the feedings and other fun times

Owen went to his first birthday party at Chucky Cheeses...I hope to never have a birthday party there.

Owen has found his feet!

I think it is the cutest thing ever when babies play with their feet. I have been counting down the days until Owen finds his...and last night I was able to quit counting! It was the greatest. I think we stayed at the changing table for an hour last night playing. Then of course this morning I had to get some photos. One thing this kid is not going to be shy of is the camera! Although he freezes when the shiny thing comes into view he definitly acknowledges its presence.
Here are a few photos. Hope you enjoy as much as i did. There will definitly be more to come soon.

my wacky pets

Here is my crazy cat. It was bath time and she thought she would join us. We have a spray bottle to spray her when she is "bad" or "too crazy" but the problem is is that she likes water. So it isn't very effective!

Then of course the spoiled sausage dog! No wonder she is over weight!That's okay I still love her. Owen likes to sleep with his blanket over his head. At first it scared me but he just keeps pulling it back over his face! I wonder who he gets that from? I often find myself like a turtle all snug in my shell.

Then there is the buddah baby! With no prompting he was sleeping like this. How cute is he? "OOOHHMmmm"

Owen is sleeping very well and I have got alot more to do than just update this here old blog so enjoy for now. I will be back soon, I truly promise!
Until then, to your health!

First tooth and other milestones

Wow, okay so Owen had his 4 month wellness apt. yesterday. Guess how much he weighs? Give up? 17lbs 12oz and is 26". My has he grown. In the last couple of weeks he has turned from helpless infant to overly curious infant! There are so many milestones that we have come to. He was very unconsolable over Christmas and I was in denial that he may be teething. Not at 3 1/2 months that is way too early. Well, Owen has 2 teeth. That is right 2. He is also leaning how to use a sippy cup. That makes me really happy. I really wanted to skip the bottle phase all together. I think he is getting the hang of the cup. So far he has only had water in the cup, but he seems to enjoy water. I think that is pretty cool! No sugar added. He has also started cereal. That is a good time. Except for the times that he gets very angry and screams and I think he is going to start gagging on his food. It is still a time of learning and adjusting for both of us! He is doing really great though.
There are alot more pictures from the holidays that i will post randomly in order to catch up. I was feeling a bit overwhelmed at the thought of "catching up" so I am just going to do it when I have time. I figured it is better to just get back in the habbit of updating for you all to see!

first round of pictures (i.e 1st nap!)

We went to Millenium Park in Chicago and there is this rally rad kidney bean shaped mirror thing. It was probably the coolest thing that I saw in Chicago. Here are a few pictures from that. The phychadelic one is from under neath and inside it. Can you find me? Don't worry if you can't, I couldn't either! There is an ice skating rink there and two huge glass blocks that display faces of ordinary folks in chicago. That was a bit of a strange art exhibit I thought. To each his own though, right? It was a good time, we went to the city had breakfast, walked around by the lake, went to Macy's and walked downtown a bit. Chicago is such a beautiful city. That is one of my regrets is not going to Chicago more often when I lived back there. It was only 3 hours away and yet I never spent any time there. We were getting ready to leave and I had the idea to go to Macy's to get an after Christmas sale on a first Christmas ornament for Owen. Good idea huh? There were some ornament in there for over $100! Sorry Owen I love you but Christmas is not that important! We got him a really nice simple ornament, only $20 after the discount!

Falling behind

So yesterday I had the entire dialogue typed up for this blog and of corse Owen woke up and my attention was diverted for a few hours. When I came back to the computer I forgot what I was doing and I closed out the page. Needless to say all the work was gone. I have fallen way far behind on keeping this thing updated. SOO very sorry. It is harder now that owen is a bit more needy of my attention for longer periods of time. He is however startong to entertain himself more now so maybe I will be able to catch back up. Currently he is ion need of my attention though! LAter. I promise by the end of the day today there will be all sorts of pictures on this thing!