OWEN'S WORLD!

Happy Halloween everyone!

2009-11-12T09:36:00.000-08:00

Fireman Owen and his buddies

2009-10-31T11:29:00.000-07:00

I thought this picture was well thought out on Auntie Stacey's part - Josh and Owen are Firemen, and Matthew is their little dalmation puppy.

Happy Haloween everyone - be safe tonight!

crazy kids!

2009-10-14T17:59:00.000-07:00

My boys just can't get enough of the Parson boys, which is good because we see them pretty much once a week!

Auntie Stacey bought all 5 boys matching t-shirts months ago, and then forgot all about them. Once she found them, we managed to get all 5 boys in the same area for a photo shoot, but there wasn't one pic where at least one (or more) kid was crying.

pumpkin patch with the Parson's

2009-10-05T17:56:00.000-07:00

Owen, Andy, Josh, Jimmy, and Mathew

We all went to The Apple Barn in Abbotsford and picked out pumpkins today. We also jumped on the trampoline thing, saw scarecrows, got apple cider slushies and candy, went in the petting zoo, played at the park, and walked through the orchard. It was a lot of fun!

Auntie Karitas, Lina, and Dylan came too! It was a great day!

Update, sorry for not posting for the last 3 months

2009-09-02T22:30:00.001-07:00

Our summer was VERY busy!

Here is a quick update:

- We went camping a few times, and Owen spent a lot of nights with Papa in the trailer in our driveway

- With a new haircut, Owen looks really grown up now!

- Owen had his 2 top, front teeth extracted at the end of August. He is doing great now, but he REALLY looks older now!

- He's wearing size 5 shirts, size 4 pants, and size 11 shoes!

- Both Andy and Owen started at a new daycare and they love it!

- We went to the Zoo, Science World, Kelowna, the Vancouver Aquarium, Sumas, the Chilliwack Flight Fest, and Party In The Park.

- Owen can write his name, type his name, and he knows all his letters. He is working on what sound they all make, and he really wants to read. He loves rhyming words together, and playing with sounds.

- He loves Word Girl, Sid the Science Kid, and Super Why

Owen is a happy kid who loves to play, and is always willing to cuddle with me. He doesn't let me leave the house without at least 3 hugs and kisses, and he still crawls into our bed just about every night. I love him sooooooo much!

camping in our new trailer!

2009-05-23T11:21:00.000-07:00

More pictures to come soon...

We went camping at Cultus Lake in our new tent trailer. It was awesome!

my little sloth

2009-05-20T11:08:00.000-07:00

This is Owen's "new trick". He makes me laugh. He thinks sloths are awesome. He does this a lot. He just cracks me up. He'll hang like this for a few minutes, like a dozen times a day, every day! What a goof!

Yay for spring!

2009-05-16T09:32:00.000-07:00

Gotta love all this bunny stuff!

2009-05-12T09:28:00.000-07:00

self-portrait

2009-05-10T11:18:00.000-07:00

my little fireman

2009-05-09T11:13:00.000-07:00

Owen and I went to the Fireman competition down Chilliwack Lake Road today. Firemen from all over BC were there competing. Owen thought it was fantastic! We got to ride in a truck too!

bumped tooth

2009-05-04T09:20:00.000-07:00

Owen was pushing Andy in the baby swing and the swing came back and knocked Owen in the tooth. We didn't think it was much at the time, but after a few days his tooth turned grey and we went to the Dentist.

It seems that the bump broke the blood vessils in Owen's front tooth, and as the blood was absorbed into his tooth, it turned grey. The Dentist told us that the tooth is fine, Owen isn't in pain (Owen said that too), and that this will not affect his adult tooth (thank goodness!), but the tooth might stay grey until it falls out. The other 2 possibilities are that the tooth may clear up and go back to white, or (get ready for this...) the tooth could co black. BLACK! Yikes! Lets hope that doesn't happen.

Owen doesn't seemed phased by the color of his tooth at all, so that is good!

Burried treauser? Or burried pirate?

2009-04-30T09:35:00.000-07:00

Christian and Jonah came over for a BBQ today and they burried Pirate Owen in the gravel! Owen loved it!

Happy Easter from Pirate Owen!

2009-04-10T09:26:00.000-07:00

Quading!

2009-04-06T12:33:00.001-07:00

The Lanteigne family spent the day down at the river yesterday - enjoying the sunshine and riding on quads. Owen had a fantastic time! He got to make rock castles, go for a few rides with Papa and Uncle John, and play with his new friend Keaton. What a great day!

sunny days = trike riding!

2009-04-05T17:25:00.000-07:00

We love sunny days! And we haven;t had one for a while now, so when the sun comes out, we all go outside to play!

Owen loves to ride his trike, now that he can do it all by himself. He rides down the street to the end of the cul-de-sac, and then comes back again. He loves it. What I don;t love is when he does it all by himself and doesn't let me know, so all the sudden he goes missing and I am running up and down the street shouting his name and panicking.

