Mommy swims with Owen

Owen's first dentist appointment

A friend I met at a local Mommy's group recommended a dentist to us, so given the fact that Owen has all of his baby teeth now and is still drooling, I thought I'd schedule an appointment for him to find out when the spit will stop oozing from his mouth.

He had fun in the waiting room looking at the "shish" in the fish tank and coloring at the kiddie table with the other kids. Then it was time to see the doctor. (I didn't take a picture of him with the other kids for fear the other moms might think I was weird.)




Despite the way she was very nice and gentle with Owen, he still screamed the entire time she was looking at his teeth. (Maybe his lip injury was still bothering him?) She said everything looks good and he only sustained a teeny tiny chip on one of his front teeth. The dentist informed us that the tooth may turn a color (brown, black, grey) because of the trauma, and if it does we need to bring him back in for an x-ray. But overall his teeth look great.

She said that since he got all of his teeth early, he'll probably get his 2-year molars soon. And after that, the drooling should stop. COME ON OUT 2-yr MOLARS!!! I'm so tired of going through 5 bibs a day!

Trailside park with Kayla

Kel and I took the kids to Trailside park (our favorite) to enjoy the sunny afternoon. They had so much fun running around the playground, swinging, and sliding.

Breaux vineyards ~ soup weekend

We drove out to Breaux today to enjoy the amazing weather, good wine, and yummy chicken gumbo. It was a fun way to spend our Sunday.

Baby's first trip to the ER

We had an eventful Saturday morning, to say the least. I woke up early to head off to a consignment sale at my church (which was awesome!). Got home around 10:30am to a happy little boy playing in the family room with his Daddy. He LOVED all the new books I found for him. We read them all a few times, and then he started climbing on the couch (his new thing these days). I had started reading a book that I had purchased for myself (What to Expect - the Toddler years), and was only keeping one eye on him versus my full attention.

That was all it took.

I was reading a sentence in the 18-month old chapter, when all of a sudden I heard Owen fall off the couch and hit his head. He immediately started wailing. I rushed over and picked him up and tried to calm him down. Then I saw the blood. Poor baby had cut his upper lip on the corner of the coffee table. Ben ran into the room and helped me to try to calm him down enough to look inside his mouth to see if his teeth were still there. (Thank God they were.) He just had hit his chin so that his bottom teeth cut into his upper lip.

We got the bleeding under control while calling the pediatrician who referred us to the Emergency Room. Ben and Owen were still in their jammies (they were having a relaxing Saturday morning), so I took Owen by myself to the hospital. In his pjs.

He had stopped crying and was doing okay on the way over, but his lip was so swollen and still bleeding a tiny bit. We had given him a dose of Motrin before leaving the house (as instructed by the pediatrician), so I was hoping that it would help with the swelling and pain. We got to the hospital within 15 minutes and I rushed him into the ER to check in.

Owen: "'Copter! 'Copter! 'Copter!" He was so happy to get to see a REAL helicopter right outside the ER entrance. It was definitely the highlight of the experience.

We waited for about 15 minutes and then finally got to see the doctor. She checked him out from head to toe and looked closely at the lip cut. She said he didn't need stitches and that since it was only on the lip and didn't extend out past the top of the lip, it would heal on its own in about 4-5 days. He needs to be on a soft food diet for the rest of today so that we don't irritate the cut, and she said it would be a good time for us to wean him off the paci cold-turkey. (I wasn't so sure about how he would feel about it, but she assured me that it wouldn't be that painful.)

We got home and had a quick lunch and then it was off to take a long nap. He went down at 1pm (without his paci) and is still sound asleep.

Stay tuned for pictures of the fat lip. (Hey, it's my job to document this stuff, right?)

Playdate with Adam

Today Maureen came over with her little Adam who is 6 months old. He is getting so big and it starting to sit up on his own! He had fun watching Owen run around and pick up toys. It was such a nice start to our Friday to get to catch up with Maureen since we don't get to see each other that often.

Playdate with Sarah Catherine

Steph and Sarah Catherine came over to play today. The kids had fun as usual, taking turns grabbing toys out of each other's hands. Ahhh, sharing. :)

Some pictures from this afternoon:

Indoor sandbox

I got this idea from a fellow mommy blogger. It took forever for me to inflate the baby pool. (I eventually gave up and decided it was good enough for our purposes.) Then we were off to Giant to buy our "sand". It took me 4 large containers of oatmeal to fill the pool enough to play.

At first Owen didn't want to get in. After a few minutes he gave in and started digging around. We had a couple of moments of oatmeal snow, but overall it wasn't too messy. After about 40 minutes of playtime, I scooped up all the oatmeal and put it into a garbage bag to save it for another time. Then all I had to do was vacuum up the oatmeal that spilled out onto the carpet.

It was a fun way to spend our morning and I have a feeling we'll do it again sometime soon.

Playtime and dinner with friends

Kelly and Kayla invited us over for a playdate which (lucky for us!) turned into an impromptu dinner. The kids had so much fun chasing each other around and giggling. So cute.

They worked on their sharing skills:

and played in the kitchen:

and overall had a great time.

Kel and I decided we should make it a weekly event. :)

Swim lessons!

Owen had a blast at his first swim lesson! There was tons of splashing, kicking, paddling, and bubble-blowing. Looking forward to seeing our little tadpole blossom into a strong little swimmer. :)