One year old

   

Happy birthday my sweet Logan, 

     It is really hard to believe you are already one year old. Where did time go? How are you a toddler and not my little baby, already? I feel cheated of time. Your first year went so fast. It feels like a blur of sleepless nights, lots of sick days, running, playing, and watching you learn and grow so fast. 

      You are an amazing toddler. You are your own little person already. You follow Miles around like he is the sun. He is the most amazing person to you. He is always doing funny things and dropping toys you end up playing with-so you follow him almost all the time. You are a daddy's boy! You love to run to dad when he gets home from work each day. You will point at him while I'm holding you so he will come hold you instead. There are times you want me (like when you are hungry or tired or hurt) but you love to follow Miles when playing or playing with dad. 

        You laugh so easily. You find humor in everything..... But you also have a temper! You yell at anything that is not what you want. Brother not sharing? You yell. You want up? You yell. Get a toy taken away? You yell. It is so funny to see how quickly you get angry and how quickly you are totally ok. 

     You have an amazing smile. Your sweet little teeth show and you get a sparkle in your eyes. Sometimes you have a special laugh you do when you are being naughty and you know it. You look around and giggle and stop and look at me and give me the cheesest smile. It is awesome. 

       You are really good at letting us know what you want. This last month you have started pointing at what you want. You sign 'more' by clapping and can sign nurse and all done. Those are the main things you use to show us what you want (other than crying or yelling). 

       I can't wait to see what kind of person you grow to be. I hope you grow to love God. I hope you grow up and learn to control the temper and find a way to have balance in life. I foresee you as a kid with a great sense of adventure and sense of humor. You are so much more of an adrenaline seeker than Miles. Where he is cautious, you jump right in. I also see many adventures for you and your older brother in the future. 

       I love you so much, my sweet Logan. You are sleeping in my arms right now and I know the day will come, all too soon, where you will no longer fit here. Happy first birthday, son. You are such a happy and wondeful baby. I am lucky to have you call me mom. Thank you for that. 

       Please don't grow too fast. Keep your sense of wonder. Always love others. Keep the sparkle and love for life. Never doubt my love for you. You have been loved from the beginning. Stay sweet. 

Love, momma

11 months

My dearest Logan,

    With your birthday coming around the corner, this month has been full of you growing up. You now walk like a champion. In fact, you run (or try to run) more than you walk. If you fall, you just crawl to the nearest thing and pull yourself back up to standing so you can walk again. 

     You use your hands to say 'all done' when you are finished eating. Half the time I forget that's what you are saying and I think you are just waving at me. I wonder if you will get more sign language as time goes by. I tend to forget to sign as much as I did with your brother. 

     You are a great baby. You laugh a lot and get tickled at the silliest things. You love to watch and laugh at Miles. You have so much patience.... Unless you are tired. When you are tired, you don't take anything and you have a temper. When something happens that you don't like you scream and throw yourself on the floor. It is funny to see you assert your will on us. When you want something, you are super good at making it known. Especially when you are tired. 

      You are super inquisitive. You will walk and crawl all over the house, as long as someone is in the room with you, just to see what else you can find to chew on.  You love to play at the feet of Miles. I think you do this because you love to play wth him and he always drops the best things. You watch Miles and have already learned so much from him. 

    Speaking of learning, you mimic so much now. If I click my tongue, you do too. If I growl, you do too (and you often do this when you don't like whatever is going on). If I make kissing sounds, you try to do it too. It is really fun to see you trying new things. 

      You FAVORITE game is peek-a-boo. You will play this game with anything-from a door to a blanket, your hands, toys, or whatever you can find to hide in or under. You also LOVE pillows. You love to go over to pillows and lay on them. If any pillow is on the floor, you will walk or crawl over to it, just to lay on it for a second or two. 

     You have really started to develop your own personality and it is super fun to see.  You walk around and talk you baby talk to everything. We went to the store and you just walked around chatting to whatever fun thing you saw. It was really cute. 

