Our family's journey through life

If it walks like a duck.

If it quacks like a duck.

Well then it must be a duck.
Meet Owain's pet duck.

We call him duckie.

His a great pet to have.

He never makes a mess.

and he never eats more than his share.

Duckie is always down to go for a waddle through the neighborhood with his side kick.

And best of all

He never throws a temper tantrum when it's time to waddle back inside the house.

Duckie is the newest member in our house hold.

Welcome Duckie!

Today was the big day to mail all of your CDH letters to Ellen.
We barely got out letters to the post office before pick up.

We sent out 100 blue envelopes!
Here is the picture collage we sent with out letters.

WOW!

Has it really been a little over a month since my last blog post?

I guess you could say I have been a huge blog slacker.

It's not that I have nothing new or exciting to share with all you fellow blogger' s.

I have just been slacking.

It's a good thing that being a blogger is not my job.

I would be FIRED!!!!

To be perfectly honest I have been busy with planning a wedding!

Who is getting Married you ask?

myself and Owain's daddy Eric.

On the evening of August 1 we will Mr. & Mrs. Owains mommy and daddy.Obliviously that is not our real last name but on the blog I like to keep that private.

Needless to say we are excited but overwhelmed with all the details it takes to plan a wedding.

Not only are we planning a wedding but I have been working on a CDH project I am really excited about. Most of you in the CDH community probably already heard of Letters for CDH. With the deadline just around the corner (July 15) I should not be blogging I should be getting to work. It's not to late to get involved!!! Learn how to get involved here.

So what has our little man been up to lately?

He is becoming quite the little chatter box. He learns a new word just about everyday. Just the other day he said two new words "wedding" gee I wonder were he learned that word? and "bulldooozer" He is obsessed with construction equipment and anything that has to do with transportation.

He has also been enjoying juice Popsicle on a hot summer day.
Playing in his new sand box.
And falling on the sidewalk and getting his first scraped knees.
Since then he has had plenty more scrapes and bruises.Boys will be boys!

As far as Owain's health. It's fantastic! A few months ago he had a follow up with his Surgeon. His Xray looked great! Everything looked just how it looked after his last two surgeries back in November. We don't need to go back for another xray until November. I think it is great that he doesn't need to have another xray until then but it always makes me nervous. The two times Owain had a recurrence he showed absolutely no sign! Which scares me.We just keep a close eye on him and pray that his three gore tex patches do their job as part of his diaphragm.

Don't think that just because I haven't been blogging that I haven't been following all the CDH warriors. Every night before I go to bed and every morning when I wake up I say a special prayer for each and every one of them and their families.

Please join me in pray for out fellow CDH warriors.
Ruby,Jaime,Kamryn,Avery

Another little girl that desperately needs our prayers is Kate. She is fighting her own battle not related to CDH. Please visit her blog and pray for sweet Kate and her family. Pray for a miracle.

Thank You.

I promise I will be back.

And this time you won't have to wait a whole month.

I promise.I promise. I promise.

I am back to blogging!

As you can see Owain was getting way to big for his infant car seat. So we ventured off to the nearest baby's R us for a new big boy car seat. We quickly became overwhelmed by the hundreds of different types. There were so many different choices. Finally after a few debates with an impatient little man we made our choice......
We went with the biggest big boy car seat that we could find. It goes up to 100lbs. That sealed the deal we won't ever have to by another car seat ever again! As you can see Owain was trying out his new big boy seat the morning before we installed it into the car.

Then daddy installed it buckled our little man up.
and went for a little joy ride around the neighborhood.

Our little man loves his new big boy car seat. He is constantly saying "Bye Bye" as he points to the door. He loves going for joy rides facing forward as he watches the world go by around him.

I wish I could say the reason why I haven't blogged is because I have just been to darn busy.

Busy with all the daily chores it takes to run a household.

Busy caring for my sick little boy while he fights off a NASTY viral infection.

That is not the case at all.

Well actually I have been busy with all of those things

but they have not kept me from blogging.

Pure laziness.

As kept me from blogging.

Pure laziness to down load a few pictures.

Pure laziness to type a quick little update.

Pure laziness to select publish post.

Not lazy with life...just blogging

Absolutely adorable.I know.

I can't believe it has taken me a 2+ weeks to up load photos of my handsome little man.

And yes that is a fohawk.

He finally has a enough hair to style.

It only took fourteen plus months.

Yes you read correctly Owain has a NASTY viral infection and ear infections.

Plus he is teething big time.

Poor baby has been miserable for the last three days. I don't know if it is hitting him harder because he does not have a spleen or this is just one NASTY viral bug that needs to leave my baby alone!!

Knock on wood.

He hasn't had a fever since 4:30 am this early Wednesday morning.

Knock on wood.

With the help of a stronger antibiotics hopefully Viral Bug will take a hike!

On a normal healthy day Owain takes 2.5ml twice a day of penicillin. He has been on penicillin since his spleen bleed to death during his first CDH repair surgery at two and half weeks old. He will have to continue to taking this drug until he is three maybe five years old. It all depends on his little immune system.

Since Monday the Nurse practitioner stopped his pencillin and started him on a higher dose of Amoxicillin for ten days. Then he will start up with his penicillin.

This is the third time we had to switch antibiotics due to an infection.This time it is hitting him harder than any other time. I am hoping and praying that we are on the home stretch to saying good bye to this not so friendly bug.

I am afraid while we wait for the bug to take a hike Owain will continue to refuse all solids and most liquids(don't worry his not dehydrated) just skin and bones. My poor little man has hardly any fat to loose he can't afford to skip a day,or two,or three with out eating!!!

I spoke to soon.

In the middle of this post.

My little man woke up with a fever.

Not AGAIN!

I am off to go snuggle.

Promise I will be back sooner than 2+ weeks.

Knock on wood.