A new found respect

So three weeks in to it and this being my first week ALONE! I have a new deep respect for every mom out there! This is by far the toughest thing I have ever done and am only into it three weeks! AHHH! But seriously moms have a tough job - you have to try to figure out what this little Buddha looking guy wants by his grunts and cries. I can't even figure out what I want for myself most of the time let alone some other guy. Take today for example we have been home all day working on stuff at the house (you know dishes, laundry, dirty floors, attempting to take shower) and Logan is MISERABLE - will not stop crying and wants to nurse every 10 minutes. So after a good 2 hours of this I thought I would call Andrew just to let him know how fun my day was going and how big my headache was at this point. Thank God for husbands he just kept telling me it would be alright and to call my mom or his mom - WOW didn't think of that! next call to my mom to which she reminds me that Logan likes loud noises and to go and finally blow dry my hair. Okay at this point I will try anything - Logan loved the noise and relaxed. never would have guessed it! See how mom's know it all - again my new found respect for all moms. You are all awesome! So now I just need a travel blow dryer for Logan - the scary thing is that
I hope he does not grow up to be a hair dresser.

We took this picture last night when Logan was sleeping - i like this look much better then the red faced pissed one I've had all day! I think me looks like Buddha in this picture!

Nascar Here We Come!

This is Logan's first racing outfit and he can't wait to watch races with Dad! and no Grandma Georgia didn't buy this for him his Grammie in Oklahoma did.

A Little Late on Easter!

This is Logan on his first Easter - we went up to Shaver Lake for a little drive and lunch!

Spoiled Already

A big thank you to Logan's grandmas!! Now that we are on our own and the Grandma's have gone home, Logan has decided that he must be held to go to sleep. I am going to blame this on Laura and my mom, they were both here and loved holding their little guy so much that he can't sleep with out them. I tried to just put him down for a nap today and that did not work! I had to rock him and hold him before I could get him to sleep. So at three weeks old I am already undoing the things he has learned from his grandmas!! Just kidding he misses you both - he would much rather have both of you here then deal with his boring old mom who just puts him down to sleep!

I have the proof - Logan sleeping in grandmas arms.

Logan Allen King

Pictures of Logan! Yep i'm that mom who is going to plaster her kid all over for everyone to see!

A King is Born!

Logan Allen King debuted into the world on Wednesday, March 12 at 7:13pm. Weighing in at 7lbs 11oz, measuring 20.5 inches long. Mom, Dad, Chill & Logan are all doing great - we got to come home Thursday at 5:00pm. Logans grandparents have been here to see him and they are all already wrapped around his little finger!!

Preparing for Parenthood

Let me start by telling everyone that I love our animals!
On to my morning... We finally made the decision to get Chill fixed, we only been talking about it for over a year! So today was the big day and I figured while i was going to the vet i should have Oprah the cat fixed too - makes sense then i only have to make one trip and we will not have kittens. I realize that I will need help transporting both the cat and the dog in the car .... what to do ... I have it ... i'll get one of those boxes that they send you home from the SPCA with! Okay now that I have transportation figured out - this will be easy!

WOW!! I was wrong! I put Oprah in her box and put Chill in the front seat of the truck, we're all in and ready to! I pull out of our driveway and call Andrew to tell him we are on our way and everything is going great! That was a mistake - no sooner do I hang up is Oprah SCREAMING and Chill barking at her! I just trun the radio up and keep driving (the vet is in a canyon about 20 minutes from our house). Then Oprah starts to push her way out of the box and Chill is attacking her, did I mention that Chill loves to pound Oprah! Great I can see a cat & dog fight in the front seat while I am driving a curvy mountain road. I take Oprah and push her head back into the box and hold it there, use my elbow to shove Chill back into his bed, and continue driving. This goes on for a few minutes until I can not stand the music on my Ipod and have to change songs. Oprah decides to shove her head out again so back to holding her and telling Chill to lay down. Meanwhile I am bending over to keep the cat in the box and the baby is getting squished so he is kicking and moving to try and keep from getting squished - so i am in pain from his beating.

I hope you can all see this image in your head - Lauri driving down a curvy mountain road yelling at Chill, holding Oprahs head down and attempting to change the Ipod. as all of this happens I flash forward to me taking kids somewhere and something simuliar happening! and they say animals don't prepare you for parenthood - maybe they should spend a day with Oprah & Chill!

On a side note everyone is doing great - I think getting fixed was more scary for me then Chill.