Photo Update

He's not a baby anymore, but from time to time I still catch him sleeping with his bum up in the air. It's so cute to me that I had to take a picture.

In late January we took a quick trip to St George with Garrick's parents and sister, Jackie. One of the highlights was having warm enough weather to go to a park and play around a bit. This particular park had some pretty cool equipment.

Jackie and Garrick on a very unique swing.

Logan was brave enough to go down this slide with his dad.

After a fun ride down the slide.
These next few pictures were taken at the Shark Reef Aquarium at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. Logan was so excited to see the sharks!
Here we are on the UNLV campus. We were able to combine a school trip (Garrick working on his dissertation) with a Cougar-cheering trip (We had tickets to BYU's first 2 MWC tournament games). It was a lot of fun!

Random Tidbits

We had a fun week of visitors last week, and I didn't take a single photo. What's up with that? My mom and sister, Kelly, came to visit Mon - Fri, and then Garrick's parents and sister visited over the weekend. It feels so quiet and lonely now. We loved having company - especially Logan. He was a little under the weather at the beginning of the week, but he really perked up by Friday. He loved having so many people around to play with.

This afternoon we made our first trip to Chuck E Cheese's for one of Logan's friend's birthday parties. Logan kept saying, "Want it to be my birthday," and "I don't want to go home." I think he could have stayed there until his next birthday. :) He's really not old enough to play most of the games, but I guess that saves us money. He ran around thinking he was playing the games, and I'm pretty sure he was having just as much fun as everyone else.

Last Monday Garrick had a day off so we took the opportunity to do something fun. We had planned on going to the zoo, but as we were driving to Salt Lake, the weather was looking iffy, so we changed our minds and opted for the Children's Discovery Museum instead. Logan had a lot of fun and really wore himself out. His favorite parts were sitting in and driving the helicopter and playing in the water area. He got himself soaking wet and now I know to bring a change of clothes along next time.

Leaky Roof Update

Fortunately for us, the leaky roof only lasted about 20 minutes last Friday. It was a slow, steady drip for that time, but at least it was just one drip, not a gush of water. Phew! We got a recommendation for a roofer and had an appt set for him to come check things out on Saturday afternoon. Well, Saturday came and went with no roofer showing up. Are all fix-it guys the same? (Flaky when it comes to keeping appointments, work at their own schedule, don't bother to call when they can't come, etc). We got a little rain Sat night and even more Sun night, but there was no additional leaking in the kitchen ceiling. Garrick managed to get ahold of the roof guy again today (Mon). I haven't heard why he didn't show on Saturday, but nevertheless, he showed up this afternoon. He checked out the roof and said that the swamp cooler area was a "Mess." We don't use the swamp cooler - in fact, we've already blocked a couple of the swamp cooler air ducts (or whatever they're called) inside the house. So, the solution? Get rid of it! The swamp cooler is being removed and the roof is being repaired as we speak. I'm grateful to have it fixed so quickly.

We've Been Hit...

...by the flu bug?!?

I think that's what's going on. Logan had a crazy week last week - what seemed like either food poisoning or 24-hour flu from Tues night to Wed night. Then he seemed to be doing pretty good for the next couple of days. He wasn't eating a lot and was consequently a little low on energy, but we thought his body was just recovering. Then, on Saturday, he was really whiny, had a low temp (100), and had some diarrhea. That night he was super cranky - just not his normal self. Sunday he woke up with a cough that seemed to go away, so we decided to take him to church. He missed his nap (1:00 church) and the nursery leaders brought him to me during RS because he was nodding off during snack time. Logan fell asleep on my lap in RS but awoke about 10 min before the end of the meeting. He woke up super fussy and sounded awful. He seemed to have a cough and sore throat and sounded kinda croupy. We let him watch a movie when we got home and then took his temperature cause he just wasn't coming out of his yuckiness. It was 101. I could tell that he didn't want to swallow or cough too hard cause his throat hurt. He even drooled a bit to avoid swallowing. My thought was - I hope he doesn't have strep. I looked it up on the internet and saw that it's unusual for kids under 3 to get it, but it didn't say it wasn't possible. So, Garrick and I opted for the safe route and took Logan to Urgent Care around 6:30.

