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We took Piper to the vet today and they have a super handy scale in the lobby. You are supposed to walk your pet onto the black pad and have them sit still long enough to get a reading. Piper has certainly been enjoying her fair share of treats lately as she weighed in at a whopping 80 pounds today. She has been on the Make a Wish lifestyle program so she is starting to really show it. haha. The last two nights, she woke up in the night with a deep cough. I thought she was starting to show signs of congestive heart failure and was worried. So, I decided it was time to get back to the vet for a checkup. Her x-rays today showed her heart is even bigger and is pressing on her trachea....that could be some of the reason she is having difficulty breathing in the night. Especially since she's laying down and pressing on her already squished lungs. We are going to keep observing her before starting new medication to rid her of the excess fluid in her body. Thankfully she has been in great spirits and showing no other symptoms. Oh, while we were at the vet, I got Devin to stand on the scale too and he weighed in at 45 pounds. He has been in the low 40's for so long that I quit weighing him. So he surprised me weighing that much. He is in 4T pants if they are a loose cut. Otherwise, he's up to a 5T. And I find that the 5T shirts fit him the best. I think his shoe is a size 12. He is no longer a little boy!

Gavin is doing well and I think we are all finally healthy in this house. Gavin continues to be a stellar sleeper. He went to bed around 8:30 last night and got up at 8 a.m. this morning. I didn't hear a peep out of him until this morning. I am so blessed!

While I'm noting the weights and measurements, I should add that Gavin is still right around 25 pounds and he's in 18 month clothes for the most part. He's got a big belly so I bought him 24 month shorts for the summer because the length won't be an issue and I can get more room in the waist.

Gavin has three teeth on the top and three teeth on the bottom. However, the other remaining ones on top and bottom should come in any time now. They are close.

Gavin is also getting more and more sturdy standing. He often lets go of things and stands on his own. But he quickly drops to a crawl when he wants to go somewhere. We haven't really been encouraging him to walk assisted. I'm sure if we did that more, he'd quickly figure it out. I thought he'd be walking by his first birthday but now I think it is at least another month out. I'm not in a rush....although if he walked, he could cruise the back yard and not get so wet and dirty.

I got a new Flip Video, so I'll see if I can figure out how to upload some video soon.

As always, thanks for checking in on us.