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Logan had his first haircut the other day. I am so lucky to have my sister-in-law as a hairstylist to help me out. I really am not so good at this boy hair thing.

Logan wasn't too happy with her. He had just woken up from his nap hence the binky. He started to cheer up when we were leaving. She even tried to bribe him with a sucker but he wouldn't even try it.
She actually cut quite a bit off but when I was trying to gather some up there wasn't much to pick up. His hair is really fine right now. I was a little nervous that he wouldn't look like a little kid after his haircut but was refreshed to see that he still does (or to me at least).

Thanks again Jana for the great haircut and styling tips. I owe it to you!

Happy Anniversary!

Ben and I celebrated our 5 year anniversay this weekend. I can't believe we have been married for that long. Our anniversay was on friday but we both had to work so we had decided to do most of our celebrating on saturday.

However, to my suprise Ben had something up his sleeve. When I came home from work on friday just exhausted and feeling down, he had little notes posted all over the house that said things like.......

(This one just made me laugh. Just random Ben humor.)

These were just some of my favorites. He literally had them everywhere and I am still finding them. It was such a wonderful suprise and very thoughtful. He also suprised me with a box of Girl Scout Cookies.

(He wrote that because that is was the box of cookies says. Took me awhile to figure that out.)

Yum. We hadn't bought any this year due to things being tight so I was WAY excited. I probably shouldn't admit this, but I have already eaten the whole box. I was so caught off guard by all this and it really reminded me how much I love my hubby.

On Saturday my parents offered to take Logan for us so that we could go out to dinner and a movie. We went to see "Confessions of a Shopaholic" and then went to eat at the Olive Garden. The movie was cute and had a good meaning too it. I think bits of it were too girly for Ben but he was a trooper to take me. We then went and had a wonderful meal at the Olive Garden. We both thought it felt weird to not have a child begging for your attention the whole time. It was wonderful to just to get sit and eat and talk to eachother.

We then came home and made up some chocolate fondue and dipped some strawberries in it. It was wonderful!

Thanks again to my mom and dad for watching Logan. I know he had a blast with you and loves being spoiled. They took him to the Cracker Barrell and got him his own macaroni and cheese and a juice. They said he just loved it. They also bought him a soccer ball that he just loves. My dad taught him how to kick it and he loves to go outside and play with it. We are so lucky to have a wonderful family that helps to make our anniversay extra special!

The Treehouse Museum

For Christmas, Logan got some free passes to the Treehouse Museum so we decided to go and check it out this weekend.
This was the first thing we saw when we came in and let's just say he would have been happy with just that. He thought he was so cool sitting up there all by himself. We finally convinced him to move on to some other things. This was his favorite:

He loved climbing across this bridge. We had to help him at first as it was pretty steep but soon he learned how to pull himself across it.

Logan also loved.......

pulling this table apart

putting on a puppet show (even if he was the puppet)

playing chess

playing knights

and making music!

Although we had a blast this was Logan right before we left.....

Ironically right before this picture he had walking over to this frog and gave it a hug! I was very impressed and would love to take Logan back here. I can see that there are fun things to do with them at all ages and look forward to going there many more times.

Recipient of the Worst Mom Award

Awarded to: Me

Reason for the award:

Oh I felt so bad. We had a little fall while learning to walk outside. Good thing he forgets quickly and still seems to love me.

Keep your fingers crossed...

...but I think we are getting over this wonderful RSV and ear infection.


Here is my proof:


As you remember, Logan started his first steps on Christmas day but really hasn't done a whole lot of walking since then. I believe part of that is because he has had two ear infections which totally throw off his balance along with a stomach bug and RSV. I don't think the poor little guy had enough energy.

However, the last few days Logan is now walking everywhere. He is doing so well with it. With this nice weather we have been having he loves to go outside and walk around. We are both getting a little bit of spring fever I do believe.

Perhaps something else that contributed to all of this sickness: FOUR new teeth! That is right, Logan's top two teeth along with two molars have broke through his gums. I guess he just wants to get them all in as quickly as possible.

