Thursday, 11/5/09, was a BIG day in the Battermann Household. Logan turned ONE!!! Ah, where did the time go! I was in the store the other day and somebody said 'before you know it he'll be 7, then in his teens'.....ack! Time flies by fast, but please don't put my baby in his teens already!!
When Logan woke up around 8ish, John and I went and got him together singing Happy Birthday to him. He was very excited (but moreso because he is a happy baby in the mornings...and we were both there). We all headed downstairs and I made his favorite breakfast - blueberry pancakes. He ate 3 of them!!!! He ate on his new 'Special Day' plate that my sister made him. (Before you see the pictures, I suppose I should apologize for putting him in Christmas-like pj's...I guess it was time to do the laundry and these were available!)
After we sang him Happy Birthday...wondering, okay, what's up with you two this morning?
Aunt Dawn painted Logan a Special Day plate. He ate his 3 blueberry pancakes on it (naturally halfway thru he got curious about the plate and started lifting it up...as I'd like the plate to see more special days, we put the pancakes directly on his tray).
OOOhhhhh....how did they know this was my favorite breakfast???
YUMMY!!!!!!
ALL DONE! (notice the clean plate)
After breakfast we had him open a couple toys, which he loved playing with. John left for work and shortly after Logan went down for a nap.
Opening his Elmo Remote Control (naturally, while he plays with it, nothing compares to the 'real' remote that Mommy and Daddy use...despite the amount of decoys that are placed around the family room).
Wow...look at all these buttons!
Next...a Tonka Cushy Truck and makes noise...very cool.
Logan and Buddy watched as Daddy showed Logan what you do with it...
Naturally, this enticed Logan to get down and try it himself. He now zooms this car all over the downstairs. He tries to lean on it sometimes to zoom it and because it is a small and 'lightweight' truck it tips over. :)
At his exact birth time 10:26am, he was sound asleep. I reminisced over all that had occured and how long it took for us to finally hold this handsome baby boy in our arms. At this time last year, I had just gone through a day of labor, hours of pushing and a bit of pain. I got to see Logan for about 3 seconds and then I spent a half hour getting all stitched up, while John and Logan bonded. I finally got to see my baby boy and it was love at first sight. I got to hold him right away and he looked right at me. I was able to breastfeed right away, which was suprising to me - I don't know when I thought that would kick in, but apparently right away! Then I got to watch Logan get his feet stamped...and then poof, they let me hold him while I was wheeled up to our new room where we oogled over him for the next several days (and year). I can't believe that was already a year ago. We still look at him in amazement and comment what a great child he truly, truly is. A pure blessing from God.
For lunch, Logan had a peanut butter and jelly sandwich (for the 2nd time...I completely forgot that peanut butter is a no-no until 1 year old...when he was 9.5 months old). He thoroughly enjoyed the sandwich.
I then let him open up his gifts of clothes. He had a great time ripping each article of clothing out of the box, but was otherwise un-enthused. :)
The afternoon was spent playing with new toys (we stayed indoors as he had just broke a 3-day fever the day before). As we were leaving for vacation the next day, we dropped Buddy off at our friend Abbey's house and played with her kids for a few minutes. Then we met John for dinner at Chili's. Logan had on his Birthday Boy shirt and received a few smiles from other customers. During the course of his meal, Logan threw a couple crackers and his sippy cup a few seats down from us. It was really the first time he ever 'acted up' in a restaurant and it was just fine. We ate and left (didn't linger much), but I consider ourselves lucky that we can take him out (some of our friends babies don't allow them to do so). We came home and he opened up the rest of his gifts. He got some very cool things (of course, I picked them out).
Daddy was excited for Logan to open the gift directly in front of him...a basketball! Logan thought it was cool too, especially when Daddy dribbled the ball.
The Birthday Boy with his Birthday Mom (2 days later)
We got him Cookie Monster slippers. He was tired, so this is more of a pained smile...but he didn't want to walk in them much because he just wanted to play with them!
As it was already past his bedtime, he quickly got a 'birthday bath' and went to bed. He had a great day and we couldn't believe that we were already celebrating his 1st birthday!
Thinking back on a year, here are some wonderful things our little guy can do:
My little guy can crawl, sit, stand and walk; he easily drank from a bottle and recently switched to a sippy cup without much trouble; he breastfed easily, drank formula without a problem and recently switched to whole milk with no trouble at all; he smiles like crazy; he is sooo strong - he does chin ups on the gate..about 5 inches off the ground; he LOVES cheese...it is our definite food that never is rejected! He also loves any flavor yogurt, blueberry pancakes, oatmeal, turkey, cheese, mac 'n' cheese and grilled cheese. He does not easily try new things and is hit or miss on if he will like it or not. However, he does not spit something out if he doesn't like it, he will just continue to push the spoon away if you try again. Speaking of which, he has held a spoon, but does not feed himself just yet. His fine motor skills never cease to amaze me! If I put a bunch of cheerios or cheese, etc. on his plate, he will take his thumb and forefinger and pick up a piece one at a time and very carefully place it in his mouth (which will be open almost the entire process). He has never (that I an recall) picked up a handful and shoved it in his mouth...he is very careful with one at a time. This shows on puzzle pieces as well - he very acutely picks up each piece. Logan still takes 2 naps, which is wonderful. He falls asleep SO incredibly easy in the car, which is good and bad. It is great because he is rides so well in the car, he transfers well from the car to the crib and even if he sleeps for 5 minutes, he seems refreshed once awoken....which is why it can be bad too. If I run to Target, which is 5 minutes away, it seems that he can fall asleep during that time and I feel badly waking him up. But again, he doesn't complain - that old rule of 'never wake a sleeping baby' has never applied to us and we are so thankful for that. Logan has only ever not slept through the night when he was hitting a new milestone (sitting, crawling, walking). It would usually last a couple times a night for almost exactly 2 weeks. Sometimes I would think this is crazy....but then I would have some friends and family remind me that 2 weeks is nothing...considering many kids don't sleep through the night until several months old (if they are lucky)...he has slept through the night, well, always. Logan says 'mamamamamama', but unfortunately it doesn't necessarily mean 'mom'. He can find a 'nose', when we say 'All done' or 'so Big' he puts his hands in the air. He signs for milk and is working on more signing. He LOVES to look at pictures of himself - a big smile comes across his face! He gives kisses and more recently tight hugs.
Wow, what an amazing child!!!!! We love him so much and pray he has such an amazing life!
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