1 1/2 Years Old!

 

Well, it happened.  Logan turned one and a half years old on Saturday!  I simply can't believe it.  Six more months and he will be a full-fledged toddler with no baby left in him.  It's been an interesting past month since we returned home from Japan.  Logan has definitely punished me more than Ron for leaving him.  He has preferred Ron over me the majority of the time and has definitely been more sensitive, temperamental, and overly dramatic.  Often times, when he is put down, he will throw a total tantrum including the banging of his head on the floor, the wall, or some piece of furniture.  Lovely.  Besides this not-so-fun side of his personality, Logan really continues to be a sweet, cute, and fun boy.  He has loved all the time that we have spent outside enjoying the sun and water this past month.  In fact, he is ready to go outside at 7 a.m. each morning and will either try to open a locked door to get out or he will bring me his shoes.  He is down to one nap most days, has developed a gigantic appetite, and is wearing 18-month size clothes comfortably.  Logan has also finally started to learn more than one or two new words a month.  He started saying me (instead of mine whenever he wants something), "wa wa" (for water and all other drinks), ball, boat (it sounds more like bow), yummy, owie,  "baba" (for grandma or grandpa), and he quacks like a duck.  However, his favorite word is still "uh oh" which he says 50 times a day and he LOVES barking like a dog whenever he sees one in real life or sees a picture of one or hears a dog barking off in the distance.  So funny!  Logan traveled on a plane for the third time last week when we went to visit Lola and has now been to his fifth and sixth states (Illinois and Indiana).   Like our plane ride to and from Hawaii, Logan nearly put Ron and me in a body bag.  Flying with a one year old on a lengthy flight is pure torture and we have declared that we will NEVER do this again with another child of this age in the future!  That's really our Logie boy in a nutshell this past month!