That's a story in and of itself. It wasn't too busy and we got in to see the nurse fairly quickly. The doctor took a little longer to come in. He was talking to Logan like he was 3 or 4, asking him how he felt and commenting on how he wasn't talking much. I wanted to say, "Are you kidding? The kid's barely two. He does talk a lot, but this whole sick at the doctor thing is completely new to him." Anyway, I wasn't particularly impressed. I was surprised, too, that the doctor didn't even listen to him breathing. Whatever. He did take a strep test and had us wait, and wait, and wait, and wait, and wait for the results. It was getting late, Logan had fallen asleep on Garrick, and I finally stepped out and asked the nurse if they had forgotten about us. She seemed a little shocked and said something about the doctor(s) checking the score of the Superbowl. (It was on in the lobby.) Oops! I was so unimpressed. He came in a couple of minutes later and basically told us the test was negative, so it looked like it was just a cold.

Logan woke up with the same croupy cough and sore throat. He has enough energy to play a little but still likes to be carried up and down the stairs, etc. (Not normal for him.) At one point I carried him upstairs to change his diaper and found myself short on breath, kind of dizzy, and just out of it. (I ought to throw in that our "upstairs" is really only a short flight of stairs - about 8.) I changed him and then told him that I needed to sit down for a minute. I soon found out that a bit of the flu had hit me. I took care of business in the bathroom, and Logan happily agreed to watch shows while I laid down on the couch.

Garrick called about an hour later to see how we were doing. He said that he had thrown up at work but that he was feeling so much better that he was going to stay. He came home about an hour later after realizing that he really did feel awful - chills, body aches, etc. Yuck! So, as you can see, we're a mess at the Peterson household.

Anyone want to come visit?

Logan Funnies

Logan says funny things all the time, but I don't always seem to remember them. Luckily I wrote one down the other day, so I can re-read it and share it. It probably won't be as funny when you read it as it was when he said it, but I'll share anyway.

Logan was holding his Lightening McQueen car (as usual) and said, "Mommy, Christmas gave me this Lightening McQueen."

I responded with, "Who gave you the Lightening McQueen? Santa?"

Logan then said, "Santa. You're right."

When we were in St George last weekend we went for a morning walk (yes, outside). Logan started playing "Stop light, go light" with us. At one point he turned around, said, "Stop light," and then as we all stopped he added, "We stopped just in time." For what? We'll never know, but it was pretty funny coming out of his wee little mouth.

Logan is often found telling us, "Of course," and "Good idea, mom (or dad)." Those always crack me up, too.

Train Set

Here are a couple of pictures of Logan with his new train set. We got it used off of ksl.com for only $45. I think we've already gotten our money's worth out of it!

Meltdowns...on a regular basis!?!

So I don't know if we've hit the terrible 2's or what, but Logan has had some pretty serious meltdowns the last couple of days. This morning's was originally caused by Lightening McQueen being broken. But, by the time I joined the scene, it was Logan saying, "I want to watch a show," over and over again through many tears. The answer to that question was, of course, "no," or the meltdown would probably have ended. But, once the "no" was given, we weren't going to back down. The crying and show-begging lasted for what seemed like 15 minutes, but finally we were able to distract Logan with his new train set (subject for another post).

Before I finish the story, let me give you a quick background on Lightening McQueen. Logan got him from Santa for Christmas, and I don't think it has left his hand since. Earlier in the week one of Lightening's eyes rubbed off somehow. Logan and I were at Target that day, and I thought I would go ahead and spend the $3.50 to buy a replacement Lightening. Logan was thrilled. We went straight from Target to volleyball at the church, and Logan just about lost his new Lightening. He was running it along the accordian-like curtain and somehow got it around or underneath the wooden piece at the end of the curtain. I couldn't see or reach Lightening, and I figured he was a gonner. But, my friend Corrine used her strength to pull the wooden piece out enough that I could barely squeeze my arm behind it and reach McQueen. Whew! That was a close call.

On Friday we were leaving volleyball, and I was putting our stuff in the back of the car. Logan was slowly making his way to his car, and according to him, he was driving his Lightening along the grill of someone's SUV when he dropped it. Lightening was nowhere to be found. I'm not sure what happened to him, but there was a sewage drain underneath the car that he could possibly have fallen into. Who knows. The bottom line is - this time Lightening wasn't so lucky. I thought about replacing him again, but then realized I could be replacing Lightening every week if I wasn't careful. I decided Logan would have to make do with his old one-eyed Lightening. That worked just fine until this morning's meltdown.

Back to the meltdown recovery. Logan and Garrick were playing trains, and I decided to see what I could do about the one-eyed Lightening. I grabbed a fine-tipped black Sharpie as well as a light blue one, and in a matter of seconds, Lightening was "fixed" (or "sixed" as Logan would say.) I proudly marched Lightening upstairs and surprised Logan with his new fixed car. He was sooooo excited!!! Now, let's hope it lasts!