UT

We had an appointment at the University of Texas at 11:00am for a baby psychology study. They called me a few days ago to see if I could bring Noah in. They are doing a study on how infants understand numbers. There was a screen Noah had to look at and they showed different numbers of objects to him. The whole thing maybe lasted 15 minutes. They don’t pay anything, but they gave us a little baby cup with Bevo (the longhorn) on it. While I was in the room with Noah a student played with Evan. They had a ton of toys in the lobby. Evan and Noah didn’t want to leave.

When we got home I went for a 3 mile run with the boys and Lizzy. When we got home Rita and Blanca were outside with a big black dog. They were trying to figure out whose dog it was. The dog was very friendly and played with Lizzy in the front yard. The dog did not have any tags on it. Rita couldn’t put the dog in her yard because her other dogs wouldn’t get along with him. I said she could put the dog in our yard, as long as she tried to find the owners. I needed to get inside and feed Evan and Noah. Lizzy and the dog played for a while in the backyard. At some point in the afternoon I looked out in the yard and the dog was gone. I’m hoping that means they found the owner.

Evan and Noah took good naps.

For dinner we had bbq ribs and French bread.

After dinner we took a walk around the neighborhood and Evan walked the whole time. He even helped hold Lizzy’s leash some of the way.

The boys are in bed now. Noah is still talking.

Dentist

This morning both boys woke up early for some reason.

Morry worked from home today since I had a dentist appointment.

In the morning, after breakfast I went for a run with Evan and Noah in the stroller and Lizzy on the leash. I ran 3 miles again. It was tough. While I was running I saw a loose dog. As we got closer I thought it looked like Dingo, our next door neighbor’s barking dog. I couldn’t do anything since I had the boys and Lizzy with me, so I told Morry about it when I got home. We looked in the neighbors yard and Morry even knocked on the fence, but we didn’t see Dingo. Morry drove back to the spot (pretty far from our house) but didn’t see him. There really wasn’t much more we could do.

I had a 12:00 dentist check-up appointment. Morry fed the boys lunch and watched them while I was gone.

When I got home I put Evan and Noah down for a nap and was able to nap a little until I was woken by dog barking. I guess somehow Dingo made it home or he was never really gone in the first place.

Morry had a Capitol City Young Democrats meeting tonight at 6:00, so I got dinner ready while he was gone. When he got home around 7:30 we ate our pasta and soup.

Evan and Noah are in bed now, though Noah is still up. He’s playing with his bear. Noah has this musical teddy bear Aunt Susan got him when he was a little baby. Noah loves that doll and sometimes we’ll hear him playing with it in the middle of the night.