He's HOW old now?!

9 years ago today, I was blessed with a beautiful 9lb 15.2 oz baby boy we named Logan.  He was 23 inches long, blonde and so wonderful.  He did wind up with jaundice bad enough to end up back into the hospital for an additional five days.  It was heartbreaking and difficult to see my little boy in an incubator, under the lights, and I wasn't allowed to hold him much at that point.  

But that didn't matter.  He came home and filled our lives with so much love and fun.  He was always a very content, happy baby.  Made the FUNNIEST faces, always smiled and LOVED to be cuddled and held.  He would go to just about anyone, loved his friends and played well with others.  He was the center of my world.

When his younger sister came along, he was the most amazing big brother in the world.  He told people on the elevator "I'm a big bruzzer now!"  He held her for the first time and said "We take baby home now?"  He was with her all the time, talking to her, trying to play with her, trying to feed her, he was always so attentive and sweet with her.

When his little brother came, he was even happier.  He understood more about how babies worked and he was such a help for me.  He loved to hold Grady, and was totally able to help out so much more than he even was after Olivia was born.  But it didn't matter.  He wanted to help so much.  Make them laugh, feed them, just be a good big brother.

Now he's 9.  He's a caring, compassionate, patient boy.  He's friendly, good natured and loves to laugh.  He's healthy, strong and athletic.  He's very competitive, but easy going.  Logan is a fabulous big brother and tries so hard to help, even though Grady is much too big for him to haul around anymore and he lacks the patience to deal with his sister's demanding for him to play.  He'd rather just play on his 3-DS, build Lego or run, run, run.

But siblings fight and under it all, I know he loves his brother and sister immensely.  He plays with them when we're out, talks with them, sits with them and watches over them.  He's very protective and I doubt in the future anyone will be able to mess with his siblings.  

I'm so proud to be his mom, and can't wait to watch him grow into a wonderful man.  

***When I find a few photos, or manage to take a couple new ones, I'll post some of him.***