14 months

Mastered skills that most kids can do:
      Eat with fingers - Oh yes. or else he would starve because he must do it himself
      empties containers of contents - oh yes. fills them, empties them. Fills them, empties them.
      imitates others - oh yes. He mocks my high pitched squeals on a regular basis

Emerging skills that half the kids can do:
      Toddles well - uh... like walk? then yes. He toddles very very well.
    initiates games - He does! Matt bounces logan on his legs and does a little song. Logan goes over to matts legs now and tries to do the song when he wants to be bounced.
       Points to one body part when asked- yes, his belly. He knows head and nose but he doesnt do it often when asked. He knows his belly
       Responds to instructions- he has started to over the last few weeks.He can go get a ball when asked, hugs the animals by name, come when called, now he kisses us when asked :)
   
Advanced skills that some can do:
      Uses a spoon or fork- no. I put the noodle on the fork and he eats it off, he also tries to stab the noodle but is unsuccessful.
      Matches lids with appropriate containers - he put the right pot lid on the pot the other day... but I dont normally have lids in need of a container
      pushes and pulls toys while walking - pull. no. push, yes. And drags things all over, including the kitchen chairs.
     
 

Vacation at the Cape

The day after Logans Birthday Party (which, i will blog about when I have some pictures), we headed to Cape Cod for a family vacation. Goal was: Leave at naptime and drive to the outlets, kill time at the outlets, drive to our hotel during afternoon nap. It worked! Except Logan and Matt had a boring time at the outlets.... why? Logan enjoyed playing with rocks and Matt just let him. It was a nice day but I certainly dont have very good shoppers in my immediate family.

We got to out hotel, played and then grabbed some nasty dinner somewhere quick. The next day, I ran to the store for snacks and food. My kitchenette was the crappiest kitchenette ever. I had to fight for a microwave even though my email said I would have a microwave. So we went out to dinner everynight. First night, we went to Doyles, suggested to us by my aunt. It was good! Matt got up to go to the bathroom and Logan SCREAMED "DAAAADDDDDYYYY". Oh boy. He cried. Daddy came back and all was good. Customers though it was cute. I did not, sorry Matt.

Cape Cod Potato chips!

We tried the beach. It was Logans first beach experience. He didnt hate it but it was not exactly very entertaining to him.

He did like crawling through the waves and didnt care when he got a face full of water. 

We went to the Zooquariam to kill time. 

We went to Captain Parkers for dinner. Apparently, its where Matt fell in love with prime rib way back in the day during soccer or something. Logan entertained a few tables nearby, and they entertained him. It took an hour to get in, so it was crowded. Food was amazing and Logan was so well behaved. Until he slammed his head down on the table while we ate dessert. He was gearing up for a huge cry/screa/meltdown when Matt shoved a spoonfull of whipped cream into Logans mouth. Good move. Logan never let out a peep and demanded more whipped cream. 

Back to the beach! 

13m chart, late but eh...

Logan turned 13 months 9 days ago. I forgot. When people asked his age, i would say almost 1! or 1! or just turned1! and then all of a sudden, I said "He just turned one! last month..." oops. So I guess 1 is over and done and now we are onto 13 months. So.. what can he do?

Mastered skills that most can do:
use two words skillfully ("hi" "bye")- he say "UH" which is up but thats about it. He babbles all day but no real words
bends over and pick up objects- oh yes

emerging skills that half can do:
enjoys gazing at his reflection- oh gosh, ha ha. Logan LOVES dancing with his reflection in the fireplace glass. He waves to himself in the car.
holds out arm or leg to help you dress him- yes, but he has always pushed his arms out of his sleeves or pulled them out, like 7 or 8months or so

advanced skills that some can do:
combine words or gestures to make needs known- yesterday he said "Daadee UH"
rolls a ball back and forth- hes been doing that since before summer... my mom has been doing that with him since he could sit.

Im not ready for baby #2!