With the appearance of new teeth Logan has also decided that he now likes to eat bananas and string cheese. I can't tell you how many times I have tried to get him to eat real bananas only to get the yucky face from him. The other morning though Ben was eating a banana before he went to his internship (yes he did find one...YEAH!) and Logan wanted a bite. So Ben let him try it and Voila he was hooked. I guess he thinks now that he has more teeth he can do ore chewing.


He also has transitioned to a sippy cup wonderfully from a bottle. This won't be his final sippy but it is nice to not have him off of his leaky bottles. If anyone is in need of an idea for a good transition sippy I recommend the Think Baby Transition cup as pictured below. They are wonderful and are about 99% leakproof.

ASCA Agility Trial

Over Valentine's weekend Cayman and I competed in our second agility trial. This time we only entered one day. We ran three runs and qualified in two of them. Qualified means that we ran the course in the proper order and didn't knock down any jump bars.

We took a 2nd place in Jumpers and a 1st place in Standard Agility! Overall I would say we have improved a lot since our last trial. We still made a few mistakes but nothing that disqualified us. Here is a picture of all of the ribbons we got. This trial was much smaller and a bit less competitive which was nice for someone so new like me. Here is the video of our best run--the jumpers.



Cayman competed against 7 other dogs and came out second. We finished in 19 seconds. I wasn't quite fast enough to get ahead of him at the tunnel, hence the little stumble, but we figured it out. and took 2nd place!

We also ran a Gamblers course, which was a challenge for us. You have 30 seconds to complete whatever obstacles you want that give you points. Then a whistle blows and you have to do a set closing sequence without crossing over a line. So you basically have to do things with your dog at a distance. This is not Cayman and I's current strength. We know what we need to work on but he did do his weave poles which I was happy about.

The last run was a standard agility course. I ran it at the pre-novice level which meant we didn't have to do the weave poles or the teeter totter. We were the only one who ran this course but nevertheless we finished it and therefore took first place! Wahoo!


Thanks again to all my family who came out the whole day and helped watch Logan. Everyone at the trials teases me that I have a fan club cause my whole family comes out to watch me. I love it and appreciate their support. I wish I would have taken a picture of them in the audience but we have been having some camera difficulties. Cayman came home and just crashed so I think he also had a lot of fun. We can't wait for the weather to get better so we can start to practice outside again.

RSV

Last Thursday Logan was sent home from daycare because he had a fever of 102. I had been noticing that since Sunday he wasn't himself but couldn't put my finger on what was wrong. Kept thinking it was just a tooth or earache. I had an appointment scheduled for Friday to get his ears checked out, but when he got sent home I decided to take him in that day to get him checked out.

The doctor found that Logan had a slight ear infection along with what he thought was RSV/Bronchilitis. He put him on some antibiotics to see if that would help clear up the ear infection. I was a little confused and frustrated with how this doctor explained the diagnosis to me so I took Logan back in today to see his doctor and was glad I did. He helped me explain what was going on and how to react to it. They make such a big deal out of RSV these days you can't just tell someone you think their child has that and then send them on their way. Or at least you can't to me! So frustrating!

So Logan's doctor checked him out and said his heavy breathing has cleared up remarkably which is good but he still shows other signs of the RSV--cough, runny nose, black eyes. Without doing a test they cannot guarantee that this is what Logan has but it is very prevalent right now and he seems to have several of the same symptoms. His doctor said it was good that he seems to be getting over it and fighting it off without having to be hospitalized which is always the worst case scenario. He said we should continue to keep him on the antibiotics and watch for any new signs or complications.

So until then we get to hibernate in our home and hope that Logan gets better quickly. We have been doing a lot of this....

Logan got a new Baby Einstein video for Valentine's day and just loves it. He got the Baby Noah one and is learning his animals around the world. I think he loves this one even more than the other ones he has had. We are keeping Logan home from daycare this whole week so as to not spread this lovely virus to any other young children.

So I know that it is common for kids to get this virus at least once but I guess I never really thought about our kid getting it. Call me naive. However, since he does go to daycare he is at an increased risk of exposure. The important part though is that he is fighting it off well and we hope he can continue to do so. I am glad that this wasn't more serious and that we were able to take him back in to make sure we understood what was going on. We can tell that he is feeling lots better than last week so keeping him home has been fun. We hope once we get Logan over this we will be able to figure out his milk issues and get him off the bottle.