Going for a walk with Grandma and Grandpa

2009-04-03T20:04:00.000-07:00

We visit Grandma and Grandpa just about once a week, and often (as long as it isn't raining or snowing) we go for a walk. We start at the cow field to see if the cows or donkey are out and then we hang out there for a while. And a few of the Mama cows just had babies, so today we got to see 3 little baby cows too!

And then we head down the street to the corner store where Grandpa ALWAYS buys Owen a treat - usually a little bag of penny candies.

Today was an extra special treat because we all went on the walk together - Mama, Owen, Andy, Grandpa, and Grandma! Who could resist a walk with such a beautiful day like today?!

Ice Capades Mystika!

2009-04-03T12:09:00.000-07:00

Owen and I had a particularly special evening last night. We had a date at the Ice Capades!

Our friends Jaqueline and Kaelen invited us to go to the Ice Capades Mystika show and then out to dinner at White Spot. Owen was excited about the show AND the cheeseburger afterwards!

We had a great time at Prospera Place, and Owen even shared a piece of pizza with me - bonus!

During the third act of the show (pictured here), Owen told me he didn't want the cheeseburger anymore - all he wanted was to get a pair of ice skates and to go skating after the show. He LOVED the show! But after some explanation, he decided to get the cheeseburger after all.

Thanks again for the invite Jac!

baseball season is starting again

2009-03-30T16:49:00.000-07:00

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

2009-03-30T16:46:00.000-07:00

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!

2009-03-18T20:50:00.000-07:00

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!

2009-03-14T20:00:00.000-07:00

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

2009-03-09T11:45:00.000-07:00

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...

2009-03-03T11:37:00.000-08:00

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.

A list of Owen's fav things...

2009-02-28T11:49:00.000-08:00

A list of what Owen said his favorite things were this morning:
Color – red
TV show – Curious George
Movie – Veggie Tales ‘Jonah’
Song – Twinkle Twinkle
Music to listen to in the car - Backyardigans (which I know isn’t really true because he never listens to anything other than Jonah or VT lately)
Animal – Baby Elephants
Toys – his animals
Game – the Cars matching game
Breakfast – Yogurt and applesauce
Lunch - Yogurt and applesauce
Dinner - Yogurt and applesauce
Snack - Popsicles
Person in the whole wide world – Jonah Jordan

3-year old photo shoot with Play Group

2009-02-20T11:29:00.001-08:00

Owen is 3!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2009-01-31T21:42:00.001-08:00

We had a kids party for Owen this morning. The kids decorated their goodie bags with stickers, they played with toys, and watched Backyardigans. But the favorite part for all the kids was eating the cupcakes I made. They were green with coconut grass, plastic animals, candles, and sparklers on them. We had hotdogs and chili for lunch, and most of the kids, and some adults, were dressed up as cowboys!

Poor Owen wasn’t really himself this morning, and he woke up from his nap with a fever of over 102 degrees, so once he got some Tylenol, he was acting more normal.

And then we had a family birthday dinner as well. We had lasagnia and Caesar salad for dinner. We had more grass cupcakes, and Mummo made an apple pie too! And again, Owen got a ton of cool presents.

He had a great evening and really enjoyed playing with Nathan, dancing for all of us, and trying on all his new costumes.

Owen and Josh - BFF's!

2009-01-23T17:44:00.000-08:00

Owen and Josh are best friends. They like to do everything together whenever they can!

Today we all went to Go Banana's, and then the Parsons came back to our house with us for a pizza lunch, and the kids got to play for a few more hours. Josh and Owen colored together, watched TV together, played together - they even went potty together!

spending the day with Grandma

2009-01-20T16:52:00.000-08:00

Owen visits Grandma about once a week. Today we went for a walk along the river. Owen and Grandma found nice big rocks to throw in the river and made big splashes.

Owie and Andy

2009-01-19T21:29:00.000-08:00

Owen and Andy get along great. They each get so excited to se each other and they play so well together. Already they are best friends.

Owen is almost 3 and Andy is almost 7 months old.

Owen is turning 3!

2009-01-19T21:27:00.000-08:00

Owen's 3rd birthday party will have a cowboy theme... as you can see, he is very excited about it!

Play-doh

2009-01-07T15:57:00.001-08:00

Owen LOVES play-doh. And he loves the Backyardingans. And he LOVES pirates. So a Backyardigan play-doh pirate ship was the perfect Christmas gift for him!

Thanks Auntie Cari and Uncle Sean! This has already been hours (and hours!) of fun!

Happy New Year! Welcome 2009...

2009-01-01T19:36:00.000-08:00

Owen stayed up until midnight for the last time since... well... probably since he was only a few weeks old.

