The Skarin Family Blog

I am a sucker for involuntary baby smiles.  You know the kind that occur when the baby is falling asleep while drinking the last bottle of the night and the milk runs down the sides of their cheeks?  Yeah, those…I just love them!  Logan smiles ALL.THE.TIME but there is still something so special and sweet about those involuntary baby smiles....

A recent conversation between Logan and Mr. Playmat Monkey… Photo slideshow from the original blog. The slideshow service (Picasa/Flash) has been discontinued, so these photos can no longer be displayed here.

In light of the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown on Friday, I found myself hugging my boys a little tighter and holding on to them a little longer than usual this weekend. We had started potty training, or at least attempting to, and while it wasn’t going completely smoothly, it wasn’t too bad either…at least on Friday....

Well I knew it was only a matter of time…Wogan is now Logan.  Last weekend while Evan and Logan were at Auntie Karin and Uncle Dan’s house for the weekend, Danny was helping to teach Evan how to say his L’s.  A few months ago, Bruce was working with Evan to try and get him to say Logan instead of...

Every so often I get a glimpse into the future… I wonder if George and a cup of milk will still be by his side when he is a teenager...Oh to preserve his innocence!  

Logan is proving to be just as ticklish as his big brother, which is so much fun for Mommy (and Auntie Karin, who also loves to tickle!)!  Bookmark this post so that you can come back for a giggle fix anytime you are having a bad day or need to smile.

With Logan getting so big and quickly outgrowing, or should I say sagging down, the bouncy seats, it was time to get out the exersaucer.  Logan had lots of fun checking everything out and was able to relatively easily move himself around to see all there was to see.  Evan also enjoyed rediscovering his old “stomping grounds” again so much...

When you are stuck inside in the winter with an infant and an energetic two year old, you need to get creative with ways to spend the day.  Evan has become quite fond of forts…big forts, small forts, forts for just Evan and forts for everyone.  So much so that we might need to purchase one of these. Photo slideshow...

Here are the big man’s stats: 18 lbs, 11 oz (96th percentile); 27.5 inches (98th percentile) and 44 cm 87th percentile. At Evan's 4 month appointment (which was really like a 4.5 month on the 22nd) he was 18 lbs, 9 oz; 27.5 inches and 44.5 cm. So they are measuring up quite nicely but Logan seems so much bigger...

Two photo shoots, three outfit changes, numerous backdrop and prop changes and there are only a few winning photos.  I suppose it will make choosing photos for the Christmas card a little easier.  After all, you only need one winning photo, right?  Good thing!  Here is a sampling of the “best of” our photo shoot. Photo slideshow from the original...