14 Months

Most of my pictures of Logan for this month were either from Hawaii (next post) or of him getting into things....and, of course, then him posing for the camera. He is such a cheese ball. Anyway, here's what's new with Logan:

~He's 21 lbs but I'm not sure how tall. We'll find out at his 15 month Dr appt.
~He took his first steps a few weeks ago and continues to take a few steps at a time but is not walking yet. For the first time in his life, he's acting hesitant and scared to hurt himself.
~He waves.
~He points.
~He finally says "mama" and "dog" in addition to his favorite word "dada".
~He loves piggy-back rides.
~He is very attached to his blanky. He tries to bring it with him everywhere...even to the table.
~He bites when he gets excited :(
~He plays hide and seek.
~He thinks you can't see him when he shuts his eyes.
~He gives "french" kisses.
~He loves the pool but not going under water.
~He loves hanging from trees.
~He has become a ladies' man. A group of guys can walk past him and he won't give them a second look. A group of guys and ladies walk by and he pulls out all the his tricks...his fake laugh, his cheesy smile, his hide and seek game, whatever he can to get their attention.
~He makes it through all 3 hours of church without having to take him out...usually.
~His favorite toy is his bunny that he sleeps with. He's also formed a little attachment with that.
~He puts the phone, a remote, a calculator, and anything else up to his ear that may resemble him talking on the phone.

I think that's all I can come up with for this month. The big post I've been putting off (Hawaii vacation) is next.

Joy in the Journey

I know it's been forever since I've posted anything. Once I get behind on something, I just put it off more and more. It's a terrible flaw I have. Anyway, I'm finally attempting to catch up.

On Memorial weekend I went to our ward's girls camp. It was from Saturday to Tuesday so it worked out really well since Scott could watch Logan every day except Tuesday. Thanks to Scott's family for helping out on Tuesday : ). By the way, much to my surprise, Logan did great and didn't even notice I was gone. This was the first time I've been to girl's camp since I was in young womens. I had forgotten how fun girl's camp really is. It was like a 4 day slumber party with skits, good food, games, crafts, dancing, singing, hiking, and of course some spiritual uplift. The theme was Find Joy in the Journey and I'm pretty sure everyone did. Honestly I didn't have too much responsibility when it came to camp and it was actually a nice little vacation for me. I had great food that I never had to prepare and I didn't have to worry about cleaning up the house or changing diapers. It was wonderful. The only thing I can say is I was having a huge insomnia problem and literally didn't sleep more than about 2 or 3 hours a night. I remember the good ol days when I could do that and not collapse. Well lets just say I'm too old for that now and I almost died from exhaustion by the time I got home.

They made the most wonderful doughnuts I've ever eaten...and boy did I eat them. I think I had 4 or 5. I wasn't the only one that went overboard. Some of the girls were eating like 10 doughnuts. Needless to say, that was the beginning of mayhem. They were all high on sugar and went bonkers...wrestling, giggling, screaming, and playing pranks on each other.

We had Sacrament meeting on Sunday which was really cool just being out in nature, feeling the Spirit, and not having a toddler climb all over you chatting your ear off. It was a really spiritual, relaxing day. Yes, we wore dresses at camp.

This is where the leaders slept.
This is one of the tents where the girls slept. Sometimes you get special privileges when you're a leader.

Our ward has a goal to make a certain number of bears ( I can't remember how many. Maybe 100) so one of the things we did on Sunday was this service project craft.

13 months

Logan's been 13 months for over a week now so I figured I better get on the ball and post some updates on our little man. As for his size, I don't think he's grown at all since his last doctor's appointment. According to our scale he weighs about 19.5 lbs. I think last time he was weighed and measured he was around the 15th percentile. It's gotta be because he's so active cause he eats like a large man even though he's itty bitty.
New Tricks:
*Logan is still not walking. He actually seems very uninterested in it. He walks holding our hand perfectly and has been standing up in the middle of the room for awhile now but he just chooses not to do either almost all of the time. When we try to get him to walk he just sits down. He knows what he wants and is very determined to get his way even in regards to refusing to walk.
*He's getting very talented at climbing. He loves climbing up the step ladder like mom so he can reach things that are too high. He's also found out he can climb on our taller couches and onto the window if he climbs on the leather chair first. One of his very favorite things to play with are the blinds. He loves banging them against the window so I try to keep them out of his reach.
*Logan still doesn't say any words seems completely uninterested in doing that as well despite our efforts at pointing out things and trying and get him to repeat us. He does, however, know how to shake his head "no" whenever he hears that word...which is all the time.
*Logan is becoming quite the dancer. Not only does he bounce and rock when music comes on he moves his head to the music. He also likes to "sing" by making loud noises when we sing to him or when we're singing at church.
*We have a refrigerator with the freezer at the bottom which I absolutely love except for now Logan has discovered how to open the freezer and get into all the food. He can open packages, bottles and many containers we didn't think he'd be able to open for years. (just ask Grandma Bair)
*Logan also loves opening and closing doors which is pretty fun until he locks himself in a room. He loves to push those doors at church that have no door knobs and escapes Sunday school whenever he can.
*He also has started playing hide and seek with everyone. He'll crawl behind a door or duck down behind something and peek at you to see if you're coming to find him. He's also using this new found talent of hiding when he doesn't want to be social with other people. He just hides his face when he's being shy...which I thought would never happen but lately has been kind of common.
*I seriously don't understand people with toddlers that have clean homes because I'm literally following Logan all day long just picking up after him. Whatever room he's in is completely terrorized in 2 minutes. He empties drawers, cabinets, boxes, closets...you name it. It's exhausting. He can make a complete mess quicker than it takes me to walk over to wherever he's "playing" at the time. By the time I get done picking up that mess there is, of course, another one. He has started to love playing with all his toys by himself in his room so, for that moment, the mess is somewhat confined.

