He's Coming to Get You

Logan began a hesitant foray into crawling forward last Tuesday and seemed to be making slow progress until Saturday. Now he is fully confident and getting into everything!

So Big!

Logan is getting so big now. I have been trying to find a cute outfit for the Popcornfest Cutest Baby Contest finals in September. The above outfit was an attempt, but I don't think it has a wow factor that I am looking for. Options are very limited for little boys. I have a few ideas floating around in my head for cute outfits, but I can't find the items needed to make them a reality for a decent price.

Fun with Water

Logan in a Kiddy Pool

Logan tends to plateau developmentally and then all of a sudden acquire 10 new skills at once. He's done it again. He's been pulling up on my fingers to a standing position for a while now, but on Sunday he pulled himself up to standing all by himself on the back of the pew. He did it repeatedly throughout the service. The most exciting church service ever!

Yesterday our daycare provider was sick, so Nathan was lucky enough to spend the day with Logan. While Nathan attempted to get Logan to nap Logan started moving from a laying on his tummy position to a sitting position. Nathan did not manage to see him mid-act until I came home at night. Now he's doing a ton of combinations of things that he didn't even attempt 3 days ago. Of course he's getting into everything now. His favorite things to bite are...my flip-flops, bits of grass brought in by the dog, and magazines.

His last spectacular feat was a bit of mimicry. I walked around a corner into Logan's view while he played last night and said, "Ta Dah". He looked up at me with a grin and replied "Ah Dah!, Ah Dah!" I then started saying "Ma Ma" to see if he would mimic me more and he paused for a couple of seconds and then started saying "Ma Ma Ma".

What makes babies so cute? I need to know.

I gave Nathan a guitar for our anniversary and Logan wants to help.

Twins!

One Who Runs

In front of the new Modern Wing at the Art Institute

Nathan and I spent our first night away from Logan last weekend to celebrate 6 years of marriage. We stayed at the Fairmont, in Chicago, and walked around downtown, Millennium Park, and the waterfront. We had dinner at Al Primo Dente in a nearby suburb; it's a Brazilian Steakhouse and we got to enjoy an all you can eat ensemble of food that was bought to our table. It was delicious! Sunday morning, we raced back to Nathan's parents house to see Logan.

A the Porter County Fair (Check out the plane over head)

I have a few more photos from the fair that I wanted to share. Logan found the people and things to see fascinating. Nathan and I did too. It's hard to not stare at some of the mullets and other interesting features. Fare thee well Fair, until next year!

Logan does a pretty good cow impression

Bath Time!

I was telling Nathan, the other day that Logan's name is Gaelic. He replied by informing me that it means "one who runs". I cracked up laughing, because he know I love the 1907s movie Logan's Run. I used to joke that Logan's middle name would be "sRun"...Logan sRun Witte.

So Comfy!

Logan is the fourth generation to rock in this chair. My grandmother rocked in it, my mother and her siblings rocked in it, and I rocked in it. I used this chair until I could no longer fit my rump into it. It's a great chair and I can't wait until Logan grows to love it as I have.

My mom has told me that my Uncle Joe used to rock himself to sleep in this chair. My grandmother would grab a blanket and tie him into the chair so that he wouldn't fall out when he fell asleep.

Logan seemed to enjoy exploring as he rocked and was a bit curious about the movement, but not scared. Nathan was right out of camera range to catch him if he lost his balance, but he managed to stay in the chair without a problem.

Growing Boy

I can't believe that Logan is 9 months old now and he's getting so much hair! He is getting very expressive, too. I know that he is my son because he is very grumpy when you wake him up from a nap. He would sleep all day if you let him.

Sleepy Boys

Nathan and Logan at bedtime

Logan pulled himself along on the floor last night and we were so excited. He's a bit stubborn about being on his belly, but seemed to be really happy when he realized that he could actually get some place.

I just liked these photos.