We celebrated New Years eve last night with a few friends and Owen got to play with Piper and Sarah, dress-up, watch movies, play Rock Band, and ring in the new year with all the grown ups. And then he promptly passed out around 12:05am.

Christmas celebrations #2, #3, and #4

2008-12-29T16:01:00.000-08:00

On Christmas Eve, the four of us stayed home and opened Christmas presents from each other. Grandpa Kim gave the boys a wagon, and Owen a digital camera. He loves it! He has probably taken a few hundred pics by now (he takes after me that way!)

Owen also got a policeman costume (as pictured here), and a Backyardigans play-doh pirate ship kit. He was very spoiled this Christmas!

On Christmas morning we headed over to my parents house where we spent the day with Grandma, Grandpa, Big-Papa (my Grandpa), Great-Uncle Peter, Uncle Nathan, Auntie Karitas, Uncle Danny, and Uncle Adam. And once again Owen got spoiled! He got books, musical instruments shaped like jungle animals, more play-doh, a shaving kit for the tub, and some games.

And we had another yummy turkey dinner with all the works! Owen had a great day and even though he didn't nap, and he ended up going to bed late, he was really well behaved (and had lots and lots of new toys to play with).

On Boxing Day the whole crew came over to our house for lunch and a family game of Rock Band.

We had the Warawa extended-family gathering in Langely on Dec 28th. Owen and I went to that while Papa stayed home with Andy. And that evening we went back to Grandma and Grandpa's house and met up with Uncle Dusty and Uncle Jesse (plus the rest of the gang too!) This Christmas season was very busy for us, but we did get to see a lot of

family, which was awesome!

And again, Owen got extremely spoiled! He got a cowboy costume complete with a horse, a race car track and remote control race cars, and an art easel! What a lucky boy! Now I have to clear out some old toys to be able to fit all the new ones in! :)

On Dec 29th we had the whole gang over to our house again for breakfast and more visiting. Owen had a great time playing with all his Uncles!

And now we are all so exhausted from all the visiting that we are back to napping every afternoon - thank goodness!

Christmas celebration #1

2008-12-24T11:11:00.000-08:00

We had our first Christmas celebration last Saturday with the entire extended Lanteigne family.

Owen had a great time. He loves spending time with Mummo, Ukki, his Auntie's Annelia and Elia, and his cousins Dakota, Jasper, and Nathan - and everyone else too!

And this year Owen was spoiled once more - he got a Thomas train, a Diego doll (or action figure as Gabe would rather I call it), a Little People pirate ship, a pirate ship coloring poster, and a big bucket of play-doh!

He didn't eat much of the meal (even though it was fantastic!), but he did like the ham.

And to top it all off, Owen got to stay up late (until almost 10pm) watching movies with Dakota. It was a great day!

Owen's new snow suit

2008-12-24T11:04:00.000-08:00

Owen LOVES all this snow! We go outside and play just about everyday. And this year I think we're going to have a white Christmas! The snow just keeps falling!

I got Owen his new snow suit and boots the other day and I am so glad I did - the snow might stick around for quite a while, and it is soooooo cold out there!

Santa, tree, and Christmas photos...

2008-12-09T09:24:00.000-08:00

Owen likes Santa alright, but has never been one to really want to get up close and personal. For the last 2 years, Owen's picture with Santa has been... interesting. But this year he had to show Andy what a cool big brother he was, so he got somewhat nearer to the big man in red. But he still refused to sit on Santa's lap. Instead, he said I could sit next to Santa and he would sit on my lap. Owen said that Andy could sit on Santa's lap. Way to take one for the team Andy!

And we had another first this year - our Christmas tree. We had a real tree last year for the first time. We even went into the woods and cut it down ourselves too - sort of (tree farm). But this year we got 2 Christmas trees! Not on purpose though. The first one we got was supposed to not shed needles. That is why we got it. That is the only reason we got it. It was ugly as anything! But it dropped just as many needles as other trees, and it fell over... twice! Once completely covered in decorations and lights and all! That is why we got our second Christmas tree. It is a much better tree.

And this year we did another photo for our Christmas cards (the one above). This year we did a whole shoot though - pictures of just the boys, of the boys by themselves, of the boys with Mama, and the boys with Papa, and all of us together. Now we have a wonderful selection of Christmas photos to shower our family and friends with. Don't worry - you'll get yours soon!

Bribery works!

2008-12-01T08:39:00.000-08:00

We got this idea from our friend Keira. How it works is like this: when Owen does one of these 'good things', he gets a sticker. Some of these things are easier to do that others. And when he gets 10 stickers, he gets to pick out a prize from the prize bag (which are all Dollar Store items that he picked out last time we were there - stickers, toys, costume pieces, etc.).

Our main objective with this chart is to get Owen to a) go potty, and b) tell us when he has a huge, stinking, rotten poop in his diaper.