*Sometimes I let Logan run around the house in his diaper if we're not going anywhere and it's hot. Well the other day I went to get him up from his nap and he had his diaper off. I thought I had just put it on too loosely because he had just slid it right off. I didn't think much about it because there was no mess and I figured I'd just put it on tighter from then on. A few days later Scott went in to get Logan up from his nap and this time he had unvelcroed his diaper and there was a HUGE mess. So, yeah, he can take off his diaper which means no more sleeping in just a diaper anymore.
*Logan graduated from his baby car seat and got a big one. I actually thought he'd be pretty excited about it since he sits up higher and faces forward so he can look around but he doesn't seem any more excited about it than he was his old car seat. I really miss the days he loved riding in the car all the time. He did love playing with the seat after we bought it and the box it came in.

*One of Logan's absolute favorite things to do is read books. If Logan won't go to sleep or won't stop crying or is super hyper, all we have to do is sit him down and read him a book. It's the absolute only thing that he'll sit down for.
*Logan also loves pushing things around the house. Even though he loves to ride his four-wheeler, he loves to push it around almost just as much. He pushes chairs, boxes, people, and anything else that's big. The heavier the better, it seems...such a boy.Well I think that's about it. Here's just a couple more random pictures.

3 Happy Years

Scott and I just celebrated our 3rd anniversary. I remember on the day of our wedding feeling so peaceful and so sure and thinking that I couldn't possibly be happier or more in love with Scott than I was at that moment. (Scott on the other hand was about to pass out he was so nervous). But I was wrong...and so was he. I've never been more in love with Scott or happier in my life than I am right now. And now Scott knows there was nothing to be nervous about...right honey? Three years seems so short considering how much we've grown individually and as a couple since that day. We have overcome differences that I thought would take a lifetime to figure out. We have so much fun together and we really are becoming better people because of each other. The two of us together, no matter how different we are, makes so much sense. I feel so blessed to have him in my life and I'm so excited to see what forever brings us.

A special thanks to Scott's parents for watching Logan last weekend. We saw movies, went to dinner, got frozen yogurt and even slept in...or attempted to sleep in. 8am is as late as we got. Even though I really missed Logan, it was wonderful.

Party Time

Apparently according to some people we had quite a party for just a one-year-old. Well, if you've read my blog before you know birthdays are a big deal. You only turn one once, right? It really wasn't a big deal. We just had some of Logan's favorite foods strawberries, bananas, oranges, cheese crackers and, of course, cake and ice cream. About 30 friends and family members came (including Scott's sister Christi on Skype). Logan was extremely excited to have so many kids to play with and so much attention from everyone. He was overwhelmed with all the fun new toys and books that everyone got him. He actually was so distracted by everything he didn't hardly eat any of his cake. Here's some pictures of the big event.

This was my first time decorating a cake. Luckily I had my mom, the expert, to give me some tips.

Logan was more excited about the candle than the cake.

Here's some of the many people including Christi on the TV.

Present time!

Logan decided he needed to play with sidewalk chalk with the big kids. He, of course, tried to eat it and got it all over himself.

I'd say it was a pretty Happy Birthday. We're so grateful to everyone that came and made his birthday so special.

I know I've posted a couple extremely long posts with all these pictures but don't forget to check out the video of Logan riding his four-wheeler. I just recorded it today and I think it's hilarious to watch him ride around the house running into everything.

Fun With Nana and Papa

My parents came in town for Logan's birthday. Since they don't see him as much as they'd like, they always spoil him extra when they do get to see him. They took him to toys r us to pick out a birthday present. Just when we were about to leave with a rocking/bouncy horse, Logan started playing with another toy so, of course, they had to get that one too. He also got to go on walks every day to his favorite places, the park to swing, or to see the animals by our house. We got to go out to lots of yummy restaurants and even Scott and I went to dinner and a movie so they could spoil Logan even more while we weren't watching. (As a side note, if you haven't seen Date Night, you have to see it. I laughed so hard it hurt.) Anyways, one of Logan's favorite things that we did was go to the zoo. We saw lions, bears, monkeys, giraffes, rhinos, tigers, etc. but I think Logan's favorites were the animals we see by our house all the time...the goats and horses.

We had so much fun with them and, as always, the trip was just too short. And hopefully Uncle Jared will be able to come for the next trip.