Oh, I forgot to mention...
Alden has a big old cast on his leg. Poor thing.
We thought he had just an ankle sprain, which did swell up and get better in a couple of days.
But he would just refuse to put weight on his left foot, no matter what we tried.
We were afraid that he'd become afraid of putting weight on it and would forget how to walk eventually...
So a week after his accident, I called the pediatrician's office, and they told me to come in right away (actually in about an hour of when I called!). The doctor explained to us that sometime kids his age get something called "toddler's fracture," and it doesn't usually show up on the x-ray until 10-14 das after the injury. He recommended that we have another x-ray taken, so we drove to the hospital to get that done. Turns out, he has a hairline fracture on his upper shin, so we had to go back the next day to get a cast done on his leg. He's been in the cast for about 10 days now, and is completely back to normal. He's been running around in the cast almost normal, but he has to be in the cast for another couple weeks. I will post pictures soon, I promise.
Monday, April 12, 2010
Chatter Box
I don't know what's up with Alden, but he's been going crazy today talking all day long!!
Most of it's incomprehensible, like, "Da da dadada, dadi da, bab di?"
But he did say some words that were kind of understandable and surprised me.
Words he said today are:
1. Ba ba (I think he meant Bye bye)
2. Go go
3. 여기 (here in Korean)
4. 저기 (there in Korean)
5. 불 (light in Korean)
Mostly, he's just been yelling and talking to himself all day long. I hope this is the beginning of his talking phase...
He can't even say mama yet... :'(
Most of it's incomprehensible, like, "Da da dadada, dadi da, bab di?"
But he did say some words that were kind of understandable and surprised me.
Words he said today are:
1. Ba ba (I think he meant Bye bye)
2. Go go
3. 여기 (here in Korean)
4. 저기 (there in Korean)
5. 불 (light in Korean)
Mostly, he's just been yelling and talking to himself all day long. I hope this is the beginning of his talking phase...
He can't even say mama yet... :'(
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Pictures as promised.
Enjoying licorice
Playground – second day, he ventured out to the sandbox
At university mall tree house… 
This was taken right before the accident…
Alden's growing so fast!
Everytime I'm on my own desktop, I forget to talk about the fun things Alden does. And everytime I'm on a different computer and can remember things I wanted to talk about, I don't have pictures to go with the stories.... But I've decided just the stories are better than no story and no picture. Ha ha.
To start off, Alden has been going to nursery lately. He's not 18 months yet, but having a very influencial grandmother in the ward can help quicken the admission process. ;) My mom took him to nursery for a few weeks, and even asked for a calling in nursery too. So Alden hasn't exactly been in nursery by himself, but he loves it a lot. He loves the toys, snack, and friends. But He's the smallest in nursery (by quite a lot) and the only one who can't speak.
Another thing he really enjoys doing is hide-and-seek. He will hide behind the curtains or the couch and wait for me to say, "Where's Alden?" in Korean, and come out and smile. He also likes to play hide-and-seek with his bellybutton, whenever he's not wearing a onesie. He'll pull his shirt up and show us his bellybutton, lower the shirt down, throw his arms up in the air and say, "Adi adi adi?" I think he's trying to say 어디, which means "where" in Korean. He'll also pretend to look around the room and look right and left. Then he'll lift up his shirt and say, "여기," meaning "here." It's really cute, except when he tries to do the same at church and expose himself to the ward members... lol. Sometimes he'll even try to pull his pants down, and once, he even mooned the whole nursery class.... :P
Alden also loves when anyone sneezes, and he'll laugh whenever anyone does. Lately, I mean, since yesterday, he started imitating a sneeze, and it's sooooo cute. It sounds like, "ehhhh choo." I'll see if I can get it on video and put it online. :D