So far it is working. It has taken 2 months (this is only the latest chart), but Owen now asks to go potty. And guess what?! He is actually going now! Yay!

The other day Owen asked to go potty (the first time ever that he initiated it) and after sitting for a good half an hour, he went pee and poop on the potty! Yay Owen! Way to go!

(his eyes are closed because he hates the flash on my camera)

It's still not an everyday, every time thing, but we are well on our way to being potty trained now. My goal is to have Owen going (and actually going) multiple times a day every day by Owen's 3rd birthday (end of January).

Best friends

2008-11-21T15:10:00.000-08:00

If you ask Owen who his best friend is he may answer Grandma or Andy, but most of the time it is Josh. And if you have ever seen them play together you'll know why - they absolutely love each other!

Crafts

2008-11-12T14:51:00.000-08:00

Can you guess who in our family these are supposed to be? I helped, but Owen chose what went where on all of these little guys!

Owen's awesome drawing!

2008-11-04T16:18:00.001-08:00

Owen's 1st time trick-or-treating

2008-11-01T16:21:00.000-07:00

Here are a few pictures of our first time trick-or-treating with our Play Group friends. Owen had a great time!

Owen's first trip to the firehall!

2008-09-29T13:52:00.000-07:00

A good day...

2008-09-29T12:52:00.000-07:00

We all went for an hour long walk this morning (to Video Tonite and back)... Andy screamed the entire way there but was hgappy and talking on teh way home. We got 3 replacement mopvies for the 3 that we rented last time that didn't work. We got Peter Pan, sop now we can burn it and watch it at Moms house and in the big room. We aleso got a Halloween Toopey and Binu, and the cartoon Robin Hood. Owen is excited for his new movies!

Now we are going to have lunch, Andy is happily playing under his star, and then it is nap time for the boys and shower time for me. Shelby will be here at 3:30 and then Andy and I can go grocery shopping and she and Owen can play outside or go to the park. What a good day!

Playing in the backyard

2008-09-04T22:22:00.000-07:00

Piper and Owen at the park

2008-09-04T18:50:00.000-07:00

Owen's light sabre!

2008-08-27T14:49:00.001-07:00

Very busy day!

2008-08-26T23:32:00.000-07:00

Today was a very busy day for all of us!

First of all, Owen went to daycare as a pirate. I don't argue with him anymore about it. Why can't he be a pirate all the time? So off he went in his full costume... with his Peter Pan movie to boot!

Once Owen got home we played, had dinner, and then took some pictures with him and Andy as it is Andy's 2-month birthday today!

It is a constant battle for me to get Owen NOT to poke his brother in the eye. I don;t know what it is about 2 year old and poking babies inthe eye! Sometimes he'll even ask me "Mama, can I poke Baby Andy in the eye now?" No!

And then, before bed, Owen asked to go pee on the potty. He doesn't often ask to do this - or ever - so off we went to the potty with the promise of Cars stickers afterwards. After sitting on the potty for a few minutes and trying to push out farts (and succeding), Owen also pushed out some pee, freaked himself out as he hasn't done that befor, and then he wanted off the potty pronto. He did get 2 Cars stickers though and now we have decided to have a little bit of potty time everyday.

Owen goes to the Airshow!

2008-08-17T22:12:00.000-07:00

Gabe took Owen to the Chilliwack Airshow last night from 8-10pm. Owen had a fantastic time even though he was so tired when he came home! He was terribly impressed with the “fire plane” and its pilot who he got to meet! The 'fire plane' had sparks coming out of it, and it had colorful smoke that made a rainbow. He came home and told me all about it!

So we all went this morning (Sunday) as a family. Owen got toshow me all the planes that he saw the night before, and as we were at John's workplace (we saw the show from inside his hanger and it was awesome!), Owen got to show me the parts of airplanes too - the engine, the propellor, etc.

Fun in the pool

2008-08-14T22:07:00.000-07:00

It was so hot today so we went to Shelby's house and she swam in the pool with Owen for over an hour and a half. Owen had to wear his life jacket, and he is getting more confident in the pool now. He even had Shelby throw him up in the air a few times and he would fall into the water getting his face wet, and he was OK with that (after coughing and sputtering when he came back up, of course).

They have this duck that is also the thermometer, and Owen just loves it – I don't think he let go of it at all the entire time he was in the pool.

Then they got in some good trampoline time too before we had to go home for lunch. Owen loves to swim! And he sure loves Shelby!

Ogopogo Park

2008-08-13T22:02:00.000-07:00

We went to the Ogopogo Park today with Shelby, our summer babysitter. Owen had a fantastic time at the park. It was really hot, so they spent mostof their time under the 'pirate ship' playing and digging in the sand and making sand castles. But first Owen did have to sample every ride!

Stcikers!

2008-08-11T21:59:00.000-07:00

Owen had some fun with stickers today and we wanted to show Papa them but he was napping on the couch with Andy (see the sticker Owen put on his nose?)

