The LaGarde Family

Well, Logan is a year today!

We kept him alive for a whole year- 1 point for us… We only had him in the hospital once (well, that is after we left the hospital when he was born)- another point for us… He seems healthy, he is short and round, just like us… wow we did good at creating a little LaGarde =)

Logan has been so wonderful, we can’t believe how much he has grown and changed in the last year. He started out at 5lbs, 7oz, 20 inches long and now he weights (well a month ago) 21lbs, and he was 27 inches.

He is now walking, talking (mostly screaming- that comes from his mother), he is learning and using sign language, he loves to carry things around, he loves TV/ movies, he loves to wrestle with his daddy, and he LOVES to tease our dog Ashlea, he enjoys being at church in the nursery with all the other kids, his favorite friend is Aubrey. Logan hates sitting still, he likes to eat, but only if it is fast, his favorite thing to drink is watered down apple juice, and warm milk, he is now drinking whole milk mixed with soy vanilla milk, Logan loves to throw things and he loves to climb the stairs. He is a GREAT sleeper, and he FINALLY has 3 teeth and the 4th one is coming in as we speak… A few of Logan’s quarks are that he LOVES mommies hair, he likes to snuggle with it and eat it, he loves playing with Mommies ear rings and he loves to undo his velcro shoes… Logan still has his binkey, but is slowly loosing interest, he has a blankie, but he has to leave it in his crib, he has an “on the go” blankie that stays in the car. Logan’s favorite things to eat, are chicken, cheese, and cookies (animal crackers) he loves fruit bars and pretty much anything thing with fruit in it, he still loves peas and corn (although the other day when we gave him mixed veggies, he ate everything but the corn, weird-o). Logan LOVES, Loves, loves his aunts and uncles, grandparents, friends, and pretty much anyone who will pay attention to him!

Although to day is a Very special day for Logan, he shares a birthday with a very special friend of mine (April) and although Brandon is not here on earth to celebrate, I know he is celebrating in heaven! I just wanted to mention that we are very sad to celebrate this day with out him. Brandon, I love you and miss you very much! I think about you everyday, and I am so very happy I will see you again some day! I know you are praising and worshiping the Lord right now and you could care less that it is your birthday here on earth, but we are all thinking about you and missing you terribly…
If you think about it today or any other time the Hardy’s may come to your mind, please pray for them, I know there is a hole in their hearts! Please continue to pray that they would be able to heal and that the Lord would help them thru their pain. I do not know, nor can I imagine the pain they feel since the loss of Brandon, as a mom, it hurts so much to even think about, so with that said, Happy Birthday Brandon!!!

So now that I rained on the party- here is my quarterly picture update of Logan…

Month 1

Month 2

Month 3

Month 4

Month 5

Month 6

Month 7

Month 8

Month 9

Month 10

Month 11

Month 12!!!

Happy Birthday my little man, you are so unbelievable! I love you more than I could ever imagine! You have made my dream come true and being a mom is everything imagined it to be, thanks to you! I hope you grow up happy, healthy and to know and love the Lord. I can not believe you are one already, last year right now I was wondering what I got myself into… but I guess time flies when you are having fun, and boy do we have a great time with you- you are the best little man in the world, we thank the Lord every day for giving us you!
We love you so much Christopher Logan LaGarde!

Logan, Happy birthday little man. I don’t have time to write all the words that I have on my heart on this day we will celebrate your birth, but I want you to know that I love you more than I ever knew I could love a person, in a way I never knew I could love someone. I thank my God, every time, I think of you. The song “We’re so far away” by Mae says things in a way I think i so poignant about the miracle that is the relationship between parent and child. I love you
Logan, you are my everglow.

“We’re So Far Away” – Mae
“Remembering, everything,
about my world and when you came.
Wondering, the change you’d bring,
means nothing else would be the same.
Did you know, what you were doing, did you know.
Did you know how you would move me well,
I don’t really think so.
but the night came down and swept us away.
and the stars they seemed,
to paint the most elaborate scene today.

How could we know? that song, this show,
we’d learn so much about ourselves.
From Toledo, to Tokyo,
the words were scribed on every page,
and now there’s books up on our shelves.
Did you know how you would move us, did you know?
When the lights first came upon us,
and we saw The Everglow.
and the moment’s magic swept us away.
and the young mans dream was almost seen so plain.

When was the night
that showed us the sign?
Revealed in the sky, to leave all behind.
But where to begin? throwing caution to the wind,
We reached for the stars, everything was now ours.

Did you know how you would move me, did you know?
Did you know how you would move me?
well, I don’t even think so.
but the moment’s magic swept us away.
and it’s so close, but we’re so far away.
It’s so close, but we’re so far away. ”