Babbling, trucking, running, and giggling

Yesterday (Friday), Daddy took Logan to the grocery store to get food
and drinks for Dad's Zombie movie night with some of the guys from work
(Mom would be taking Logan to a friend's place for the night to camp out
there so as not to have to worry about overly loud movies waking them
up). While at the grocery store, Logan was a chatterbox and was just
yapping away non-stop about this and that (nothing coherent or eloquent
enough to be able to take dictation). At the checkout, a little baby
girl in line on the next row sat there and they started babbling back
and forth to eachother as if they were chums and catching up on old
times! Several people around me were quite amused by the entire episode
and commented as such. Upon return from the grocery store, one of our
neighbors, Noel Mackrill, brought up a garbage bag and opened it for
Logan. Inside was a brand new (still in the box) large size heavy-duty
Tonka dump truck (yellow)! This was a gift for Logan and he devoured it
completely. His fascination for trucks lately is quite interesting. In
fact, this Tonka truck looked identical to the dump truck in his current
favorite bedtime book. Anyway, we didn't waste any time putting rocks
in it and then hurling the truck down the hill in front of our garage.
Later that evening Logan was extremely upset (for what reason neither
Mom nor Dad could fully comprehend). He was crying out while trying to
move the truck, but whenever we would help him he'd get even more
upset. Daddy was able to calm Logan a bit by having him sit in the
truck's rear bed (he could just barely fit) and then pushed him around
the house in it.
On this past Thursday, Mom and Dad got to experience an unusual
first-time event from Logan. He began running and giggling around an
empty box repeatedly, non-stop, for what felt like a long time (perhaps
10 minutes at least). One of our friend's sons did this same thing when
he was young, only he would run around the dining room table for
half-an-hour to an hour at a time. We'll see if Logan builds up his
stamina and starts to do the same :-)
Other than last night when Mommy and Logan were away, Logan has been
requiring Dad be in the room at bedtime for reading, whether it be
Daddy's night or not with him (and with or without Momma, albeit it
appears that he may just simply require BOTH of us).. just thought we'd
note that.