6/28/06

We went to our first Zoo Tunes with Logan.  Zoo Tunes is a summer concert series that is held on the field adjacent to the north entry to the zoo.  The concerts start at 6:00 pm and go until sundown, which can be as late as 9:00 on midsummer days.  It was a warm, sunny night.  We showed up at 6:00 - I arrived by bicycle from downtown, and Heidi walked from our house.  The field was already full, and we had to sit over by a construction fence.  The zoo is building a new carosel by the field.  They are really making an attempt to attract the kids.

The show was Arlo Guthrie.  He was great for the venue, a wonderful performer.  Spent about half the time telling odd stories, half the time playing songs.  Many of the songs were Woody Guthrie songs.  In fact, we left during "This land is your land."

After the concert we walked home and met my parents.  They arrived about ten minutes before us, and waited outside of our house while Chazz barked at them.  Mom and dad were very excited to see Logan.  We did our evening walk with them, while Logan fussed himself to sleep in the baby bjorn.  Logan got up in the middle of the night again - he's regressing back to getting up for a feeding at around 2:30 am.

6/27/06

My parents are going to arrive tomorrow.  They're driving from Lincoln.  They spent the night in Oregon, and should be here pretty quickly today.

I got to spend the night with Logan.  Heidi had soccer.  I walked Logan and Chazz, fed Logan, and put him to bed.  He needed two bottles worth of milk (and maybe more.)  The new bottles Heidi bought are great in that Logan seems to like eating from them, but they don't have much capacity.  And Logan is a hungry boy.  I had to feed him one bottle, run downstairs for a refill and then feed him the second.  He probably could have used a third.  He woke up at 2:30 a.m., which he doesn't do much these days.  

His cranky time is fading into a memory.  He has been getting cranky at the start of his evening walk, but then he calms down.  Usually after one or two blocks of complaining.

It's been really warm the past couple of days, with daytime high temperatures up into the 90s.  I don't think Logan enjoyed the heat.  He drinks a lot in the warm weather - we assume it's due to dehydration.  Logan doesn't seem fussier than normal.  I think I'm the one who worries about the heat.  I imagine that he's dying of heat stroke, that he's slowly becoming exhausted, that he needs to be cooled down immediately!!!!

6/22/06

I went out to Tangletown last night at 7:30 with the ski group: Greg, Roy, Brandon, Jens and Brandt.  Logan and Heidi showed up after about an hour or so.  I talked to Brandon about Shanna's illness and about his business.  I think Shanna may retire soon - it sounds like the stress of working is too much for her.

6/19/06

Our first PEPS group meeting was tonight.  There were eight couples present at the meeting.  Everyone sat around the brightly colored living room and talked about their birth experiences.  I think ours was the most unique.  Certainly people were surprised about the diabetes, and about giving formula to Logan right at birth.  

Logan was somewhat fussy for about half an hour during the meeting, and on the car ride home.  I had to walk around the back yard at the meeting with him for about twenty minutes while he cried pretty hard.

6/18/06

My first Father's day!  We went over to Brian and Carol's house for dinner.  Logan got very fussy several times that night - during dinner and then again after a walk at around eight o'clock.  I also got fussy - I was feeling sick with a congested throat and very tired.  Logan cried most of the ride home, and was hot and sweating when I took him out of the car seat.  We walked around to calm him, and then took him upstairs for one last feeding before bed.  He continued to fuss for a while before calming down.  Heidi told him a story about dragons - how he and Chazz saved the dragons from a war between them that was being fomented by an evil king.  Such complex stories for a baby!

6/17/06

We went to the Fremont Fair with Logan and Chazz.  Logan rode in the jogging stroller, which was somewhat difficult to push through the throng.  We walked around looking at the booths full of street fair merchandise and food, but didn't really stay anywhere.  We walked past several stages with live musicians.  There seemed to be a lot more "events" than previous fairs - it made me wonder if this was being organized by some sponsor rather than the Arts council.

On the walk back we changed Logan on the play field by BF day school.  I think it was the first time Logan was on the grass - he seemed to enjoy it.  Chazz played with two dogs.  Logan was pretty fussy once we got home.

6/17/06

We went to the Fremont Fair with Logan and Chazz.  Logan rode in the jogging stroller, which was somewhat difficult to push through the throng.  We walked around looking at the booths full of street fair merchandise and food, but didn't really stay anywhere.  We walked past several stages with live musicians.  There seemed to be a lot more "events" than previous fairs - it made me wonder if this was being organized by some sponsor rather than the Arts council.

On the walk back we changed Logan on the play field by BF day school.  I think it was the first time Logan was on the grass - he seemed to enjoy it.  Chazz played with two dogs.  Logan was pretty fussy once we got home.

6/15/06

I got a permit for the Seattle Housing Authorities Genesee retail space tenant improvement today.  I walked into the DPD for a permit intake and walked out with a finalized permit about an hour and a half later.  I think that's quite an accomplishment, and a relief.  I was worried that I may have to respond to corrections.  I wish all projects were this easy.  The person who approved the permit is Joel Lehn, ordinance and structural reviewer.  On the way back to the office I ran into Sean Klein and John Methot in front of a Thai place.

Right after the permit intake (or just permitting...) I met Heidi for lunch.  We went to an Italian cafe on 19th Avenue.  The name escapes me right now.  It's a nice place - great for kids.  There's even a little play area.  I ran into Betsy Liberman - the head of Aids Housing Washington.

Logan was in a pretty good mood this evening.  Heidi had fed him formula for the first time (since we left the hospital, that is.)  I gave him a bath before dinner, which was pretty fun.  He seems to like bathing.  Of course, he did pee in the tub.

6/14/06

I met Heidi and Logan and Chazz at the new Wallingford Farmer's market.  It's in the Wallingford Center parking lot.  There's a pretty good mix of fruit, vegetable, meat and cheese available already, and the market is supposed to keep growing.  I noticed that there is what appears to be a giant cooling unit in the parking lot.  It's super huge - I presume it will cool the Wallingford Center nicely.

We made a vaguely unappetizing pasta and asparagus dish for dinner.  Logan was moderately fussy with intermittent crying.  We took him on a walk right after dinner.  Dinner was pretty late - maybe around 8:30 ish.  I think it was 10:00 by the time we got back from the walk.

My parents called - they were pretty happy about the Logan photo book I sent for fathers day.  I guess they opened it up early.  Anyway, they both sounded pretty excited.

I've been trying to find excuses to weed the yard.  It may be a nesting instinct thing, but I've really been obsessed with yard work this spring.

6/13/06

Last night I met Heidi, Chazz and Logan in front of Luau on my bike ride home.  Heidi had been over at the U-district.  We stopped at Diggity Dog for dinner.  Logan was very cheerful when we got home - especially for the before dinner hour.  After we ate we played with Logan a bit more.  I put Logan on a baby chair and played around with the music and vibrate options.  Logan seemed to like it, but eventually was pretty fussy when we got him off of the chair.  In fact, he had a sort of meltdown - he cried loudly and consistantly.  He even cried after we went out for a walk.  He settled a bit when I held him in my arms while walking, and finally (with a couple of relapses) settled down to sleep in the Bjorn.

It was another muggy day - low 70s with clouds and showers.