Sweet Baby Logan

Logan Anthony Hay was born November 24, 2009 at 6:44pm. He weighed 7lb 14oz and was 20 3/4" long. A big boy! He is absolutely perfect.

It was so nice to have my friends Cari, Robin, and Kristi take care of him and me. My doctor, Dr. Kroeger, delivered him, and Dr. Wiley our pediatrician stayed to be there for the delivery, too. It was definitely different being the patient! But so comforting that my friends were there. My parents, Tony's parents, my sister Jamie, my grandparents, and Tony's brother Jeff, and some of our friends, were all there to see Tony carry him into the nursery.

Craig and Lacy, Chris and Kylee, and several other friends all got to see him the next day. We got to come home the following day, Thanksgiving! We definitely had a lot to be thankful for this year!

We've spent the last few weeks watching him grow so fast! He really needs to slow down some. He smiles all the time, and sometimes it's when I am trying to get him to, so I count that as real smiles. :) We have been blessed by having so many friends and family come by to visit him. Many that have brought food, which is fabulous! We just got his pictures taken and will post those as soon as we get them. He has visited both my work and Tony's work, and we even took him to our Sunday School Christmas party. He doesn't get out much since it is at the peak of RSV season, not to mention the crazy flu, and his mom has seen way too many sick babies from that. It really is scary and soooooo easy to catch! So don't be offended if I make you wash your hands a million times or won't let you near him if you have a cold!

We are looking forward to Christmas and seeing all of our families! Some of them will be getting to meet Logan for the first time! I promise to keep this updated at least monthly now. Maybe I can convinve my sweet sister in law to make me cute signs for Logan's monthly pictures :) .

Falling behind...

So, I guess I am falling behind. It's been a busy summer, so here is an update:

In June some of our very best friends Caleb and Marissa got married. Tony was the best man and I was a bridesmaid. We had a blast! Do you ever go to one of those weddings that makes you want to get married all over again? This was definitely one of those!! It was BEAUTIFUL!!! I kept thinking... "I wish I would have thought of that" .... everything was perfect! And the best part is that they moved in down the street from us! We are loving having them so close. Maverick is also very excited about this, because their sweet little dog Lucy happens to be his girlfriend! Here are a few pictures from the wedding...

Then we got to spend some fun time with our neice Callie... including a trip to Nacogdoches for her baby dedication.

I went to Cove and visited my parents (who were keeping Cameron!) and then did some shopping with my mom and sister for fabric for the nursery...

Then, we had an awesome trip to Arlington to the Twins/Ranger game with the Hay family (minus Craig):

And then, vacation! My friends Emily and Stephanie and I went to San Antonio for a few days! Lori was there for a teaching conference, and Alli lives there, so they met up with us randomly while we were there as well. It was very relaxing and fun!! And I convinced Emily to read Twilight!

Speaking of Twilight, I really should mention something about it here since it has taken up a majority of my summer. Thanks to Lacy, my sister in law, and my friend Robin from work, I am hooked! I think the last book I actually remember reading for fun was something from the babysitters club! I know this is sad, but it's so true! So, I finally gave in.... and it has taken over my summer! I read the whole series in about two weeks! I decided after I was finished I would give Harry Potter a try (because I love the movies), but after reading the first book, I missed Edward too much and started reading Twilight again. I am taking it slower this time and am only half way through New Moon. New Moon, the movie, comes out November 20th. My due date, November 24th. Which means, Baby Hay better wait!! or come early enough that I won't mind leaving him for a few hours when the time comes.

Well, if you are still reading this, I am impressed. I will try my hardest to do this more often, so it is not sooooooo long! Here is my most recent pregnant picture! I need to take another one though, this was about three weeks ago. I am now 26 weeks!!! Baby Hay will be here before we know it!

Oh, BOY!!!

That's right! We're having a BOY! I was determined to find out before our actual appointment (which we still don't even have a date for yet), and thanks to some of my friends in L&D and my friend Callie from ultrasound we were able to do just that! We are very, very excited! It's so nice to be calling him a him now and to browse for baby things and know what to actually be looking for. So fun!! I just can't believe I am already through the first trimester. It has gone by really fast! I am feeling great, but still really exhausted, especially after I work. Tony has been working a lot. He is still working his regular shifts at the fire department and on top of that he is cleaning pools, going to Brownwood and working on the lake lot, and this week he has been taking a class for the FD every day. I don't know how he is still functioning. We are also getting ready for our friends Caleb and Marissa's wedding this weekend. Tony is the best man and I am a bridesmaid (please dress, still fit!). We can't wait!! An added bonus to that is that they just moved in to a house down the street from us. We already hang out with them almost every other night, and now they will be so close! Well, I should probably do some laundry... ugh. Oh yeah, and we don't have a name for Baby Boy Hay yet. Suggestions welcome... I am calling him Dirk in the meantime :) just don't tell Tony that!

That long?

So, I guess I can compare my blogging skills to how I read the Harry Potter series... never consistent. I will get really excited about reading it, read a few chapters, and then not pick up the book for a year or two and have to start all over. So, as far as blogging goes, I am starting all over. I think it's a pretty good time to do so considering we will be expecting Baby Hay around Thanksgiving! So, as of tomorrow I will be 14 weeks. I'm kind of weird in the fact that I feel awkward posting sonogram pics on facebook (I have no idea why), so Jules suggested putting them on my blog so my friends can still seem them, and I thought this was a great idea! Now, just to remember how to do that... :) Just to catch everyone up to speed on the last year, a lot of wonderful things have happened! In May '08 my nephew Cameron was born (to Jamie and TJ), I got a new sister in law in Oct '08 (Chirs married Kylee), and I also have a new niece Callie who was born in Dec (to Craig and Lacy)! We are really excited that Baby Hay will have such fun cousins to play with!! Tony is still working for Abilene Fire Department at Station No. 6 (on 14th by the cows) and he LOVES it!! I am still in the Nursery at Hendrick and I stand by the fact that I have the best job in the world! We still have Maverick, the best dog ever, who turned two at the beginning of May. Everything is really going great for us, we are so blessed! I am just really excited for all the crazy new things going on in our life! Hopefully, I will continue to blog about them all...


7 weeks... first time hearing heartbeat and 9weeks... my friend did a sono for fun!


13 weeks... what we do at work on the weekends :)

Cody and Melissa

We had Cody and Melissa's wedding this weekend.... and it was so great! It was the first wedding that Tony and I were both a part of and we had a blast! Our friends Caden and Ashley stayed with us (and Lexie their dog) and it was so nice to be able to catch up with them. It was great seeing all of our friends though over the whole weekend. Melissa and Cody were so happy, and Tony and I are so incredibly happy for them and look forward to be lifelong friends! It was such a beautiful wedding and sooooo fun! Here are some pics..