Logan’s Blog

With the arrival of baby sister Lauren, this birthday has been spread out over the past month and a half.  I decided to wait until after the final birthday festivities to post this update.  Logan had his 2-year doctor visit a couple weeks ago.  He is now about 29 pounds and nearly 36 inches tall.  Based on this height, it is projected that Logan will be about 6 ft tall as an adult.  This makes Daddy very happy.

Here’s the popular Pooh picture.

I can’t even begin to explain all the fun things Logan has done and learned this past year.  It’s hard to believe that he wasn’t even walking on his own at his first birthday.  Now, he runs all over the place.  His vocabulary gets bigger and his speech gets better every day.  During this past year, he’s learned to recognize all the letters of the alphabet and several numbers up to 10, and can count to 10.  He re-”reads” his books after we read to him.  I can’t get over how much development has occurred this year!

Since Lauren was born two days after his birthday, we decided to hold off on his family birthday party until I recovered from the c-section.  Thankfully, he has no idea when his birthday is so we were able to make changes this year.  We did have a nice celebration on August 10 with a few of his friends.  We went to a park in Downer’s Grove and then had lunch at All Aboard Diner, where we were given the party room since the restaurant was so full.  It ended up being a bigger deal than I had planned, but it was great fun.  Here are a few pictures from that day.

Logan after running around the park.  He’s showing us (with his left hand) that he’s two.

Logan and his friends at All Aboard Diner.

All tired out after a morning running around at the park and a full belly.

Since I was in no shape to throw a birthday party in August, we just had his party last week (Sept. 26).  Luckily, he had no idea that it wasn’t his actual birthday.  He had a great time!  Many thanks to everyone who came to celebrate my little man’s birthday.  What an amazing day!

It was never a question what theme to have for Logan’s party this year.  He LOVES Handy Manny.

And, finally, here’s a video that Daddy made capturing the fun of the day.

Happy Birthday Logan!  We love you!