    After a few years of trying, IVF/ICSI, an ectopic, and then my successful frozen transfer resulted in my amazing baby boy, im not ready to go at it again. Matt has been ready for baby number 2 since Logan was born. And by born, I mean before I was even stitched up from the c-section. After years of wanting a baby, I am enjoying the fact that I have ONE. One is easy. One is manageable by me. One is not hard to clean up after. One fits in the grocery cart just fine. Im well aware that one child is easy and I love it. I also remember wanting to puke away my first trimester and sleep away my third trimester. How can my head be in the toilet all morning with a child who wants to inspect what Im doing and is demanding a diaper change and some food and uh... attention? How can I nap all day long during my third trimester with a high energy, shitty nap taking toddler boy? How am I supposed to recover from another c-section while caring for a high energy toddler, a baby, and now I have stairs in my house?!?! What if its a girl? There goes our savings and I already told Matt he will need to up my shopping budget. What it its a boy? If its a boy, Ill have a lot of  pressure to go for baby 3 in hopes of a girl. 3 boys is my limit and I am NOT going for baby 4. Im not really even sure about baby 3 and Im not ready for baby 2.
   I didnt have to worry about getting pregnant and the time for baby 2 was out of my hands for a year. Because of the c-secion, I had to wait till the babies would be born 2 or more years apart so I couldnt get pregnant until Logan was 15m old. They wouldnt approve me of it so i was safe. I told myself I would enjoy baby number 1 for a year without any thoughts of baby 2. Baby 2 was far in the distance. I could get pregnant in Novermber to make them 2 years apart. I dont want to be THAT pregnant for Logans birthday party so I wanted it a bit later. But I would call the infertility clinic when I got back from vacation and see when they wanted me to come back to do testing to be all set for my next frozen transfer. I came back Sunday. I called yesterday.
  By calling the infertility clinic, I have started the path for baby 2. I dont have to call to make an appointment until late next month and I can start going back in October so make for a winter transfer. When the nurse called me back to answer any questions I had, it was Ellen. Ellen called me to tell me I was not pregnant and it was probably ectopic and gave me a big hug (even though I was smiling because that was the most pregnant I had ever been! Im way to optimistic  ha ha) and she got to call me when I was pregnant. "Hi Kristin, its Ellen!" "Hi Ellen! I miss you" "Your ready to come back?" I told her about my wonderful son, and how awesome of a father he has and that we are ready for baby 2.
  "Yes Ellen, Im ready to come back!"

1st Birthday /family pictures

The reason we went to philly! Cousin Quentins 5th birthday party!

The party was an Angry Birds theme and something tells me, them are some really angry birds. One flew away, another set went up in flames, and many more tried to drown. Wind, fire and water. Things that no party planner ever wants to have to deal with. After the wind started the fire and the rain tried to help, the party was a go, outside still!

 I didnt get many pictures. Logan was insistent on trying to get his hands on everything and we were trying not to give him a nap. We were packed and the car was loaded with our things. We were leaving around 6. If Logan didnt nap, maybe he would sleep the whole car ride! 

 MMMMM FOOOOOOD! Logan was able to reach the kids plates at the kid table. I was keeping him from grabbing their food and their juice boxes. We found watermelon to be a huge hit. And he found chips. I let him eat the chips. Why not? Hid goody box came with a toy (its been put away for now), a cup (which he LOVES to put his french toast sticks and toys into) and the box it came in (which housed my phone yesterday when I went looking all around the house for it). 

Oh yeah, It was also Logans FIRST BIRTHDAY! I didnt bring him ant presents (considering I didnt get him anything besides clothes that he wont need till winter). Grammy Jean got him a really awesome First legos Firetruck (he loves it! The pieces are all over the floor and the fire hydrant is in the dogs water dish), Grammy Virginia gave him an outfit (very cute! Perfect for our cape cod trip coming up!) and some containers and rubber duckies, Grammy Kathy gave him some kids crayons (must draw her a picture!).

Logan made a friend quickly in Grammy Jean.

Chips!

watermelon!

He napped. He missed cake and presents because he took a really awesome nap. We were about to wake him up, when he woke on his own. Hopped in the car. An hour in, he was crying. We stopped and ran around for a bit at a rest stop. Went about another hour and a half. Stopped and got out of the car for a bit. Then boy fell asleep. He woke up as we got home at a bit after 11. He played and ran around the house and at midnight, he was showering with Matt cause he was still sticky from the watermelon. We went to bed. It was a good, long, stressfull (not as much for me as it was for poor Keira!) day.

What did we do in Philly? Friday

Everyone and their mother (no really, everyones mother was there except for mine!) was at the Rupon House turned Hotel on Friday. Becky arrived Friday morning, but by morning I mean 2 or 3am. She brought along Baby Cousin Mackenzie and her mother in law Kathy. Friday was a planned zoo day. It was not a very good day to plan for a zoo trip. It was very very hot and humid. But we persisted because, well, because! 

Brother and sister love!

thank goodness for the glass!

Anthony keeps Logan amused.

Mackenzies first zoo trip!

Love from Auntie Becky!

When we got back to Hotel de Rupon, Virginia (Brother in laws mother) was there. Father in law and cousin Joe came around 10ish pm. Thats 3+3+2+1+1+4 in one house. That made 3 grandmothers some who are also mothers but total number of moms was 6.