A Mish Mash of Things

Again, it's been about a week (or more) since I last posted...oops. Because of that, today's post will be all over the board.

Logan's walking is going really well. He walks pretty much all the time, and if he falls or trips he gets right back up to walking again rather than choosing to crawl. He crawls a lot when he's playing outside (which allows him to get SO wet and dirty) but I think it's because he's always all bundled up...it looks like it would be hard to walk so that's likely why he chooses to crawl so often.

Other than that he's working on expanding his vocabulary as well. He now "meow's" like a cat, repeats "thank you" and he says the word "bear". Ok so maybe it doesn't sound exactly like "bear" but he says it whenever he brings over his "Brown Bear, Brown Bear..." book to be read...which he loves! (Thanks Aunt Susan...I think we all have the book memorized since we read it so much!) So on top of his other words he's definitely getting quite "chatty".

Something that he's decided he likes to do is sweep. He loves to push the broom around, which is actually quite helpful. I'm on the look out for a child-sized broom, if you see one, let me know!

Mommy's little helper

The pictures that follow are a random assortment from the last little while.

Daddy encouraging bad habits like sticking out your tongue!

Drinking the cat water, just like the cats! The cats dip their paws in the water and then lick the water off, I think Logan was trying to copy them...things got VERY wet after this photo was taken...

Hi!

Today we were out and decided to buy Logan a pair of rubber boots. Even if spring might not be here REALLY soon, I'm anticipating it so I thought it was important to get boots. I love the boots we got, they're so cute! Especially on my model...

Do you like my boots?

Sitting like a big boy.

This one's a bit blurry - the boots have little ducks on them with umbrellas!

Logan is usually pretty fussy between dinner and bedtime because he's so tired from the day's events. Today he wasn't though for some reason, so we had fun playing in the basement before bedtime.

Daddy and Logan

Recently I put all Logan's baby toys away in a bin, but the bin never made it to the basement. Tonight Logan got it open and played with all his old toys again. Here he is pulling out some old treasures!

Happy on the couch

Modeling daddy's belt.

Me and my boy!

Phew, that was a lot of pictures...hope you enjoyed them all!

A Visit from Uncle Scott

My brother is home for reading week this week so he stopped by to visit Logan and I on Monday.

We had a good morning and it was fun to see Scott and Logan really interacting.

Since it was such a nice day, we bundled Logan up and took him to the park in his wagon.

He played on the swings.

And climbed up the stairs to the slide...

Where Uncle Scott helped him come down!

We spent quite a bit of time playing at the park, Logan might have wanted to stay longer but I got cold! We came home and Scott played some Guitar Hero...while Logan helped!


We had lunch with Scott and then he headed out when I put Logan down for a nap. We had a fun morning!

Fun Morning at Kidzone!

This morning we decided to take Logan to Kidzone and see how he liked it. It's a local indoor play place. We weren't sure how much would be geared to his age or skill level (considering he's still very wobbly on his feet) but we thought we'd give it a try.

We got there just after it opened and there were already quite a few families there. Logan took quite a while taking every thing in and getting used to all the noise and everything going on around him.

First we went to the ball pit. Logan sat there for about 5 minutes and just stared at everything before he got going.

He's probably wondering, what do you want me to do?

After some time in the ball pit we headed over to a small toddler area there were a few slides, a smaller ball pit and a pirate ship thing.

Going down the slide

Coming out of the pirate ship. He loved opening and closing the door.

After walking (and crawling) around the toddler area, Scott thought he'd take Logan up into the rest of the play structure. There were so many kids running through by this point, but Scott said Logan loved it.

Crawling away from daddy.

Walking through the obstacles.

Looking down from up high. I think this is where they saw me down below. Scott said one of Logan's favourite parts was hanging onto the sides and looking down.

They finished up and came down (by slide) and the three of us took a walk around. There are lots of arcade games you can play to get tickets for little prizes (kind of like Chuck E Cheese) but we didn't do any of them, Logan just watched others in awe.

He climbed onto this DDR game and started bouncing and clapping his hands, it's like he knew what to do!

