23 Months and 6 Years

On July 17th, Logan turned 23 months! The big #2 is almost here! I can't believe it! Logan is such a big boy: talking in sentences now, learning new words and surprising us with his language skills everyday, jumping, climbing, and becoming more outgoing all the time. On July 19th, John and I celebrated our 6th anniversary! Oh my, how life has changed in just six years! We both decided life is the best its ever been - we are so blessed each and every day to have each other and our boys.

We got to spend our anniversary just enjoying our time together as a family after John was at camp the week before. We were in Stillwater, so we took a trip out to St. Paul to see Disney's "A Christmas Carol" Amtrak train that was in town on its nationwide tour. Logan loves trains and John heard about this promotional Disney train all decked out for Christmas, so we had to take Logan to see!

The train!

John and Logan on one of the stops on board the train where you could morph your face to look like Scrooge. I'm not sure Logan liked it - a little scary for such a young child!

This was my favorite part! Outside the train they had snow machines! It was like soap suds or something blowing in the air and it really looked like snow! Snow in July!

After the train expedition, we headed back to Stillwater for our friend William's birthday party at Teddy Bear Park (our favorite!). Will's birthday is just three weeks before Logan's, so we've really had our families growing along the same timeline. Mike and Sarah also have Grace, their daughter who is about 5 months old. We met at the park for pizza and yummy cupcakes and, of course, playtime! It was a great evening and a great chance to catch up with friends!

Will and his mom, Sarah blowing out candles. Happy Birthday William!


The little boat was s big hit - Logan and Will could have sat in there all night. The funniest part is that they sat right next to each other! So cute! In this photo Will has his shoes off...Logan must have decided that looked pretty cool because he had to take his off then, too!


Logan went down the supertall twirly slide all by himself!


The dads did a good job of wrangling the big kids while the moms chatted and tended to the babies!

I was taking pictures and Will pointed to me and said "CHEESE!" and gave this cute smile, so, of course I took his orders and snapped a photo! What a cute birthday boy!