The verdict is...

It has been two weeks since I started the poll to see when people thought Logan would start crawling.  Only one person thought that Logan would crawl in two weeks.  I have to admit that that person would be me!  I had faith in my child even though no one else did!  Friday night Logan took a couple of "crawls" and then stopped.  I debated on whether or not to count that.  He must have known his time was running short because yesterday morning he crawled right over to the computer!!  Granted it was only about three or four feet, but that has to count!  He definitely is able to crawl.  The key is finding things that are worth crawling for.  The computer is off limits for him so of course he wants it the most!  Isn't that how it always goes?  It reminds me of Romans 7...even though we died to the law through Christ that we might belong to him, the law is not sin.  The law showed what sin was so that sin could be recognized as sin.  In setting rules and boundaries for Logan, we hope to show him that he is a slave to sin without Christ.  We hope one day God would change his heart so that he desires to turn away from sin and to Christ.

A few days ago I posted that Logan was getting better from his cold...not so much!  Monday night he woke us up approximately every half hour or so since we could hear him coughing through the monitor.  We took him to the doctor Tuesday and found out he has an ear infection (possibly both ears).  He's now on antibiotics, and doing much better!!  We're still trying to recover from exhaustion and the beginning stages of colds ourselves.  Thankfully we have a long weekend to rest and recuperate!

We took Logan to the strawberry patch a couple weeks ago, and wanted to post a few of those pics here.  This was when he first started getting sick, so there aren't many smiles.  There are still some pretty cute pictures of him though.  We'll have to go back again soon!  And yes, the strawberry stains came right out of his white shirt!!

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Bath Time

I know some have you may have already viewed these on the Johnstons' blog, but they are too cute not to post!  These are a couple of videos of Logan and Sadie playing in the tub together one night while JJ and Shelley went out on a date!

Fun Times

We've had a fun family weekend! We got to eat some of the Hammell's famous beer-battered chicken Friday night. Logan had a fun time playing in the sand with Bryce, and laughing and blowing kisses at Molly! Logan actually has a reputation for blowing kisses at Molly. Molly (2 yrs.old) walks around the house saying, "Logan says 'mwa'. Logan says 'mwa'." We'll see where that leads! The pool opened up on Saturday, and even though it was too cold to get in, we splashed around a little and ate dinner there. Logan LOVED kicking his feet in the water and watching the other children play! We are very much looking forward to spending lots of time at the pool this summer! We also went out to eat with friends after church Sunday, and then to the park Sunday afternoon. Logan had a great time playing "Twinkle, Twinkle" on the chimes with Daddy at the park. There are tons of fun things to play with there! We also cracked ourselves up playing at home Sunday night (as you can see in the video)! Logan loves the letter "E"! He can already pick it out of the puzzle. What a brilliant child!

We are so excited that Logan's cold is almost gone!!! Last night was the first night he didn't wake up in the middle of the night in a week! He let us sleep in until 6:45 am! I still woke up at 5:20 out of habit... forget sleeping in after having Logan!

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Mystery Solved

After the choking incident, Logan took a nice long nap.  When he woke up he kept coughing, and it sounded like something may have still been stuck in his throat.  After a long hacking session, I saw something brown coming out of his mouth.  It was a leaf!  He must have found this small piece of a leaf on the floor, and put it in his mouth.  He really will put ANYTHING in his mouth!

Logan's Alive!!

This morning we went to the park and had a great time playing with Lisa and Caden Ellis!! Logan and Caden are great buddies! They love to swing and play on the alligator together. Logan loves to play in the sand, and can't wait for Caden to be old enough to play in it with him! When we got home, I started tickling Logan on the floor and with his mouth wide open smiling I could see some sort of discoloration on the roof of his mouth. My first thought was that his mouth had been burned somehow, but we don't give him hot foods. I felt around a little, and it did feel a little rough but nothing moved. By this time my curiosity was piqued! I went looking for a flashlight. When I couldn't find one, I called Radez to see if he knew where one was since part of our house is packed up to help sell the house. As I was on the phone with him (thankfully) Logan started choking. Immediately, I noticed that there was no longer any discoloration on the roof of his mouth. Whatever that had been was now blocking his airway. I automatically thrust my finger down the back of his mouth and throat trying to dislodge whatever was being held captive there. When that didn't seem to be helping, I started hitting his back. Really, I have no idea if that actually helped or not but after a couple times I heard a beautiful scream coming out! I was a little shaken up afterwards. After taking some time to think through it though, I realized that this was the third time in Logan's short 9 months that he has stopped breathing (twice from choking and once from a breath holding spell which was most likely also choking just from reflux). It was tempting to wonder what I have been doing wrong here, but thankfully I know that God is in control of Logan's life. He purposefully planned these situations and will use them for His glory. He has definitely shown me through these times to not take Logan's life or life in general for granted! It is only by His grace that we have life! I continually pray that God will protect Logan's life and one day allow him to see that he is sinful (even from birth) and in need of a Savior. If you think about it, please pray for him too!!

Determined!!

I have some VERY cute pictures of fun things we've been doing that I CANNOT figure out how to post as a slide show in the center of my blog!!  When I add the slideshow element, it comes up on the side of my blog too narrow to actually view the pictures.  I know it can be done because I've seen it before!  I'm using flickr to upload my pics.  If anyone has any suggestions, I'm open!   I know mac has a web program that easily converts pics over to a blog, but I'd rather not pay for it.  Does anyone know of a more mac friendly blog?? 

Logan's First Hair Cut

Hi all!  So I started this blog a while back, but never actually sent it out or kept up with it.  That's why there's a post before this one.  Not that too much happened in between.  Logan is still walking while holding our hands (much stronger though) and scooting around in circles or backwards.  He is able to get up onto his hands and knees now, reach for what he wants, and then flop down to his belly again!  Maybe he'll crawl, maybe he won't!!  He would much rather walk holding on to someone's hands, furniture, or his newest thing - walking behind the push toy.  His personality is definitely shining through more and more now.  One of his favorite things to do is to play "peek-a-boo".  He has many variations...around a chair, around the corner, under a blanket, around Daddy's shoulder, and I'm sure there are more.  He also gets very excited when you play with him!  His new excitement response is to stiffen his whole body until it shakes with his hands waving around.  He'll also shake his head almost uncontrollably when he's excited.  

Well, Logan had his first hair cut this week!!  How exciting!  He was SO funny!  He was so curious that every time he heard Amanda trying to cut his hair, he would try to turn around to see what was happening.  That's our curious little observer!  He got his hair trimmed, but there was no way we were going to sneak the electric clippers by him, and no way to use them when he's constantly turning around.  That will have to wait for another time!  He looks more like a little boy now than a baby.

Here's a short video of Logan's hair cut (the batteries in the camera ran out!).