October Already?

Wow! its October already, wonder where the summer went? With Halloween and Thanksgiving just around the corner, we are busy getting ready for trick or treating. Logan and I just put up the Halloween decor on the storm door and other decorations around the house. We have pumpkins waiting to be carved. This weekend was a busy weekend filled with lots of family fun activities. Saturday we went to check out a new/cheaper pumpkin patch. It was basically a small Roca berry farm. Logan really enjoyed the bounce house. Sunday we went to Vala's in Omaha, Logan loves Vala's there is lots to do there.
I was worried ( like normal) about taking Jillian, didn't know how I would nurse or bottle feed her while there, but there was no need to worry we found a place to plug in the bottle warmer for a bottle and managed to find a nice shaded area away from people to nurse her. She loved the fresh air and slept most the time in her stroller. I'm guessing the bumps helped with her sleeping. Amazed how little ones love to be gently bounced.


It was a special day at Vala's Nebraska's astronaut Clay Anderson was there to speak, take pictures and sign autographs.


Logan on the train

The fast slide, Logan loves this


Jillian will be 2 months on Saturday. Can't believe how fast the time is going. She is changing everyday, she is awake more during the day, talking to her family, she is sleeping better at night, just last night she went to bed at 930pm-530am,up for a feeding then back down until after 8am. She also finally took a long (nearly 3hrs)nap in her crib.
I went to Milkworks the other day to get a another Miracle blanket(a amazing swaddle blanket), while I was there I weighed Jillian, she was 9lbs 9ozs. She is growing fast. Can't wait to see how long she is at her 2months check up on the 11Th.
I will end this post with some pictures of Jillian to show how much she is changing.



Bedtime story, Jillian was really interested.

Jillian 3 weeks

Jillian is 3 weeks. Time sure flies. I just wanted to update the blog with some pictures of Jillian, to show how much she is changing. Logan is really in love with his little sister, he has to lay with her every chance he gets and loves to help her with tummy time.
At Jillian's 2 week doctor appointment, we had the doctor test her stool, to see if she had MSPI (milk/soy protein intolerance). Some of you may remember that we found out Logan had it when he was 2 weeks and I had to go on a diet eliminating all dairy and soy. They did find blood in her stool, however she is not showing signs like Logan did. So the doctor stated that she may have a mild case and since she is gaining weight then she doesn't think its the intolerance. I'm limiting how much milk/soy, but not completely cutting it out. Jillian is a good eater which is why we don't believe she has the intolerance like Logan did. She does eat a lot and I'm trying hard to keep up with her.
We are also having trouble with getting Jillian to sleep in her crib at night. She is a cuddlier and is happy to sleep on mommy or daddy, but that just can't happen. We need our sleep as well. She is getting better going down, the screaming fits are getting shorter and she will take a pacifier at night. She will go for 4-6 hours at night before waking up for a feeding. Good for mommy, I like sleep :)


Tummy time, tummy time.

Logan helping sister with tummy time

Here is my tongue.

Hands always in the air.

Logan loves to lay next to his sister.
It sure has been tough spending time with Logan, he is always wanting mommy to play with him. I'm so busy with Jillian that I think he feels left out. He is doing well with helping me when I need it, we also have our bedtime stories. I also try to play games with him during the day when Jillian is napping. Logan and daddy have spiders in tanks in the basement. Logan is pretty proud of them. I try to stay away from them as much as possible. Thank goodness they are in tanks.
This weekend starts the Husker football season. Hope we have a good season. Jillian already has her Husker outfit to wear this weekend.
Go Rig Red!!

Jillian Rene Michel

August 8, 2011 10:20am Doug and I welcomed our little girl Jillian Rene into the world. Jillian was born by c-section with no problems. There is nothing more emotional than hearing your child's first cry. Logan was with Doug's parents during the surgery, he came up later to see his mommy and new baby sister. I posted just a few pictures from Jillian's big day.






Logan meeting his sister for the first time. This picture brings tears to my eyes, its so cute.

First bath.

Logan helping push sister back after her first bath.

One of the shots the people at the hospital were taking, I had to grab my camera.

Jillian looking at her daddy.


Sleeping with sister.

August 21st, 2 weeks old. Look how long I look. :)

Sorry it took me two weeks to get his updated, but I forgot what its like to have a infant in the house again. Logan is doing very well with his new sister at home. He has been pretty spoiled with grandma's staying at the house for two weeks. I have been worried that when we are all by ourselves I wouldn't be able to handle it, but its seems to be going okay. Doug is helping out with Logan when I'm feeding Jillian. I'm nursing and its going well. So far Jillian doesn't have the intolerance that Logan did, which will make nursing much easier for mommy and Jillian.

I'm ending this post with a picture of Jillian, she is 2 weeks now and changing everyday. We have her 2 week doctor appointment on Thursday, can't wait to see how big she has gotten in 2 weeks. Hoping in a few weeks I will be able to get on a schedule and keep the blog updated with Jillian and Logan growing up together. Enjoy!

