Melissa Martin, a friend of ours from the co-ed soccer team Heidi and I used to play on, gave us a mirror for our housewarming party. It's a small mirror in a decorative metal frame. The frame is maybe six inches wide and is gold colored with a random pattern of dark "spots". The spots are slightly indented in the metal.
Logan has always loved the mirror. We put it at the bottom of our stairs, in a place where you can look into it every time you walk down. Logan used to be fascinated by the image in the mirror - who was that baby? Now he seems to know that the baby in the mirror is him. Now he likes the texture of the mirror frame. He loves to touch it.
Every time I come down the stairs with Logan I take some time to let him see the mirror. Unless he's asleep, or I'm in a hurry. He loves grabbing it - sometimes I hold onto it to make sure he can't pull it off the wall!
Monday, February 26, 2007
Saturday, February 24, 2007
2/24/07
Logan has had pink eye!
We noticed some pus in Logan's eyes the first day we were at Mount Baker. The problem got worse - it spread from his left eye to both eyes. And the amount of yellowish mucus increased. The gunk glued his eyes together while he slept.
The doctor advised us to put a warm, wet cloth on his eyes to remove the discharge and to encourage blood flow to his eyes. We also got some medicated eye drops to use. However, holding the cloth on Logan's eyes was easier said than done. He did NOT like it. He could cry and thrash his head back and forth, defending himself with his little hands. To keep the cloth on his eyes we had to hold down his hands and his head while he wimpered and cried. Also, the eye drops were not appreciated by Logan. To get a driect hit on his eye both heidi and I had to hold him down. Heidi would hold open his upper eyelid, while I pulled his lower eyelid down as gently as I could manage.
Fortunately, the eyedrops worked fine. The discharge cleared up by the second day, and he seems completely fine now.
We noticed some pus in Logan's eyes the first day we were at Mount Baker. The problem got worse - it spread from his left eye to both eyes. And the amount of yellowish mucus increased. The gunk glued his eyes together while he slept.
The doctor advised us to put a warm, wet cloth on his eyes to remove the discharge and to encourage blood flow to his eyes. We also got some medicated eye drops to use. However, holding the cloth on Logan's eyes was easier said than done. He did NOT like it. He could cry and thrash his head back and forth, defending himself with his little hands. To keep the cloth on his eyes we had to hold down his hands and his head while he wimpered and cried. Also, the eye drops were not appreciated by Logan. To get a driect hit on his eye both heidi and I had to hold him down. Heidi would hold open his upper eyelid, while I pulled his lower eyelid down as gently as I could manage.
Fortunately, the eyedrops worked fine. The discharge cleared up by the second day, and he seems completely fine now.
February 19th 2007
We came back from our Mount Baker weekend today.
We spent the weekend in a four-bedroom cabin near Mount Baker. Bill and Karen and Jen and Ben and Indie Olsen stayed with us, along with Jen and Ben’s dogs. The cabin was an old fashioned little building with no dishwasher and a crazy spiral staircase.
On the last day of the weekend Heidi and Logan and I left the cabin and went to the Hannigan Pass trail to ski. It was the first time we used the Chariot. It was easy to set up, and Logan seemed to enjoy riding in it. I towed Logan behind me, and we skied along the trail until it ended at an old collapsed bridge. It was a nice day – warm and drizzling very slightly. Logan was asleep by the time we turned around. On the way back to our car we passed a woman with two dogs, a pit bull and a rottweiler. The dogs seemed friendly, and were happy to meet Chazz. The woman with the dogs said “Lots of heavy panting going on.” After a few minutes the woman’s rottweiler showed up again. He came running up, happy to see Chazz and seemingly content to follow us back to the car. I decided to ski back and find the woman – but I couldn’t catch up with her. She hadn’t stopped, or even slowed down. I finally turned around after speaking with a family that had passed the woman. They said she wasn’t worried, that her dog ran away all the time.
After we loaded our wet gear back into our packed car and left for home we were startled to see the rottweiler standing in the middle of the highway. He had gone back to the parking lot and was chasing cars. Heidi stopped, and wanted to put the dog in our car. Chazz wouldn’t allow it – he growled and barked as soon as he saw it. Heidi took the dog and walked back to the nearby ranger station while I drove the car there. We left the dog with the national forest personnel.
We spent the weekend in a four-bedroom cabin near Mount Baker. Bill and Karen and Jen and Ben and Indie Olsen stayed with us, along with Jen and Ben’s dogs. The cabin was an old fashioned little building with no dishwasher and a crazy spiral staircase.
