month. He's now 22.5 inches long (45%), his head circumference is 39.5 cm(50%) and he now weighs 11lbs, 6oz (50%). woohoo - what a big boy! He was in a surprisingly mellow mood all the way until his shots unfortunately (you know, the type of screaming where no noise is coming out but his face is beet red), but it didn't seem to last TOO long. In fact, he took a little nap after the appointment! :)

Gung Hei Fat Choi

It is now the Year of the Rat and our little golden pig wishes you all a Happy New Year. Gung Héi Fát Chōi or Gōng Xǐ Fā Cái! :)

Yesterday we had a big day!

We saw a movie at the theatres with Kim and Molly (Juno - highly recommend). It was really great -- twice a month the theatre hosts a "Diaper Day" movie for moms and babies to come and see. They keep the lights on low for you to see and parents can watch a movie with their babies. Since everyone has babies, it doesn't seem to be a big deal if one is crying or fussing. Most of the moms are usually nursing throughout the movie or walking the baby up and down the side aisles to calm them down while catching the flick. Kim and I really enjoyed it and will definitely be doing it again! :)

Once we got home, Logan got a bath -- then napped with Mommy in the afternoon. When Daddy got home we took off to the mall and then swung by Logan's grandparents house (Zafu and Zabuton) to say hi! :)

Here's another video of Logan -- spending some time with Zabuton (the formatting's off a bit but I'll fix that later):

Poopy Post Office

Logan and I decided to walk to the post office today to mail out baby announcements. It was pretty chilly and windy out, but we needed the exercise. Unfortunately, Logan wasn't fond of the cold. The post office is only about a mile from our house -- but we took the scenic route (READ: a detour to try and get Logan to calm down and fall asleep) and ended up staying out for 2 hours!

While at the post office, I was trying to figure out how I was going to get him to calm down long enough for me to wait in line, pay my fees, mail our stuff and get the hell out of there before he erupted again -- when little Logan decided to be a real stinker. Literally. He had a massive poop right before I was about to get in line.

Decision time..... let him sit in his stinky poop for 15 min while we wait in line (likely causing him to cry even more) or, spread him out on one of those mailing/stamp counters (hey! whaddya know. they're at the perfect changing table height) and clean him up? I opted to clean him up because it was pretty bad.

So -- be forewarned. The next time you're at the post office mailing a Christmas package and setting everything out on those nice tall changing-table-height counters -- just think what might have been on there minutes beforehand! ;-)

Super Bowl Sunday

well, our little guy slept thru all the hollering and cheering at our friends Kevin and Charlie's Super Bowl Party....only to be really irritable and cranky all night for Mommy and Daddy! In the end I think he was just over-stimulated and super tired from the day. Damn this little monster - how do we toughen him up so he can start keeping up with us? :)

Our little Chargers fan:

Bad Mommy

Logan's nails have been getting longer and longer...I've filed and trimmed them back before but they grow like weeds (not to mention it's a real feat to trim them since he flails his arms around so much)! He was in a good mood this morning so I decided to clip them back again (they were getting so long that he was scratching his ears and face!).

Long story short, with the very last nail, I cut his nail too short and lo and behold, our son screamed out in pain and terror. :( It took a few minutes but I was finally able to calm him back down to happy baby state again. Bad bad mommy. I guess I wasn't careful enough.

*sigh* and so begins the trials and tribulation of parenthood.