all about ME!!

Check out my new tooth!! Can you see it? If not, I think you can click on the picture to make it bigger! Mommy took this picture earlier this week, so my tooth is already bigger now than in the picture. My second one hasn't come through yet, but it should be soon. I have been so snotty, and drooly the last 2 days. And Mommy says I have been cranky, but I think I'm doing pretty good, considering!! She has been giving me lots of tylenol, and Motrin so that really helps!! But I still woke up a bunch last night.

Also, I can say three words now! Ma ma (even though I don't say it very much any more), Da-da (which I say ALLLLLL the time!!), and Kitty, which actually comes out ki-ee. Mommy's got such a busy schedule with school we have to get up super early!! Mommy says this semester is going to be her toughest. I hope she has enough time for me! Well, it's warming up here in Colorado, I hope we can start going for walks again!

My First Tooth!!!

Guess what!?!?! I have a Tooth Now!!!! It came through this morning!! Mommy said she knew it was coming because my gums have been really red and swollen the last week or so, and then yesterday she could see a white spot, but it didn't break through the last layer until this morning. It's my bottom left tooth, and it seems like the bottom right will be close behind it, Mommy says that she's already seeing the same signs for that one. She tried to get a picture for everyone, but I wouldn't cooperate very well!! hehe!! I'm sure she'll get a good one in a couple of weeks when I get used to this funny thing in my mouth and quit playing with it with my tongue!!! Daddy tried to give me dinner last night but I kept flicking it on him with my tongue, because I wanted to feel this new thing in my mouth at every bite!! He didn't think it was very funny!!

Mommy wants me to tell everyone that Mo-Mo's doing much better, too! Still no seizures, and he's getting used to his medicine too. He's starting to play with Piper again, and meet me at the top of the stairs every morning. But he still stumbles down them sometimes, and isn't very fast at reacting to things. We think he's gonna be alright!!

Mommy starts school on Tuesday. :( So I get to visit Katy again in the mornings. She came and stayed with me this earlier this week cuz Mommy had jury duty. Oh and Greg from across the street came to visit me this week too! He's so big, he's almost as big as me!!! and he's only 3 months old!! But that's cuz I'm really long and skinny like a giraffe, and he's cute and chubby like all the normal babies!! (at least that's what mommy says!) Have a good weekend everyone!!

Many Updates!

Hello from Sunny Colorado!! I thought I would give everyone another update on Riley! Things are going great with him. He's eating quite a bit of solid foods now, we moved into stage 2's and he seems to like everything except green beans and peas. But he will eat them if we mix them with something else. We even tried some of Mommy and Daddy's mashed potatoes last night (watered down of course), and he did ok, but wasn't too thrilled about them! He got another haircut this weekend, and Mommy went shorter this time so that we won't have to do another one for a while (hopefully!)

He's starting to roll around to get toys that are out of his reach, but only if he's already laying down. He's not quite brave enough to get down from a sitting postition. And he is very anxious about pulling up on the couch and coffee table. If he's sitting in our lap he can pull himself up but he hasn't figured out the coordination that it takes from the floor!! And once he's standing he'll stay for a while by himself, leaning on the table. He's growing up!!

Another update I thought everyone might want to know: Mowgli has been diagnosed with Epilepsy. He started having seizures on Sunday, and we have spent the last few days taking him from emergency clinics to vets to neurologists to find the cause, which is still largely unknown. He is currently seizure free, but on MASSIVE amounts of medication. We've started backing off the meds today to see how he does and hopefully the seizures will not return. It has been a rough couple of days, watching him go through this, and dealing with the side effects of the meds (constant barking, whining, and howling - even through the night) but he has improved greatly over the last 12 hours!! He will most likely have to take medication the rest of his life, which could be a while since he's only 2 years, but we feel it's worth it for him to have any kind of quality to life. Poor Mo-Mo!!!

He's starting to get back to his ol' self again though. He can relax on his own now (laying down, not barking - as you can see in the picture), and he will even respond to his name and sit on command - which is important to show no brain damage. He's still walking aimlessly in circles (and into walls) in a drug-drunk stupor, but he still comes to you for a good ear scratchin'!! Hopefully he will continue to improve, and be the wonderful friend and guardian he has been!!

Riley and Mowgli (pre-seizures)

Happy New Year!!

Happy New Year Everyone!! I have a feeling that 2008 is going to be a great year!! Mommy and Daddy didn't let me stay up to watch the ball drop, but that's ok!! Mommy says that she and Daddy barely stayed awake!! I guess that's what happens when I put them on a schedule!! hehe!! What's new with me? Well let's see . . . I love to talk!! I babble all the time. I really like saying stuff with b's and m's (ba bo bu, ma, etc.) and I just learned the "th" sound so I sound like a hissing snake a lot!! Daddy's sad cuz I still won't say Da, or Da-Da. But that's about it! I'm really happy that I get to spend almost three whole weeks more with Mommy before she goes back to school. Her classes don't start until after MLK day. We are having so much fun!! And she's enjoying relaxing with having only 1 full time job (me)! Well I hope everyone is working hard on their new year's resolutions!! Have a great 2008!! (hey that rhymes!!) ;)