We had a huge victory last night. Owen used the big potty for the first time! On Monday for his bath Scott was getting Owen undressed while I was getting his water ready. He runs in and is ready to get in when I asked him if we wants to go potty. He starts peeing on the rug. We'll try again tomorrow. Tuesday basically the same thing happens, but he pees on the towel that has taken the place of the rug until I get it washed. 0-for-2! Wednesday and Thursday we successfully get him to sit on the potty (we count to 10 before he can get off). Then yesterday I was about to 3 and he starts to pee! He points and says pee. Scott and I make a big deal out of it and he seems to care less. He just wants in the tub. He loves his splish-splash. So much in fact that he's began asking for it after every meal these days. At least he's not complaining. Someday I'll probably fight him to take a bath or shower. Hopefully that's a long time from now!
Scott's bell's palsy is still bothering him. He has regained very little movement, if any, in his face. On Monday he'll have had it for 2 weeks. He has been seeing his chiropractor this past week to help with the pain in his neck and shoulders. On Tuesday of next week he has an appointment with the accupuncturist. So we'll see how much that helps. Last night he was able to sleep without any shooting pains. We felt that was a huge plus as he hasn't gotten a good night's rest since this came about.
This morning we went to Menards and bought our storm door (they are having a door sale). It had to be special ordered since we want green to match our front door. It will be so nice to get that in this spring so we can have that and the patio door open to let some fresh air flow through the house.
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Big Boy Bed
We bought a big boy bed for Owen today. Scott is off and pick it up in Eagan. We just stopped to check some mattresses out before heading home and ended up buying one. The manager wanted to have us buy today, so he took a good chunk off the original price and added a nice waterproof mattress pad. So, we just did it. Maybe Owen will get interested then, but we're not in any hurry.
This morning we went for a walk around the neighborhood. At 8AM, mind you. Owen wanted his shoes and coat on, so we went for a walk. It was a nice morning to get out!
This morning we went for a walk around the neighborhood. At 8AM, mind you. Owen wanted his shoes and coat on, so we went for a walk. It was a nice morning to get out!
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Monday, the 13th
I thought Friday the 13th was supposed to be the bad day. Well I think Monday the 13th might be worse. Well, for the Bielke's anyway.
Sunday night Scott was complaining that his jaw/ear/neck hurt on his left side. I figured he had an ear infection, so we planned to go to Urgent Care the next morning. (We both had Monday off to recover from Easter/Owen's pary on Sunday. ) Scott came down when I was eating breakfast on Monday and told me he couldn't move the left side of his face. My mom had this years back, so I suspected the same thing was going on, but I'm no doctor! So we dropped Owen off at daycare and went to Urgent Care. Scott had to have a CT scan and a bunch of blood work done while he was there. They needed to rule out a stroke. The CT came back normal as well as the blood work, so they were about 99.9% sure it's Bell's Palsy. The dr. explained that a virus inflames the 7th nerve that runs on the side of your head (ear/jaw/throat). It causes pain and temporary paralysis of the facial muscles. It's really annoying for Scott. He says it feels like he went to the dentist and they numbed up his whole left side of his face. So for now, he'll drink from a straw and chew small bites of food with the right side of his mouth. He has a follow-up appointment on Thursday to see if there has been any changes to his condition. The virus just needs to run it's course.
Also, when I went to pick up Owen from daycare, one of the girls is holding the door for me and sobbing. Her mom tells me that Ava has something to tell me (oh, great...). She could barely tell me that she slammed Owen's finger in the door. I sort of wanted to pull the, "And why did this happen?"....blah, blah, but I just wanted to get in the house and see how Owen was. I could see him sitting on the bench with tears rolling down his cheeks. It looked pretty terrible. I thought for sure we'd end up going to the ER for a broken finger. Good thing one of the moms is a nurse and she was asking Owen to bend his fingers and he could. They had ice on it when I got there. She said it was looking better, just more swollen. When we got home, Owen and Daddy sat down to watch Rocket (Little Einstein's). Soon he was pat-patting away. He was bending his finger just fine while gripping his fork at supper too. So Scott and I thought he would be fine and we were sparred a trip to the ER!! Whew!
What an emotional day! On top of that, some of you know our very exciting news that we are expecting #2! If not, surprise! We are due early November. Scott and I also spent an hour or so at the doctor for me yesterday (hence the reason we did not want to spent a few more hours there with Owen!). We had an early ultrasound yesterday too in order to verify the due date. They like to do this when a known c-section will be scheduled. They don't want to take the baby too early obviously.
