Logan is already 11 months old!  Time is flying, but I’m guessing all new parents say the same thing.  Logan has had quite a few new accomplishments in the year 2010…let’s take a peak.

Logan Cruising

Logan has provided new meaning to the word mobile this month.  In our 10 month update, I mentioned that life as we knew it was over…well, that didn’t happen until this last month!  He is into EVERYTHING!  He loves to open cabinets and drawers, even if that means opening them into his own head!  He thinks holding, pulling, and chewing on electrical cords is awesome and makes a b-line for any cord in sight.  He has a new found love for tv remotes and xbox controllers, and has turned into quite the little con man with his daddy, acting like he just wants to sit with dad on the couch, when really he’s eying up those controllers!  He’s crawling like crazy and man is he fast.  Although it seems like crawling is just a means to get him to his true desire…standing.  He pulls up and cruises on everything now and has even tried to cruise on an empty laundry basket, which ended with both Logan and the basket tipped over on the floor and a few tears.  His 24 lbs was just too much for that empty basket to carry!  He’s getting better and better at bending over to pick up toys while standing, and on his actual 11 month birthday he figured out how to walk behind his push toy!  Thankfully he’s not too confident at steering it yet, but once he’s got it down Wes is convinced he’s going to start using it as a battering ram!  We shall see…

Logan Clapping

Logan is continuing to try new foods, although he probably has not had his fair share of table food yet.  He’s still eating Gerber 2nd foods and has tried chicken noodle, turkey and rice, chicken and turkey meat sticks, diced apples, diced carrots, banana and mixed berries, and apricot with mixed fruit.  He’s also quite the little snacker and enjoys colby/jack cheese, Graduates apple wagon wheels, and yogurt melts.  He’s getting to the stage now where he prefers to feed himself.  He learned to clap this month, and has found if he claps while I’m bringing a spoon of food to his mouth, he can splash the food everywhere.

Putting a Ball in a Hole

Wrigley is becoming his best friend, not only for all the splashed and left over food, but she has found he wants to play with her.  Logan thinks it’s hilarious to offer her a toy and then take it from her, and Wrigley just seems to be happy to get some attention.  Although, even Wrigley has found that you can get too much of a good thing, thankfully when she’s had enough she simply licks him and moves.

Logan has learned to put a ball in a hole this month!  It sounds so insignificant when I say it, but it is really quite an accomplishment.

Wheres Logan?

He’s started getting more and more interested in books, and still loves those touch and feel books.  He’s at the point now where he thinks every book is touch and feel, so you can see him touch each page and move his finger to try to “feel” something.  It’s so cute.  He loves the Itsy Bitsy Spider song with the hand movements…the song is so powerful it has been known to stop him in his tracks when he’s headed for mischief.  He just stares at you with a big grin as you sing it…it sort of makes you feel like YOU could be the next American Idol.  He’s also still into playing peak a boo, which we have renamed “Where’s Logan?”  He will hold something up over his face, just to hear you ask “Where’s Logan?”, then he’ll drop the cloth to hear you say “There he is!”  It’s sooo cute!

Logan Reading

Logan has been out to a few more restaurants.  He’s been to iHop for breakfast twice and even had a lunch at Chilis after visiting his daddy’s office.  He was so well behaved during all the trips.  All this out and about could have contributed to Logan catching Croup this month, although the pediatrician seemed convinced he got it from daycare.  It was not a fun experience at all.  He was home from daycare for 4 days straight, and had a cough like a barking seal.  Thankfully he’s recovered from that now!

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