Logan's 7-week update

Logan turned 7-weeks young on Tuesday. For his birthday, my hubby took him to the pediatrician for his HepB vaccination, some birthday gift, right?! The hubbs said that he did great, a little cry at the injection and that was it! Maybe we'll get lucky with him like we did with Luke, who never cried with shots or blood draws!

At 7-weeks Logan weighs 13 lbs, 5 ounces and is 23" tall (96% and 76%, respectively). The doctor is anticipating another 6'1" boy!

Logan eats, on average, every 3 hours and sleeps very well at night, 6 hrs then wakes to eat, then sleeps another 3-4 hrs. Last night was special, he slept 8.5 hrs straight!! He woke at 1:30 am, ate, I swaddled him and put him back down to bed with a pacifier (yep, he takes one of those - very different from his brother already!), awake, and he was asleep within five minutes.. how'd I get so lucky?! We've been putting him down sleepy but awake for at least a week now and he's fallen asleep every time!

I, on the other hand, am not usually able to get back to bed during the middle of the night. Tonight/this morning, after 30 minutes of lying wide awake, staring at the ceiling, listening to my hubby breathe heavily (which is usually how it goes every night!)... I decided to edit a few photos I took yesterday and share them. I can't tell you how much I love his lips and adorable little face! I'm so glad that I'm able to document these days because my memory is so bad, I'd surely forget them soon enough!

Side note: I ordered a few enlargements from his newborn session (to frame and hang over his crib)... I cried when I unwrapped the images from my print lab, seeing my baby boys precious face, the way I see it now, preserved for me to enjoy every time I walk into his nursery just created an overwhelming feeling of gratitude for my baby boy (his life, his health, all the joy he brings to us each and every day, etc. - I could go on and on, lol), that brought tears to my eyes. It's quite silly, of course, but my bad memory really makes me appreciate photos even more than the average person, I can only imagine. I'll share a photo of his nursery as soon as I have the frames up.

For now, here are some recent shots of my baby boy ♥


*I take full credit for his adorable little butt chin ♥

His eyelashes finally grew in at about 5 weeks. They're getting so long so fast!




All photos were taken with my macro lens (100mm f/2.8L) at f/2.8 with an ISO of 6400 and a shutter speed as slow as 1/60 (I told you I live in a cave!).

Logan fell asleep in my arms and instead of putting him in his crib like I would normally do, I laid him on my bed and just watched him sleep for soooo long! While asleep, he pulled him arm up and wriggled it out of the sleep sack; he looked so cute with his hand at his chin I jumped up and grabbed my camera to capture it! I wanted to focus on him, his cute little features (and NOT my messy room) so I switched out my 50mm lens with the macro... and I'm so glad I did ♥