I'm a little behind with the blogging but have lots to share.
Over the holidays Juice Jam was in town and Roo and I went to visit with her. We met up at the mall and took Roo to the play area. Roo put on his new "Uncle Matt's School" jacket before we left and Roo was excited to meet this friend named Juice Jam.
We practiced her name in the car and he was really shy when he first met her. He warmed up quickly and showed off his jumping and sliding skills in the play/germ area. I think of the mall play area as one big germ infestation. Juice made fun of me at first and then quickly agreed on my assessment. After playing in the play area, we walked over to the cookie stand and got a cookie for Roo and a cookie for mommy. Roo thought mommy's cookie looked much better than his, so I let him have it. Juice encouraged him to get really messy. He got an A+ for that effort! It was great to see Juice and Roo had a blast, we can't wait to hang out again!
Love Bug had a fever last weekend that we figured was more molars coming in. 3 days later, his fever broke and he was covered in a rash. Hooray for Roseola. Nothing huge to worry about and it didn't require a trip to the doctor. Just made him miserable but all things considered could have been a lot worse. We didn't do his normal skin regime so once the rash was gone his eczema was pretty bad in a few spots. It's all looking a lot better now and we can cross Roseola off the list for both boys.
Love Bug's walking has really taken of in the last few weeks. His balance is getting better every day and he's just as happy as can be walking around. But, with walking comes those first few walking accidents. You can see Love Bug's result from his first big accident where he fell and hit the leg of the end table with his head.
I've been testing out a lot of new recipes. My friend Michele from high school has a great blog where she posts all of her recipes. She had one for Blueberry Applesauce Muffins. They use whole wheat flour and only have a tiny bit of oil and sugar in them. They turned out great and it seems that Love Bug absolutely loves them. He's been eating one or two per sitting. I made a double batch of them today so he has them for the week. This is sure to become a staple in our house and they're really healthy!
One of the biggest events from over the holidays was Baxter's vacation to Uncle Matt's house. Uncle Matt has his own place now and is trying to figure out if he wants a dog. We thought Baxter would give him a good test run, daddy also thought that if Uncle Matt really wanted, he could keep Baxter. Crazy, I know! Well, it didn't last long. I really missed B and Roo eventually missed him and then Daddy decided he missed him too. But worse, Uncle Matt said Baxter would pace around by the door at around 430 in the afternoon every day and when no one would come home he would cry. Poor Baxter missed his boys! He's done this with me when I've been alone with him in the afternoon. No doubt, Baxter definitely thinks he's a human.
When went and got him from Uncle Matt, who took really good care of him and returned him very nicely groomed. And when we got home, Roo took some time to clean him a little more and made sure that he got a really warm welcome. Today he let Baxter into his hangout he made and gave him a big hug. Baxter wanted nothing more than to escape! Silly boys!
Oh, and Roo spent the afternoon cleaning all of those chairs in the picture. He had a blast and they looked great when he was done!
I think that's it for now!
