Ok

So it turned out that Odin puked again on the bus to see the doctor but they said it was probably nothing and to treat him like we'd treat us; fluid, less food, etc. But he was so starving that we just had to feed him a bit so we completely ignored what the doctor said and he's been eating like mad. At least there hasn't been another problem. He's okay so far and he just keeps eating.

Uh oh

Odin got up this morning and threw up while I was putting him in his high chair. This was after nursing a bit. Then he ate some bread and threw that up. Then he started spitting up a few dribbles, not a full puke but the same stuff, just not much of it left to spill out. I just called the doctor and we're taking him in at 10:30 to see what's up.

Speaking and wearing shoes

So, the last month or two we've been trying to teach Odin words. We're being really clear about saying what things are and describing to him what we're doing so he can figure it out. The other day he was in a good mood and we taught him the word banana. We actually got him to pronounce it properly and OMG it was cute!

He's also taken to grabbing peoples shoes and putting them on and walking around in them. Especially sandals and flip-flops.

Doctor Visit

We took Odin to the doctor for his 1 year check-up (long overdue). He was 29 1/4 inches (35th percentile) and 20lbs 4oz (12th percentile). They thought he was underdeveloped because of his numbers so they gave us some paper work to fill out based on his abilities. The idea is that if you mail it in and it still looks bad, they call you and ask you if you want your kid looked at. But after you read all the things he needs to be able to do and see that he was doing them for months, it's not really that bad. And when the doctor came in and looked at him, she could tell he was fine.

He had some more shots but only cried for about 15 seconds and was fine. All ear infections are gone and he's doing great. Next one is at 18 months.

Rocket Man

This is a great toy that Odin got from his Nana (my mom) for his birthday. It wasn't at the party (for anyone reading who doesn't remember it) because it came in a big box so we took it out first to make room for all the other stuff he got. It's a cool rocket ship by Radio Flyer (same people that make the red wagons) and it has a storage bay under the seat and the buttons all make different sounds of blasting off or hearing the computer voice tell you what planet you're on. I was standing in the kitchet making breakfast a few minutes ago and he was pushing it around like he always does. Then he just clibmed on it and started pushing off with his feet to actually ride it around! It was so cool! He had another little buggy that Zaideh (my dad) got him, but he was too little to ride it at the time. It opened up to transform from a sit-on car to a pushable-type-thingy so he could learn to walk. Well, he started walking and pushing that thing around before he was able to sit and push around on it, and now if we fold it up so he'll ride on it he gets angry and wants it back up in the standing position. But he just crawled on to this rocket ship on his own and started riding it.

Lately he's been really obsessed with his sandals. He loves to wear them and he gets mad when you take them off. It's a good thing too because now he can just run wherever so we can take him outside a lot and he loves to just take off.

We took him to the doctor yesterday to find out he has another ear infection, so we had to figure out what kind of antibiotic he can still take and hope it works. He's also got a little eczema but the doctor said it'd probably go away if we just put the right stuff on it. Odin doesn't seem to be bothered by it.

Zoo

We took a fun trip to the zoo for mothers' day today. Only a few pictures, but it sure was a fun day!

Yogurt

Climbing

I was happily working on homework when I heard him shout and turned from my computer to see Odin standing on this box. He's climbing on everything now. He can get up on the bed and get down from it, and he's climbed shelves and gotten on top of luggage and all kinds of things. He couldn't get down from this box, but he's always jumping off stuff. He took a nap with me a day ago and Alyssa was out in the living room playing piano and he just walked out there to say hi and she thought I had set him down off the bed but I hadn't even woken up yet.

Good morning

Something interesting happened this morning. Odin was crying, as usual. I went to get him, as usual. We're trying to ween him now, so I didn't bring him to Alyssa like he was expecting. However, he did stop crying anyway. He usually cries harder when he sees that I'm not walking to our bedroom. But this time he was fine. So I held him and made him some toast for breakfast and he was great the whole time. When the toast was ready, I put him in his chair and gave it to him. He ate it happily, smiling and talking the whole time. When he was done eating, I took him out, set him down, and he went off to play. And he fell asleep in the car on the way home last night and we just put him in bed so he didn't nurse to sleep either. The second Alyssa comes out of that room he'll probably start whining for her, but he's doing great for now.

Other note; I finally got internet on my computer so I was able to upload the massive amounts of pictures I've been sitting on, including most of the ones from his birthday. They're organized into albums differently, and they also have tags on them so you can do searches. For example, you can type "nana" to see all the pictures with my mom in them, or "seymour" to see all the pictures of Odin playing with our Bichon puppy, etc.