On the last day of the weekend Heidi and Logan and I left the cabin and went to the Hannigan Pass trail to ski. It was the first time we used the Chariot. It was easy to set up, and Logan seemed to enjoy riding in it. I towed Logan behind me, and we skied along the trail until it ended at an old collapsed bridge. It was a nice day – warm and drizzling very slightly. Logan was asleep by the time we turned around. On the way back to our car we passed a woman with two dogs, a pit bull and a rottweiler. The dogs seemed friendly, and were happy to meet Chazz. The woman with the dogs said “Lots of heavy panting going on.” After a few minutes the woman’s rottweiler showed up again. He came running up, happy to see Chazz and seemingly content to follow us back to the car. I decided to ski back and find the woman – but I couldn’t catch up with her. She hadn’t stopped, or even slowed down. I finally turned around after speaking with a family that had passed the woman. They said she wasn’t worried, that her dog ran away all the time.
After we loaded our wet gear back into our packed car and left for home we were startled to see the rottweiler standing in the middle of the highway. He had gone back to the parking lot and was chasing cars. Heidi stopped, and wanted to put the dog in our car. Chazz wouldn’t allow it – he growled and barked as soon as he saw it. Heidi took the dog and walked back to the nearby ranger station while I drove the car there. We left the dog with the national forest personnel.
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
2/14/07
Happy Valentine's day!
Last night I had to take care of Logan on my own. It was the first time I was home alone with Logan for an evening for a long time. I used to take care of him every Tuesday when Heidi played soccer on Tuesday nights, but her team hasn't played any games over the Winter season. I think the last game Heidi's team played was before Christmas.
Logan and I played around with blocks, with balls and for a short time I got him to lay on his stomach. I still want to try to get Logan to crawl, thought it seems like he would rather avoid it altogether. It's hard to keep him on his stomach - he usually gets pretty upset about being on his stomach after a minute. It can ruin his whole mood for a while.
I fed Logan a pretty big meal for dinner, including tofu, melon and yogurt. Chazz was constantly on the lookout for bits of food, and has started to get pretty aggressive with Logan at mealtime.
Getting Logan to sleep was pretty difficult. He used to fall asleep while drinking from a bottle. Not anymore! He drank his bottle quickly, and then got upset that his mother wasn't there! I was pretty frantic for a while - I tried to heat up another bottle and then he refused to drink! Finally I rocked him to sleep.
Last night I had to take care of Logan on my own. It was the first time I was home alone with Logan for an evening for a long time. I used to take care of him every Tuesday when Heidi played soccer on Tuesday nights, but her team hasn't played any games over the Winter season. I think the last game Heidi's team played was before Christmas.
Logan and I played around with blocks, with balls and for a short time I got him to lay on his stomach. I still want to try to get Logan to crawl, thought it seems like he would rather avoid it altogether. It's hard to keep him on his stomach - he usually gets pretty upset about being on his stomach after a minute. It can ruin his whole mood for a while.
I fed Logan a pretty big meal for dinner, including tofu, melon and yogurt. Chazz was constantly on the lookout for bits of food, and has started to get pretty aggressive with Logan at mealtime.
Getting Logan to sleep was pretty difficult. He used to fall asleep while drinking from a bottle. Not anymore! He drank his bottle quickly, and then got upset that his mother wasn't there! I was pretty frantic for a while - I tried to heat up another bottle and then he refused to drink! Finally I rocked him to sleep.
Friday, February 2, 2007
2/2/07
Logan and Chazz played a fun game tonight. Chazz would bring over his squeaky ball and would drop it right next to Logan. Logan picked it up and held it in front of Chazz. When Chazz started to reach for the ball with his mouth, Logan would snatch it away from Chazz and laugh hysterically. He thought it was the funniest thing ever. And, in a way, it was pretty funny. Eventually Chazz got the ball back, and would chew on it for a bit before dropping it in Logan's lap again. They played that game for about ten minutes before dinner!
During dinner I tried to get Logan to feed himself with a spoon. He didn't do it all himself, but we got some of the steps together. I was feeding Logan from a jar of sweet potato baby food. I would get food on the spoon and hand it to Logan. Logan would eat off the spoon, and then put the spoon back into the baby food jar. Pretty good for a nine month old!
During dinner I tried to get Logan to feed himself with a spoon. He didn't do it all himself, but we got some of the steps together. I was feeding Logan from a jar of sweet potato baby food. I would get food on the spoon and hand it to Logan. Logan would eat off the spoon, and then put the spoon back into the baby food jar. Pretty good for a nine month old!
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