Our date at the Chilliwack Exhibition

2008-08-08T18:18:00.001-07:00

Owen and I had a date today at the Chilliwack Exhibition. Papa stayed home with Andy so Owen and I could go just the two of us. We saw goats, sheep, cows, horses, llamas, chickens,. Roosters, ducks, baby chicks, puppies, rabbits, a train, tractors, a bear mascot and even some rides. We even had pancakes for lunch! But what was Owen's favorite part? The handicapped parking sign just outside the front door! He played on it for over 10 minutes and kept saying “This is so weird” Yes it was! He kept asking me to take his picture with the sign. What a hoot this kid is!

Camping at Cultus

2008-08-07T18:30:00.000-07:00

We just got back from camping today. We spend the last four days at Maple Bay at Cultus Lake and had a great time! Mummo, Ukki, Auntie Elia, Celine, Joey, Nathan, John, Auntie Anneli, Uncle Kris, Dakota, Jasper, and all four of us were all there. Grandma and Grandpa even came for a visit every day as well!

Owen had a great time! He and Gabe slept in Grandma's new trailer while Andy and I went home each evening and came back every morning. Owen had a blast playing with all his cousins. He swam in the lake (with his life jacket on) three times and even ventured out on the floaty on the third day. Papa made big waves for him and he loved it! We roasted hot dogs and marshmallows, went for walks, saw snails, and puppies, and even chickens! Owen even had a bath in one of his 'boats' and refused to come out even though the water had gotten so cold. He napped well, slept great, and overall had a wonderful time!

Brotherly Love

2008-08-03T20:31:00.000-07:00

New haircut!

2008-07-18T18:49:00.000-07:00

I missed Owen's June trip to the salon, and I couldn't wait any longer (seeing as his July appointment would have been this week as well), so I cut Owens hair myself. It isn't perfect,but it sure is a lot better than it was!

This is how a puppy would eat a muffin...

2008-07-18T18:45:00.000-07:00

I'm glad you're here...

2008-07-17T09:28:00.000-07:00

When Gabe put Owen to bed tonight Owen said “I'm glad you're here Papa”, and Gabe said “I'm glad you're here too Owen.” The Owen said “I'm glad Mama and Papa are here.”, so Gabe said “I'm glad Mama, Papa, Owen, and Andy are all here”, to which Owen replied “I'm glad Mama and Papa and Owen are here”.

:)

Phone call

2008-07-14T09:28:00.000-07:00

Owen decided he wanted to call someone today. He pressed some buttons and then said “Hi. My name is Owen . I like puppy dogs and kitty cats and hippo's. Can I come and play at your house?” It was so cute!

Big news!

2008-07-09T13:49:00.000-07:00

Gabe took Owen to daycare yesterday and Deana (his daycare provider) asked if we had had the baby or not. Gabe turned to Owen and asked him if he had a new brother or sister. Owen replied that he had a new brother. Then Deana asked Owen if he had anoy other news for her (she meant the baby's name or something along those lines). Owen, dressed like the picture above, replied "I have a hat."

Owen and Andy - day 10

2008-07-07T14:46:00.000-07:00

Owen loves his little brother Andy! Ans he tells him that all the time. He is full of hugs and kisses for all of us these days. I can tell he really likes having Andy around. He knows there is no longer a baby in Mama's belly, but when I ask him where that baby went, or what happened tio it, Owen says he doesn't know.

Big feet, little feet

2008-07-02T13:41:00.000-07:00

Owen and Andy!

2008-07-02T08:52:00.000-07:00

Owen has a new little brother - ANDY!

Andy was born last Thursday (June 26th) and Owenis just crazy about him!

I don't know...

2008-07-01T13:39:00.000-07:00

I don't know why, but Owen wanted to watch TV like this today. I asked him to put his legs down and he said he didn't want to. He stayed like this for at least 10 minutes.

Breakfast at the Lanteigne household

2008-07-01T13:37:00.000-07:00

God is bigger

2008-06-24T20:51:00.001-07:00

Tonight Owen choked on a hot dog and threw up at dinner. Yuck. Gabe was home alone with him and quickly called to tell me what had happened,. Needless to say. Owen didn't want anymore dinner after that. But after Gabe got off the phone with me, Owen came up to him and said “God is bigger Papa.” Gabe said “What??” and Owen repeated himself. “God is bigger Papa, right?” “Right” said Gabe. And then Owen said “God is an animal.” Gabe corrected him and said that no, God was not in fact an animal. Then Owen said “Right, God is our friend.” Isn't he such a sweet child?!?!?!

lunch

2008-06-23T13:41:00.001-07:00

I am reminded again why we don't take Owen to restaurants. Gabe, Sean, Cari, Owen, and I just came3 back from a pretty unsuccessful lunch at E Young's. Owen refused to eat anything and cried a few times for no apparent reason, while I wolfed down my lunch to appease him. NO more!

