Thanks!

On Wednesday night we gathered with almost 30 Young Life leaders, committee, and YL supporters to celebrate the year and to thank them for all theie dedication. We couldn't do Young Life without each of these special people and their gifts and talents. Thanks so much to everyone for loving kids and serving through Young Life!

Logan's Workbench

In just one week's time, Logan has gone from barely crawling, so speeding across the floors on his hands and kness like a pro. AND, from working hard to pull himself up to standing against anything and everything and cruising around the house from chairs to tables, etc. Yikes! It's amazing the pride you feel when your child achieves these milestones. Endless praises of "Good job! Way to go! You did it!". I also marvel at the miracle that is life and how babies learn and develop so quickly. Logan will soon be nine months old and we just can't believe that once he couldn't do anything except sleep all day! Sometimes I miss those days...but each new stage is so exciting that I wouldn't have it any other way!

Logan is taking after his father...and grandfathers.
I've set up his little workbench today in the living room and he can't get enough of it.

Logan is pretty proud because he just walked from the chair in the background, around the ottomans and over to the little play table. What a big boy!

So much to explore!

So brave! Logan does the "look mom, no hands!" thing quite often. Many times, this has resulted in bumps or bonks on the head. But, Logan is pretty tough...we usually don't have any tears.
Our coffee table has been evicted from the living room and it been nice to let Logan climb on the ottomans without worrying about corners or shelves.

Busy boy!

Outdoor Fun!

We had such a nice Sunday today! We went to church and Logan napped the whole time so John and I could both sit and enjoy the message from Pastor Paul at Bethesda. That doesn't happen very often! We saw a some friends at church and were welcomed with bright sunshine and blue skies when we walked outside!

John decided to plant some trees (five trees to be exact) and we thought it would be a perfect day to put up Logan's new swing from Grandma and Grandpa Eiselt. We spent the majority of the day outside, starting with a long walk around the neighborhood while John went to the tree farm. Logan took a nice nap in his stroller and was energized when John got home so we played and tried out the new swing. Hope you all enjoyed a lovely day of rest!

Logan loves crawling in the grass!

Swingin'!

Lovin' it!

Smooshy Love


Daddy's boy

Walking

Checking out the grass

Flying High!

Grandpa and Grandma Visit!

We were so lucky to have a visit from Grandpa and Grandma Eiselt this weekend! They were free and decided to drive over to see us in Eau Claire on Saturday afternoon. It was lovely! Grandma brought Logan a gift...he is already putting it to good use! The little red lawn chair is so cute and Logan loved it instantly! I have a feeling it will be set up in the house permanently, since Logan seems to happy to spend time in it!

"Thank you, Grandma Deb!"

Story time in the new favorite chair!

Not to be outdone (Never!), Grandpa had to bring a little something he picked out for Logan, as well. Logan got an awesome Little Tykes swing from Grandpa for when we spend time outside as the weather gets nicer this spring and summer! What a great idea!

Logan did not have the same instant love for the swing as he did for the lawn chair...

but after checking it out for himself, I think he will thouroughly enjoy the swing!

Bob and Deb also brought dinner for us all, so we enjoyed playtime, the Kentucky Derby, and dinner together. Thanks for the nice visit! Come again soon!!!!

Friday with Nana

Nana came to watch Logan while Mommy went to work for a few hours on Friday morning. It was great fun! Nana is really good at playing lots of fun games!

Nana always makes Logan giggle!

Goofy faces!

I can almost whistle!

Ding-Dong...

Logan and I were surprised to hear the "ding-dong" of the doorbell this morning. When we looked outside, we saw kids from the neighborhood elementary school (just a block from our house) on our street delivering May Day Baskets! They were so cute: running from house to house, giggling and jumping around. It looked like so much fun for them to be out and enjoying the "nice" weather. Now that May is here, hopefully we will get some real spring warmth.

Happy May Day to all!

Bookworm

One of Logan's favorite things to do is read! As a mommy, I am quite happy about that! Sometimes when nothing seems to make Logan happy, sitting down with him to read a book is just the trick. He even turns the pages now! He also likes to eat the books, so you have to keep a lookout! Some of Logan's favorite books are his Sesame Street books, his Safari book, "Go, Dog, Go!" by Dr. Suess, and his "Trucks" book.

We keep the books (as many as will fit) in a basket in the living room so Logan can get them when he wants. However, he seems to love emptying the basket! He pulls them all out and is surrounded by books! Books everywhere!

Caught Red-Handed!

One by one, the books all come outof the basket! But, Logan is sure to look at the book, even open it and turn some pages before putting it down and going for the next book in the basket.

Our little bookworm!

Hee Hee! This is my favorite game!