Houston...we have a walker!

Well, Owen is 10 months old today. I can hardly believe it. In two short months he will be a one year old, I can't stand it. He is so cute, and gets cuter every day, in my humble opinion. :-) I also can't believe that he is walking 85% of the time. He only crawls when he needs to get down low for something, or when he is trying really hard to beat us somewhere. What is really sweet is when I walk into the room and he stands up and walks toward me with his arms up and a big ol smile.

He still loves to play with water bottles and bowls (tupperware type) from the kitchen. He has this one bowl that he has been playing with for a long time now. He will push it along the floor, and then he will pick it up and throw it, pick it up and throw it, pick it up and throw it...repeat cycle. It is pretty funny to watch.

He has also started to blow zerberts. This morning he was nursing, and then started giving me zerberts on my tummy. He thought it was hilarious.

He is eating more on his own. He likes toast, pancakes and of course cheerios and puffs. Any time we have bread of some kind he has to have some, although he is still warming up to tortillas.

He still does not have a single tooth. A toothless walking boy. Hilarious.

Today when Travis got home Owen got really excited and stood up and started walking to Travis. We could tell he was trying to run, he was going as fast as his wobbly legs would carry him and then he would tip over and get right back up and scramble over to Travis. So sweet.

Ok, here are a few pictures.

Cuppy Cakes

I LOVE cupcakes. Seriously. I think we took almost everyone who came to visit us in Malibu to Beverly Hills for Sprinkles Cupcakes. DELICIOUS! Seriously. The Red Velvet cupcakes were good...but not near as good as my mom's red velvet cake. And, I really don't understand why everyone thinks that you have to put cream cheese frosting on red velvet cake. You really don't. Now, I love cream cheese frosting as much as anyone...but I sort of think it ruins a good red velvet cake. At Sprinkles I love the cinnamon sugar cupcakes, black and white cupcakes, milk chocolate cupcakes..OH! and the coconut cupcakes are too die for!! I am pretty sure my friend Lyric can attest to that. Right Lyric? I could go on about my love of Sprinkles...but I won't.

Beautiful Sprinkles Cupcakes!! Mmmmm...

I don't live near Beverly Hills anymore...so Sprinkles is not an option. Although if I get to Dallas anytime soon I will drop by the Sprinkles location there.

I am on a mission to find the best, most delicious cupcakes in Austin, Tx. So far, I have tried 2 places. Here's my review of each cupcake location:

1. Hey Cupcake! On a scale of 1 to 10, I give Hey Cupcake! a 3. Again, they ruin their red velvet cupcakes with cream cheese icing. I also tried the snowcap cupcake (chocolate bottom, vanilla top). My take on this place: buy a (insert favorite store bought boxed cake mix here) and make your own.

2. Polkadots Cupcake Factory On a scale of 1 to 10, I give Polkadots a 5.5. I appreciate a cupcake that isn't so sweet you can feel the cavities forming in your teeth, but these cupcakes just aren't quite sweet enough. They are good, but not good enough. Again with the cream cheese icing on the red velvet. I see a trend. This place is reminiscent of Sprinkles, as it has different choices every day of the week. I tasted 4 flavors: red velvet (you know my opinion on this one, given the above information), Boston Cream Pie (alright, the cream had no flavor), Strawberry Shortcake (basically vanilla cake with icing barely flavored strawberry - but it was decent), and vanilla chocolate chip (a bit too much with the chocolate on the top). All that being said, until I find THE cupcake place in Austin, I will probably eat Polkadots again. (if you click on all the cupcake flavors in this paragraph you can see a picture of each cupcake)

Soon I will be posting pictures and maybe a video of my tiny WALKING boy. Yes!! He is not yet 10 months and he is walking way better than I would expect him to be at this point. He is the tiniest little walking person and it is so dang cute.

Tagged

Ok folks...I was tagged by 2 different people for 2 different things. But, I am doing them both on one blog post. If this isn't your thing...feel free to skip this post and not read it.

FIRST: I was tagged by Ronni.
RULES:
*Link to the person that tagged you and post the rules on your blog
*Share seven random and/or weird facts about yourself
*Tag seven other people at the end of your post and link to their blogs
*Let each person know they've been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog

Ok, let's give this a go.

