Thursday, September 1, 2011

The Dog Days of Summer

Can it be that we have already arrived at September? I remember when summers used to last a lifetime. Now, they go by in a blink. Looking through the pictures of our summer, it seems we packed a lifetime of adventures into a blink of the eye.

The summer began with Logan learning how to sit "like a big boy" on Logan-sized chair (his favorite being his rocking chair), a trip to Grant's Farm for Father's Day, and daily adventures with Dad to the local library.















I taught my first class as "professor" over the summer. When class ended, we traveled to the East Coast to visit with Logan's great grandma, great poppa, David's parents, brother and fiancee, aunts, uncle, counsins, and my brother, sister-in-law, and Logan's counsins, Ella and Ben (Phew!). Yes, there were a lot of people for Logan to meet!
Logan enjoyed dance parties with aunt barbara (he even tried to have a dance off with David's cousin, Brian, and uncle Bill!), playing with great grandma's answering machine just to hear it say, "you have no new messages" five billions times, and giving "high fives" to all. David got a chance to sneak out one evening to watch the Baby Yankees play ball with Jason, Cat, and Grandad.














Then we hopped in the car and drove to Conneticut to visit with Mike, Jen, Ella, and Ben! We thought that when we left St. Louis, that we would also be leaving behind the ridiculous heat, but we were sadly mistaken! Thankfully, there was a beach nearby. Logan got to go into the ocean for the very first time.....and he loved it!!! I can't get him to sit in a baby pool or his King Crazy Crab pool, but give the boy a seemingly endless body of water and he's all about it!




















After visiting with my side of the family, we drove back to Pennsylvania. We went to an amazing outlet mall in the Poconos, where Logan made a friend without even trying (what can we say, he's a "babe" magnet!)!

We capped off our trip with a fun afternoon at the local park (Logan sure does love his wheels! Whether they are on a car, a shopping cart, or playground, he's sure to find them!).
Eventhough we all got sick upon returning to St. Louis (darn those airplane bugs!), we really enjoyed being able to spend quality time with the people we love whom we don't get to see very often.

With that said, how come noone told me that when you become a parent, you need a vacation after you go on vacation?!

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