Big news.... Yesterday, Joe and I took Alden to the University Mall. They have a tree house with a slide, and Alden recently discovered slides and how fun they are, so I wanted to go play with him for an hour. While Alden and I were going down the slide together, his new sneakers caught on the surface of the slide. He rolled his left ankle and his foot went under my leg as we went a foot farther on the slide. I thought I heard a snap or a pop and was terrified that he may have broken his leg. Alden, by then, was crying his lungs out and wouldn't stop. Joe and I took his shoe and sock off and examined his lefts. I didn't see any obvious breaks and bruises, etc., but we wanted to make sure that he didn't seriously injure his leg. We went to the emergency room, and it was surprisingly empty. Alden's cries filled the whole emergency room and they had to eventually shut the door so it wouldn't be as loud.... Getting the x-ray was a challenge, too. He didn't want to lie down, let alone stay still on the table for more than a second. They had to hold him down and I felt like crying... Fortunately, he didn't have any breaks, so we were able to come home after a big dose of ibuprofen and tylenol. He went to sleep okay, but woke up in the middle of the night crying. We gave him more tylenol and an hour of Pororo (nothing a little bit of Pororo can't fix), and he was able to fall back asleep. Now, he's okay if he doesn't use his foot, but he'll cry in pain if he touches it or accidentally moves or puts weight on it. Hopefully he'll recover soon and be able to run around soon. I don't know how much longer he can handle just sitting or lying all day long.... Today we've been watching Pororo all day. By all day, I mean, literally ALL DAY.... (sigh)...
Anyway, I'll put some pictures up later. Wish us luck with keeping him from running around. lol.
To start off, Alden has been going to nursery lately. He's not 18 months yet, but having a very influencial grandmother in the ward can help quicken the admission process. ;) My mom took him to nursery for a few weeks, and even asked for a calling in nursery too. So Alden hasn't exactly been in nursery by himself, but he loves it a lot. He loves the toys, snack, and friends. But He's the smallest in nursery (by quite a lot) and the only one who can't speak.
Another thing he really enjoys doing is hide-and-seek. He will hide behind the curtains or the couch and wait for me to say, "Where's Alden?" in Korean, and come out and smile. He also likes to play hide-and-seek with his bellybutton, whenever he's not wearing a onesie. He'll pull his shirt up and show us his bellybutton, lower the shirt down, throw his arms up in the air and say, "Adi adi adi?" I think he's trying to say 어디, which means "where" in Korean. He'll also pretend to look around the room and look right and left. Then he'll lift up his shirt and say, "여기," meaning "here." It's really cute, except when he tries to do the same at church and expose himself to the ward members... lol. Sometimes he'll even try to pull his pants down, and once, he even mooned the whole nursery class.... :P
Alden also loves when anyone sneezes, and he'll laugh whenever anyone does. Lately, I mean, since yesterday, he started imitating a sneeze, and it's sooooo cute. It sounds like, "ehhhh choo." I'll see if I can get it on video and put it online. :D
Big news.... Yesterday, Joe and I took Alden to the University Mall. They have a tree house with a slide, and Alden recently discovered slides and how fun they are, so I wanted to go play with him for an hour. While Alden and I were going down the slide together, his new sneakers caught on the surface of the slide. He rolled his left ankle and his foot went under my leg as we went a foot farther on the slide. I thought I heard a snap or a pop and was terrified that he may have broken his leg. Alden, by then, was crying his lungs out and wouldn't stop. Joe and I took his shoe and sock off and examined his lefts. I didn't see any obvious breaks and bruises, etc., but we wanted to make sure that he didn't seriously injure his leg. We went to the emergency room, and it was surprisingly empty. Alden's cries filled the whole emergency room and they had to eventually shut the door so it wouldn't be as loud.... Getting the x-ray was a challenge, too. He didn't want to lie down, let alone stay still on the table for more than a second. They had to hold him down and I felt like crying... Fortunately, he didn't have any breaks, so we were able to come home after a big dose of ibuprofen and tylenol. He went to sleep okay, but woke up in the middle of the night crying. We gave him more tylenol and an hour of Pororo (nothing a little bit of Pororo can't fix), and he was able to fall back asleep. Now, he's okay if he doesn't use his foot, but he'll cry in pain if he touches it or accidentally moves or puts weight on it. Hopefully he'll recover soon and be able to run around soon. I don't know how much longer he can handle just sitting or lying all day long.... Today we've been watching Pororo all day. By all day, I mean, literally ALL DAY.... (sigh)...
