Seventeen Months Old

This is Logan at 5 months old still in cloth diapers recovering from horrendous cradle cap and eyes still blue. Now?

Logan has a great head of blonde hair, green-blue eyes, and a smile that will knock just about anyone off their feet.

I know. I can hardly believe it myself! My sweet little boy who rocked the new baby smell of breast milk and baby soap now smells of dirt, sweat, jelly, and juice. Noting this new smell is important. Why? Because I say it is. :)

But wow. I have a full-blown toddler on my hands. He is nothing short of a ham. The kid melts the socks off his parents, grandparents and uncles, aunt, and the like with every smile, every laugh and every hug. A age-appropriate post is long overdue so here is what our little boy (EEEk! Not baby...) is up to.

• Sleeping on a toddler bed. We ditched the crib before we moved and the transition has been flawless. I wedged a styrofoam roll under the fitted mattress to act as a "bumper" of sorts to keep him from rolling off. Logan loves having the freedom to play in his room once he wakes up. Sometimes he even waits for us to come get him. Post to follow on how exactly we've done this.


• Walking. No, RUNNING. Logan has mastered walking, tripping, and falling all while maintaining his balance (most of the time). Now that we are in a new home he particularly enjoys running to and from his room to the living room as if the hall way is in fact a run way. Logan bursts into running just for the heck of it and it's quit possibly the cutest little run ever.


• Sizes. Logan is just under 23 pounds and 34 inches tall. Still in size 4 diapers and graduated to size 6 in shoes about a month ago. Yes, folks. My kid will be tall. He wears mostly 18 month clothing, although because he is so tall and thin he wears 9-12 month shorts. Most 18 month shorts/pants are swimming on him while most 18 month-long sleeved shirts are too short. Go figure.


• Activities: More than anything, Logan LOVES being outside. Now that we have a yard I have spent more time playing with him in our yard than unpacking and that is totally okay with me. He loves picking up sticks and throwing them for the dogs or bringing me rocks. He would love it even more if I let him play in the bucket of water for the dogs. He's a fish, people, and if he can't play outside all day then he'd be in the water splashing around. We've taken him to a splash park which he loves. When we're not outside or in the water Logan enjoys playing in his room with all his toys that are so brand new to him now that they're out of storage. He loves having books read to him and turning the pages, scratching each one to see if there's a fun texture there.


• Favorites: Favorite book: Oh the Thinks You Can Think by Dr. Seuss, Favorite Food: blueberries, grapes and grilled chicken, Favorite Music: all kinds. He will dance to our ringtones on our phones. Favorite Toy(s): matchbox cars, Curious George plushie, and balls of any kind.


• Talking: Not quite. He tries and the syllables he is creating are sounding more word-like. He's mimicking sounds and knows sounds animals make. He loves screeching at the top of his lungs, fully aware that it gets our attention and even a smile or two out of us. He says Mama and Hi. That's all we can decifer at the moment.


• Teeth: He has 11 now! Both top 1 year molars are almost all the way in. Bottom right molar is making its way in. All four front top and bottom are in.


• Misc.: Logan gives hugs, blows kisses, waves hi and bye, still uses his paci, mostly for sleeping (although he didn't last night!), has a bottle of milk in the am and pm, can unclip just about anything including his car seat chest clip, understands most of what we say "want a bite?", "all done" (signs), "more" (signs), "follow me", "want to read a book?", "where are the dogs" (goes to door)...just to name a few.

Overall Logan is doing fantastic. He loved watching the fireworks. He is loving, happy, playful, strong-willed, handsome as all get out and most of all our most precious gift from God.