no wonder

when i bought my reebok easy tones i was expecting my butt would soon, with little to no effort, look like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2x0NrGzNqWQ

(not really, but fingers were totally crossed)

.....uh, not so much.

....but at least i get my money back:

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-ftc-reebok-20110929,0,3183524.story#tugs_story_display

:)

mama bear instincts

after going to the dr. on monday...

and after being told that mr. o had an ear infection...

and after being prescribed a 10-day dose of antibiotics for him...

and after asking whether it was reeeeeally necessary to give him antibiotics...

and after reading that the american academy of pediatrics advises that for children over 6 months, when diagnosis isn't certain and symptoms aren't severe, keeping an eye on your baby for 48 to 72 hours is recommended, to see if he gets better without antibiotics...

and because owen is almost 6 months and the dr. didn't say the ear infection looked severe...

and after consulting with papa bear, who was on the same page...

we decided to wait a day to see if mr. o got better without the medicine. 

when he seemed to feel better over the next two days we made an appt for this morning for a re-check.

and i'm happy to report...

...NO ear infection whatsoever! 

yay mama bear instincts. 

yay owen's immune system.

and yay for our regular pediatrician. (who we saw today and is way more on the same page as us about not over-prescribing medicine, especially to babies)

after last week's mommy-fail with school picture-day, i feel totally redeemed. :)

monday recap

what a weekend...

as gary said: nail clipping is a contact sport

 we made it through all smiles! :)

on saturday we all had a great time at olivia janisse's 2nd birthday party.  

happy 2nd birthday olivia!!

and after watching "the office" premiere thursday night, 

all i could think of as delilah searched for a safe place to leave her bone was

trouble...

trouble, trouble, trouble, trouble
trouble been doggin' my soul since the day i was born...

now, mr. o just needs to get better, poor thing!  

cough and first ear infection.

booooooooooooooooooooo :(

jump! jump!

owen has really gotten the hang of his jumperoo...

especially when his dad is jumping along with him...

or over him..... (really??)

(yes, that's a running start)

 

and on a side note, owen already loves sports illustrated :) (or brad pitt. ha!)

addendum

happened across this post on parenting.com this morning and thought it was a fitting addendum to yesterday's post.  enjoy :)

 school picture day procedures

picture day!

ok, so when owen's day care called a couple of weeks ago and told me that it was "picture day" the next week, i assumed that meant they were taking an informal picture of owen for the wall of the infant room.  i did not assume that it was real picture day, like fake background, pose for the camera, get your pictures in a big envelope and order wallet, 4x6, 5x7 8x10 sizes picture day!

...and that is why i didn't put owen in an extra cute outfit for "picture day."  and why on owen's first official picture day i had my first official mommy fail.  AND why i'm going to have our own "picture day" here at home to make up for it.

i have to say though, the pictures are hilarious (in a hilarious cute sort of way :).)

(the attorney in me  :P is nervous that i shouldn't be posting these pics without saying that all pics are courtesy of LifeTouch)

a two-person job

i just have to say that lowering a crib mattress is definitely NOT a one-person job.

i'm glad owen isn't old enough to tell people how funny i must have looked trying to do it on my own.  it probably took 10 times as long as it should have, but i did it!  

now, at least, owen won't be able to climb out of the crib when the time comes.  

now for baby proofing the rest of the house...

not so sick today

owen has had a cold and has been super stuffy. 

so i stayed home with him today and it seems to be doing him (and me...i was worried!) good!  

doesn't look too sick, does he??

(ps - that's my red white and blue rattle from when i was a baby :))

 and a few pics from the weekend in los gatos :)

yummy?

this afternoon we decided to try feeding owen rice cereal for the first time.  

i'm not sure he liked it much...(the video below pretty much says it all :)) 

welcome to the morning

since day one with owen, when i open the shades and curtains in the morning

i say to him, "welcome to the morning."  this morning owen was pretty darn happy when he woke up and i could just hear him saying "welcome to the morning, mommy."

 

 if she could i think delilah would sit on him...

really delilah?

owen, delilah and i are headed to the bay area today for alexia and jim's shower.  (gary is at his water ski reunion in bakersfield :)) owen gets to spend time with grandpa rick and grandma vicki tonight...lucky boy!

p.s. happy birthday anne-lise!!

"us"

something happened today to make me realize just how lucky i am. 

to be part of an "us" that includes a wonderful, devoted husband and the most perfect baby boy...to be part of an "us" at all.

i've never thought of myself as the type of person to blog (whatever that means), but maybe i just needed something i'm really passionate about...and i found it.

 so this is my blog all about "us"

(and, let's be honest, this blog will be mostly about the best part of "us"....owen.) 

a few pics from last weekend and wednesday after a bath

(definitely the best part of "us")

sitting without support (as of last week)!  still a little wobbly, but oh so exciting.