Murder Suspect

The charge: Murder 1

The weapon: a whisk

The victim: a gecko

Yesterday I suspect that Logan killed a gecko. I saw him reaching under the couch trying to get something. I figured that he was trying to get a piece of food that had fallen. Then I saw him banging the whisk against the bottom of the couch. A few minutes later I saw him touching a dead gecko that was on the floor. Yuck. I quickly removed him from the situation and washed his hands. As for the gecko, I waited for Tim to come home and take care of. So Logan and I hung out upstairs and until then.

In other news Logan cut his 4th tooth yesterday. While we were home Logan learned how to clap and to wave. He is becoming braver everyday with his walking. He will take a few steps, stop and then take a few more steps before he sits down to crawl the rest of the way. His latest craze is to blow raspberries and to sound like an Indian by moving his hand over his mouth.

A New Look

We decided to give Logan a new look tonight. Before his bath tonight we got out Tim's clippers and chose the longest setting. We had given Logan some trims to get the hair out of his eyes but decided it was time to say good-bye to those long strands. The weather has been quite warm here and we don't have A/C. Logan would usually wake up from his naps with his hair drenched in sweat. This new look should be much cooler for him. Now he looks bald since his hair is so light and his ears seem to stick out more but we still love him.

As for our trip home, Logan did very well. We did have mishap in Chicago. When we were supposed to start boarding the plane, they came on the intercom and told us that the plane was having some mechanical difficulties and we would not be able to use that plane. Now they had to find us a new plane to go on or ways for everyone to get to their destination. Luckily they found a new plane for us and we ended up only having a 1 1/2 hour delay. That worked out well because Tim was flying a different airline than Logan and I and was supposed to get in an 1 1/2 after us. So we all arrived at the airport within a 10 minute time frame of each other. As for the flight, it was long but we made friends. There was a 12 or 13 year girl who was sitting right next to Logan and I, and she loved playing with Logan. Then there was the mom and 16 month old across the aisle and the mom and daughter in the seats in front of us. So once we had all of our luggage we said goodbye to all of friends at the airport.

Logan Walking

Flooding

I have been watching all the flooding reports online and cannot believe what is happening. My little sister and her fiance have not been so lucky. They just moved into their house before Christmas. Ryan had a friend with a small boat and so they went to the house to see what damage had been done. The water was up to the countertops on the first floor and their furniture was floating around. My dad has also had flooding problems at the golf course he just started working at this spring. When he was hired they told him that the course occassionally flooded. So far it has had flood damage 8 times. My parents had some water in their basement but have since cleaned it up and they are trying to dry the basement out. I will be home in less than 2 weeks for Sarah's wedding. So I will get to see the damage first hand and help clean up/get ready for the wedding.

9 month check-up

Today Logan had his 9 month check-up with the doctor. He is 29 inches long and is in the 75th percentile. He weighed in at 18 lbs 1 oz and is in the 25th percentile. That didn't really surprise me because since we have moved Logan decided he did not want to eat baby food and has become more active. So the doctor said that he is to not have more than 24 oz of milk a day and the rest is to come from solids. Which means that we have to be more persistant about the solids and possibly have to listen to more crying because he is not getting his way. I am not looking forward to this becuase I am usually the one who gives in first to the crying. We are supposed to go back for another weigh-in about 1 to 2 months from now to make sure he is gaining weight.

Not much else is going on around here. Logan and I will be home in less than a month for Sarah's wedding.

Going to sleep on my own

Now that Logan has become more active, he likes to play before falling asleep. Before he fell asleep this time I saw him reading his puppy book. When I checked on him 5 minutes later, this is how I found him. He really likes to read his books when he is in his bed. Little Quack is at the top of the photo.




As a side note, we have some permanent house guests. I am getting more accostumed to them even though I seem to find more everyday. Our house guests are house geckos. I first saw 2 of them about 3 weeks ago in Tim & I's bedroom. They kind of freaked me out at first but I am doing better now. We have 2 that live upstairs and 2 downstairs. They only come out at night and they eat the bugs. I have been told they are harmless and will not eat our food. So anyone who comes to see us, you will have to meet our guests if you can find them.

Sweet Tooth

As you can see from the picture, Logan likes cookies. He doesn't like to eat most of his baby food (I can usually get him to eat his orange veggies and oatmeal). He will only take a few bites of his fruit and then he is done. He doesn't like to eat Cherrios. Occasionally he will put them in his mouth but spits them back out. He finds it more fun to pick them up and move them around. But when I give him a cookie, it almost immediately gets put in his mouth. Logan usually doesn't get to hold on to the cookie for long. Before it makes too much of a mess (and gets to soggy), I gladly take the cookie from him and eat it.