     I can't wait to see what the future brings. Please grow up well. Be strong in your faith and be a protector of the weak. Be a force of good and of change in this world. Grow up to be a good man, a man like daddy, who loves family and is brave and loyal and a hard worker. Please grow up well, but not too soon. Stay little while you can. 

      I love you Logan Walter. You are my favorite Logan in the whole world. I can't imagine our family without you and I know you were always meant to be with us. Thank you for your sweet giggles, loving smile, cuddles, and curiosity. You are so loved. 

Love, momma

Logan playing in a tent 

Playing under brother

Playing peek-a-boo

Loving pillows

10 months!

     

  

     How are you almost a year old already? You are so curious. You climb and crawl and stand and try to figure out the world. 

     You love bath time! You can be yelling and cranky but you will happily go take a bath and cry when you have to get out. 

     You have taken your first steps! I think you'll be running before long. You stand up by yourself and try to walk but only make it a few steps and then fall. I have a feeling you will love running when you finally figure out how to stay up. 

     You love to eat. You follow anyone who has food and whine until we give you a bite. You have learned to spit out things you don't like. It's fully to have you try new things because more often than not, when a new texture goes on your mouth you will make a funny face and wipe it out with your arm or spit it right out onto your chest. 

      When we go to the park you love the swings. You laugh and laugh! I think this is another point showing me how much of an adrenaline junky you will become. You love to be thrown in he air, spun around, and anything that might be slightly scary is awesome. Unless it involves loud noises when you are tired and then you will just cry. 

     I love you so much my sweet Logan. I'm glad this last month was filled with lots of heathy weeks and I hope they continue. You are a sweet baby who loves his family and is happy all the time. You are fun loving and I am love this stage of life with you. Thank you to God for choosing me to be your mommy. 

-mom

9 months

     

Well you are officially 9 months and life is crazy! You are eating a bunch of different foods and love to eat whatever I am eating. You love smoothies and if I am drinking one you follow me everywhere yellin at me for a bite. 

     You still love your brother. He is the sun in your world and I am the moon. You love everyone else too but brother and mommy are #1 and #2. 

     You are still sick. All. The. Time. I can't wait for this season to be over. Winter = sick and I can't wait for warm and health. 

     You are getting so big. Seems like you are about the same size your brother was, but it still surprises me that you aren't my little tiny baby anymore.  

      I love you so much Logan and can't wait to see what life has for us. 

-mommy

Christmas 2014

8 months

My sweet Logan, 

  This last month has been full of being sick. Poor guy... You have been sick since Thanksgiving and just can't catch a break. This month has been full of a head cold with lots of coughs. You seem to be doing well in spite of all the colds. 

    You pull yourself up on everything. You love to stand. You have even started to let go while you stand (although it doesn't last more than a second before you grab hold again). You even walk while holding our hands. I think you'll be walking early, just like your brother. 

   Speaking of your brother, you LOVE him. You crawl around following him and watch him like he is the center of your world... And he kind of is since he gives you so much entertainment. After he goes to bed, you often stay up a bit later, you crawl around and chat so much because you don't have someone to watch. 

     You have started doing the cutiest thing but I have a feelin fit won't be cute when you are older. You have started to giggle when you do something naughty. If I catch you pulling the books off the shelf, you giggle. As soon as you find my phone, you pick it up and giggle. When you see outlets, you crawl up to it and poke it while giggling. It is so funny and when I hear that giggle I know you are most likely doing something you shouldn't. (You also really enjoy crawling to the laundry room and eating all the shoes). 

    Each day seems it like you so something new. You are so curious and ready to know all about the world around you. I think you'll end up having your dads curiosity. I hope you never lose that.

    You started to hold your mouth all the way open, like a scream.  It is so funny. You don't do it all the time and once your cold started up again, you stopped doing it. You also now have 4 top teeth! It is so strange  to see you with so many teeth. I miss your little gums. 

     We went to Disneyland this month and we had so much fun. You were a bit sick but handled it like a champ.