Seeing the doctor 3 times in a week

this past tuesday, as we were getting ready to pack up the car to go to the washington coast for a few days with friends, owen tipped over in a chair in our living room and cracked open his head. we rushed to the ED where he was the recipient of a staple in his head. the trip continued as planned. today, when we woke up, i though his left ear felt wet. sure enough, there has been fluid draining (flowing may be a better term) from the poor kid's ear so off to the doctor we went (once we got home from the coast, that is - luckily we were planning on coming home today anyway). it's an ear infection. we're on antibiotics for the next 10 days. this coming tuesday we go back to the pediatrician to have her take out the staple. now, i was hoping to have the chance to say good-bye to her before she moves to another office that is too far for us to trek to (the current office is a matter of blocks from school, very convenient). having a staple removed was certainly not what i had in mind.

the trip to the coast was a blast. three moms, three times as many kids ranging in age from 2 - 15. we made s'mores, some of them camped in the yard (owen and i stayed in the warm bed in the house), did some geocaching, went to the goonies house (yes, that one!), and generally had a great time. one of my favorite mom moments was once the kids were all in bed, the three of us climbed into the hot tub and talked for several hours.

i was so proud of owen the other day. we were driving home (on the trip, not home to our house) and he told me he had to go potty. i told him to hang on, we'd be back to the house soon. he was doing the potty dance the best he could in his car seat - and was pretty desperate for the bathroom, too. he was nearly crying. i was almost expecting that he'd not make it. he surprised me and was able to wait until we got back the house! i was so proud of him!!!!!!

Done!!!! And I mean completely done!

my suspicion was correct a month ago. we are totally done with pull-ups. the week before we went to denver for my mom's wedding, owen was dry every night. it was perfect timing, actually, because he ended up with a horribly itchy rash on his bum just in time to get out of pull-ups. he's had one accident in the last month.

we're having a blast this summer. zoo outings, swimming in the back yard, playing with friends, bowling (holy cow does owen love that!), trips to the library, geocaching (we call it treasure hunting so the boys get into it - just like pirates!) my favorite part has been watching his growth in learning. we are reading books together now, not just mommy reading to owen. i'm so amazingly proud of him.

i can't believe that school starts for owen in just over a month. real school. he has a backpack (cars...what else!?) and we still need to finish up his list, though we're waiting until target has the rest of his supplies on sale.