Ravenous

Main Entry: rav·en·ous
Pronunciation: \ˈra-və-nəs, ˈrav-nəs\
Function: adjective
Date: 15th century
1: very eager or greedy for food, satisfaction, or gratification
synonyms see voracious

How can I put this? Our. Dog. Is. Ravenous. By the way he acts one would think we never, ever feed him. Since he has been back on his anti-seizure meds, let me just tell you what he has eaten:

1. The previously mentioned 6 packages of peanut butter crackers
2. Half a plate of brownies I made for book club
3. Saylor's lunch that was on the back of the counter(good thing it was cut into tiny bites for him)
4. Matt's breakfast off the table when he got up for two seconds
5. An entire self-feeding container of cat food
6. Half a garbage bag worth of trash, including a half eaten apple and a four week old jar of pureed baby chicken mush.

The first five happened prior to me calling the vet and explaining that our dog has become a monster and we cannot handle it. She told me to cut back on the meds, which I did and he did seem better for almost a week. Until last night, when at 3 a.m. I awoke to a strange noise and caught the tail end of the trash eating frenzy. Why I took pictures at 3 a.m. I have no idea, but here they are:






Ugh. I am simultaneously so mad at him and feel so sorry for him. I know this is not him at all but this medication making him nutso. I miss my old Harry dog who was only very hungry all the time, but not making me in fear of going to sleep at night in case he nibbles my toes off.

Here is Saylor missing him one day after he was bad and banished outside:


Looking on the bright side, increased appetite is only one of the possibly side effects of phenobarbital. Another is aggression, and I am VERY thankful Harry is showing none of that.

Luckily only 2 more weeks...at least for now. Until then, don't bring your lunch to our house!

Creature of habit

Lately, Saylor has been doing this funny thing when I put her down for naps or at bedtime. Our typical routine is that after I read her a story I always stand up and hold her, sing to her, and while I'm walking around her room I turn on her white noise machine. Lately, the SECOND I turn on that machine she lunges out of my arms in the direction of her crib. It's so funny to me after all the months we spent battling naps that now she just gets the routine and she doesn't even want me to hold her for one second longer. Don't get me wrong....she is not a perfect sleeper, especially when she is OUT of this routine! (Yesterday at Mother's Day Out she napped for a grand total of 15 minutes...I'm sure her teachers LOVE that). It's so funny to watch habits get ingrained in them...and I know they will change again in no time. :)

In other news, here are some pictures from another pumpkin patch from our trip to Houston last weekend. Yea Longhorns! Saylor had a super cute Texas outfit that her uncle Will and aunt Nicole gave her, but alas I left her entire bag packed and sitting on the kitchen floor in Dallas. Smart of me, I know.

Broccoli

Seems to be the current favorite food. Oh my this is a messy one. But don't get me wrong, I'm glad she's eating it! I think she's trying to tell me she's just done with pureed baby food...she is much more interested in table food now.





Clapping when she got MORE broccoli. :)

Guilty

This morning when I woke up and came out into the den I was suddenly overcome by a strange smell.

Peanut butter.

I looked around and discovered this:


I had a large package of peanut butter crackers that I use with my home health patients. They were in our office, but wrapped in a bag INSIDE another bag. Apparently that wasn't enough to stop Harry. He ate SIX packages of peanut butter crackers. Lovely.

Poor guy had another seizure yesterday, and he is always extra ravenous after these happen, so I couldn't be too mad. Guess next time I'll know to hide them better!

It's finally here!

So incredibly excited about this tomorrow night...

Thank you, Dad!

This past Friday was a work day for me, and since I was worried about Saylor possibly still being contagious I didn't want to take her to Courtney's (who normally keeps her while I work). So my SWEET dad volunteered last minute to come up from Houston to stay with her. One of the benefits of him being retired is that he can do that occasionally...which is so appreciated since I know it is a long, boring drive, especially by yourself. (My mom would have come too except she has not joined him quite yet in the retirement stage). :)

I love it when Saylor gets to spend time with my parents and Matt's parents...she is a lucky girl to have so much family who love her so much. I hope she grows up making many good memories with all of her grandparents!

Dad, we enjoyed having you around and really appreciate you coming! Thanks again!


Saylor and Grampa Dave


Later today we went to the arboretum to try to get some pumpkin pictures. However, Saylor wasn't really in the mood for very long. :) We'll have to try again another day I guess. We did enjoy being out in the cooler weather though!

9 Months!

Happy 9 Month Birthday Saylor! As grandma put it today on the phone: "now you've been out as long as you were in!" :) We just can't believe how quickly time is going...you truly fill our lives with so much joy and we are so thankful for you.

I took Saylor for her 9 month well check up today, although she isn't exactly well at the moment. Though the bug she had a couple weeks ago had been gone for almost a week, she randomly started vomiting last Thursday night and this has been our first throw up free day since. No fun. But what is fun is the stool sample we have to get so that the Dr. can make sure she doesn't have a parasite. (just kidding of course -sorry if I am being way too graphic for some of you bloggers). He said it's NOT the flu because she's had no congestion of any sort. So hopefully she won't be catching that later this season...ugh!

Other than this illness that we can't seem to beat at the moment, Saylor is a happy, healthy girl. She is eating and growing well. She has been very happy lately and sooooooooo cuddly. She is changing so quickly too! In the past week she has started holding my cell phone up to her ear to "listen" and also sort of waving "hi." I also think some of the "mama's" and "dada's" that she babbles she is now using purposefully. Of course, it's hard to know for sure. She has been much more talkative lately and we are loving her cute new teeth as you can sort of see in the first picture. She can really ham it up for the camera when she's in the mood to sit still. She has a new shopping cart that she sometime will push around on her knees, and she is getting more speedy at crawling. But all in all her favorite thing to do is still just stand. :) We've also been noticing a little bit more whining lately when she doesn't get her way...hmmm...I'm sure that doesn't come from me. :) Her favorite books are ones with close up drawings of faces or animals and her favorite food seems to be yogurt, or any kind of bread/puff that she can feed herself. She also loves going for rides in the car or stroller...she's content for quite some time which is nice!


Having fun!


Looking at herself in the mirror at the doctor's office - who knew how entertaining this could be?


"shopping"



Hangin' with Harry


Cuddling with dad...not feeling good today! :(