Who ya gonna call?

Owen was in a great mood yesterday afternoon, so we decided to try and get a shot of those two teeth. He was cooperating at first, but then spotted the telephone. This kid loves the phone and the remotes. Once he got the telephone, the camera battery died...again...even though it was just charged. We will be purchasing a new battery this weekend. So...the quest to document the teeth continues.

A side note: Since Owen got well, we have been weening him off of formula. He is currently drinking two ounces of formula with six ounces of milk per bottle. We hope to go to all milk on Saturday. Hopefully we will be done with formula and bottles by the start of next week.

Snuggle Puppy

Sometimes Milo actually lays in his own bed. Sometimes Owen likes to lay on Milo.

Visit from the Valentines Day fairy?

So...Owen did not get up this a.m. until 8:00! Happy V-day to mommy and daddy. When we put him in his high chair for bfast, he started yapping away. All of a sudden I saw another tooth! We knew it was coming, but this one was really fast. We still couldn't manage to get a decent pic to post, but here's one of the balloon Grammie and Papa gave him. He also got a toy helicopter from them, a Disney movie from Grandmama and Granddaddy, and clothes and a pair of shoes from us.

Worst...cold...ever...UPDATE

We have had a rough few days in the Owen zone. The good news is that Owen is still drinking his formula. He must have felt really bad on Tuesday. We started giving him his bottle before he had solid food to make sure he got the liquid and calcium he needs. The bad news is his cough and fever are still making him miserable. His cough is so bad he turns red and gags himself. I want to take his cough. I will be more than happy to have the cough if he can be free of it. And this fever...he has never had a fever for more than a day. This one has come and gone since Sunday. It's always worse in the afternoon/evening. We give him Tylenol, and that works, but enough already! He isn't playing much and prefers for us to hold him. I like snuggling with him, but I wish it wasn't b/c he felt like crap. I guess we have been pretty lucky that this is the worst it's been...I am thankful for that. Hopefully we only have a few more days of this and life can get back to normal.

When I got home yesterday, Owen was playing, talking and walking. I was so happy he was (almost) back to his normal self. We had loads of fun during bath time and when he got ready for bed, there was no fever. Can I get a Hallelujah?! He still has a cough, although not nearly as bad as it's been. He is on the road to recovery. Let's hope he is well for the first bday festivities.

Formula gone bye-bye?

I took Owen to the doctor yesterday and thank goodness his ears and lungs were clear. He still has a horrible cough/runny nose/fever. Dr. Tillman asked about his eating and drinking habits and mentioned whole milk. When she was done examining Owen, I had a list of questions. I always take advantage of her expertise while we are there and paying for an office visit. Anyway, I wondered why she mentioned whole milk since he isn't 12 months for a few more weeks. She said we could go ahead and drop formula if we wanted and switch to milk. That made me happy b/c it would be nice to be done with bottles. Well...I don't know if it's b/c he's sick but Owen refused his bottle last night and this morning. And this kid has never refused his bottle...ever. We are going to try milk today...keep your fingers crossed.

Bath time is fun again

Everything with bath time is back to normal....glad that's over. Now if we can just stay well for more than a week. Owen is sick again. He has a horrible cough, runny nose, etc...and a slight fever. Hopefully the Tylenol took care of the fever. We may be heading to the dr. in the morning.

Fear of water...UPDATE

Getting better! Last night I ran the bath water without Owen in the room. Then we brought him in and let him see the water. I pulled out a few toys and wet them and let him touch them. I put him in the tub and he just stood there. He got upset if we tried to sit him down, but I wasn't going to push him. If he wants to stand the entire bath then that's fine (until we get passed this). At least he wasn't screaming and I didn't have to get in with him. That's improvement in my book. Of course we did have to lean him back to rinse his hair, and he didn't like that. But it was at the very end and we were quick and then it was done. Not nearly as bad as the night before. Tonight we may try to put the inflatable tub back in to help him feel more secure.