Happy Fathers Day!

2008-06-18T14:40:00.001-07:00

We had a Veggie Tales Fathers Day this year!

Mid-season ball tournament

2008-06-08T16:14:00.000-07:00

This weekend was our ball team's mid-season tournament. Owen and I got to go see 2 of the 4 games. Owen loves to play baseball, and he is getting very good at just sitting and watching (and cheering on) Papa's ball games too!

After each game, Owen gets to play! Here is Owen and Papa playing baseball. Owen scores every time!

My stylin' little man!

2008-05-27T11:48:00.000-07:00

Owen got another new haircut yesterday. This was by far our best experience at a hair salon (for Owen's hair cutes at least). We went to First Choice again. And other than getting hair all over us (so we just HAD to buy some new clothes), it was fantastic! We were in and out so quick and I LOVE how she cut his hair! Isn't he so handsome!?!

Elmido Farms

2008-05-23T15:17:00.000-07:00

We went to Elmido Farms today (in Sardis) with our friends from Play Group. Kaelen lives there... well, next door to the barns - not really in the barns.

Owen and I really liked seeing the cows! And after the tour, Owen and I got ice cream, cupcakes, stickers, and crayons! It was fantastic!

And today is Josh's birthday too! Happy Birthday Josh! (that is Owen hugging Josh in the pone pic)

Thanks for having us over Kaelen!

Milkshake

2008-05-22T10:03:00.000-07:00

Owen loves his milkshakes (milk, berries, and a banana). We have one a week (more if it is warmer weather).

How did you get dirt in your ear?!?

2008-05-16T12:16:00.000-07:00

Oh... that's how!

Owen's buddy Hayden came over today and with the weather being so nice they decided to play outside. After an hour of playing on the slide, in the fort (pirate ship), and on the swings, the boys made their way top the sand box. They only had to be in there about 5 minutes before they were both covered (head to toe) with sand. And it was damp too from the recent rain.

So before Owens nap he got a nice cool bath and I cleaned his ears out - they were full of sand!

I'm reading Mama!

2008-05-15T17:12:00.000-07:00

Gabe and I woke up from our nap to go into Owens room and find this. We thought he had been sleeping too. Apparently not. He had every book off his shelves and every toy in his room in bed with him. You can only see about half of them here as a lot are under the blankets! Owen was very proud of himself!

Owen's 1st trip to the Zoo!

2008-05-14T18:58:00.000-07:00

Owen had his first trip to the Zoo last Saturday. We all had a lot of fun! The three of us met up with a few other families from our Play Group.

This first picture grid is all the great pics of Owen - he loved looking at all the animals!

The second picture grid is a bunch of the cool stuff we saw at the Zoo!

I love the park!

2008-05-09T12:41:00.000-07:00

Owen loves the sunshine, being outside, playing with his friends, and going to the park. So today was the perfect say for him!

We went to Ogopogo Park with our buddies from Play Group. Owen got to shovel dirt, playin barkmulch, go on the swings and on the slide, and play with trucks.

Plus he was looking sharp with his shades on the whole time. But the male to female ration was not in his favor. Only 2 girls and 5 boys. The preggo Moms in Play Group need to pop out some more girls.

All in all, it was a fantastic 2 hours!

Here is a link to my Flickr account to see more of the pics from today...

The Blue Heron Reserve

2008-05-07T19:19:00.001-07:00

Owen and I met up with our buddies from Play Group, and Owen s Grandma, today at the Blue Heron Reserve. I felt a little ashamed never being there before, as I have lived here for over 6 years now. But at least now I can say I have gone - and we're going to go again! We had such a fun time! We got to see (and help catch) a big green frog, and we saw birds, ducks, and geese too! I saw one Blue Heron far far away, but most of them were in their nests keeping their babies warm - it was a pretty cold and windy day!

Owen and Grandma climed up these really high stairs and looked at the lagoons from the very top. And then we had to run back inside quickly when the bugs came out -there were waaay too many for Mama to handle! But there were cool things to do inside too - look at real (stuffed) animals, play with some puzzles, and be entertained by the man that works there as he sang to us and played his harmonica. It was a great morning!

A day at the beach

2008-05-01T22:03:00.000-07:00

Owen and I met some friends at the beach today and had a great time playing. We walked the docks, saw geese and ducks, threw rocks in the water, played on the playground, and had a Tim Horton's picnic.

Here Owen shows me how he is a fast airplane (he is a fast airplane a lot these days!).

We are looking forward to the weather being nicer so we can go to the beach more often.

Story Time at the Library

2008-04-29T13:02:00.000-07:00

Owen and I went to Story Time at the Chilliwack Library today. They read books, sang songs, had a puppet show, and all the kids (I'd say over 20 of them) had a great time. Owen did too!

