External wp-loginout and wp-meta Functions

I have been creating a website for about 2 weeks now. I am trying to create two buttons in my header for logging in/out and also a site admin button. These two functions are wp-loginout and wp-meta. The code I have is:

<?php
require('./blog/wp-load.php');?>
<li>
<?php wp_loginout();?>
</li>
<li>
<?php wp_meta();?>
</li>

I do not use the require once method because I use functions from WordPress in other areas of my website. The button works fine, but sadly, it does not recognize when I am logged in. No matter what, it says Log In and Register. This is very frustrating and I have searched Google for hours trying to find a solution. A secondary method I tried was:

<?php if (is_user_logged_in()) : ?>
    <li><a href="<?php echo wp_logout_url(get_permalink()); ?>">Logout</a></li>
<?php else : ?>
    <li><a href="<?php echo wp_login_url(get_permalink()); ?>">Login</a></li>
<?php endif;?>

This had the same problem as the other code. Please help me, I am all out of ideas. Any suggestions are much appreciated. If you want to get a look for yourself, you can visit my site at: http://www.coreymccown.com/

Thanks again!