The biggest news – Logan is walking and walking well. He started walking a few weeks ago and is now all over the place. He took the first week a little slow and he still crawls as needed, but he loves to walk. I just love watching new walkers – it is so darn cute to see them get their balance and toddle everywhere.
Of course, home life has totally disintegrated. Logan is EVERYWHERE and in EVERYTHING and I can’t quite figure out a way to keep him out of everything. Everything really problematic is on top of the fridge or the bookshelf, but as that is about all of our space in this apartment, we are stuck. I completely emptied under the kitchen sink, only to have him climb in there while I was taking a shower and unscrew the pipe! How is that even possible. Katsu started cleaning some dishes only to realize that something sounded funny – right, the pipe isn’t connected. Yikes! He reminds me a lot of Andrew getting to everything at this age. Logan especially loves getting into:
- Joe’s food and water. I have to keep it out of reach because otherwise he instantly dumps all the water on the floor and then eats a handful of cat food.
- Cords, cords, cords
- Anything he drop onto himself – especially lamps, the kids’ basketball hoop, etc. etc.
- Cd cases
- Cookbooks – he’s already broken one
- Opening the DVD player or CD player and throwing the discs on the floor
- Litter box
- Laundry basket we use to store balls – he can barely reach it and gets on his tippy toes (so cute when he does that) and dumps them all on the floor. Usually right before bed.
- The printer
- Keys, phones, remotes, anything with buttons and be ready for the screaming if you take it away.
- And that’s just the beginning
Someday I will have time to clean again, ha ha ha. What a difference a month masks.
Logan says “Mom” and maybe “Dad”. He might also say things like “Hi” and “Bye”, but it’s hard to tell, you know. He definitely “talks” a lot lot more than he does. He jabbers on and on and also attempts to sing. So cute. Unfortunately, he has turned into a screamer. And oh my gosh – the scream! It is awful and super super loud. Our poor neighbors. It is our first screamer. But it seems to be mostly when we are eating and he wants to eat faster or when I am cooking and he wants to either see what I am cooking or get tastes.
Eating … Logan is definitely our biggest eater at this age. He is still having a love affair with string cheese and could live on it. Also loves bread products and graham crackers. He has discovered sweets. Martha gave the boys cookies and I left them on the coffee table while I went to do something in the kitchen. I came back to find a baby boy covered in cookie crumbs and cream and smiling everywhere. But he loves to eat. Fruits and vegetables. He has really been enjoying carrots and parsnips this week. He is not a big fan of meat.
He is really loving balls now – he will catch and will throw it. He likes to lift it over his head and then toss it down. He likes to play with his other toys some, but prefers to play with the big boys toys – cars, train tracks, dress up clothes, swords, etc. He gets so sad when the big boys go into the other room and play without him. He LOVES his brothers. He also LOVES Joe and is always grabbing him, petting him, and pulling his tail. He is finally interested in books and likes to look through them and turn the pages. He especially loves touch and feel books.
Logan is still so happy. Everyone comments on it. The only time he is really cranky is when he is sick or teething really badly. Just a happy boy.
- Cardinals game for Labor Day. His first major league game. And he … hated it. He still has a hard time with crowds and every time anyone cheered or made loud noises, he screamed and cried. So, we had to take him out and walk around behind the stands with him. It was a good game so there was a lot of crying. Poor boy.
- Seth started preschool so Logan now gets one-on-one time. Library story times. He falls asleep in the car going there and usually on the way back, so most nap times are spent in the car – which really contributes to getting nothing done at home.
- St. Louis Art Fair – Logan spent most of the time going back and forth to the library while the boys made crafts.
- Playdates with the Mom’s group.
- Forest Park Balloon Race is always a favorite, but this year it was fabulous! We got there early to get parking and then parked ourselves on Art Hill and the boys chased and wrestled and kicked around a soccer ball. We were so excited when the Energizer Bunny went right behind the Art Museum and we waited around till we saw at least 40 balloons chasing it. Because of all the wind, they went far away and we could see them going over our home in Clayton when we got home. Logan loved watching the balloons and was so excited when he saw them.
- Zoo with friends. Always fun.
- Being babysat – he cried most of the time unless they were outside. Poor kid.
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