Logan's 1st School Picture

Is Logan Ready for His Big Boy Room?

As we prepare for Baby #2, we have begun to get Logan's new room ready for his transition from crib to Big Boy bed. His theme has already begun to materialize. He will have a sports themed room equipped with the sports quilt, football curtain rod, basketball night light, and baseball lamp. Slowly but surely, we'll integrate pictures of sports and maybe even a mural with sports icons. His favorite piece of furniture is his new monogrammed chair. He's not quite ready to sleep on the bed, but he is more than happy to play on it. With walking out of the way, sleeping on a bed and potty training are the next two milestones. Let's cross our fingers.

Logan Turns 15 Months Old!

It seems the older Logan gets, the less pictures we take. Perhaps he is much faster and the moments are harder to capture? Perhaps we're too busy chasing after him? Perhaps we're getting lazy in his toddler months. Whatever the excuse, we promise to do better next month.

This month can be best described as the month we wished Logan would learn to walk. With one day to spare, he snapped into action and proved that not only can he stand on his own two feet without holding on, but he can also go from a crawling position to a standing position and take quite a number of steps including navigating around furniture and dogs. This was his big accomplishment of the past month.

Logan is definitely growing nicely. At his 15 month check-up today, he weighed in at 28 lbs, 11 oz. His height was almost 32 inches. That puts him in the 80th percentile for height and 90th for weight. He impressed the doctor by his ability to point out his stomach, say "hi", wave goodbye, throw kisses, and walk.

In many ways, Logan is the same old Logan. He loves meal time. He always smiles for the camera. He says hi to everyone when he enters a room and waves bye as he leaves. He knows sign language for the most important words -- eat, more, milk, and all done.

His vocabulary is slowly expanding and he has created a few words of his own. "Dai" means "give me". "Duh" means he is done with whatever he has in his hands and he is going to throw it on the ground. "Dee" is the same thing as "Weee" and he learned the word for "hot" but he uses it when he sees any food. He can say "up" and "uh-oh" but you wouldn't know it unless you were his parents. He still says the letter "B" for book and balloon and "da da" doesn't mean Daddy. It is more of a question he asks expecting the response of "yes".

A couple cute additions to his repertoire is the shaking of the head to indicate "no". He can't help but crack up as he shakes his head when he doesn't want something. He also likes to bump heads, do a high five, and blow kisses.

He is much more advanced now with his toys as he learns to stack blocks, take apart puzzles, and open and close compartments. Talking about opening and closing, we had to baby proof the house because Logan loves to open doors, cabinets, and drawers. He gets on his tippy toes to open the door.

For some pictures of Logan since his birthday posting, click here.

Don't forget to check back next time (may be slightly longer than a month) for the announcement of Logan's baby brother, Logan's advancement in the art of walking, Logan's real Halloween experience, and more.

Look Who's WALKING Now?

Is it really true? Will Logan walk before he turns 15 months old tomorrow? It may be a possibility yet. You can see for yourself in this YouTube Video. Just click on the play button:

Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween

It has become an annual event for Logan. He looks forward to the one night a year that he gets to dress up, go on rides without any waiting, collect limitless candy in a bag, see fireworks and parades, and stay up late. Why should this year be any different?

This year Logan dressed up as a monkey. We got to the Magic Kingdom at around 6pm for the separate ticket function which started at 7pm, but you can enter the park anytime after 4pm. We hopped on Pirates of the Caribbean without even the resemblance of a line. By the time we were done, the candy stations had been set up. We hit every single one. Along the way, we stopped at the Haunted Mansion, Carousel, and It's a Small World. He had a blast. The night ended with the spectacular fireworks show. For more pictures of the event, click here.

Been a While Since Logan's Birthday

As you can see, our little Logan has grown up since his first birthday as he has graduated from bottle to Starbuck's. A lot has happened since his birthday, but we have not had the chance to update the blog since we moved last month so the past few months have been packing and unpacking.

Logan is settled into the new house and appreciates the change from tile to wood floors. He went back to daycare soon after his first birthday after having a nice summer off. He also found out he would be a big brother soon.

Logan has been trying his hardest to walk, but he is still not there yet, but he is getting close. His "hi" and "bye" are getting better and he is even known to throw kisses if you are lucky. He has perfected the signs for "eat", "more", "all done", and "milk".

With the good also comes the bad. It was a little longer than a year ago when we had the unfortunate news that Logan's Great Grandfather Bernie passed away. This September, Logan's other Great Grandfather, Julie, passed away after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. Logan had a chance to spend some time with his great grandfather before he left Florida to return to New York. This picture is from the end of May and was the last time we saw him.

Now that Logan has passed his 1 year mark and we have another boy on the way, we won't be able to blog every month, but we promise to update everyone on the big events and milestones. For those interested in seeing some pictures of the new house, click here.