Anyway, I'll put some pictures up later. Wish us luck with keeping him from running around. lol.
Monday, March 22, 2010
Be advised....
Okay.. so everytime I try to post something on my blog, my computer freezes or my internet quits working. This really frustrates me and very much discourages me from posting anything on the blog....
Plus, I know everyone loves pictures, and the pictures are only on my desktop so I can't use Joe's laptop to post either... :P
I will keep trying.... Here are some pictures you missed out on.
This is how he says, "Please."
Adventures at Nicklecade
Plus, I know everyone loves pictures, and the pictures are only on my desktop so I can't use Joe's laptop to post either... :P
I will keep trying.... Here are some pictures you missed out on.
This is how he says, "Please."
Playing with toys
Adventures at Nicklecade
This is how you're supposed to eat pizza
Bath time = Play time
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Our Big Headed baby
On Tuesday, we went in for Alden's 15-18 month check up. Here's the stats. He is 22 lbs. 6 oz., about 18th percentile for his age. He's almost 30 inches tall, which is on the 8th percentile. His head circumference, however, surprised me and the nurse. It was a little over 19 inches, which is on the 80th percentile!!! For those of you who's having a hard time imagining how long 19 inches is, let's just say that that was how tall Alden was when he was born.... Yeah, he's a short chubby boy with a giant head... Ha ha.
A little more on the developments. He can now say "Go, go" when he wants to go somewhere. He can say 까까, which means "snack" in Korean for when he wants a pretzel or his daily vitamin (yeah, it's the chewable gummy bear one). He can almost go down a couple of steps with one hand on the wall. He can also feed himself with a fork or a spoon (we're still working on the chopsticks). He also likes to use a normal cup to drink with, and he's getting pretty good at it. With supervision, he can drink out of his cup without spilling any water. Besides playing with balls, he loves to pretend to run into things, such as doors, walls, cabinets, etc., and fall down on the ground. I will post the videos of that soon.
These are pictures of him playing in the waiting room, dunking the balls into the hoop. :D
A little more on the developments. He can now say "Go, go" when he wants to go somewhere. He can say 까까, which means "snack" in Korean for when he wants a pretzel or his daily vitamin (yeah, it's the chewable gummy bear one). He can almost go down a couple of steps with one hand on the wall. He can also feed himself with a fork or a spoon (we're still working on the chopsticks). He also likes to use a normal cup to drink with, and he's getting pretty good at it. With supervision, he can drink out of his cup without spilling any water. Besides playing with balls, he loves to pretend to run into things, such as doors, walls, cabinets, etc., and fall down on the ground. I will post the videos of that soon.
These are pictures of him playing in the waiting room, dunking the balls into the hoop. :D
Today, we went to an appointment with an allergist, a referral from the pediatrician. We had been wondering what types of food Alden is allergic to, since he seems to be allergic to a lot of things. The whole thing took almost two hours!! We spent most of that time waiting, and waiting, and waiting.... Alden started getting really bored. We found some sample/demo meds to play with. He mostly liked the epi pens, since they have the safety caps that fall off on the back. He kept taking it out and putting it back in. :D Finally, the doctor came in, and we spent some time talking about Alden's medical history of what have caused problems in the past: almonds, milk, eggs, tomatoes, cheese, etc. We did a skin test on his back, about twenty different things. We found out that he is deadly allergic to peanuts, moderately allergic to tree nuts like almonds and walnuts, and mildly allergic to eggs. We have to get some epi pens for Alden, just in case he eats peanuts accidentally and starts going into anaphylactic shock. Everybody, just be aware that he CANNOT have peanuts, please. :D
Alden, playing with the demo meds.
His skin test. The biggest spot is from peanut allergen...
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