365 days ago

This was Owen on February 27, 2006. That was 365 days ago. He was so tiny and fresh and new. We didn't have a clue, back then.

I love this picture. Gabe had just come home from lunch. This was back in teh days when Gabe would come home for lunch everyday. He would gobble down his food and spend the other 58 minutes of his hour long lunch break holding, playing with, and loving on, Owen.

This is Owen today. February 27, 2007. He looks so different! Right now he is walking around the house saying 'hat, hat, hat' and 'this' with a hat on head head and caroons on in the backround. He has moved my boots to a different part of the room at least a dozen times, and he keeps bringin me a toy of his to 'share' with me. He is so grown up. My, how things change!

Busy week

Owen has had a very busy week - he cut three new teeth (finally his bottom two teeth get a friend) and learned one new word (hat), he got a bunch of new clothes (Mama went shopping at Bellis Fair), and he got a haircut (Papa got ahold of the razer).

This first picture shows one of Owen's new tricks - he can feed himself with a spoon. Don't be fooled into thinking he'll actually eat the scrambled egg though - he just likes to be able to bring the food to him mouth, but he refused to eat them, He actually hasn't been eating a lto lately.

Owens hair is still unharmed at this point.




This next picture is of Owen and his Grandma (my Mom). Owen is sporting some new duds from my trip to Bellis Fair. His shirts says "More bananas please". Grandma is who tought Owen to say 'hat'. Now that he knows what a hat is, and can say 'hat', he will actually wear one for an extended period of time.

By now Owen had had a run in with Papa and the scissors, but it looks so bad, I can't actually show it to you.



And here is Owen in the bathtub after Grandma and I tried to fix the mangled hair cut.

While Gabe was out with Owen, someone asked him how old his daughter was, so Gabe decided Owen needed a hari cut. Gabe had shaved the back 2/3rds right down to the skin and left the top. So we cut the top shorter and tried to make it look decent.

This is what we came up with...

Owen has such a little boys hair cut now. It's pretty cute when the front is spiked, and given a little time, the back will grow out and we'll get it fixed properly.

But he's still pretty darn cute!

And we found out he really likes to eat what ever we are eating - this was his breakfast - a bran muffin.

24 words!

Here is a list of words Owen can say:

Mama
Papa
Baby (bap)
Blanket (bap)
Bottle
Balloon
Fish
Clock
Light
Hi
Yes
Bye bye
Jesus
Hot
Grandma (kind of)
Grandpa (kind of)
Nana
Eye
Good
Kitty
This
That
Juice
Spoon

The Park

Rockin' and Rollin'

Owen got to play the bongo drum and ride a bike at his friend Olivia's house the other day. He is getting so active these days that I can't keep him in one place, and he tires of activities so quickly now. For the amount he and I move around we should both be very skinny... hhmmm...

Juice box

Owen's new favorite thing is drinking from a juice box. He likes both the juice, and drinking from a straw. Below is the look of desperation he gets when the juice box is empty.

Sssssshhh... I have a secret

Mama is going away this weekend, so I, Owen am stuck at home with Papa for the weekend. Things have been better with Papa and me lately, so now, every once in a while, I will say his name. He likes that a lot!

I have had sleepovers at Grandma's house before, or Mama has been away for one night at a time, but never two nights. I will miss her a lot! But this will prepare me for when she goes away to Las Vegas for 4 nights in March.

A good day at the park with my friends

Today we went to the park with some friends form Play Group. We had a great time. Owen didn't like the swing, but he did meet a puppy dog he liked quite a bit. I can't wait for the weather to get nicer so we can make going to the park a regular occurance.

12 months with the bear

Owen has been posing with this bear for 12 months. Once he is taller than the bear while sitting down I will stop doing these monthly photo shoots. Until then, I get to try and convince my ever-moving son to try and sit beside a large stuffed animal while not touching it or making a face. It's becoming quite the task!

Owen's Birthday Party

Thank you to everyone who came today to Owen's 1st Birthday Party! Owen (and the rest of us) had a great time.

Here is Owen playing with his buddy Charlie. It was so great to see Owen play so well with all the kids that came (age 1 month - 7 years old). I was afraid he would become too overwhelmed, but he was great!


Owen says thank you so much for all the presents too! He got tons of cute clothes and fun toys! This t-shirt says "Future Heartbreaker" -thanks Stacey, Joe, Joshua, and James!









And here Victor is helping Owen open a farm tractor from Auntie Liz, Uncle Adrian, and Jewel.

And after opening all presents, Owen got to blow out the candles on his cake. Victor and Maisey tried to beat him to it, but eventually Mama helped Owen blow out the candles, and then everyone got to eat yummy cake.

Here is everyone singing "Happy Birthday" to my little man.


The birthday party theme was musical instruments, so Owens cake was a drum.



Just like Owen's last party, the icing was his favorite part! He is getting much better at being able to feed himself with a spoon, but today Owen wanted to just use his hands.

Mmmmmmm... yummy cake!

And Owen also got to drink a juice box for the first time today - he loved it! Good idea Grandma!

Happy Birthday Owen! We sure love you!