Logan - 19 Months

In honor of Valentine's Day and Logan turning 19 months old, I thought I would post about his favorite things for this little update! Here goes, in no particular order. Logan currently loves rough housing with Daddy on the floor with what Mo and I have coined gut crunchers. (I do not participate in this kind of play, I leave it solely as a special bonding moment for father and son). He has also really taking a liking to throwing, mostly balls that bounce, but also cat toys - at the cat mind you. He loves Mickey Mouse, stuffed animals, these holiday cards with eyeballs that sing(he makes us replay them 1000 times), baking with Mom - mostly stirring and pouring! He loves to run around in just his diaper and does moves we have never seen before. He loves sitting at the table for dinner, no highchair. He loves to search the sky for airplanes if he hears the sound of them flying over, unfortunately, we moved him to the cloudiest place in the world, but we still look anyways. He loves a lot of things and while sometimes they change we discover new and exciting things in the world, I find that he remembers quite well and will remind us if we ever forget to show him, give him or take him to all his favorite things!

A quick update on everything else, he popped another molar to bring his total to 10 teeth, he is sleeping well and starting to get little random freckles on his body. He is currently at the 95% in height and %75 for weight and is our little adventure seeker! Here is to another great month!

June-uary!

After a month chalk full of stressful life events, I was nothing short of gleeful to see we had a whole week of sunshine in our future! I made it a point to take Logan out for some Vitamin D every day and I know he enjoyed it as much as I did. We hit up our neighborhood part with Daddy which included the slide, checking out the river and pointing to all the airplanes in the sky. He loves to be outside! And yes, I know he needs a haircut, I'm working on it! Happy June-uary!

A Special Lady

Last week we lost a wonderful furry friend and part of the family. Ally came to our family when we were barely a family, but merely a Mo and a Meghan and an impromptu visit to the animal shelter. She moved with me all over Los Angeles and took a flight up to Portland! She was a champ when we added to our family, both of the furry and human kind! She was right by my side for every rainy day and grand celebration. A decade never seemed to go so fast. An ambassador to feline kind, she will be greatly missed. This was the last picture of my girl, she loved the Christmas tree! I will really miss those green eyes!


Because I missed my January 30 for 30 - this month I will be splitting my donation between the Humane Society of the United States and the Agoura Animal Shelter's non-profit, Malibu Pet Companions (where Ally came from) - in her honor!

After a long week, I am finally getting to post our California trip pics! I am already missing that sunshine and I know Logan is missing wearing shorts and t-shirts in January and spending all day with his family! Here are pics of our days on the beach, meeting other baby cousins and other general fun in the sun! Lots of relaxation, good food and good company.... only wish we could have stayed longer!

California Sneak Peak

We spent a lot of time at the beach, and come on, it was 75 degrees, how could we pass that up?

It took Logan a few trips to warm up to the texture of sand, but I think he gets it now! More to come!

Logan - 18 Months

I can't believe that we made it to 18 months - this feels like a milestone. No question we have entered full blown toddler-hood and things are changing by the minute. Logan is pushing all the boundaries of his little world, attempting independence all the time. This month he sprouted some molars, celebrated Christmas, got visits from Auntie Kelly Jane and Uncle Marty, went to see Zoo Lights for the first time, cried while sitting on Santa's lap and so much more. We continue to love seeing the world through his eyes, even when things don't go perfectly. As he becomes his own person, we see his personality come through - he is brave and loves a good adventure, whether that be climbing to the highest part of the playground or racing around on his bike - I see this as what is to come!

He also took his 3rd round trip flight to California - but that deserves a post of its own, so more to pics to come on that later!

How It All Went Down

We had a wonderful 1st Christmas in our new house - I'm not sure Logan totally gets the whole Santa/Christmas thing yet, but he loved having all the visitors, the new toys and lots of goodies to snack on. We should have Christmas more often!!! Can't wait to do again in Cali!