We headed out shortly after that. We figured that we could get home and shovel some lunch into Logan before his nap even though he was already quite tired. He fell asleep in the car (a 5 minute ride home) and didn't wake up as we brought him into the house and took off his coat and stuff. This is very unusual for Logan who always wakes up as soon as we turn the car off. So we figured we wouldn't be able to get lunch into him and put him in his crib where he had a good nap. It was 2pm before he had lunch! It must have been a fun morning for him!

Totally passed out on the couch.

It's Official!

He's a toddler!

After some wondering about if Logan would EVER walk, I think it's safe to say, he's there now.

This week he's made some huge progress and not only can he walk and chooses to walk more than crawling (most of the time) he can also spontaneously stand up in the middle of the room without holding on to anything.

Logan is still pretty wobbly on his feet but he's getting faster and more sturdy every day.

I'm glad that Logan wasn't an early walker and we enjoy the (many) months of crawling that he had but we're also excited that he's a walker now and moving onto the next stage.

I've been trying to get a good video but haven't had any luck yet, I'll keep working on it.

Thanks Aunt Pamela!

Logan received a parcel in the mail on Thursday. He was home with Grandma that day and she had to put it up on top of the fridge because he tried to open it as soon as she handed it to him.

After dinner, we brought it down from the fridge and took it downstairs to open it...this was a very serious process for Logan.


Once he got it open, he loved what was inside and knew what to do with it right away!

Thanks! He loves the cup a lot, especially since when he shakes it some water comes out...he thinks that's great!

By Request

So my sister seems to think it's been a while since I posted last...I guess it has.

Not much has been going on though around here so there isn't too much to say.

On Friday I took off work a little bit early, we picked Logan up at daycare and headed to Colin and Mindy's in Cambridge. Julie was in the area for a visit so we all got together, it was great times as usual. I had my camera but only took a couple pictures since I got busy chatting with Mindy and Julie...that seems to happen everytime! Here are a couple though...

Logan and Bella

Logan reading a book...we really need to get him one of these chairs!

Yesterday we had swimming lessons and then I headed out to a baby shower for a friend. Logan was pretty tired and cranky all day since we were out a bit late on Friday so he had a really early bed time...and so did I

Today we went to Norwich for the day. We met my parents at church and then went to their place for lunch and a visit. Logan likes playing will all the different toys at grandma's house. He's also starting to feel more comfortable around grandpa, which is great!

Logan and grandpa reading a book...so it was my dad's baby book...I don't think there were many pictures so Logan lost interest fast!

And before I go, here are a couple more random pictures...maybe next time I'll have more to post about...hope this is satisfactory Pamela!

Logan always rides his car backwards now.

Standing in the snowbank.

A Great Day at Home!

Since Logan's daycare provider had to take the day off today, I took a holiday as well to spend the day with him, it was a great day.

We started the day off by sleeping in....well ok, some of you may not think that 7:20am is sleeping in, but for us, these days, that most definitely is! Logan and I got up and played in the basement for a while then I made us pancakes for breakfast...mmm. Logan can definitely pack away the pancakes!

Playing before breakfast.

After breakfast we went upstairs so I could have a shower...this was quite an adventure. Before I went back to work I used to shower all the time when Logan was awake. I would just leave the bathroom door open, close the gate at the top of the stairs and he would play in his room. Since I've been back to work, I shower before I get him out of bed in the morning. So today he was obviously already up, so I did the usual and he played in the bathroom. He threw things into the bathtub, he hid behind the shower curtain (both himself and the floor were getting quite wet!). Well, when I was turned around with my back to him washing my face, I heard some grunting and then a big thud. When I turned around I found my small man IN the bathtub, happy as can be! How he got in there? I can't be sure...obviously he climbed in some how. So I finished my shower and then we both got out and took off his soaking wet sleeper and diaper...that was one heavy diaper. I might have to start taking a different approach to showering.

Once we were ready to go, we headed out to Babies R Us to pick up a shower gift for a baby shower I have next weekend. We also browsed through Toys R Us and played with lots of the toys.