Happy 4th of July

Wow! time sure flies, July already and 5 weeks until we welcome our little girl into the world. Summer is sure flying by.
What a busy 4Th of July weekend, Sunday the 3rd we went to York to watch York's fireworks with great grandparents Michel, like we did last year. They live right by the fairgrounds so we have perfect seats and don't have to sit outside for hours before it starts. The weather was perfect that we were able to play outside lighting just a few fireworks for Logan to enjoy. He really enjoys those little poppers that he can toss at people's feet or jump on them. This year Logan didn't scared when the fireworks started, he sat on daddy's lap and watched.
Monday the 4Th, we went to Milford, Ne to check out their dinosaur museum. What a pretty cool place. Logan enjoyed looking at all the dinosaurs, digging for bones. We got him a big t-Rex to take home, which is his new buddy as well as Mickey Mouse. After the museum, we ate at the Petro in York, before heading to Henderson to play at grandma's & grandpa's house. The family hit the golf course, Logan & I came alone with a golf cart. Logan loves to ride in the cart and look for grandma's ball. With a little help he was able to practice putting and steering the golf cart. Grilled some burgers for supper and then headed home. Logan was passed out before we hit the interstate with his buddy Mickey and dinosaur cuddling with him.

Logan's 3 years old pictures

Big Thanks for my friend Kelly, who took these great pictures of Logan for his 3 years. She took over 200 pictures, I got to keep all originals and enhancements that she did. I have them all on a flash drive which I can take and have reprints made for us and the family. Since we have so many I'm just posting the prints that I had made for family and us to have around the house. Enjoy! If you are ever visiting us or we come to see you, just ask to see Logan's great pictures I will be happy to show them all to you.

5x7 for the grandparents and at the house for us.

Wallets for family

I got just 1 of this one for us at the house. May make this one into a 8x10 for the house.

When I get a little more organized I will print more pictures for Logan's book and for me to scrapbook, but I don't see that happening for a few months.
Hope everyone has a great Easter with family and friends. We will be going to Henderson. Should be a good time.

Happy 3rd Birthday Logan

I can't believe its been 3yrs since Logan joined our family. Some facts about Logan you may or may not know about Logan.

1. Logan was born at 4:56pm by c-section. He was born a day after his due date.
2. His favorite movies are Cars, Toy Story,Harry Potter, but loves to watch anything that has lots of action or zombies, loves the TV show Walking Dead.

3. He loves to be outside either at the park, playing ball with daddy or looking for sticks he can spend forever outside.

4. His nighttime friends are froggy/bear (one word) and Mickey Mouse.

5. He is a Husker fan.

6. The world seems to stop whenever there is a grandpa is around.

7. Logan's best friend is Jacob (Jacob's mommy is in mom's club with me)

8. Enjoys to run errands with mommy, he can tell you what store has the green cart and where to get a cookie and balloon.

9. Has his own golf set and hits balls with daddy in the backyard.

10. Enjoys to go to the library for books and Thomas the Train movies.

Logan's birthday party this year was a bowling party at Sun-Valley Lanes. What a great Sunday afternoon. Kids and adults were able to bowl. Guests were, Daddy, Mommy, Steve, Shar, Kevin, Angie, Zack, Janet, Megan, Nick, Jacob, Matt, Jodie, Evan.
Logan and his friends got to use the bumpers, or a ramp to get the ball down the lane. Logan got a strike and did a great fist pump to let everyone know. He had daddy, mommy and grandpa Steve help him bowl.
We had pizza before bowling a couple games. Once our games were done we had cupcakes (which Hy-Vee made) and then opened gifts.

Logan made out like a bandit. Got some great toys for inside and outside, some summer clothes, new jammies, and movies.

Logan's friend Jacob helped Logan open his gifts. Logan was so cute he goes "Jacob come on help me open these"

He also blew out his candle on the first try. With a big Hooray!

Logan bowling with daddy.


Zack bowling

Jacob,Logan, Evan

As the day came to a close, I thought to myself wow the first 3 years really did zip by. Logan is still talking about his birthday party, which means we did good job on planning his party. He is looking forward to Jacob's party, who turns 3 a week after Logan.
I got Logan's pictures taken. A friend of mine is taking photography classes and is building a portfolio, so she came over to the house and followed Logan around and took pictures. She did a amazing job, I got to keep all the shots she took and have them on a flash drive. All I will need to do is take them somewhere, print them and send them out to family & friends. Will post them sometime soon.

I will end this post with some good news. We found out the gender of our second baby. We are having a girl! Everyone was is super excited. It will be nice to have a baby girl in the family.

Snow play 1/9/11

We got some snow last night and into today. So this afternoon we all went out to shovel the driveway and sidewalk. Logan made a snow angel, and had a stick to move snow around. Doug made him a snow pile for him to play in while we worked on the snow removal. Logan loved playing in the snow and was upset to have to come inside to get warm. His poor little nose was running like crazy. It was a wonderful afternoon to spend as a family having fun.


Logan's snow pile



I'm king of the mountain







Logan's snow angel