Happy Halloween!

No, Logan didn't go trick-or-treating this year. Nor did he have any candy (though for the record, he now has 4 teeth!). But he did have a rockin' glow-in-the-dark skeleton outfit that he enjoyed wearing all day. He wore it when he watched football with dad. He slept in it during nap time. He wore it to the grocery store with mom.... You get the point. I'm sure there will come a day in the not-too-distant future when Logan will want to wear his Halloween costume all day when it's not Halloween! And although he freaked out when the first trick-or-treater came to the door (a very intimidating two-year-old in a camouflage batman suit), I have no doubt he'll be a pro come next year! Happy Halloween!

{Sigh} Fall

It's finally feeling like Fall in St. Louis. Say what you will about our Summer's here, but Fall makes up for it in spades. This past week we took a family field trip to the Sculpture Park. We strolled around for a bit and discovered the park is more of a hiking park....pushing a stroller along a wooded trail...not so easy. Although, Logan thoroughly enjoyed the bumpitty-bumpitty of it all! And then we picked a nice open space for Logan to crawl around and explore, while mommy and daddy caught their breath. Logan had so much fun we had to chase him down!

He's gone mobile!

Logan put it all together yesterday. After some fits and starts the past weekend, he put one foot, er, knee, in front of the other and crawled for the first time.
It wasn't easy to lure him to do it again with the camera on. I had to tempt him with my BlackBerry and when I pulled it back as he reached me he gave me the death stare...geez, I wonder where he learned that from? (There's a full screen video HERE).

An Autumn Day in the Park

Today Logan played at the park for the very first time.

The swing seemed to be the biggest hit of the adventure.
Followed by going down the slide (held by mom of course!).

Even chillin' under the jungle gym, feeling the texture of the cushiony playground (and attempting to pick up every single piece of debris to sample) seemed to be a lot of fun!

Now that the weather has finally cooled off, there will certainly be more adventures to the park!

Another BIG first today....Logan began crawling!!! The playground will never be so low-key!

Stay tuned for pics (and maybe video, if mom can figure out how to be so tech-savvy) of Logan on the go...

Road Trip! Road Trip! Road Trip!

Logan took his very first trek up I-55 to Chicago to visit Grandma and Grandpa V over Labor Day weekend. In addition to this being his very first road trip, he had his first sleep over in the pack 'n' play (not nearly as traumatic as mom had anticipated, thank goodness!), first stop at a rest stop (Ok, 3 stops at a rest stop both coming up and going back home), and first view of Lake Michigan.

You oughta be in pictures...

Here is a post simply and shamelessly created to slip into that "my baby is the most adorable baby in the whole wide world" parent mode for just a moment.

Kickin' it

Last Saturday marked Logan's sixth month on this planet! To celebrate (ok, maybe we just needed to get out of the house because we finally had a day below 100 degrees!), the whole family hung out in the very trendy part of town and people watched (or in Logan's case, looked cute and gnawed on his monkey).

This week, Logan had his pediatrician appointment. The results are in (drum roll please)... He's just under 19lbs and 28.75 inches long! Yes, that's right, Logan has doubled his size since birth! Since mommy is such a brain dork, she was also very happy to hear that Logan has gained 2cm in head circumference. Grow baby brain, grow!

In addition to seeing Logan growing rapidly in size, it has been amazing to watch him learning. He is on the very cusp of crawling (this week he scoots on his belly, lunging himself forward with his legs). He can sit up for short periods of time unsupported (longer if he is playing with the top that Grandma vW got him!). He passes objects big and small from hand to hand (and eventually to mouth!). Although he's not saying words just yet, he has plenty of baby conversations with us, his crib mobile, and himself from the morning when he wakes until after bathtime at night.