We came home, had lunch and then both of us took a nap...so relaxing. Oh yeah! When we were heading upstairs for lunch, Logan was pushing his car around the basement. I said "Come on Logan it's lunch time" and headed for the stairs myself. He stepped away from his car and took a bunch of steps ON HIS OWN towards the stairs! YEAH! This is so exciting. Scott and I have really been encouraging him to walk on his own lately and it seems to be working now. He seems very much able to walk just nervous to do it. Hopefully with some more encouragement we'll have a full-time walker (or runner) on our hands!

After Logan's nap we spent the rest of the afternoon just playing in the basement.

Riding his car backwards.

Trying to pull the animals out of the top of the silo. No matter how much I try to show him he can get them from the bottom, he repeatedly reaches in through the top, it's funny to watch.

I thought this picture was cute.

Snuggling with a bear while hanging out in the toy box.

We eventually headed upstairs to finish getting dinner ready. After dinner, Logan played with daddy before heading to bed. We had a great day!

This is Logan's infant carseat. It's been in the living room for a couple weeks since I used it when Logan was recovering from being sick so we could take a cab to daycare a couple times. He just barely fits in it still. He sure does look huge in it compared to when we brought him home from the hospital!

He was SO tiny!

Tomorrow it's back to work and daycare and then the weekend again! Wohoo!

Long time, no blog...oops.

So it's been a while since I blogged last...not much has been going on around here. I think we're all healthy again although it took quite a while to get that bug out of the house. Logan started acting like his normal self again late last week and he had a great weekend so that's good.

Other than that, Logan and Scott have started swimming lessons together on Saturday mornings which Logan loves. He splashes the water and claps his hands all through the lesson, I'm glad that he loves the water so much.

My parents are away on a Caribbean cruise this week so my mom graciously left us her car so Logan and I don't have to bus it at all this week! Thanks mom!

Hmm, I guess that's it...below are some pictures from the last little while. Enjoy.

Logan saying Hi. If you look closely, you can see his first fat lip. This incident included a little bit of blood and A LOT of crying!

Daddy and Logan being silly.

A nice picture

Starting early...

My beloved husband being strange...

Still a bit sick...

No exciting update again tonight.

I stayed home from work and kept Logan home from daycare today. He still seems to be under the weather and not able to keep much down. I took him to the doctor who didn't seem overly concerned but sent us with the req for a stool sample. The technician at the lab described how to collect a stool sample from Logan's diaper....I'm still not convinced I'll be able to get much...I guess we'll have to wait and see.

The doctor said to continue offering Logan water and to try and get some toast or applesauce into his tummy and to watch his wet diapers for the next 24 hours. He did eat a bit of toast and some applesauce for dinner and managed to keep it down, so that's progress!

I'm not sure what I'll do tomorrow, I think I'll wait and see how he is in the morning before I decide if I'll go to work or not.

Scott seems to be feeling better, definitely not 100% but better, so that's good.

Here's a picture of happy Logan, taken a while ago. Hopefully by the time I update again, we'll all be healthy!

Not Much To Post About

I know it's been a week since my last post, but there isn't really much to say. We were back to work this week. It seems like we're getting back into the swing of things. Logan wasn't too happy to be at daycare on Tuesday but seems to have settled in there again.

On Friday, our daycare provider called early in the morning saying she was too sick to care for Logan. Since I had some stuff to do at work, Scott stayed home for the day, they had a great day together! I worked Friday night for a few extra hours doing a training session.

Friday night, Logan went to bed with no problems then woke up around midnight to be sick. It was a long night from there without much sleep to be had for anyone.

I was back at work on Saturday to continue training and Scott and Logan spent the day lounging around home. Logan was ok on Saturday as long as he didn't eat. We did manage to get some food into him at dinner which he kept down. Today he has eaten, still not much but he seems to be in a better mood, but he's sleeping a lot during the day.

Scott though has the bug now. He's been in bed all day trying to sleep it off.

So other than me working, we have done nothing this weekend....well that's not true, I've done A LOT of laundry, haha. Hopefully I stay healthy and have a more exciting update for you next time!