Opening ceremony (and yes my lens was all dirty....arghhhhhh!)
Practicing at the park before his first big game
Hanging out with the boys
Our cheerleaders, Olivia and Marina
My boys :-)
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Time for some T-Ball
We signed Cole up for T-Ball this year along with some other boys in the neighborhood and we are all loving it! I didn't think I be this excited about his games, but seriously enjoy watching every minute of them play. He is on a team with mostly 5 year olds and he is still 4, but he is holding his own and I am so proud of him. He has a great coach and really fun team! The games are so entertaining - the kids get distracted so easily at this age that is makes it all the more fun to watch. Cole is starting to understand the fundamentals of the game and it's great to see him learn.
Opening ceremony (and yes my lens was all dirty....arghhhhhh!)
Practicing at the park before his first big game
Hanging out with the boys
Our cheerleaders, Olivia and Marina
My boys :-)
Opening ceremony (and yes my lens was all dirty....arghhhhhh!)
Practicing at the park before his first big game
Hanging out with the boys
Our cheerleaders, Olivia and Marina
My boys :-)
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Cole lost his first tooth!!! :-(
On our way home from Disney on Ice, I gave Cole a piece of gum and he started crying that it hurt his tooth when he chewed on it. Not thinking much of it, I told him to chew on the other side. Great advice, I know :-)The next night he woke up crying complaining of a tooth ache and at that point, I knew we had to go get it checked out. So after dropping my sister off at the airport, I ran him into his dentist and they did an xray. They told me he had an abscess (infection) in one of his molars and my two options were to 1) extract the tooth (NO THANK YOU!!) and he would have to then wear a permanent retainer until his adult teeth come in to hold the back tooth in it's place or 2) perform a pulpotomy, which is essentially a root canal on the baby tooth.
After talking it over with the dentist we decided to try the pulpotomy at which time he informed me it had about a 70% success rate. Cole did sooooo well during the procedure and I was so proud of him. After the dentist was done, he said that once he got in there that the tooth looked a little worse than he had first thought, but we would wait and see. So he gave us some antibiotics and sent us on our way. The next day Cole's face started to swell, which I thought was just a reaction to the procedure and he no longer complained of any pain, so I thought we were in the clear. Wrong! When the dentist called the next day to check on Cole and asked how he was doing, I told him he was swollen and he wanted to see him right away. So I rushed him over there at 4:50 (they close at 5:00) and he told me the infection had gotten worse and that the tooth needed to come out immediately. Naturally, I started to cry! I felt so sorry for the little guy and what he was having to go through. He also thought that it would be best if we took him downtown to an oral surgeon (even more scary!) and of course, as my luck would have it, Jim was out of town for the night.
We woke up bright and early the next morning and I packed the kids in the car and headed down to his office. Cole couldn't get an appointment time because we had called so late the night before, so the doctor was going to try and "squeeze" us in between his surgery's and on top of that Cole was not allowed to drink or eat anything because they had to give him a general anesthesia. Poor guy! He was honestly so so so brave though. The girls were all commenting what a great little patient he was. To top it all off, they had a super hard time getting the IV in and he had bruises all over his arms and on both hands and I guess once they finally got him sedated and were ready to start, he got a really bad bloody nose and sprayed blood all over himself and the doctor. Lovely!! I should have taken a picture of him in the recovery room - he had such a hard time coming out of the anesthesia and was seriously acting so drunk. If had been a different situation, I probably would have been laughing hysterically, but I was there by myself and kind of freaking out.
Once Cole was conscious enough for us to leave, the ladies helped me carry both kids out to the car and on our way we went. Cole cried for about 20 minutes - he was so upset about loosing his tooth and was very concerned about what was going to happen to it. He finally passed out about 10 minutes before we got home and slept for almost 3 hours after that! Amazingly enough, he woke up around 3 and was a little out of it, but as soon as I gave him some food, he was good to go. By the next morning the swelling had gone down and he was back to eating normal again.
We had an unexpected visit from the tooth fairy on Thursday night and she left Cole $10. Probably not what he will be getting for his other teeth, but he had to go through quite a bit of work for this one, so she left him a little something extra.
Tomorrow we go in for his fitting for his retainer. The fun just never ends around here. Whew....I'm exhausted just thinking about that week. Glad it's behind us and hope we never have to deal with that again!
Cole passed out on the way home. Can you see how swollen his left side is?
Olivia was there too, sucking her thumb as usual. She was very concerned for Cole. When we were waiting in the recovery room, the nurse pointed out to me that she was holding his hand and rubbing it. So cute!
Still sleeping
The tooth!!!
After talking it over with the dentist we decided to try the pulpotomy at which time he informed me it had about a 70% success rate. Cole did sooooo well during the procedure and I was so proud of him. After the dentist was done, he said that once he got in there that the tooth looked a little worse than he had first thought, but we would wait and see. So he gave us some antibiotics and sent us on our way. The next day Cole's face started to swell, which I thought was just a reaction to the procedure and he no longer complained of any pain, so I thought we were in the clear. Wrong! When the dentist called the next day to check on Cole and asked how he was doing, I told him he was swollen and he wanted to see him right away. So I rushed him over there at 4:50 (they close at 5:00) and he told me the infection had gotten worse and that the tooth needed to come out immediately. Naturally, I started to cry! I felt so sorry for the little guy and what he was having to go through. He also thought that it would be best if we took him downtown to an oral surgeon (even more scary!) and of course, as my luck would have it, Jim was out of town for the night.
