Reid is on the move anytime he’s on the ground. Over the last few weeks he has gotten really smooth at mastering his transition from crawling to sitting. New this week he learned how to go up on his knees! I was kind of surprised as he was just crawling around his room and went over to his activity box. Next thing I knew there he was, up on his knees and he stayed that way for a good minute or so.

On Tuesday night a really nice snowstorm came through and delivered about 4-5″ of snow! It resulted in Level 1 and Level 2 snow emergencies for Delaware and Franklin counties so I enjoyed a nice slow start to the day and hung out with Griffin and Reid at home. Griffin was so excited to go out and play in the snow he got all suited up and was out there on his own for a good hour or longer. When he came in we enjoyed a nice sausage and egg breakfast. Yummers.  On Tuesday night Brutus was scratching his ears as he so often does, but this time I heard him wince. I called him to me and discovered his left ear was HUGELY swollen and super red and scratched raw on the inside.  I felt awful for not having noticed he had an ear infection. He’s regularly biting and scratching himself so I just hadn’t paid much attention. With the snowstorm I figured people would cancel their appointments so I was lucky to get in to the vet with him and get it taken care of. While waiting in the lobby and petting Brutus I noticed something behind his left ear, which turns out was a TICK!!!  Ick, oh my goodness I had been touching and moving it trying to figure out what it was as it looked like a skin tag. Blech! He’s hanging steady at 105 pounds and is such a big baby at the vet he’s constantly sitting at my side right up against me while we’re there. I end up standing at the table with him too so he doesn’t try to jump off to get closer to me. I decided while there to get blood drawn for allergy testing since his itching isn’t getting any better with the colder weather. We’ll see what they come back with.

Griffin needed to make his own valentine box for his school class this year. He could make it any theme (or no theme) that he wanted so he enjoyed painting it and decorating it with stickers. He is also getting to be so fast at writing his name!  My friend, Laura, taught the Monkey class about heart health this week and she sent me a couple of pics from the day, including Griffin making his stethoscope and listening to his heart :).  Little did we know when we went out for Pizza that it was national pizza day! He hit up Dewey’s in Worthington for some tasty zzzaaaa.   Our cable has been weird for quite some time as you basically can’t watch live tv on any tv other than our bedroom. We were able to get the service tech’s here on Saturday so while Kevin dealt with them Griffin and I hung out in his room (with the dogs, of course) and line his dresser drawers with OSU liner from Grandma and Grandpa.  Mind you most of the drawers are full so you can’t see too much of it, but Finn thinks it’s pretty neat!We enjoyed some time watching the Winter Olympics over the weekend and I thought what better shirt to put on Reid than one with ski jumping! Ha! Snuggle buds.  This particular meal Reid was trying out plain butternut squash.  To say he wasn’t a fan is a pretty fair statement, but Debbie filled me in that by the end and then the next meal he actually seemed to be ok with it! Reid has been trying many new foods, most seem to be fruity – so I’ve made an effort to have more veggie options so he won’t get his Mom’s sweet tooth and only want the sweet stuff, lol.  I love this. Reid isn’t much of a snuggler these days. When it is time for nap or bed he basically just wants put down in his bed where he babbles for a few minutes and then falls asleep on his own.  I’m not complaining – but I do miss the snuggles! This particular morning he was hungry, but otherwise I don’t think he wanted to be awake. He didn’t even get down to play, he just leaned in while sitting upright (which he never does anymore!) and just cuddled. I love that he “tuck tucks” his arms just like Griffin. We were enjoying a nice lazy Saturday morning in bed and we each had a snack bar when I realized Reid was getting antsy as he wanted one too! We decided, why not, let’s get one for him. Next thing I knew Kevin walked in with the high chair for Reid! We set him up and he sat there and enjoyed his Mum Mum with the dogs hoping to get a piece. Next thing, wouldn’t you know, he was able to grab my coffee and proceeded to pull it over – which resulted it in breaking on the bed frame and spilling all over the side of the box spring, bed frame, night stand, carpet, and wall.  Um, no more lazy Saturday morning. Ugh! Oh well, memories made. Funny thing is he did the same thing at Dewey’s with a beer the night before.  This guy has some fast hands (and some slow learning parents apparently!).  Brutus just loves to be loved. I mean, who doesn’t, really? He is so playful when you get down on the floor and just wrestle with him or pet him and talk to him. He usually ends up biting my arms playfully and eventually getting up and running like crazy through the house.  Mom and Dad are enjoying a lovely vacation down in Siesta Key. I was super amazed and impressed when they sent this pic of the sand castle they built for the Super Bowl. Wowzer, pretty impressive, eh? Facebook continues to show me images from the past – check out this one from 9 years ago (9 years, really?) of the dogs. Hailey, Cam, and Lils – what a crew they were together. I miss those girls! I wonder what they would think of Reid and now Griffin as a big kid :).