The Park

This is where we were today . . .

Our first time playing on the playground. Logan liked crawling through the tube . . .

. . . especially when Daddy was trying to catch him!


He was brave and went down the big slide TWICE

and finished our outing with some swinging.

It was a good day.

Double Digits

My baby has reached the double digits - 10 months old! I know I do a similar post every month but I want to document everything Logan is doing.

Logan has learned:

-how to talk (sort of). He's been saying mama and dada for a while, but his new favorites are wow, wow, wow (over and over) and dude. Sometimes he says it over and over, therefore expressing the word doo-doo. Perhaps its a word of warning!

-how to scream in protest. Seems to do this most when he's sick of being in his high chair or car seat. Or when an object is taken away. At church is also a favorite.

-how to MOVE. This kid is the fastest crawler I've ever seen. He stands alone for a few seconds without realizing it.

-how to make spit balls. Ususally from mommy's magazines.

-how to dump everything out of a box, toy chest, drawer, you name it.

-how to look especially innocent when a cookie is in sight. I give in too much.

-how to drink from a sippy (sort of). I'm counting this because we've made progress.


Enjoys:

-attacking daddy when he's lying on the floor

-playing in his tub. He could spend all day in there and be happy

-fruit fruit fruit

-sunshine. I love it too after being cooped up this winter.


Funny story:

This just happened last night. Logan usually sleeps through the night, but woke up about 4:30. I could tell he was wet, so I started changing his diaper. I didn't turn the light on since I've changed a gazillion diapers, but as I was rolling the diaper, I felt something soft and wet on my hand. POOP. A lot of it. I soon realized it was not only on my hand, but up his back and in his crib. No, I didn't smell it right away (I was too tired to smell). I call for Benj about 5 times. Nothing. I wipe off Logan and take my naked child in our bedroom, yell "BENJ! Wake up NOW!". He heard me that time.
Benj changes the sheets while I clean Logan off and change him in dry jammies. Still smell poop but figure the odor is lingering. Nurse and put Logan back to bed.

I come back in the next morning and still smell poo. I soon find the cause . . . its in Logan's HAIR. I didn't think to wash that part of him but it must've got on him when I pulled the jammies off. Agh. Poor kid. Logan gets a nice morning bath and we thoroughly clean his room.

Lesson learned: turn the dimmer lights up when changing a diaper.

Big Fan

For those of you who need a new read, I recommend this book. I seriously read it in a day. For those of you who have asked, here is a synopsis of the book:

In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV. Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who lives alone with her mother and younger sister, regards it as a death sentence when she steps forward to take her sister's place in the Games. But Katniss has been close to dead before-and survival, for her, is second nature. Without really meaning to, she becomes a contender. But if she is to win, she will have to start making choices that weigh survival against humanity and life against love.

Speaking of big fans, how about the Olympics? I have stayed up too late every night watching them. I wish I was in Vancouver right now because it looks like so much fun.

Do you guys get as excited as I am?

Handsome Kid

Here's some 9 month photos of my handsome little man. Taken by my talented friend Savanah.

New

We got new cabinets in our kitchen and bathroom! They make the rooms feel so much brighter. If anyone had seen our old ones, they were a dark, ugly brown. Yay for new things!