After Story Time with Crolyn was over Owen and I found some good books to bring home. This one, Daddy All Day Long, is about a little pig named Owen and his Daddy.

And then, on our way back to the car we saw lots of ducks, geese, and turtles in the pond. It was a good morning outing!

Owen's 3rd Pascha (well, the BBQ part at least)

2008-04-28T12:39:00.000-07:00

This is Owen with 2 of his very best friends - Jonah and Christian. Even though these 2 boys are considerably older than Owen, they treat him like an equal and spent a lot of time playing with him. And heis just nuts about them! Yesterday, Owen got to play with his buddies for hours at the Paschal BBQ.

And this is another one of Owens favorite people - Avery. She was one of our first babysitters, and Owen is just nuts about her! Here, Owen and Avery are picking flowers, which he will later throw at her and the other girls - boys have such funny ways of flirting!

And here we are - me and my boy! I love this boy so much!

Now that is one fast airplane!

2008-04-25T10:23:00.000-07:00

Owen recently bought bowling pins and uses them as other things more often than not. His bowling pins have been used as baseball bats, bird wings, guitars, and today they are airplane wings... very fast airplane wings! Woosh - see him go! :)

101.5

2008-04-25T08:34:00.001-07:00

Yesterday, when Owen woke up from his nap around 5pm (he slept for 3 hours!) he felt very hot, and was very cranky and lathargic. I took his temperature and it was 101.5. So I gave his some Tylenol and made him a banana and mango milk smoothie. He hasn't eaten any solids since yesterday morning and only wants milk bottles now. We think he is finally getting that other molar in now – he says his mouth hurts. Maybe he is getting both of the last 2 molars. It would be nice to get this teething all over and done with for a while.

When we put him to bed at night he went down really well, but still had a fever of 100. He woke up around 10:30 with a fever of 103.5, nasty sweats, and a full diaper of grossness. He was up and and restless for about an hour after that (which really interrupted the LOST episode we were watching) but he was relatively happy. We gave him more Tylenol and a milk bottle, and Owen fell asleep in our bed with us around 11:30. Owen was up again at 4am with a fever of 101.5. I gave him more Tylenol and he went right back to bed.

I thought after all that interrupted sleep that Owen would sleep in a bit this morning, but he was up, like usually, at 7:30am. His fever was still at 101.5, so I gave him the last of the infant Tylenol, another milk bottle, and he is now watching In The Night Garden... again. I am so glad we taped that show yesterday – it is all he wants to watch now. I'll have to tape todays episode as well as this one is already driving Gabe and I nuts.

We had plans to visit with Play Group today but I think Owen and I will do best just staying home and taking it easy. I'll try to keep him hydrated, but I want to get my finger in his mouth at some point in the day to see if it is teeth, or perhaps a virus.

2 days at the Rotary Trail

2008-04-24T11:41:00.001-07:00

Owen (sporting a new haircut) and I walked the Rotary Vedder Rivery Trail 2 days in a row this week.

Yesterday we met Owen's Grandma and Grandpa there (as they will soon live very close to the trail we wanted to show it to them). Owen had a great time throwing rocks into the river with his Grandpa!

And then today it was just the 2 of us going for a walk and watching the fishermen. We didn't see any fish though :(

Bathtime and shaving

2008-04-24T10:11:00.000-07:00

Owen took time out of his busy schedule last night to have a bath and do some much needed shaving. Papa got in on th e action too, and Owen helped him out by shaving Papa's head for him.

You know what they say about big feet...

2008-04-11T20:27:00.001-07:00

Owen is now wearing size 8.5 runners and size 9 flip flops. I bought him these new shoes the other day (the runners are blue and gray from Payless, and the flip flops are white and green from Superstore) and Owen wants to wear them in the house all day long. He loves his new shoes. And he loves saying flip flops – he is so cute!

My Uncles

2008-04-11T20:27:00.000-07:00

Owen and I spent this past week in Kelowna with Owen's Uncles Dusty and Jesse. We went there a month ago and Owen got to spend a lot of time with Uncle Dusty, but this time it was Uncle Jesse he hung out with most.

I love how much fun they all have together, and my highlight of the week was watching the three of them lay on Owens little bed with Uncle Jesse reading a Curious George book, and Owen stroked Uncle Dusty's head.

My new ears

2008-04-01T15:39:00.000-07:00

Owen and I got a special treat last Saturday - a birthday party AND easter egg hunt combined! Olivia turned 2 and had a great birthday bash which involved playing outside, looking for eggs, eating candy, wearing new shiney ears, blowing out candles, eating cake, playing with friends, opening presents, eating more candy, and having a wonderful time! (and then a loooong nap!)

Thanks for having us over Olivia!

And here is a pic of us Moms with our new ears too!

