Logan Michael Enz

Logan Michael Enz was born on Monday, October 26 2009 at 7:15 pm. He is 7 lbs 6 oz, 20 inches long, and perfect! Story to follow shortly....

Sweet baby

We're a family! :)

Daddy and Logan

We love him so much

He He He :)

One day old...

Our sweet little man

:)

Uncle Aydan and Logan

Aunt Cammi and Logan

Aunt Kassi and Logan

Aunt Jessi and Logan

Grandma Poulsen and Logan... he had just been rescued from Uncle Aydan... :)

Grandpa Poulsen and Logan :)

October

38.5 Weeks

So, it seems that fall has finally decided to arrive...Yeah! Ry and I went for a nice long fall walk today after listening to General Conference, and we collected a whole bunch of leaves and berries for me to construct into something. Conference was amazing and uplifting, as usual. We got to spend some time with Kayla, Aaron, and Ashlee this weekend, and played a way fun game called Imagine If... On Friday I had to go to a luncheon with the people who donated the money for the ORCA grant I recieved. It was way fancy... too many plates, forks, and cups for me. Good food though. Cancer research is going well, and we think that we almost have Ryley's ORCA project finished up. Statistically significant data too! Yeah again! Mine is still having issues with stubborn antibodies. Oh well... We also got to see Natalie on Friday, my long time friend from preschool. It was a lot of fun catching up with her. Our last childbirth class also occured on Friday (very busy day), and now we are just playing the waiting game with Logan. As of last Tuesday I was one centimeter dilated, and my next appointment is on Thursday. I had some pretty good sized, but non painful, contractions, every six minutes, for about 3 hours today. But then they went away, and we are now breathing easier. :) Ryley told Logan that he's not allowed to come until his Biochemistry test is over with on Friday. We'll see how well this little boy listens. :) That's about all the updates for now, I'll post more after our next appointment.

Football! And Baby Showers! And Kayaking!

Updates: I am almost 38 weeks pregnant! Crazy, I know. Logan kicks and squirms around like crazy, much to the delight of his father. ;) Our next appointment in tomorrow, and we get to find out if I am dilated at all. Not counting on it though. Ryley is still in classes, and attempting to get everything done that he possibly can before the big day arrives. I don't know where September went to, but somehow it was action packed. We went camping, kayaking, hiking, and just attended a BYU football game! It was Ryley's first, and he loved it. I kept getting in trouble for making him take pictures with me while the game was going on though. :) Coach from our research lab freaked out on me when he found out I didn't have my hospital bags packed yet, and promptly sent me home to do so after telling me several stories about women who had their babies in less than 15 minutes. So, I am now somewhat packed. We only live 8 blocks from the hospital though, so I think we'll be ok if I forget something. :) Everyone keeps telling us how close we are, but I don't think that it has really hit either of us yet. I still don't feel all that pregnant. I'm not swollen anywhere, I don't have backaches or side aches or even painful contractions. I also still usually get 8 hours of sleep at night. I'm not complaining, but it would be nice for my body to show some sign that the date is approaching.... Last Saturday my old roomates threw me a baby shower. It was so nice, and it was a lot of fun getting to talk to them again. Logan recieved lots of cute things, from diapers to pacifiers, to slippers and outfits and towels. What a spoiled little baby already. We played baby games, and taste tested some nasty baby food. Mandy Merriman had it about right when she named them all "filth". So, that's been our past few weeks, and I'll post a picture when I remember to take one. :)

Sunburnt, tired, and sooo happy after watching
BYU stomp on Colorado State. :)

I'm posting this because Ryley refused to

smile normally and I threatened that I would

post it for the world to see. :)

Us, after Kayaking. :)

Kayla, Aaron, Me, and Ryley right after

Kayaking at Deer Creek Reservoir

Gifts from the awesome Baby Shower my old

roomates threw me. :)

BYU vs Colorado State. The stadium was packed!

There were over 64,000 people in attendance...

Waterfalls and Kitchens

Okay, time for some more updates. This past week has been exciting, what with Ryley starting school again. I have been bored out of my mind, and convinced Ry to help me paint the kitchen and mud room. Saturday night was AMAZING. Ryley and I made blackberry cobbler, and our neighbors let us watch BYU's path to victory over last year's national title winner, Oklahoma, on their big screen tv. Go Cougars! :) I know that it's going to be a BYU game that puts me into labor. Logan is growing nice and big, as you will see from the pictures below. Today Ry and I went on a hike to cascade falls. It was so much fun! Ryley was very worried about me going into labor though, and kept asking how many contractions I was having. I've always thought that it would be funny to go into labor on labor day, but no luck. Probably a good thing though, since I'm only 35 weeks. Starting next week, I have an appointment every week until the little man decides to make his appearance. We had our first childbirth class on Friday night, and it was great. The lady that is teaching it is very nice, and she had a lot of good information. We have lots of homework to do before our next class, so that will help to keep me occupied. Friday night we also went to the Latino Festival, and ate tacos and a "european pastry" that Ryley made fun of. Saturday we also discovered this amazing little farmer's market, with great deals on produce. Yeah for us! :)
At the waterfall!
35 weeks

On the way to the waterfall...

