Balloons Can Go "Pop"

Logan and I have had a solid day even though I wiped his green snotty nose about a million times (he hates it). Although he does enjoy it when I try to teach him to blow out through his nose. Why he thinks that is so hilarious I don't know.
It was just him and me today since Carly had parent teacher conferences tonight. Anyway, he absolutely loves his birthday balloons and has been getting very friendly with them. He was really wrestling with them and being aggressive, attempting to bite them and I thought for sure they were going to pop on him, but they didn't because I took them away. I realized that he had no idea balloons could pop and I found that really amazing. He doesn't know a lot of things. This is both a good thing and something that will eventually change. Eventually, a balloon will pop on him and he'll probably get scared and then he'll know that balloons can pop. Lesson learned. But the cool thing about being a parent is that I get to create and manipulate this "learning environment." If I was all hands off I would let him pop a balloon by himself so it would scare him and then he'd be getting a lesson from the school of hard knocks. But instead, I think tomorrow we'll do an experiment in balloon popping. Together we'll pop a balloon; I'll be teaching him that sometimes unexpected things happen and that's ok. He won't have to go it alone on this nugget of experience.

Bun in the Oven

Our little bun came out of the oven exactly one year ago (to the minute). We decided to recreate the magical event in this picture. Ain't Logan a cute one year old?

First Birthday Bash!

Logan's first birthday bash was a success. A good time had by all, I believe. The house was a bit cozy and we had a bit too much pizza, but overall everything went well and we hope everybody had a good time. Logan definitely had fun because he was exhausted afterwards and went to sleep at 6:00. Wow, did he get the stash of toys, clothes, and other assorted presents. Even though we put "your presence is the only presents he needs," it seems everyone ignored our request. Logan thanks you. He's going to have all sorts of fun with the new stuff. Well, I'm posting some pics and crashing. G'night.

Caaaahhht!

Logan doesn't have the largest vocabulary in the world, but he does know some words. We hear "cat" quite frequently, as well as "Dad, Dah, DaDa," and other assorted "D" words. Logan can say "Ma, Mama, and Mom," and we've also noticed that he points and says "that". He likes to sing and go "yayayayayayayaya...lalalalalalalala!" Basically, this is the extent of his words as he nears his first birthday. Pretty cool.

Ye of Little Blogging

It's been a bit hectic around here because Carly and I are prepping for Logan's first birthday party. Haven't made the time for blogging. Sorry.

We all had a nice day today. We met Logan's possible baby sitter for next year. She seemed nice. She was a montessori teacher and actually will be having a class twice a week...my lil' cousin Kaleb will attend. Her house is gorgeous and her four little girls are all cute and well-behaved. Hopefully it works out. Let's see, what else did we do besides clean and prep? We went for a nice long walk to the bike store to look at baby helmets, then decided he didn't need one. Logan ate some thai food, skipped his afternoon nap, and did a little art project that will debut at his party. More substantial blog tomorrow.

Time With Grandpa

Logan was bathed and put to sleep by Grandpa Hill tonight. I had Rhetoric class and Carly got free New Kids on the Block tickets so she went to the Quad Cities with some friends to see them. I know....NKOTB? You've got to be kidding. But no, she went. Anyway, Gramps did a good job and Logan was happy and slept well.

Mirror Mirror on the Wall

Logan is the fairest of them all...or at least that's what he thinks. Logan has been giving his reflection kisses ever since his Mom left for her dentist appointment. It's really cute and very funny watching him lick the mirror. He seems to like looking at his reflection almost as much as attempting to pull the mirror down. He hasn't ever expressed too much interest in his reflection since recently.