Happy Birthday Daddy!

Yesterday, Mike turned 27 years old. Since John and Lindsey live only about 2 hours away now, and since Lindsey will be celebrating her birthday later this week, we thought we'd head up there for a little joint celebration. It's the first little road trip we've taken with Logan since she was 6 months old, so I was a little nervous about it...but I guess it's better to know how she reacts now on a two hour trip before we make our big drive to FL when we'll be in the car for 13 hours. Ew. A friend of ours lent us a car dvd player and it seemed to really help quite a bit, I think we'll be using it again in August and then will start looking into purchasing our own set (or putting it on the Christmas wish list).

All ready to go!

Aunt Carolyn got L this little Elmo doll a couple of weeks ago and Logan won't sleep without it now. When we head to bed we have to search for my-my (her blanket) and mo-mo before she'll lay down.

When we got there, Logan made herself right at home in their computer chair.

Mike and John headed out to play a round of golf, so, Lindsey and I took L to the big pool. It's the first time she's really been in a big pool and so we got her a little life vest and she was all set!

She seemed to enjoy the water. She DID NOT like that she couldn't touch the bottom...but since it was so hot out, she decided it wasn't that important and continued to hop right in.

After the boys got back, we headed out to the mall to walk around before dinner. Logan got her first ride in a little mall car from Uncle John and really enjoyed it. We had to pry her out of the car when the ride was over.

We did a little bit of shopping. Logan picked out a cute little t-shirt dress for herself. I'm not lying...she picked it out and took it right to her dad.

John bought a ball for himself, which Logan quickly claimed as her own...and I think it's still in one of our little bags waiting to be unpacked. I may have to hide it. She gets a little crazy throwing it.

Then we went and had a nice birthday dinner at Olive Garden.

For those of you with little babies who can't move around yet--take lots of family pictures! When you hit 18 months they no longer care to look at the camera. We took about 5 and this was the closest to a good one we could get. :)

J & L.

Dinner took quite a while, so after exhausting all of our entertaining abilities, Mike let Logan play with his glasses.

The trip home was pretty uneventful. Logan slept the whole time. We were hoping to get her into the house and into bed asleep, but it was raining when we pulled up and it woke her up. It took us quite a while to get her back down, but she then slept until almost 8 this morning, so she made up for it. Happy 27th Mike!

Word Worm 2!

I caught another quick video of Logan this morning. Sometimes if we can get her distracted doing something she otherwise isn't allowed to do (i.e. play on the computer), we can get her to rattle off several of her words. Again, it's just another small selection of the words she knows. I always forget what else to ask her about until I've got the camera off, but you at least can get a taste for what she knows. (and she said mama this time) (please pardon the fussy baby in the background, I just can't seem to please him unless I'm holding him 100% of the time)

Little Word Worm

Here's our little word worm in action! This was actually an impromptu session because she was in such a chatty mood--unfortunately, this is just a tiny selection of the words she knows. As soon as the camera went on, I couldn't remember a lot of the words that I had wanted her to say! Sigh. Oh well, that just means another video, right?

Please pardon the fact that she is in the BABY jumperoo, she's gotten a bit possessive of it lately as the baby we watch loves it and she feels that it is hers. She spends most of her evenings and weekends sitting in it--as if she's just waiting for him to appear and steal it from her.

Also, when she says please, she's also signing it--that's why she keeps tapping her chest. And, she really can say mommy. I'm not lying.

Little Watermelon

Here are a few snapshots from our day so far.

We got this sweet watermelon dress from our seminary sharing community, she's worn it several times already this summer.

It was already a blazing 92 degrees by 9:30am this morning, so we opted for some more indoor activities. I'm starting to run out, so she's watching Tigger and Pooh on daddy's iphone.

Mike has the day off today and Logan is soaking up the daddy attention. Here they are reading together. Mike would read and turn a page, Logan would "repeat" and turn her page.

Ransom

Dear Uncle John Hey Mister,

I have your hat.

If you ever want to see it again follow my instructions very closely.

Deposit 100 goldfish, 3 cheese sticks, 2 juice boxes and a Pooh video in an account of my choosing.

I'll deliver your precious hat safe and sound in two weeks given my directions are followed.

Love you!

Today

Sorry for the lack of creativity with the post, the sun has completely wiped me of all energy and it's taking everything I've got to post even the pictures. Logan and I got up early this morning (5:45am to be exact--when she decided it was time to potty) and she was a bit cranky. I didn't want her to wake J & L up so after eating breakfast and watching some Tigger and Pooh (and Darby, too!), we headed out and walked for about an hour. It was a beautiful 67 degrees and sunny and was just perfect for a good work out...much nicer than the 99 it is right now with the heat index close to 110. Yuck.

John and Lindsey hung out until about 4:30 today, so we had a really nice visit. It's great when they're here because Logan sleeps SO much better. She takes longer naps and usually goes to bed early and sleeps later. It's magical. We're going to head up to VA in a couple of weeks to celebrate both Mike and Lindsey's birthdays (he's the 18th and she's the 22nd).

Love. This. Picture.

In other news, Logan's been asking to sit on the big potty, where she either:

A. falls in

B. needs someone to hold her there for 10 minutes at a time

So, today we made the jump and got her a potty shrinker (or whatever they're called). We took her to target and let her pick one out. One step closer to being out of diapers!

Happy Fourth!!

We haven't been super busy today, but I can't believe it's already almost 7:30! We got up early this morning and headed off to church. There weren't enough 1 year olds in Logan's classroom, so they sent her to the 2 year old class and she did fabulously. If it weren't for her size, you wouldn't have even known she didn't belong--when I went to pick her up she was participating in one of their big activities and came home with all kinds of crafty goodies. I can't believe how grown up she is!

Logan was given several outfits for this holiday, but when we tried them on this morning only one of them fit. Most were too small and a couple were too big--maybe they'll fit her next year? This morning I threw on this dress that used to be mine, I figured it was a fun, summer dress and had red and white in it, so I threw a blue bow in her hair and she was patriotic for church.

When we came home we changed her into this outfit that Tita got her. She was quite a character in it!

This afternoon, Logan's Uncle John and Aunt Lindsey drove down from VA to have dinner and a sleepover with us and she has been playing with them like crazy. She won't give them a second to rest before she's got a new activity to do with them!

Happy Independence Day!!