My son has been super glued...

Well, I never thought that I would have a trip to the E.R. with Owen, Brett maybe, definitely NOT Owen...not yet anyway. But, it happened. Yesterday morning about 8:23, Owen was running around the family room, and fell onto the wooden box/container that I hold all of the diapers and wipes in. I was on the phone with my sister, Melanie when it happened. We were talking away, when I heard him fall and then start to cry. I then say to Mel, "oh my, there's blood, I gotta go!" I immediately flip out (I'm not good in emergency situations.) I start crying, while trying to console Owen, clean up the blood, and answer all of the questions coming from Chloe. I call Ryan and tell him to come home, because I have to bring Owen to the ER. His truck was at the dealer, so I didn't have a car. It worked out good though, because I didn't have to bring the other two with me to the E.R. About 20 minutes after he fell, he vomited. Of course, I flipped out again. Calling my mom, and Ryan's mom to see if that's a sign of a concussion. Long story short, I took him, and they super glued his cut together. They weren't too concerned about him vomiting, and after a couple of hours, we were on our way home! Just another day in the our household...

Snowmobile Trip Part 2

So the second day, Ryan and the guys took the little boys out for a ride. Every single one of the little boys came back sound asleep.



Believe it or not, Brett fell asleep every time we went out on the snowmobiles. It was crazy!!


Don't worry ~ he's fine...I layed Brett down on the floor in the mudroom, so that I could get all of my stuff off, and believe it or not, he slept there for about 45 minutes.


While the boys were out, the girls got to have hot chocolate...MMMMMM!!!


Ryan and I went out while the rest of them watched out kids. When we got back, we were told that they were down on the lake ice fishing. So, we went down there, only to find that they were coming back up. This was what I saw, and I just had to get a picture...yes, there are 5 people on that sled...


Monday night, the guys sat around the kitchen table to plan out their "morning run." They had to make sure which trails were going to be groomed, etc. At one point Dennis was on the phone calling a grooming hotline. It was pretty funny.


We had a great trip! We are just so blessed to have friends that allowed us to use their cabin, and their snowmobiles. It's just awesome! Thanks guys!!

The Thiele Family's first snowmobile trip!!!

Well, minus Owen.

Ryan and I and the kids went to a friend of ours cabin in Northern Wisconsin for a long weekend to take Chloe and Brett snowmobiling. We left on Friday afternoon, got there about 3:00 a.m., and we just got back last night.

We left Owen home with my mom for a couple of days, and then Ryan's parents for a couple of days, and then finally overnight with Auntie Jen. Everyone said that he did GREAT!! I, on the otherhand was very sad to be without him. I got over it pretty quick, and had alot of fun, but come Monday afternoon, I was ready to be with him again.


Chloe looking like a Ninja with her neck warmer on! :)


FINALLY ~ Ready to go. Man, it takes alot to get everything on everyone!


Brett had to ride with Ryan. He didn't hold on much, so he swayed side to side alot ~ something I wasn't comfortable with.


Me and my girl.


Our first stop was to get Hot Chocolate, and dare I say, Chloe and Brett's first trip to a pub?!:)




I'll post more later, I haven't got much time tonight!

Go FSU!!!

This post if for my family in Florida. My sister Leanne and her husband Keith moved to Florida when my neice Melissa was about 7, My neice Lauren was 3 and my nephew Travis was 1? Not to sure on the ages. Now, Melissa is 21, Lauren is 17 and Travis is 13. Crazy how time flies by. Anyway, it was really hard to see them go, but boy is it awesome to go and visit them! :)

My neice Melissa goes to FSU. And when Owen was born they sent him this outfit. I thought it'd never fit him. Well, it finally does. He wasn't to happy during the "photo session," but I managed to capture a couple of cute ones!



"It's the beginning of the game, and we're winning!!!"


"Oh know guys, their starting to kick our butts!"


"We've lost!"

We miss you guys soooo much! Hope to see you soon. Love you!!!

A trip to the dentist, the patchie is GONE, and a first haircut!!

Finally, the house seems back to normal. Everyone is healthy and for the most part happy!:) So here we go with an update of the goings on in our house...

Well, Chloe has officially gotten her first cavity filled. It's kind of bitter~sweet for me, because we had originally thought that she had cracked her tooth. Turns out it was just a bad cavity. We were glad that we didn't have to get a cap or anything, but we were a little sad that she got a cavity. She LOVES to drink apple juice, and the dentist said that is NOT good. So, we've put an end to that, and she gets water or milk all day, except at lunch ~ she gets a glass of juice at lunch. It's gone over well so far, and Brett doesn't seem to mind no juice either. Owen has never had juice, so I'm just keeping him on water and milk too.

Now on to Brett. The patchie is a thing of the past ~ THANK GOD! It took about three nights for him not to ask for it. Nap time is still especially hard, but I'm sure we'll get through that too. He doesn't even ask for it anymore!!!


Here he is the first night when I told him the patchie was going bye-bye. He obviously isn't too happy...


And here he is, the next day. He cried and cried for that thing. I'm actually quite surprised that I was as strong as I was and didn't give it to him.



And Owen got his first haircut a couple of weeks ago. It was "all business up front, and a party out back!" :) He wouldn't sit in the chair by himself, so I'm taking the picture with him on my lap...



All done...



My little Owen is getting so big these days. He's starting to say more things, and play a bit better on his own. We still have alot of the day with him on my hip, but we're working on that. He's just such a joy!!

Don't cry over spilled milk...

Have you ever heard the saying "Don't cry over spilled milk?" Well, I did this morning. If you've kept up with my blog this week, you'd know that I've had a pretty crappy week. (No pun intended.) Well, Owen woke up at 4:00a.m. I think that he may have ear infections. I know, he's got tubes, but he's been tugging at them for a few days now, so it's just an instinct that I have. Anyway, I gave him Motrin, and Teething Tablets (just for good measure) and then we finally went back to bed about 5:30. I woke up and noticed that the top of the Motrin was off the bottle, and Brett's mouth was a bit sticky. Now I knew that their wasn't more than half the bottle left, but I felt I needed to call Poison Control. Turns out that even if he drank the whole 4 ounce bottle, it wouldn't hurt him. "Give him a glass of milk." Well, stupid me ~ I put it in a cup without a lid. I then realize that Brett has poop. I go to change his diaper, and leave the cup of milk on the counter. Well, let's just say that Brett's poop has been a bit "loose." (TMI) Anyway, it got all over the carpet, and before I could even clean that up, I run back to the kitchen to get some cleaning supplies, and I see that Owen has stepped on the step-stool that Brett put there and got the cup of milk and it spilled down him, down the cabinets, and on the floor. I literally "cried over spilled milk."

And yet another update...

Well, I ended up getting it yesterday. Along with Owen, getting it for the second time. Thankfully, Ryan stayed home from work yesterday to help me. And I'm also thankful that I'm feeling ALOT better today! This flu is just SOOOO wicked. That's all I can say about it. It went through our family of five in just 3 days, and now I'm thinking Chloe may have it again. She keeps running to the bathroom to puke, but nothing. Luckily, we have a snow day for school today, so she didn't have to miss the Valentine's Party.

Hopefully my next post will be a little bit better news! :)