Update: Lots of pictures and a few funny moments

We got a bit behind on the blog--in part because of the illness Logan
suffered through at the beginning of this week. Anyway, we've taken the
time to post quite a number of new pictures... going back about two
weeks so you'll need to scroll down below.

Just to catch up on a few things I don't think we mentioned:

On our campout, Tony had a funny incident with Logan. Here's Tony:
Dad was putting Logan to bed in the tent and trying desperately to put
on Logan's pajama pants. Being a two year old with a fondness for
adversity, Logan kept making his body stiff and rigid and would also
wiggle away at Dad's every attempt to apprehend him. Finally Dad got a
handhold of Logan's waist on both sides and picked him straight up into
Dad's lap. The abruptness of the movement must've been too unsettling
for Logan as he burst into tears crying that "You scared me Daddy!"
After apologizing by telling him that Dad was sorry and calming Logan
down enough to put on the pajama pants, Logan moved over to sit on his
sleeping bag. Then, in the faint hazy red glow of light emanating from
the night stick we had hanging above us, Logan put on a performance like
no other. His face shriveled up into a grumpy and sour, quite menacing
visage. He stared dead-on into Dad's eyes and proceeded to speak in a
dark, slow, almost poetic tone with the following famous statement, "You
DON'T KNOW the POWER of the DARK side!" Coming out of left field like
that and not ever having heard Logan speak those words before took Dad
completely by surprise, and it took everything but the dark side of the
force to keep from bowling over in pain from laughter. As an aside, we
do have a Darth Vader helmet at home (given to us by Auntie Wendy and
Uncle Joe), and Logan likes to wear it on occasion and chase us around
the house (without having even seen the movie). On it are several voice
recordings of Darth Vader (James Earl Jones) giving some of his finest
orations.

Another note about our campout, Logan got his first splinter and
'enjoyed' (through tears) having Mom remove it from his left palm. No,
before you ask, Logan did not then become 'Darth Vader' to Mom like he
did to Dad.

On April 2nd Delenn had her first food (the night we got home from the
campout). Liesl took the time to hand express milk for Delenn's baby
cereal. She put the milk down on the table and turned to get the rice
cereal powder. When she turned back, the milk was gone and Logan had a
satisfied look on his face. "Good!" he proclaimed!

April 3: On our morning walk, Logan stopped at one of the park signs and
traced all the letters on the sign for "Jim McConville Park." When he
got to the end he wanted to do it again. He's noticing letters and words
everywhere and often asks, "What does that say?" Later that afternoon
while Logan was jumping on the trampoline, Delenn was sitting in her
bouncy seat nearby. Delenn seemed to be doing the sign for jump.
Delenn uses the "UP" sign consistently now (to indicate things like
she's all done eating and get me out of the bathtub).

April 4: Delenn started to sit up on her own and play. Previously she
slumped forward considerably and toppled pretty quickly. Every day
since she has gotten stronger and stronger. Now, just 10 days later,
Mommy is comfortable to leave her surrounded by toys and go off for a
few minutes. Delenn can sit without toppling for 15 or 20 minutes at a
time already.

Dad is happy that while Delenn seems to have issues being held by others
(at times), she seems to accept her Poppa holding her almost as much as
her Momma. At Mom's field hockey games, Delenn holds out for 2-3 hours
without Mom while Dad and the kids have a grand old time playing our own
form of hockey.

Mommy wants to mention that when Delenn nurses her free hand often goes roaming around--generally looking for a finger to hold, but also exploring the environment to see if a book is being held nearby, whether there is hair available to pull, and so forth!

That's it from us for now. Again, be sure to scroll down. Enjoy the
pictures!