baseball season is starting again

Gabe plays ball from April until July each year, and as Owen gets older, he loves it more and more. 

Yesterday was the first practice of 2009, and Owen was there in all his glory. He cheered on the team, and even got to hit a few balls after the practice was over. 

Building blocks

Owen has had these building blocks for a long time now, but has really started loving them recently. He builds 'castles' and 'houses' all the time, and even built an airport hanger complete with little airplanes inside it the other day. 

Wearing underwear!

Owen and I went to Walmart today and he picked put 3 kinds of new big-boy underwear – Spiderman, Batman, and Transformers. And he even went pee on the toilet at Safeway (without a potty seat), and then, when we got home, Owen decided to pee standing up. Thankfully Papa cleaned up all the mess before I saw it.

he poops in the toilet now!

I am speechless – Owen has gone poop on the toilet twice today! He went once at Grandma’s house – and his pull up was dry almost all day (only 2 small accidents), and then just now he went pee on the toilet all by himself and then poop all by himself 10 minutes later. He literally did it all by himself – he pulled his pants and pull up down, he put the potty seat on the toilet, climbed up, went pee and poop, wiped himself, pulled up his pull up and diaper, closed the lid, flushed, and then washed his hands. The only reason we knew he went was because we heard the water running and I went to investigate. Yay Owen! I think it is time to get some real big-boy undies!

All questions answered by Owen, age 3

1. What is something Mommy always says to you? "please don't hit"

2. What makes your Mommy happy? "a happy dance"

3. What makes your Mommy mad? "hitting"

4. How does your Mommy make you laugh? "tickles"

5. What was your Mommy like as a child? "you had to say 'ba ba ba' and you crawled on the door and you hit yourself on the head and then they had to put you to bed"

6. How old is your Mommy? "29"

7. How tall is your Mommy? ""this tall" (lifting his hand above his head)"

8. What is her favorite thing to do? "eat"

9. What does your Mommy do when you’re not around? "go to Auntie Elia's"

10. If your Mommy became famous, what would it be for? "a crocodile" (he didn't understand this)

11. What is your Mommy really good at? "scrapbooking"

12. What is your Mommy not very good at? "a crocodile (i see a theme here for when he doesn;t understand a quesrion or have a propoer answer)"

13. What does your Mommy do for a job? "go to the doctor's officel"

14. What is your Mommy’s favorite food? "apple pie"

15. What makes you proud of your Mommy? "cleaning up"

16. If your Mommy were a cartoon character, who would she be? "Dora"

17. What do you and your Mommy do together? "go to Nathan's house"

18. How are you and your Mommy the same? "this same (he touched my tummy and then his)"

19. How are you and your Mommy different? "this different (he touched his head and then my head)"

20. How do you know your Mommy loves you? "this much (and he head his hands about inches apart)"

21. What does your Mommy like most about your Daddy? "tickle him"

22. Where is your Mommy’s favorite place to go? "to your friend's house"

not quite there yet...

Owen is going potty all by himself now. He pulled down his pants and his pull-up, went pee on the potty, and then pulled up his pull-up and jeans and THEN came and told us he went pee! Things like this make me think he won’t be in diapers for much longer. But then… he goes and poops in his pull-up. Sigh.