Another Year Older

So another year has passed since I entered this world. A lot has changed over the past year. Last year I had a 3 week old baby that I was caring for and getting ready for a move. Now I am settled into a new place and chasing after a 1 year. They grow up so fast. Logan is teaching me so much about patience and understanding. Some days it takes everything I have to keep it together but then you have those days when he is in such a good mood and it seems like he has never done anything wrong. So that wraps up another year and now a new one has begun.

An early bath

Today Logan got a bath earlier than usual. He was supposed to take a bath today but he took his bath at 8:30 am. Normally he takes a bath at night in order to get him relaxed for bed. But this morning Logan was upstairs with Tim while he was taking a shower and apparently he was trying to climb into the tub with Tim. We have taken Logan into the shower with us before but he does not like it. I think it is the water hitting him that he doesn't like. So when Tim was done with his shower, he ran a bath for Logan. Tim then finished getting ready for work in the bathroom and put some shaving cream on Logan's face while he shaved. Logan had a blast in his bath this morning and took a 3 hour nap this morning as a result.

A Little Tired

Today I apparently wasn't watching Logan close enough to see that he was wanting to go down for a nap. I saw him laying on the floor but he likes to do that every once in a while and then he gets up and keeps playing. Well this time he just got comfortable and fell asleep.

Last week Logan had his 1 year well baby check-up. He weighed in at 20 lbs 4 oz and was 29.5 inches long. Tim and I both thought that he would weigh more than that and be a little bit longer since he seemed to be getting bigger to us. Logan now has a total of 7 teeth. He loves to go outdoors and gets mad when someone goes out without him. Tim gave Logan more freedom in the house last weekend by taking down all the baby gates. So now Logan likes to go up and down the stairs by himself and wanders into the kitchen whenever Tim or I walk that direction.

Happy 1st Birthday!!!!!

It was one year ago today that Logan finally came into our world. We are so happy and blessed that he is here. Yesterday we celebrated his birthday with family via web cam and he got a lot of presents. He now likes to run on the couch while Tim and I watch. He is able to get down on his own but still has problems getting up there on his own. Yesterday he was able to get up on the couch by himself but only once. Logan also loves to explore the outdoors. Everytime an outside door opens, he thinks that he is supposed to go outside as well and gets mad if he doesnt't. We now continue to learn and explore with him as he grows up. Happy Birthday Logan.

New Furniture

We got some new bookshelves to put all of our movies and books on. We wanted something that would keep Logan out. We were out shopping at the military furniture store one day and found these bookshelves. There were many benefits to buying them here. First, they are cheaper than regular retail. Second, we don't pay sales tax. Third, there was a sale on them and they were an additional 15% off.

This is a picture of our guest room. So there is a place to stay for anyone who wants to visit us. We do still have the hide-a-bed and our air mattress but this should be more comfortable. The bed is very comfy. I should know because it is Tim & I's old mattress since we got a new mattress for our bed. Tim didn't want to buy a used mattress for the guest room and thought that if we were going to buy a new mattress it should go on our bed.

I caught one

This morning I saw a gecko in the middle of the dining room floor. When I came near it it didn't move. For this reason I decided to capture it before Logan discovered it for himself and picked it up. So I got a plastic container and put it on top of it. Then I slid a piece of paper underneath and flipped the container over. Then I took the gecko outside to free it and took some pictures too. You may need to double click on the photos to see the gecko better.

Twizzlers

A couple of weekends ago we had some individually wrapped twizzlers laying around the house. While Logan was on Tim's watch, he managed to get one open and ate about 1/4 of it before Tim realized what he was doing.

In other news, Logan has discovered that it is just as easy to walk somewhere as crawling there. Since Logan prefers to walk now, we have opened up more of the downstairs for him to roam. The only room that is off limits is the kitchen. Every once in a while he will go into the bathroom, close the door and play with the doorstop. It doesn't really bother him that he is sitting in the dark and can't open the door back up. Sometimes we will hear him wimpering because he wants out.

The last two weekends we have gone to the beach. Once Logan is in the water and used to it he is fine. He still does not like waves crashing on him while standing at the edge. This past weekend the beach trip started out fine. We got to the beach just before 10:00, did some swimming, Tim did some snorkling and we had lunch on the beach. After lunch we tried going back in the water but Logan did not want to swim anymore. Tim did some more snorkling but while he was out it started to sprinkle. A couple minutes later it started to rain a little harder and the wind picked up. Logan and I were still waiting for Tim to return when it started pouring. After being in the pouring rain for a couple minutes, Tim came back and we packed up. Then Logan and I waited for Tim to come pick us up since we had to park in the lot that was a good five minute walk away and across the busy road. I was not too happy standing in the rain but we home safely, showered and put on some dry clothes. Now we need to check out some other beaches so we have a variety to go to throughout the year.