Day 1

Day 1 at home: Lots and lots of sleeping!

Welcome Logan!

We're proud to introduce our second son: Logan Robert Billing.  He was born yesterday at 1:04pm, weighing 8lbs 7oz and was 19.5in long.  A pretty big baby for being a week early!  Everything went perfectly smooth during the c-section and the surgery and recovery were much better than with Ryder.  It was so weird to show up at the hospital with a scheduled birth!  Funny though, in the 90 minutes leading up to the surgery, I had a ton of contractions!  Little Logan knew what we were here for :)

And, I know what you're here for...picutres!  So here are a few:

The rainy day today is perfect for catching some zzz's

Daddy admiring our little man

Grandpa Robert, Logan Robert, Daddy and Big Brother

Logan made his arrival at 1:04pm (as seen on the clock behind Dr. Hallstrom).

He came out screaming (unlike Ryder), so that brought tears of joy to my eyes.

Logan with his delivering doc this morning

So far he has been giving us lots of time to rest throughout the night and during the day today.  Lets hope that continues for a little while :)

The Big Day

Today's the big day - the one we've been looking forward to, preparing for & counting down to for 9 months...We're now only hours away from meeting our little boy...

We had a special dinner last night and breakfast this morning - enjoying our last few meals as a family of 3.  (Though this morning, I only cooked since I cannot eat or drink anything until after surgery this afternoon...this is a very very tough thing for a 9 month pregnant mamma to do!!!) 

Next post: baby photos!! :)  Can't wait to introduce our little one!

Last fam photo with only 3 of us!!

MoA

We go the Mall of America a lot...especially in the winter.  We like that we can be out for a walk after dark, we can grab a bite to eat together and Ryder loves to watch the "trains" (rollercoasters) at Nickelodeon Universe.  But the last time that we went, Ryder actually got to ride on one of the "trains"!  He was a little nervous waiting for take-off, but loved the ride :)

Less Than A Week!!

With less than a week until Ryder becomes a brother (and we become parents of two!), he must have felt the need to study up. At naptime yesterday, he "read" my Pregnancy Week-by-Week book about 4 times before falling asleep.  He's going to be such a good big brother :)

Fridays With Ryder

I have been slacking a bit on posts (and enjoying family time instead), but I thought I'd do a quick recap of the last couple Fridays Ryder and I have had together.  I'll be missing him today since I'm volunteering with Habitat for work - but I'll more than make up for that with the time I can spend with him on maternity leave...starting next week!!

Last Friday, we went to the Children's Museum and had so much fun exploring together:

Playing guitar and dancing while watching himself on the screen :)

Our special coffee date!

He liked the whipped cream on top waaay more than his hot chocolate...

Baking together in our cute aprons. He loves helping measure and mix the ingredients, but wasn't really big on the final product.  That's okay, more for mom and dad :)

We do art almost every Friday.  This time, he painted a number of pictures on his own - including making his very own handprints.

And probably his favorite Friday activitiy - gymnastics.  He loves the trampoline, jumping into the foam pit and walking through the little courses they set up for the toddlers (like above - he did so good on the balance beam!)

Oh how different next Friday will be!!

37 Weeks

Message to Baby Brother: "We're ready for you to come out and play!"

At 37 weeks, Baby Brother is considered "full term." This means his lungs are fully developed and his body is ready to survive outside mommy's womb.  He is also over 6 pounds this week.  We're anxiously awaiting his arrival!