A Tribute to the Little Guy

I just wanted to take a minute to share some Logan updates. I wish everyone could just be here with us 24-hrs a day so you could enjoy Logan as much as we do. I love this picture of him. His little bits of sign language (more, milk, eat, drink, thank you, please, book) have kept us sane as his oral language has developed. Now that that's coming along, we will probably be seeing less of the signs, which makes me a little sad. For a while the little guy got almost everything he wanted because his parents had such a hard time saying no to his "peeease" with his hand rubbing circles on his chest (sign language for please). So cute!

As I mentioned a minute ago, Logan's language is really coming along. He seems to be saying new words/phrases everyday. I'll mention just a few...soccer ball, park, blast (off), sleep, ants, stuck, dirt, swing, walk, slide, buckle, racquet (He calls tennis 'racquetball.' Seems smart to me.) Logan loves to say, "Let's do this," which is a phrase he learned from his dad. Just recently he seems to use it to mean, "Let's play chase." It's so cute. He'll say, "Dad, dad, dad, let's do this," and then look at his dad and start to run."

Logan is slowly learning his letters and their sounds (thanks in large part to the "Letter Factory" video that Kaysha gave us. We've seen it MANY times.). If you ask him what some of the letters say (H, A, M, T), he can give you their sounds. We've tried to teach him colors as well, but whenever we ask him what color something is, he responds with, "Blue." This has to be his dad's doing. He's gonna get that kid to be a True Blue Cougar fan one way or another! :)

Messing around in the dirt is one of Logan's favorite pastimes. He loves to use the shovel, hoe, or any other garden tool. For some reason, he says "shove this (or that)" instead of shovel. Just the other day Garrick and I were using a wrench to put something together, and Garrick was teaching Logan to "screw this." I stopped and laughed before Garrick realized the potential problems that his instruction could be causing. We'd better be careful!

We had several fun vacations this summer, and Logan loved being around his cousins. The younger ones (Kate and Mallory) were especially fun for Logan to play with. Unfortunately, names are still difficult for Logan, but he has mastered a few, and when he sees pictures of Becca, Kate, or Jake on the computer screen saver, he shouts their names with a lot of excitement. Sometimes when Logan can't say someone's name, he points at them and looks at one of us saying, "This?" Then we remind him of that person's name, and he nods. On Sunday we were out in the foyer at the end of sacrament meeting and Logan's nursery leader walked in the door. He looked at her and said, "This! This!" with so much excitement! I'm pretty sure he knew he was about to go to nursery.

Another little things that I love about Logan - his love for life. He loves running errands, playing with his "ruff ruffs," watching shows (esp Little Einsteins), playing in the dirt, going swimming, dancing, reading stories, and helping his mom and dad with whatever they are doing. We couldn't have asked for a better kid. We love you, Logan!