Fall Firsts for Logan...

We went to a cheap buffet last month. Logan eats so much faster than the girls that we have to keep him busy so everyone else can finish.  The kid is like a garbage disposal :).   So I decided to hand him an ice cream cone.  He obviously loved it....A LOT!

 Last week it was gorgeous here - 75 degrees and beautiful! So Justin and the kids washed my car! YEA! This was Logan's first time helping (AKA playing in the water bucket), and getting soaked with water.

K helping

H helping

Logan got this ball pit from Justin's cousin Ryan and his girlfriend Danika for his birthday.  He LOVES it! He actually likes to throw all of the balls out of it and sit in it to watch tv :).

 Logan likes food, did I mention that? However, snacking is difficult because of Bandit.  I recently bought this snack cup. He did really good with it right away. I was impressed.  He has really good fine motor skills and is able to us his fingers to pick up very small items (not always a great skill).

 Logan is a one man wrecking crew for my kitchen.  He likes to tear apart my tupperware and pan cupboards and this drawer that holds all my pot holders.  This time however, somehow, he fell in...and got stuck.  haha  Very shortly after I took this picture he started to get upset because he couldn't get back out!

Logan's 1st Haircut!  I always wait until the babies are 1 before they get their first trim.  To be honest Logan's wasn't that bad, except for the curly mullet he was starting to sport :).  Our hairdresser just trimmed it up enough to look like a big boy, but not short enough that I will have to take him to get his hair cut all of the time now.

BEFORE 

AFTER

Pumpkins!!!

A few Sundays ago we took a trip out to White House Farms to pick out pumpkins!

I think the sun was in her eyes ;)

K picked a pumpkin for Logan.

Logan says - What Is That?!

Then the next Sunday we went to our friends' the McCreadie's house for their annual BYOP party (Bring Your Own Pumpkin).  It is an afternoon of carving, fun and food of course! This year Mandie and Justin provided an awesome soup bar.  

This year both girls drew faces on their pumpkins all on their own...then Daddy started carving. 

He thought the stem was cool.

K's finished pumpkin (I love her eyelashes!)

Hailey's finished pumpkin.  Mandie provided paints too - so her pumpkin became colorful!

Our fall front porch.

 

For the past couple of years I have mostly watched as everyone at the BYOP threw away their seeds...this year I gathered them all up! Got about 3.5 Quarts of seeds (About 8 batches roasted). 

Seeds done! Season Salt, Jalapeño Salt and Garlic Salt.

Another pumpkin project this year was for Kaelin's school competition. She wanted to turn it into a scarecrow. So we dug out Logan's old clothes, I hot glued straw to garbage bags (that we used for his neck, hands and feet) and his head. Kaelin decorated his face! I was so proud of her. She did a great job and was very creative I thought!

Logan's Baseball Birthday

We held Logan's 1st birthday party on Saturday, October 6 at Boardman Park.  The park is awesome with a wonderful Toddler land and big kid park.  The party was a baseball theme.  We expected to have about 65 people, unfortunately it was a cooler day - 50-55 - so we only ended up with 43 people.  

His Invites

We had everyone bring a side dish.  We provided drinks, cake, nachos and hot dogs.  We also had a snack area set up with popcorn, peanus, cracker jacks and sunflower seeds.  And, because it was a chilly day, Aunti Amy brought Hot Chocolate!

A few of the kiddos enjoying the day:

Aubrey

 Tyler

 Dominic

Hailey

Kaelin

Luc

Smash Cake (we had it facing Logan - I swear we didn't put the 1 on backwards!)

Main Cake (LOVE Sam's Club!)

The 3 Musketeers...soon Logan will be keeping up with them!

The night was full of unwinding and Logan playing with his new toys!

*Thanks Danika and Ryan :)

Misc. Pictures That Needed Posting

Okay, this post is completely random - pictures that I've been wanting to share, but didn't have another post to put them in. 

This is an old one from July, from an evening with Jecca watching the kids.  I love when she babysits, because I get pics texted to me to let me know how the kids are doing!

Our annual White House Fruit Farm Fall Festival visit.  

Logan's first emergency room visit was Friday 9/28.  He fell and hit his forehead on the fireplace.  After we had our next door neighbor who is a nurse take a look, it was decided he needed to go in.  They were able to glue it shut luckily....no stitches! 

Let me just say that the girls are LOVING Awana's!  Last week was crazy hair day.  Hailey wasn't feeling good and didn't participate/attend.  Kaelin on the other hand LOVED it!

This is a picture from today.  While I was swapping the laundry, Logan climbed up on the doll's highchair to hang out.  Of course, before I moved him down to safety I took a picture for proof of his climbing ability! 

Our son is 1...

A year has gone by, in what seems like a moment.  I seriously can't believe it.  Our baby is walking, feeding himself (finger foods), and in general getting into everything. :)  He is very curious...likes to get in cabinets, be involved in whatever K and H are doing, and always climbing on everything he can!  He has a grin that he thinks can get him out of any trouble.  OH, and he doesn't want to stay still for more than 2 seconds at a time! 

Opening his 1st gift from Aunti Amy and Uncle Brad.

Playing with his gift from Mommy and Daddy.

His 1 year hand print.  Both of the girls have these frames as well. 

mmmm Birthday Lasagna.

What is going on? He was so confused!

He did NOT want to eat it with his hands but he LOVED to try with a fork.

Ok, fork down, time to dig in.