2010 Christmas Cards

Our Christmas cards are in the mail!!! I tried taking many many pics of Alex and she was not into it at all, so we ended up using one we snapped with her playing under the tree! Here is our final product!

Love Stockings Christmas Card

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Cone of Shame

Cooper has been a little neurotic the last few days licking his tail. Josh finally got a glimpse of it this morning and he had a huge bare spot that was raw. I called our vet and they told me to bring him in. They had to shave part of his tail just to see what the problem was. His tail has always looked huge since the fur is sooo long. Now it just looks like a 5 inch long hotdog with a foot of fur on the end. (I'll spare you a pic because it's pretty gross!) Anyway, the doc couldn't pin point what started the problem, but the base of his tail is pretty raw all the way around it because he has been chewing at it. She said it could have started with something as small as a bug bite then he became obsessed with it and now it's raw. If we would have left it untreated, it could have turned really serious. Since his hair is so long, it could have easily gotten infected. Since his tail is fairly thin, the infection could have caused us to have to amputate his tail. THANKFULLY we took in in before we are heading out of town!!! Anyway, Cooper is now on an antibiotic, had a cortisone shot to relieve the itching and is wearing a cone for 5-7 days. When the doctor was telling me everything I was worried about my poor Coop. Then when he got fitted for a cone, and Alex bust out laughing, I couldn't stop laughing either. He is hitting his cone on EVERYTHING and I can't help but laugh. It's easier to laugh now knowing he will be ok!

Alex's Room

We decorated the house a few weeks ago. (Pics will come later.) Alex's room has been an ongoing process. She started out with her small tree we've used in her room the last 2 years but I decided it was time for an upgrade! Here are a few pics of her room and the Christmas decor we have added!

The "A" Christmas tree hanging from her door

(It was actually a gift tag my sister made last year!)

Alex's new pink tree!!!
Her wicky wacky tree Nomi got her!
(and all of her Christmas books!)

Cute little stocking for her room!

Hanging snowflakes and a tree and snowman from Josh's childhood!

ICE!

We went to Dallas last weekend. While we were there we went to see ICE at the Gaylord. Alex liked it, but didn't love it. When she went down the ice slide, she tried stopping herself and fell forward in front of everyone and started crying. After that, she pretty much cried and said she was cold. She was very happy when we were done and walking around the hotel.

The Stafins (2009)

The Stafins (2010)

Mommy's Little Girl

On mornings that we don't have something to do, Alex usually showers with me. Then we get ready together. She sits on the bathroom counter and we brush our teeth together. Then we put on lotion, brush our hair and put on makeup. Alex has her own little set of mini make up brushes. I gave her a palette of cheapo makeup to play with. I love having my little girly girl in the bathroom with me!

Potty Training Update...

Well, we've had a little set back with potty training. Wednesday Alex started having accidents again. She had one accident Wednesday evening and 2 accidents Thursday. She has still been sleeping in diapers. For the first few weeks, her diapers were dry in the morning, but about a week ago, she'd wake up completely soaked and usually with poop. Yesterday for one of her accidents, she actually got in her bed and used the bathroom. We think it may be because we are letting her know it's ok to use the bathroom in bed since we put her down in diapers. We cut out her night time milk and have been keeping late afternoon/evening liquids to a minimum but it hasn't helped.

Yesterday we stopped diapers completely. She went down for a nap and for the night in panties. She woke up from both wet, but no poop. As soon as she got up this morning, we ran to the bathroom and she went poo poo.

I am back to asking her every hour or so if she needs to potty. I have been washing her sheets EVERY SINGLE DAY...sometimes twice a day. Ugh!

Christmas Pics

I decided to take some pics of Alex today so I could get a cute one for our Christmas cards. Here are a few of the outtakes. Actually, I didn't use any of the pics I took today. I ended up picking one we took last week. Our Christmas cards are now ordered! I can't wait to see them!