A story I must tell....

I keep forgetting to tell this story so I better get it out now.

Logan has been working on potty training for quite some time.  He has his moments where he does well but more often than not, he just doesn't consistently get the job done.  Well, we were at a friends house for New Years Eve, celebrating in family style, when Logan disappeared.  Then I heard one of the other dads yell that Logan was walking around with no pants on.  I ran upstairs to see the scoop and noticed he had seemed to go potty on his own and needed a new diaper.  When I got closer, I realized that he had pooped in his diaper, removed it himself with the help of his feet, and threw it in the trash.  Then he wiped himself up putting the icky toilet paper in both the toilet and the dog's water dish that was also in the bathroom.  Of course, the poop soaked socks that helped get his diaper off showed the path he walked throughout their over-sized bathroom.  The mom of the house came up stairs and asked if I needed anything.  I responded with, "Some paper towels and 409 please."  So, I washed Logan up, dressed him in the change of clothes we had with us, borrowed some socks from their boys, and sent him out so I could clean up the poop that was all over their floor, toilet, dog dish, and yellow bathroom rug.

Amazing.  I felt terrible but fortunately, everyone had kids themselves and understood.

Logan's getting glasses... and starting OT

We had a follow-up appointment for Logan's eyes this week. We have been pretty happy with his alignment since recovering from September's surgery so I expected his appointment to be similar to the ones in the past.... ya know... "Everything looks good so we'll see you back in 6 months." That wasn't the case. It was a good appointment but Dr. Christiansen said that with situations of over-correction, often they will again begin to drift out over time. To prevent this, the Dr. suggested glasses. Otherwise, it's back to the knife. So, we go back in three months to see how his glasses are working out. We have to try our best to keep them on his face so we'll see how it goes.

We went into town today to try some on. We pretty much figured out which ones we want to get. They have the cord ear brackets (they wrap around his ear) and will be lighter in color. They didn't have the exact ones that we liked so we'll go back in a week when they and others to look at come in. Then a week later, the lenses will be put in. I couldn't believe how cute he looked. I really wasn't looking forward to all this but it wasn't bad. I am hoping his cousin Brandon will motivate him to keep them on.

On other news, I got a call from St. Cloud OT. It sounds like Logan will now be getting twice weekly visits starting in two weeks. Now that will not be fun. I really celebrated when the PT was over.... and here we go again. Of course, the school doesn't feel he needs these services, and I understand where they are coming from, but of course, they support my decision to give Logan every opportunity to grow. I know he has made light years of improvement since his eval so we'll see how it goes. Insurance approved 80 visits. Wow.

The boys...

Logan and Gage have been growing pretty fast. They are getting old enough to take places without getting headaches. :) Right now, Logan is with Dan making a dump run. I could tell both of them were excited for their day ahead.

Logan's eyes are still doing very well. We have an appointment on Tuesday as a follow-up. I will be interested to hear their thoughts on him. Last month, Logan saw Dr. Chip and his staff for his neo-natal followup appointment. Everyone he saw were so impressed with him. He has come so so so far. He's quite social and inquisitive, and of course very active. He is also very loving and even positive. For example, we bought a new toilet seat for the downstairs bathroom. Logan noticed it and asked Dan, "Who bought that toilet seat?" Dan responded, "We did." Logan then came to tell me, "Mommy? I like that new toilet seat. Thank you." Very very cute.

Gage is starting to enter the terrible twos. He's very independent and whinny. Drives me nuts. But him and Logan, when they play well together, are priceless. Logan is always asking Gage to come with him. "Gage. Here's a truck for you. Ca'mon. Ca'mon Gage." Before too long, they are would up so tight that they start running around the house giggling. Eventually, Logan can't control himself any longer that he throws whatever he has in his hand at Gage. It always happens.

School continues to do wonders for Logan. He really really enjoys it. Below are pics of him getting off the bus at daycare this past fall:

Christmas

Christmas came and went way too fast. Unfortunately, Logan was sick Christmas morning with what I had had on Christmas Eve. Poor kid laid on the living room floor rather than opening presents. Kinda broke our hearts. Gage gave us the Christmas morning show that we had expected from Logan. Fortunately, by about lunch, he was playing with his toys.

Santa brought the boys each a pirate ship, books and puzzles, CAT construction vehicles, cars and trucks, a remote control car, a really cool ImagiNext rhino, and a new big boy car seat for Logan. Logan's favorite was his car seat. He loves seeing how big he's getting. Logan has also enjoyed his 24-pc. puzzles and his working hard at putting them together.

On Christmas Eve, we put out cookies for Santa. Christmas morning, Logan was most interested in if Santa ate the cookies than all those presents under the tree. Gage on the other hand went nutts over the presents.

Dan and I got each other a couple new kitchen appliances this year and that was it.

Here's some pictures of the holiday season:

It took so much work to get a good picture...


During the picture taking process, Logan got frustrated and began to cry, and Gage had to copy him.

Daycare puts on a Christmas party each year. Above are the rest of the daycare crew with Santa.

As expected... The boys with Santa.

Hunting....

It always takes me so long to update the blog but I thought I would take the time to tell how Dan's deer hunting season went. As we all know, he spent every weekend for a couple months prepping his hunting shack, and I have to say it was pretty nice when it was all done. In the end, his buddy Chuck took the only 2 deer off our land in the same few minutes. Pictures are below.





As you can see, they had a pretty good time and pretty excited about their success.

Below is the picture of the cabin right before hunting season was to begin.