Just one more quick thing. After talking to Scott's sister, we found out that Shelby (niece) fell on a slide, bit threw her lip and chipped her tooth! What an eventful day for the Bielke clan. Before we knew the news about Shelby, Scott had asked how my day was. I said it was good because we got to see that the baby was doing well, but I felt bad for my boys. He said since I had a good day, that we must be having a girl (because the boys weren't having much luck). Well, when we heard the news about Shelby, I told him his theory was shot. He didn't seem to think so. Guess, we'll find out later!
Sunday night Scott was complaining that his jaw/ear/neck hurt on his left side. I figured he had an ear infection, so we planned to go to Urgent Care the next morning. (We both had Monday off to recover from Easter/Owen's pary on Sunday. ) Scott came down when I was eating breakfast on Monday and told me he couldn't move the left side of his face. My mom had this years back, so I suspected the same thing was going on, but I'm no doctor! So we dropped Owen off at daycare and went to Urgent Care. Scott had to have a CT scan and a bunch of blood work done while he was there. They needed to rule out a stroke. The CT came back normal as well as the blood work, so they were about 99.9% sure it's Bell's Palsy. The dr. explained that a virus inflames the 7th nerve that runs on the side of your head (ear/jaw/throat). It causes pain and temporary paralysis of the facial muscles. It's really annoying for Scott. He says it feels like he went to the dentist and they numbed up his whole left side of his face. So for now, he'll drink from a straw and chew small bites of food with the right side of his mouth. He has a follow-up appointment on Thursday to see if there has been any changes to his condition. The virus just needs to run it's course.
Also, when I went to pick up Owen from daycare, one of the girls is holding the door for me and sobbing. Her mom tells me that Ava has something to tell me (oh, great...). She could barely tell me that she slammed Owen's finger in the door. I sort of wanted to pull the, "And why did this happen?"....blah, blah, but I just wanted to get in the house and see how Owen was. I could see him sitting on the bench with tears rolling down his cheeks. It looked pretty terrible. I thought for sure we'd end up going to the ER for a broken finger. Good thing one of the moms is a nurse and she was asking Owen to bend his fingers and he could. They had ice on it when I got there. She said it was looking better, just more swollen. When we got home, Owen and Daddy sat down to watch Rocket (Little Einstein's). Soon he was pat-patting away. He was bending his finger just fine while gripping his fork at supper too. So Scott and I thought he would be fine and we were sparred a trip to the ER!! Whew!
What an emotional day! On top of that, some of you know our very exciting news that we are expecting #2! If not, surprise! We are due early November. Scott and I also spent an hour or so at the doctor for me yesterday (hence the reason we did not want to spent a few more hours there with Owen!). We had an early ultrasound yesterday too in order to verify the due date. They like to do this when a known c-section will be scheduled. They don't want to take the baby too early obviously.
Just one more quick thing. After talking to Scott's sister, we found out that Shelby (niece) fell on a slide, bit threw her lip and chipped her tooth! What an eventful day for the Bielke clan. Before we knew the news about Shelby, Scott had asked how my day was. I said it was good because we got to see that the baby was doing well, but I felt bad for my boys. He said since I had a good day, that we must be having a girl (because the boys weren't having much luck). Well, when we heard the news about Shelby, I told him his theory was shot. He didn't seem to think so. Guess, we'll find out later!
Monday, April 6, 2009
Go Twins!
Today is the last home opener for the Twins in the Metrodome. I hear lots of people complaining that it's going to be so cold outside next year....blah, blah, blah. I don't want to hear it. Of course there are going to be some cold games to sit through. We'll be outside, but think about how many of those days will be WARM!! Way more than the cold ones. Bundle up people. If the Sconie's can do it at Lambeau in the middle of winter, I think we can suck it up for a few games in April....and mid-October! Come-on people, really!
Ok, I needed to get that out of my system.
For Owen's birthday, we went to the Egg Hunt in Rosemount. The weather was pretty decent, so you know that means...people came out of the wood-work. Scott and I figured there were more kids there than Walnut Grove as a whole!! Well I checked the paper today and they estimated that there were 750 kids there (not including all the parents). Ya, it was packed! In Owen's age category (1-3) they said there were 2,000 eggs and 8,000 pieces of candy on the softball field. CRAZY! We think Owen had fun. He's been carrying his basket of eggs all around the house. And he's been eating all his licorice. We just laid low the rest of the day, since we'll be celebrating on Easter Sunday with both sides.
Ryan, Melanie, Page and Logan came Saturday evening. Scott woke up early on Sunday to take them to the airport. They were headed to Orlando. Sounds good about now, doesn't it? Maybe we'll get some of that warm sunshine soon too.
