Batter Up!

Logan and his daddy have been hard at work getting ready for baseball season! Logan is getting pretty good at his "step, booms".

Jelly Beans

Here is a little snippet of Logan's Easter egg hunt...enjoy!

Easter

We had a wonderful Easter this year! Logan was thrilled to find that all of his demands put on the Easter Bunny were met! He had a great time finding all forty eggs.

He got a new truck (of course!) that he can change the tires on. It also has a socket wrench and screwdriver that lets him take apart the truck and interchange parts.

We headed to Aunt Kathy and Uncle Bob's for lunch. It was great to catch up with family and of course to eat all of the yummy food! The kids went on a massive Easter egg hunt! It was so fun to see all of them running around scooping up the eggs!

Logan was so excited! It was adorable to watch his little legs flying over the lawn as he shrieked "EGGS!"

Favorites!

We were so lucky to be visited by the Tveters in February! Logan loved having Auntie "Nauren" and "Binan" to play with. I am sure the enjoyed the warmer weather and multiple free meals that they somehow accrued during their trip! As you can see from the above picture, Spring has brought out the adventurous side of Logan! No ladder or slide is too big for my boy, much to my dismay!

Auntie Lauren's arms got a workout as Logan repeatedly demanded "higher!"

Hamming it up and acquiring playground germs, score!

During our Spring Break we made the trip back home for some more quality time with the family. Auntie Lauren got to learn Logan's new game "MEEHAW" which requires any individual close to the floor to crawl around like a horse.

We were able to see many of our extended family at a wedding celebration for Uncle Zach and Aunt Ciara. Unfortunately, Zach was not able to make it back for the party. Don't worry, Logan stood in for his gift opening duties! You are very welcome Ciara!

Logan's favorite part of the party was this balloon!

While we were home we got to visit some of our favorite places. We took Gramma Jan to Sweet Mandy B.'s for cookies at 10 o'clock in the morning! YUMMY! We headed over to the Nature Museum and checked out what Logan calls the butterfly zoo. It is the most peaceful place and Logan was just fascinated! (Mom, don't you love this picture! Even if Logan looks like he's starring in Home Alone 23!) We had lunch at Panes which was one of our favorite places while Logan was in the NICU. After lunch we even stopped into the hospital and Logan thanked one of his old doctors and nurses for all of the love and medical attention they gave him.

Logan got to visit an indoor bouncy house close to my mom's house. He had so much fun running from house to house! Then we went home for a well-deserved nap!

Logan got to hang out with Auntie Lauren and Uncle Brian so that mommy and daddy could go catch up with friends. It is so nice to know no matter how far the distance between us our friendship remains strong!

We closed out our trip with one of our favorite friends, Jackson. Logan "met" Jackson while they were both in the NICU. Actually I met his sweet mama in the pump room and we decided that the boys needed to be pals! We got our Portillo's fix and then headed to Pump It Up for some more inflatable fun! They boys had a great time chasing each other, climbing, and sliding!This slide was the highlight for sure!Here they are! Hard to believe the started out as such small fries! It was pretty tough to get them to slow down for a picture! Plus, as we were entering the gym the man asked the kids to stand in line. We showed Logan how to stand right behind Jackson. He did it very seriously! So, whenever I asked Logan to stand by Jackson for a picture he stood right behind him, single file! That's a teacher's kid for sure!This is my favorite! It was a great trip and I can't wait for our summer visit!

LMNOP!

Here is Logan cracking up at himself! Hope it makes you giggle uncontrollably as well!

Now he knows his ABCs...

Logan has been such a crack up these days! Today he put a bucket on one foot and was walking around the house. He told me, "I wear boot." His vocabulary has exploded and he has a new love for scheduling. Here is a sample conversation from last week,

LJ: "Go see Wolfie tonight?"

Me: "No Daddy doesn't have a game tonight. Maybe we'll go next Monday."

LJ: "See Wolfie Sunday, maybe? Next weekend?"

The kid is in love with going to Kasey's school's basketball games for two reasons, the mascot, Wolfie, and the concession stand! The boy can eat!

The other day I caught him singing the alphabet. My favorite part is when he gets to W.

