Ding! We have a weener!

On Monday, Odin didn't nurse! He was able to go all day and be fine. He's needed to once or twice the last couple days, but at least we know he can do it. We've been giving him soy milk and we're going to change it out for goats milk and rice milk depending on the day so his diet varies.

Stuff

We took Odin to the doctor because he wasn't getting better, and they found ulcers in his throat. It wasn't strep, so they just said to give him popsicles and help him feel comfortable. He got up during the night for a few nights, all he'd do is scream and that'd make it worse, but he seemed better yesterday and he doesn't seem to be having trouble with it today.

Update!

Well, a lot has been happening. We don't have internet at our new place so I'm typing this now and I'll upload it later.

We actually decided we don't want internet. We don't ever do anything important, so it mostly wastes our time. There's useful stuff, like communication, checking information like bus times, and just any time you need to know something and want to look it up, but we can live without it. The clubhouse at our new apartment complex hosts a free channel so we can just walk over there and use it if we want to. Not having it in our house has made an improvement on our family. We spend more time with Odin, we cuddle more, we are together more, and we don't ignore each other. And really , we weren't spending much time on it before, but not having it here feels so liberating. It's really peaceful here without it.

Speaking of Odin, the poor guy has had a really bad virus lately. He's been coughing and had a runny nose, it's especially bad in the morning. He's getting better, but it's just been so nasty for him.

So we're all moved in to our new place. There's a few boxes still packed up but they're in closets so it isn't that big a deal. It looks like home. It's really a nice place. Our living room is bigger than our last one and has an air conditioner built in, the kitchen is just huge, there's plenty of storage with a laundry room that's as big as our old bedroom, and our new bedroom is bigger than our old living room and dining room combined. We sleep in one side and Odin has the entire other side as his huge play room. And there's a walk in closet as big as our old bathroom. Our roommate, Brandon, has a bedroom with a deck upstairs and a bathroom you could park a car in, and since he's upstairs it's like his own apartment so we don't have privacy issues or being in each others' faces to much.

We also can see the bus stop from our front door, it's literally 20 feet away, and it goes strait to U of O so we will have only 5 or 10 minutes of transit once school starts back up.

Odin has started spinning in place. It's really funny. He thinks its a game and he'll do it with you if you start to. He also likes to get on the Wii Balance Board and play the hula-hooping game on Wii Fit, even if the Wii isn't turned on....

We're all on break so we just get to hang out and have fun all day. We love our new place and we're having tons of fun!

Lots to say

But no time to say it. Our address has changed. Email or call me if you want to know it, and I'll send it to you later.

Sick

Odin's been a bit sick lately so we're taking him to the doctor. I think all it was is that he caught a cold because we let him sleep with the window open one night. Pretty soon we're moving and we wont live in a forest near a lake with tons of allergens and mold, so he probably wont get sick.

Fun fun

Odin has this piano that teaches him stuff, and he learned "green" from it. If you ask him where the green key is, he'll press it, and he says it out loud. He also knows how to switch modes on it in case he wants to hear different songs.

And he's learned which barista at our coffee shop he can get a biscotti from.

Happy Birthday to Me!

And thanks to all of you who called! (Those who didn't will be severely punished!)

It's been a good birthday; I had a great morning with Alyssa, our friends picked us up so we could all go to the DMV and I passed my test for the learner's permit, we got our groceries today so now we have yummy food, and I've been packing for an hour or so and it feels good to have so much of our apartment uncluttered and taken care of. Dad is taking us to P. F. Chang's tonight!

Odyssey

My band, Odyssey, consisting of myself, Emily Ippolito, and Sphen, now has a Myspace page at http://www.myspace.com/odysseymusic777.

We have one song up already-Music and lyrics by Alyssa Aska; Emily Ippolito and Alyssa Aska on vocals. Check it out!

Imagine this

There are two babies in a room around 12-15 months old. One of them is happily laying down pushing a toy car back and forth. The other is stomping around the house with a flip-flop on the wrong foot, waving a feather duster around and hitting stuff with it, while a rubber bracelet hangs half-way out of his mouth.

Now, which one do you think is Odin?

Anyone who's spent more than 5 minutes with him knows the answer.

New car seat!

Paula just helped us get this new car seat for Odin. It was about time he got a new one. His old one was the kind for newborns that hooks right into the stroller, she got them for us as set for our baby/wedding shower. Odin is still just inside the weight limit for that seat, but his legs stretch out of it and this one is the kind we wanted for him. He sits up in it but he can still sleep comfortably, and he faces forward. You can detatch the arm rests on the side and add a drink holder on one side and a storage locker on the other in case he has a snack like cherios or carrots or something and he wants to reach in there and eat them. When we got it out of the box and set it down, he just kept sitting in it. He loved it, he'd take his food and go sit down in it and eat and be merry. Like a little throne for him.

Pictures!

I've uploaded a bunch of good new photos to a new album. Here's a few of 'em.

Odin and Brandon eating 'smores.

Rylie took Odin for a swing at their house.

He just fell asleep pacifying on this, we don't know why.

Waaaaaay too much banana for that mouth....