Ok, I needed to get that out of my system.
For Owen's birthday, we went to the Egg Hunt in Rosemount. The weather was pretty decent, so you know that means...people came out of the wood-work. Scott and I figured there were more kids there than Walnut Grove as a whole!! Well I checked the paper today and they estimated that there were 750 kids there (not including all the parents). Ya, it was packed! In Owen's age category (1-3) they said there were 2,000 eggs and 8,000 pieces of candy on the softball field. CRAZY! We think Owen had fun. He's been carrying his basket of eggs all around the house. And he's been eating all his licorice. We just laid low the rest of the day, since we'll be celebrating on Easter Sunday with both sides.
Ryan, Melanie, Page and Logan came Saturday evening. Scott woke up early on Sunday to take them to the airport. They were headed to Orlando. Sounds good about now, doesn't it? Maybe we'll get some of that warm sunshine soon too.
Saturday, April 4, 2009
Friday, April 3, 2009
Thursday, April 2, 2009
It's been a long time
Today was Owen's 2 year check-up. He got to stand on the big boy scale and stand up to get measured. He did really well! They asked him to put his hands on his tummy when he stood on the scale and he did. He weighs an even 30 pounds. Then he stood nice and tall to get measured. He is 35 3/4 inches tall. I should look back to see what he was when he was a year old. I am pretty sure that he was 27 lbs. He's gotten taller and thinned out in the past year!
At daycare, they celebrated his birthday today. They had cupcakes. He got to bring home a balloon with Mickey Mouse on it. Randi gave him a Zoom-O. They have one at daycare and he loves it. So you can imagine what we've been doing tonight. The greatest is that he wants me to do it and he chases after the plastic rings. He's playing fetch...and wearing himself out! Hopefully this means he'll sleep well (knock on wood). We've had two nights of Owen sleeping thru the night, so I probably just zinxed it. Ugh.
Last weekend we went out to Mom and Dad Anderson's Friday night. We had a classmate of mine take Owen's 2 year pictures. They turned out pretty cute. Now I just need to sit down and decide what I'm ordering.
We stopped over to see Melanie, Page and Logan (Roo wasn't there). Owen was pretty tired after playing with his cousins that afternoon!
On Sunday we took off early and headed up to Scott's parent's lake home. We checked out the new couch and boat. (Tami, Derek and kids were there too!) All the grandkids sure thought it was pretty cool because they got to go in the boat. It'll be fun once the weather gets warm enough so we can go out on the lake.
Oh and the craziest thing happened Sunday night when we pulled into the driveway. Our new neighbors were moving in. Then I noticed that I new someone over at the house, I had to go over and see who was moving in. It just happens to be someone I grew up a mile from on the farm south of WG. Travis Kottke! His mom, dad and sister were there too, so we chatted for while. He and his fiance Ashley Paplow moved in. My cousin Amy is married to Ashley's cousin. What a small world, huh? It was nice to see friendly faces move in next door!
At daycare, they celebrated his birthday today. They had cupcakes. He got to bring home a balloon with Mickey Mouse on it. Randi gave him a Zoom-O. They have one at daycare and he loves it. So you can imagine what we've been doing tonight. The greatest is that he wants me to do it and he chases after the plastic rings. He's playing fetch...and wearing himself out! Hopefully this means he'll sleep well (knock on wood). We've had two nights of Owen sleeping thru the night, so I probably just zinxed it. Ugh.
Last weekend we went out to Mom and Dad Anderson's Friday night. We had a classmate of mine take Owen's 2 year pictures. They turned out pretty cute. Now I just need to sit down and decide what I'm ordering.
We stopped over to see Melanie, Page and Logan (Roo wasn't there). Owen was pretty tired after playing with his cousins that afternoon!
On Sunday we took off early and headed up to Scott's parent's lake home. We checked out the new couch and boat. (Tami, Derek and kids were there too!) All the grandkids sure thought it was pretty cool because they got to go in the boat. It'll be fun once the weather gets warm enough so we can go out on the lake.
Oh and the craziest thing happened Sunday night when we pulled into the driveway. Our new neighbors were moving in. Then I noticed that I new someone over at the house, I had to go over and see who was moving in. It just happens to be someone I grew up a mile from on the farm south of WG. Travis Kottke! His mom, dad and sister were there too, so we chatted for while. He and his fiance Ashley Paplow moved in. My cousin Amy is married to Ashley's cousin. What a small world, huh? It was nice to see friendly faces move in next door!
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