slackin

so sorry all, i just realized it has been a bit since i posted. i didn't even get the rest of the pics from our trip uploaded. so....now we are planning the big #2 birthday party! which will definitely be photographed and posted! The most exciting thing was last night Mike and I sat down and finally watched the birth video! Wow. 2 years gone by and finally we watched it. I know i was fairly fortunate to only have a 9 hour labor but damn we was some intense work! I want to thank you Mother for doing such a fantastic job videoing the labor and birth. It was perfect. The very first shot was of the pots of water boiling on the stove and at one time there is a shot of Finley chilling on the chair like nothings up. I need to spend some time editing it but all n all its fab. Thanks so much.

I will be back soon with photos to upload. Currently Owen is climbing all over me.

oh...by the way...totally on his own....Owen has started using the toilet!!!! we are 5 days into it! (can't tell I am excited at all can ya??!!)

mmmm corn....

definitly a mid-west baby. it's in the blood!

owens new toy

mom found him a great tricycle and wagon at a garage sale here so we were taking it for a test drive. He loved it. He at first wanted me to take it for a spin but quickly decided that that was not what he REALLY wanted and gave me the boot! So i thought he might enjoy giving me a ride...not a chance! But it was good times anywho!

playin with grandpa

indiana summer

we have spent more time in the water here than we have all summer in indiana. We went to my frind Matt and Molly's and they have a pool in their back yard. Molly is 4 months pregnant so she enjoyed the baby time. It took him a little bit to get used to the water. I think i found the one thing that he is intimidated by. I am acutally glad that he is a bit skiddish of the water. Although the more time we spend in it the more he is warming up. He went swimming at a gigantic aquatic center called the Monon Center with his cousins Nathan and Emily. They were very excited to show off their pool tricks to their "only boy cousin"!! Then yesterday we went to a friends parents house and went swimming there. It's funny the older you get the more common it is for all your old friends to have kids! We all had kids. And we all know each other from back in the day! Unfortunatly Alyissa and her kids left before I broke out the camera and J's babe was sleepin' almost the entire time. But we got pics of Owen and Logan together.

indy visit

we had a great trip on the plane to indy. I actually gave owen a high-5 and said thanks for being a good travel partner, budy. We had a really early flight so on 3 1/2 hours of sleep we got to to the airport and to the gate just as they were boarding. he refused his sleep on the first leg and then had a 2 hour layover in Phoenix. There was a little play area and some bigger boys that kept Owen running and totally exhausting him. The 2nd leg was 3 1/2 hours and he fell alseep after about 30 min. He even slept throught the landing. Both flights we had an empty seat next to us. VERY NICE! Our frind let us borrow her DVD player and that was nice for a few minutes. Until all he wanted to do was open and close it and touch the screen. However it was nice when he fell asleep i watched a movie! :)

my pics when i was owens age!

alright here ya go. you think he resembles me at all?

little school boy

owen was obsessed for a couple of days with carrying his own bag!

garden updates

i belly laughed so hard with this one. enjoy!

hillarious video

I just wanted to share this with all ya all. Sorry if you do not appreciate it as I do. I watched the whole thing crackin up. I love Will Oldham and if you have never heard of Zach Galifianakis (like I never had before now) he is actually a stand up comedian and quite funny. This video drops the f*bomb a couple of times so if there are young kids in the room-fair warning.

owen's friend Will

Owen likes to show off his new talent to all of his friends. He must have learned that from me since I too like to show off our girls. Will and Owen have become great friends. As his mama and I have too. Jonna makes fabulous kids clothing which she sells on etsy. check it out.as well as at LilyToad

gathering at our house

we had a couple folks over the other day for a BBQ. Wes and Chelsea and their little one Sylas who just turned 1 last month came for a pop in visit. I have not seen Sylas for soo long. He is walking and talking and making that ohh soo adorable face. If you know chelsea that is her expression. It's proof that babies really learn from facial expressions and mimic what they see!

Mara and Owen

We went to our friend Earls house the other night and his lady, Mara, was great with owen. Here a couple of the good ones!

birdie scope

I found Birdie Lawson while I was at the end of my pregnancy. Her insights and horoscopes are wonderful. I have turned Becky on to the wonderfulness of her and we call each other almost every week to discuss them. I thought that this was particularly grand for Owen this week since he has hit a language explosion! Check her out and enjoy
VIRGO
A great part of your personal mystery is about to be revealed. LET IT HAPPEN. Sharing this part of you is potent, and also necessary to partnership, healing, and inner peace. Whereas before certain dimensions of you were an untranslatable language, the world can now become literate in the brightest and most authentic aspects of your simple but vast soul. Anyone would greatly benefit from knowing the wisest, most genuinely loving part of your being. Lo, and behold!

Virgo of the Week******Leonard Bernstein

Sauvie Island Strawberries

YUMMY! Becca and I went out 2 weeks ago and picked strawberries and then went last week for blueberries. This week is raspberries and black berries! YUMMY YUMMY Kruger's Farm Market has family friendly concerts that are starting up again. I can't wait. This year will be soo much more fum now that owen is all out there with the big kids and dancing.
the pie was fabulous. that was becca's creation, not mine.