1st Visit to a Hair Salon

2008-03-20T16:04:00.000-07:00

Owen got his hair cut today at SassyCuts. He was GREAT! I had brought a bag full of treats (bribes) just in case he didn't like it, but he was soooooo good! He sat on my lap and the lady shaved and cut his hair. He looks so handsome and grown up now! I think he may have been showing off for the little girl (11 months old) who was in the chair beside us with her Mom.

If anyone in the Chilliwack area is looking for a good, cheap, quick place to get their little guy's hair cut, I reccomend SassyCuts in the Salish Plaza. It was $10, 10 minutes, and Yvonne was GREAT!

Finger Painting

2008-03-08T12:59:00.002-08:00

This is Owen's first attempt at finger painting. Thanks again to Mandy and Keira for giving this kit to owen for his birthday!

Ice Skating

2008-03-08T12:59:00.001-08:00

Owen and I, and a few other Play Group Moms and kids, went ice skating today at Twin Rinks in Sardis. Owen had a great time! I bought him a new helmet, knee pads, and elbow pads so he would be safe (and he can use them when he starts really riding his bike later this year). Neither of us wore skates, but we still liked being on the ice! Owen played hockey, pushed the little bar things that keep you upright, and went in a wagon with his buddies. He really enjoyed himself!

Funny day

2008-03-04T18:55:00.001-08:00

I bought Owen a bunch of toys, clothes, and books today in the states. The gift I gave him tonight was a Thomas the Train tent. This is to replace the cardboard castle that we threw out today (hopefully he won’t notice that). I just asked Owen if he liked his tent (which he hasn’t gotten out of since I assembled it over 30 minutes ago) and he said "Yeah, it’s beautiful, I love the tent!" Now he is saying over and over "Mama, I love the tent! I love the tent!" And now he is saying "I love you Mama! I love you Mama!" I think he likes the tent.

Gabe and I also took Owen to the bowling alley tonight for a Bowling for Big Brothers event. I was afraid it would be too loud there, as it was last year, but Owen absolutely loved it! He would have bowled all night if we let him. He got 15 points (in 5 pin blowing) in 4 turns! And he was thrilled with himself. They even gave him a stuffed animal puppy just for being so cute!

Playing outside

2008-02-18T18:48:00.000-08:00

We've had some good times plahying outside lately with this nice weather. Hopefully the rain doesn't start again soon, becasue now Owen expects to go to a park every day! :)

Gymnastics

2008-02-06T13:53:00.001-08:00

Owen had his first gymnastics class today and he loved it!

More pics of Owen's birthday party

2008-02-06T13:53:00.000-08:00

Happy 2nd Birthday Kaelen!

2008-02-04T19:00:00.000-08:00

Owen had a great time at Kaelen's birthday party today - he played with toys, stole back the present he gave her, ate cake, and drank a lot (a lot!) of pop. Thans for having us over Kaelen!

Owen's 2nd birthday party!

2008-02-03T12:15:00.000-08:00

Owen had his 2nd birthday party yesterday - and it was so great! We had a ball pit, the kids played with toys, there was a race car cake, and Owen fianlly got to open some presents! He got a ton - and what great gifts too! Thank you to everyone who came! We all had a wonderful time!

Fun in the snow!

2008-01-29T12:15:00.000-08:00

It started snowing last night around 7pm and hasn't stopped since (it's 12:00 noon now!). We probably have a good foot of fresh, soft, fluffy snow on the ground now! Owen and I went outside to play in it, and decided to give the swings a try. It has been a while since we went on those. After one brutal (very very very fast) ride sown the slide we decided to call it a day and come back inside. But if this weather keeps up, we'll probably be out there again tomorrow seeing as we can't get the car out of the driveway! :)

Imagination

2008-01-23T09:50:00.001-08:00

I love listening to Owen play because he has such a great imagination! He will climb onto the couch and say it is a boat and that he is fishing. And I have to get up onto the couch too because it is surrounded with water and there are sharks in the water. Or he will be on our bed and he’ll pile the pillows up high and climb to the top of the ‘mountain’ and then fall off. Or he’ll be standing in the middle of a room with a blanket on his head pretending he is under a tent. Note: There are always parrots in the tent with him! And the other day we were shopping and he put his hand to his ear and pretended to be talking into a phone. He said "Hi Papa, I’m buying medicine, but we have to give it to the lady first. Ok, Papa, bye." I just love to see his imagination at work!

"I got game!"

2008-01-19T10:38:00.000-08:00

Owen loves basketball. Even more now that he has all the equipment. Uncles Dusty and Jesse got him this jersey for Christmas, and Big-Papa (my Grandpa) got Owen this basketball hoop for his 2nd birthday. Owen plays 'hoops' multiple times a day, every day. He just loves basketball!

Mmmmm... cupcakes!

2008-01-18T07:18:00.000-08:00

I'm at a baby shower and I hear Owen say "Mama, take a picture!" and I look over and see him holding this pose. He is MY BOY!