We woke up bright and early the next morning and I packed the kids in the car and headed down to his office. Cole couldn't get an appointment time because we had called so late the night before, so the doctor was going to try and "squeeze" us in between his surgery's and on top of that Cole was not allowed to drink or eat anything because they had to give him a general anesthesia. Poor guy! He was honestly so so so brave though. The girls were all commenting what a great little patient he was. To top it all off, they had a super hard time getting the IV in and he had bruises all over his arms and on both hands and I guess once they finally got him sedated and were ready to start, he got a really bad bloody nose and sprayed blood all over himself and the doctor. Lovely!! I should have taken a picture of him in the recovery room - he had such a hard time coming out of the anesthesia and was seriously acting so drunk. If had been a different situation, I probably would have been laughing hysterically, but I was there by myself and kind of freaking out.
Once Cole was conscious enough for us to leave, the ladies helped me carry both kids out to the car and on our way we went. Cole cried for about 20 minutes - he was so upset about loosing his tooth and was very concerned about what was going to happen to it. He finally passed out about 10 minutes before we got home and slept for almost 3 hours after that! Amazingly enough, he woke up around 3 and was a little out of it, but as soon as I gave him some food, he was good to go. By the next morning the swelling had gone down and he was back to eating normal again.
We had an unexpected visit from the tooth fairy on Thursday night and she left Cole $10. Probably not what he will be getting for his other teeth, but he had to go through quite a bit of work for this one, so she left him a little something extra.
Tomorrow we go in for his fitting for his retainer. The fun just never ends around here. Whew....I'm exhausted just thinking about that week. Glad it's behind us and hope we never have to deal with that again!
Cole passed out on the way home. Can you see how swollen his left side is?
Olivia was there too, sucking her thumb as usual. She was very concerned for Cole. When we were waiting in the recovery room, the nurse pointed out to me that she was holding his hand and rubbing it. So cute!
Still sleeping
The tooth!!!
A visit from Tia, Alec and Liam
My sister, Kristen was brave enough to fly up here for a visit with her 3 year old and 5 month old boys. Cole and Olivia were so excited to spend some time with their cousins and I was excited to see my sister! As a special treat we took all of the kids to see Disney on Ice. They had a great time at the show and enjoyed seeing all of their favorite Disney characters. We had a great (and at sometimes chaotic) visit with all of them, but I guess that is what happens when you have a 4 yr old, 3 yr old, 2 yr old and 5 month old together.The highlight of the weekend was when we got a babysitter for the older 3 and left them at home so that Kristen and I could do some shopping and go out to lunch together. Thanks for making the trip up here - we wish we could see you guys more often :-(
Cole with his cousin, Liam
Cole chillin with his cousin, watching some TV and enjoying a yogurt :-)
Some bath time silliness
Disney on Ice
Cole with his cousin, Liam
Cole chillin with his cousin, watching some TV and enjoying a yogurt :-)
Some bath time silliness
Disney on Ice
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Pajama Day!
A few weeks ago Cole's preschool had Pajama Day. From the moment I told him about it, he was so excited. And so the countdown to "Pajama Day" began :-) Here he is with one of his buddies Dylan. The kids all looked so cute dressed in their Pajama's and then they got to eat Pancakes and make Puzzles. Can you guess that the letter of the week was "P"!
A Big shout out to Jim!!!
So as I mentioned in my earlier post Jim has at an eventful couple of months. In January he was promoted to HSE (Health Systems Executive!) We are so excited and so proud of him. He has seriously worked his tail off this past year and it's so nice to see that his hard work is finally paying off. He essentially has the same job except that instead of covering Northern California/Northern Nevada, He now helps support other AE's in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and all of California down to Fresno. So the bad news is that it means alot more traveling but he is so excited about his new role and is really enjoying this job and on the bright side he is racking up a ton of southwest rapid rewards :-)
On day he found out about the promotion, the kids and I went out and bought balloons and decorated the house.
These are my two little "Star War characters" all dressed up and waiting for Daddy to get home!
So in addition to his promotion, we just found out this weekend that he made "Champions Club" for his Company, which is basically the top sales performers for the year. We are still waiting to hear what is final ranking is, but we know he made it in the Top 5!!! All of the employees that make the top 5 also get a fully expense paid vacation to Florida!!! Woot Woot! So Jim and I are off to Key Largo in April for 5 fun filled days! How cool is that? We snapped some pictures of Jim opening up his invitation.
Here's the little Fed Ex package he found waiting for him at the door.
Champions Club!!
The official invitation to Florida
We had to celebrate with some champagne :-)
And of course Cole wanted to help open it!
On day he found out about the promotion, the kids and I went out and bought balloons and decorated the house.
These are my two little "Star War characters" all dressed up and waiting for Daddy to get home!
So in addition to his promotion, we just found out this weekend that he made "Champions Club" for his Company, which is basically the top sales performers for the year. We are still waiting to hear what is final ranking is, but we know he made it in the Top 5!!! All of the employees that make the top 5 also get a fully expense paid vacation to Florida!!! Woot Woot! So Jim and I are off to Key Largo in April for 5 fun filled days! How cool is that? We snapped some pictures of Jim opening up his invitation.
Here's the little Fed Ex package he found waiting for him at the door.
Champions Club!!
The official invitation to Florida
We had to celebrate with some champagne :-)
And of course Cole wanted to help open it!
Another Grandma original
My mom made Olivia this cute little hat and scarf and sent it to her in the mail a few weeks ago. So cute! Thanks mom!
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