Can't forget our other sons, Ralph and Willow

Old Mud Room

Old Kitchen

Old Kitchen

New Mud Room

New Mud Room

New Kitchen

New Kitchen

New Kitchen

Vacation!

We just got back from our travel-the-west vacation! First we stopped in at Ely and hung out with my family for a few days. It was a lot of fun to see everyone again, and Aydan informed me that my "belly was getting really tall" and that Logan was going to have "green hair, green eyes, and a beautiful shirt." :) We then stopped into Battle Mountain, the little mining town where I technically grew up, and I showed Ryley the park I used to play at and where I used to live. We were then on our way to Crane, OR, about 30 minutes outside McDermitt, NV, when our car decided to blow up. There we were, stranded on the edge of the road, seriously in the middle on nowhere, and after 5 minutes of despair this very nice man named Oz from Round Mountain, NV (go figure) pulled up with an empty flatbed trailer and all the hookups needed to haul us. So, he pulled us to Burns junction (also in the middle of nowhere) where Ryley's friends in Crane were able to pick us up and haul us to an autoshop. Everyone informed us that it was either a cracked engine block or a blown up head gasket and that we wouldn't be able to leave for a few days. So, we settled in at Crane and helped them unload four cords of wood. Much to our surprise we recieved a call later that day that our car had been fixed and was ready to drive. Somehow it was only a few hoses that had burst, and it was an easy and cheap fix. We were definitley watched out for those few days. We headed up to Sandy, and then to the coast where Ryley had fun flying kites and we all built lots of sand castles. We then hung out in Sandy for a couple more days, went on a hike, and then headed back home. Ryley got stung by a bee on the hand, and it swole to gargantuan proportions. When we got back, our baby bed was waiting for us (Thanks mom and dad!) and we played with that. That's our update, and the pictures are of our adventure and some cool new cookies Kassi, Cammi, and Aydan helped me make. I am currently 33 weeks pregnant, and counting down the days. Logan is a little squirmer, and Ryley is getting more and more excited. According to our last doctor appointment, everything is the right size, and our baby boy is healthy as can be. As for school plans, Ryley is going full time this semester and working as a TA in the Organic Chemistry Lab, and I am deferring Fall and working in the cancer research lab. We also finally bought tickets to a BYU football game! Yeah! This summer has flown by, and has been a blast. Sorry for such a long update, but I guess that this is what happens when I forget to update for almost two months. :)

My Birthday! and a 28 week old Baby/Fetus.... :)

Wednesday was my 21st Birthday! And Ryley was very sweet.. he skipped classes.. I skipped Philosophy, and we made this amazing oreo/whipped cream/ice cream/chocolate pudding cake together. :) We also ordered Dominos and watched "The Kid" because Ryley had never seen it. It was a very good birthday. I also entered my 3rd Trimester on Wednesday... what a good birthday present. :) Now I am just about 28 weeks, and starting to show it. The video is of the cake Aydan made me when we were down for the fourth. And the bowl of grape tomatoes is from our garden! Yeah! Also exciting news.. the most exciting of all... Ryley has his first interview for medical school! July 31st he is flying out to Fort Worth, Texas to interview for a very good school there. I'm so proud of my sweet husband! He also keeps telling me to turn up the temperature or something so he can play with his little boy sooner... :). I'm not so sure that would work......

Updates...

These last few weeks have been crazy! On June 22nd I had my 24 week checkup, and everything is growing like it is supposed to be. :) I'm officially 26 weeks today... yeah! Logan is kicking more than ever now. I hope that I'm not torturing the little guy every time I poke him to get him to move around....it's just so much fun watching Ry's face when he gets kicked. I mentioned to Ryley that we really only have 14 more weekends alone together before baby time... that freaked him out a little bit. :) Anyways, my next appointment is July 22. Last week Jessi came down and stayed in Provo with us. It was a lot of fun getting to know her a little better, and hopefully we convinced her that BYU is the best place to be! During her time here we went canoeing and discovered the amazing practice of Cherry Picking! 12 pounds of cherries for 7.50... what a great deal. We spent the fourth of July in Ely, which was also a lot of fun. :) Like always, there was tons of food and Ryley was one happy man. My family got a puppy named Chip, and it was quite entertaining watching Cammi and Aydan play with/torture him. Now we are home and in the middle of midterms for summer semester. And our landlords don't seem to believe in air conditioning, so our house is about 80 degrees. Oh well. Someday I will have windows and control of the thermostat... and a bathtub. Hope all is well with everyone, and I'm sure Ryley will make me post another picture of my front end soon. :)