1. I am a sucker for ABC family movies...especially the Christmas ones. You know I will be tuning in for the "25 days of Christmas"! :-)
2. I no longer work. That's a news flash for most of you. It's a long story involving Owen's eating habits...
3. Wow...I cannot think of another darn thing. This will have to do.

I tag...my sister, carissa, noelle, rebecca, lyric, emily, and cassie.

OKAY...

I was also tagged by Heidi to post the 6th picture in my 6th album on my computer. Well, I use an apple, so my pictures aren't in albums. They are grouped by date...anyway...I chose the 6th picture from the 6th day of Owen's life. :-)

This picture was taken on January 29, 2008. Owen was 6 days old. Travis looks exhausted, doesn't he?? :-)

And, I tag all the same people I tagged for the above "game". I tag...my sister, carissa, noelle, rebecca, lyric, emily, and cassie.

This just in...

Owen took his first steps today! Two little steps...

"Just One of the Many Reasons my Dad is so Rad" by: Owen Tidmore

HE PASSED THE BAR!! Way to go Daddy! We are proud of you!

Silly Little Monkey...

Poor Owen had a touch of a tummy bug this weekend that was going around school. But, you would have never known he was sick unless you saw him vomit. He would vomit on the go, and be perfectly happy to be doing it. He never missed a beat. Then Saturday night he got a high fever. Fun. Now that is finally gone, and I think everyone is OK now.

Halloween was fun, although we didn't have as many Trick-or-Treaters as we wanted, or as many as we prepared for, so now we are stuck with tons of candy. We need to get rid of it so we don't eat it. We didn't do the Trick-or-Treating thing this year as we think Owen is too young to start that yet (plus he was under the weather). But we did get in costume and hand out candy, and then have a couple friends over for a scary movie later that night.

The day of Halloween and the day before, were spent watching our classic Halloween movies/shows. Hocus Pocus is great...we watch it EVERY year and we love it in all of it's cheesy glory. We also watched "It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown", and of course one of the best episodes of How I Met Your Mother - the "Slutty Pumpkin" episode. (no, it is not dirty, it is funny)

Now it is November and the Halloween decor will be put away. We got this great inflatable on clearance for our front yard that was a huge hit...everyone that came to our house to get candy stopped and took pictures with it. We will definitely put it up again next year. As I am sure everyone knows, October through December is my favorite time of year...and now I can add January to that because Owen's birthday is the end of January. (can I just take a second to address the fact that he will be a YEAR old in 82 days???)

I was talking to my sister-in-law earlier, and she reminded me that I need to update my blog and that my sister is out blogging me these days. Well, I cannot let that happen. Thanks for the reminder Wendy. As we were talking, we realized that her son Will (Owen's cousin who is 2 1/2 months old) is almost as big as Owen. :-) Granted, Owen is a tiny boy. A "petite flower" as my sister calls him. So really, it is not difficult for any baby to beat Owen in weight. :-) But, Will sure is cute with his chubby cheeks...We can't wait to meet him at Thanksgiving. (Owen actually has TWO cousins named Will. Will Tidmore, and Will Laurence. Will L. was born in August, so he will be known as Will #1, and Will T. was born in September, so he will be known as Will #2.)

We met Will #2 when we went to Abilene for ACU's homecoming 2 weekends ago. He is still tiny as he is only a month and a half old. But, he is cute nonetheless.

Alright, now for the main attraction...PICTURES! And there are many.

Ridglea and Us at AkO Homecoming breakfast

LeighAnn and Owen

Pitiful sick Owen

Trying to get food down him any way we can!

All 4 Tidmore kiddos

Owen LOVED the swing at Uncle Taylor and Aunt Heather's house!

More fuzzy evidence.

Just a cute one.

He LOVES to chew on his socks.

I was a nurse or doctor. Take your pick. I wore scrubs.

Daddy's costume was a guy riding an Ostrich. :-)

Peek A Boo!!

Owen and cousin Will (#1) had matching pumpkin shirts! Thanks Bopba!