We have been "enjoying" the snow. We have gone sledding once, down our driveway, and built our first snowman. Logan made sure that he found the snowman a beebo (belly button)! A little snowball outtie, just like his! He also thought the snowman needed a diaper change! Too stinkin' cute!

Happy Holidays!

What a busy December we've had! Logan was all about helping out with the holiday traditions! He helped trim the trees (and untrimming the tree ornament by ornament!), baking goodies for friends, and even wrapping packages.

We celebrated our first Reynolds' family Christmas this year. Logan played with his 14 second cousins and was happy to get a dinosaur counting book from Great Grandma Betty. Kasey's cousin-in-law Kurt was an instant favorite! He threw Logan around and looked through a Tractor Supply magazine for nearly an hour! However, nothing could top taking a spin with Great Uncle Bill on Great Aunt Lynn's scooter!

We made the eight hour journey to Cherry Valley, IL to see Gramma and Papi on Tuesday the 21st. It was hard to tell who was more excited; Kasey to get his foot off of the gas, Logan to see all of the snow, or Sara to see her family! Logan kept telling us that he wanted "play snow." We told him he could in the morning after we bought him some mittens. The next day, when we put his mittens on, he immediately tried opening the door to go play in the snow. I think he thought mittens were all he needed, since we repeatedly told him he could play outside once he got mittens!

Logan made snow angels and even got a Papi-powered sled ride! They tried to make a snowman but the snow was not right for packing. Maybe we'll get some snow here in Kansas so Logan can try again!

We were so lucky to visit with even more family on Christmas Eve Eve. Logan got to play with his cousins Anthony and Kate and his second cousin Brooke.

On Christmas Eve Auntie Lauren, Kasey, and Logan headed out to sprinkle reindeer food on the snow so Santa wouldn't miss Gramma and Papi's house!

Early Christmas morning Logan snuck out of our room to go find Gramma! Luckily he was happy playing with the 20 year old toys from the basement rather than ripping into presents. He was thoroughly spoiled as was evident by his mountain of packages. He got his very own computer that plugs into the t.v. complete with Thomas and Bob the Builder games.

Some of his favorites were "Tato" and Woody from Toy Story. Thanks to his Auntie Lauren, Uncle Brian, Uncle Paul, and Uncle Zach!

Auntie Lauren and Uncle Brian also outfitted him with some very cool pajamas, slippers, and clothes. Every box he would predict to be a tractor only to be disappointed by clothing and chuck it aside. Mommy and daddy were very pleased by these presents!

It was great to see Uncle Paul even though he had to leave Christmas day. Good thing he did, Boston got 16 inches of snow the next day!

Logan had a great time playing with his Uncle Zach who was home on leave from the Army. I think they both enjoyed playing dress up with Zach's uniform, wearing stockings for boots, and laughing about DUST! Logan also received a new aunt over the holiday. We were able to attend Zach and Ciara's marriage on December 28th. Hopefully we will be going to their reception in March after Zach graduates from basic training.

We were able to squeeze in some time with friends as well. Logan got to hang out with his friend Lukas Melton while mommy had tea with her friends. He also got to spend then night at his pals' Emmy and Charlie's house. We went to the Shedd Aquarium with the Melton, Pelling, and Nash families!

We returned home on December 29th where Logan discovered that Santa visited him in Kansas as well! He could barely believe his eyes when he unwrapped his brand new Jeep! It is pretty cute to see him drive it a couple of feet and then get out to check under the hood!

On the 30th we had yet another Christmas celebration with Grandma B.! She brought Logan his very own kitchen! He loves it. We have been served plenty of pizza, cookies, and water over the last few days. He has also made several calls to Papi on the kitchen phone, "Snowblower? No snow," click.

Grandma B. stayed the night and we went to Kaleidoscope at Crown Center on New Year's Eve.
We left Kasey home to recover from his stomach flu! Logan made a couple of projects but was more interested in pressing all of the buttons to make sounds. He also liked playing at the Crayola play place.

The next day we took Logan to the doctor only to discover that he had developed his very first ear infection. We were hoping that his runny nose was caused by his new molars that recently popped through. Hopefully his medicine will clear it up and he'll be back to his old self.

We were so lucky to see so many family and friends this month! We hope that you had a wonderful holiday and that your 2011 is full of many happy memories!