Barking Dogs and Ferocious, Flirty Little Girl

There are so many cute stories from the last few days that I don't know where to start.

On Saturday, we were invited to dinner with some family friends. They have two full-size poodles, which Tyler LOVED. He hardly stopped doing the "puppy" sign all night long. Denise said he probably would have done a sign for "horse" if he knew one — because the dogs are so big. They must be three times Tyler's size.

Bilbo took exception to Tyler's rolling, music-playing turtle and barked at it when Tyler would push it. At one point, Tyler crawled into basket, sat down in the basket and pushed turtle back and forth just beside the basket. Bilbo stood over him, barking at the turtle and jumping back (scared) if the turtle touched him.

Tyler was un-fazed by the barking but he did cringe a little when Bilbo's ears tickled his face!

The next day, however, Tyler was terrified of 17-month-old Keira (a human little girl his size). Eager to welcome a playmate to her house, she ran over to hug Tyler, who clung to his daddy for dear life! (The kids did end up playing together... or taking turns stealing toys from each other.)

Today, I was in the floor playing with Tyler, who invented a game. Here are the rules:

First, Tyler makes Mama think he's playing "spin Mama."
Then he runs behind Mama and pulls out a hair.
Then he runs around in front of Mama and hands the hair to her.

I was gullible enough to lose three hairs before I stood up so he couldn't reach any more.

In other news, we have an appointment tomorrow morning for Tyler's evaluation with Children's Healthcare of Atlanta. The evaluation will decide what sort of treatment he needs to deal with his texture/food issues. I'll keep you all posted...