Owen Van Gogh / Hulk Owen

Sooo....
Owen has certainly kept us on our toes lately. Last week was he was stung by a bee (Damn you Jerry Seinfeld!). He was fine and handled it like a champ. There were no signs of an allergic reaction and the swelling had gone down by bedtime.

This weekend, after a fun filled day of playing and hot dog theiving (see below post), Owen projectile vomited his entire lunch all over the back seat of the car. My mother also happened to be in the backseat and got the brunt of it (love you ma!). Luckily, his head did not start spinning and once again Owen was a trooper. He was fine by bedtime and all I can figure is that nitrate sticks + my little boy = one big smelly mess!

Our 3rd adventure happened on Monday. Let me preface this story by saying...it has been mentioned by another mother who I will not name (OK, it was Tonya) that she may be jelous of Owen's burgeoning walking skills. Methinks that this will change your mind, unless you enjoy spending 6 hours getting your little boy's ear stiched up. Ah, yes...we've had our 1st ER worthy walking related injury. For those of you counting, this is our 3rd total ER visit in 6 months (flu, croup and now stitches) and the way Owen's little personality is developing, I doubt it will be the last. We are currently looking into crash helmuts (seriously).

Owen fell while taking steps on his own and sliced his ear on the metal part of a glider. It got quite a chunk. What really get's me about this kid is that, it didn't seem to effect him in the least! I'm not kidding you, while we were waiting in the ER he was in a better mood than he has been in weeks. It's as if his crankiness was located in the cartilage in his upper ear and his injury sliced it out. Either that or I'm going to start scheduling playdates in the Genesys Triage waiting room because it's apparently so much fun!
Again - Owen was fine! He required 3 stitches but other than that, can resume normal work/play activities. Or can he? Yesterday, he fell again while walking during physical therapy, bit his tongue and started bleeding everywhere. It was minor however and compared to the rest of the week, is hardly worth mentioning! I swear, this kid is going to be the death of us!
On a fun note, Owen's favorite new thing seems to be wrestling with his dad and the cat. He is going through a big "Daddy" phase right now and takes great pleasure in climbing all over him. If you've seen the video of Owen chasing the "At!" with such enthusiasm, you would really enjoy seeing what he does to the cat when he catches her! For her part, Lily (our cat) is very good with Owen and has only bitten him a couple times.