Wednesday, February 11, 2009

18 months!

Yes, it's true! Logan soon turns 18 months! On February 17th, Logan will officially be one-and-a-half, but we'll be away and unable to give an update, so I thought I would write a little something now while I have time! We remember when Logan was an infant, thinking to the "18 month" mark seemed so far away. However, time has gone so quickly and everything has continued to change so fast that we find ourselves with a little boy, not a baby anymore.

Logan is such a light in our lives. He keeps us smiling, laughing, and loving all day long. Some of his favorite things to do right now are to dance, listen to music, run, talk, read books, play with Elmo, and snuggle. The comment we hear most from the church/bible study nurseries and babysitters is, "He really is such a lover". Yes, he is! Logan loves to give hugs and kisses - he even makes sure to kiss "the baby in Mommy's tummy" when he gives kisses to us.

Words, words, words! Logan seems to pick up new words every day and some of them are very surprising! Of course, they are not always pronounced just right, but we can tell what he is saying. Here are a few of the most entertaining: helicopter, pickle, squirrel, go!, pajamas, tent, garbage, icky!, stinky!, eggs, muffin, bowl, pizza...the list goes on. I wish I could get video of him saying more words, but he's tough to catch these days.

When Logan says "cold" he shivers! When Logan says "stinky" he plugs his nose! He also loves to say OH BOY! and UH-OH! He loves Elmo - he has several Sesame Street books that he loves and he has grown pretty close to Elmo! He also really likes trains and says "Choo-Choo"! During the week, we watch out the window for the neighbors puppies, the garbage trucks, and the mailman. Logan loves to wave at people and greet them - he's become pretty social!

The video below is in lieu of photos because I haven't taken many lately. I took this when John was home for lunch today. Logan LOVES to dance and run! On Monday nights our friend Lisa Donnellan watches Logan and she taught him "On your mark, get set, go.....!". So, here you get to see him running and dancing a little...what a cutie.

*Just a quick disclaimer: at some point in this video I shout "Shake it!" - that's just because of the song - we don't really encourage Logan to shake it all the time! And, I'm still learning how to use this Flip Video we got for Christmas...its so light sometimes I get a little carried away and its really rough video. Enjoy!




1 comment:

Mary said...

The video is cute of Logan and his dancing! He will be busy dancing by the pool with the music on all the time in Mexico!! Can't wait for our vacation!!