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than a sick baby.

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Update with pictures coming soon...

Alright, Alright...

I'll update.

My sister and sister-in-law and mother and mother-in-law have all mentioned my need to update the blog. So here I am, with an update.

Owen is growing like crazy. He is over 13 months old now. He has two bottom teeth (almost all the way in) and I think he is working on a top tooth as well. Not sure on that one, though.

He is enjoying going to school 2 days a week (when I go to work). He really enjoys the playground. He also really loves reading books. He will go over to a book and squat down and pick it up and flip through the pages slowly, and right side up! It is pretty cute. Watching him dance is pretty hilarious. Sometimes when we say "Owen, can you dance?" he will look at you out of the side of his eye and smirk and start bopping up and down.

Nothing else is really going on. For some reason everyone is asking me if I am pregnant (don't know why, considering I have lost weight and not gained it), and the answer to that is a RESOUNDING NO! :) I am not, nor do I plan to be in the next few months. Yes Owen will have a sibling, no it will probably not be in the next year. Hope that answers the burning questions you had about when we plan to add another Tidbit. :)

What's that?? You really don't care about anything I have to say and all you want is to see pictures?? OH, well then here you go!

Owen's cakes for his second 1st Birthday bash!

Playing the piano with cousin Zac.

Owen loved the big boys.

Owen and cousin Mitchell.

Playing with (not so little) cousin Will.

They like each other.

Owen with my sister and brother.

Travis and Will.

Me and the littlest (until May) family members.

Fun backpack!

Spiderman is bigger than Owen.

Silly boy.

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HaPpY bIrThDaY oWeN!!!!

I can't believe he is one!! This will be a short post because quite frankly, I am exhausted.

Owen slept terribly last night...so he got in our bed with us very early in the wee hours this morning. So, we started our day with "happy birthday to you", and ended it with "happy birthday to you" also. He is such a sweet boy. His little smile is the best. And honestly, I like that he still doesn't have any teeth, because I got a whole year of that cute toothless grin!

We had a great day today! We had a little birthday party at our house and Owen got some great presents! It was so fun for Owen to have some friends over today. Here are some pictures of the day.

FROM THIS:

TO THIS:

These are the monkey cupcakes I made for the party (Owen loves monkeys):

Opening Presents:

Having his first piece of pizza for lunch (he loves it!)!:

Trying the cupcake (he really wasn't a fan of having the icing stuck all over his hand. And, he didn't eat much of it.)

HAPPY 1st BIRTHDAY OWEN!! WE LOVE YOU!

Gaining Weight, The Bay City Rollers, Bed Time Friends, and how I feel about Pluto.

Well, Owen has the Croup, so he is feeling crummy (but today he is feeling better...i started this blog on Thursday!). Although, he is always smiling, so he is surprisingly upbeat considering. Also, when we took him to the doc today for this diagnosis, we discovered he has only gained 1 pound since his 9 month check up. He weighs 17 lbs 3 oz...and he went from being in the 3rd percentile to not even being on the chart. :-( So...ugh. We have to try to get him to eat more fat and calories, and get him to drink more milk - regular, strawberry, chocolate, soy, or otherwise. Milk is milk, according to the doc. The more we can get down him, the better. Even pedia sure and stuff like that. So, I am on a mission to make sure he gets a certain number of calories a day, even if that means I have to be feeding him something all day long. I guess at his 15 month appointment, if he is still on the really low end, they will have to run some tests. yikes. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to get more calories into his diet? (no peanut butter) I think maybe he doesn't eat enough calories ever day. I don't know.

Something hilarious: Owen LOVES "S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y night" by the Bay City Rollers. He LOVES it. He despises having his diaper changed. He won't be still, he fusses and cries and he hates it. We give him toys to play with on the changing table, and he won't have it. We sing some songs, and he is only somewhat interested. Well, for whatever reason Travis started singing BCR and Owen got a HUGE smile on his face and had his diaper changed with no problem. That is now the diaper changing song. :-) So funny.

Owen sleeps through the night now. From about 8/8:30 to 6/6:30. Bless him. He has some special friends that sleep with him. He has his Mr. Monk lovey that he has had since he was a tiny tiny boy, and he has Cappy the monkey that Travis and I bought in New York at FAO Schwartz about 5 months before he was born, and now he has a Curious George that glows and plays lullubies. He LOVES these friends. When we put him in bed (AWAKE!!! he puts himself to sleep even!!) he grabs all of these friends and pulls them to him. It is really sweet.

Alright, I am tired of hearing how Pluto is not a planet. How sad for Pluto to be demoted. And the term "plutoed" is even in the Urban Dictionary. It basically means to be demoted. Sad. Pluto will always be a planet to me. I'm on your side, Pluto!!

And now for the pictures!!

Owen LOVES to play with his socks. (sorry for the snotty nose. The carebear sticker on his shirt shows we were just at the doctor!)

Grandpa and Sam gave him this horsey. He enjoys it.

Uncle Taylor and Aunt Heather got him this table for Christmas, he loves it.

Bad day?

So, I think the lady in front of me in line at the store today was having a bad day. At least, she looked like she was having the worst day of her life...and the contents of her basket echoed that. She couldn't have been more than 25 years old (and she was quite large). Besides the angry look on her face her basket contained: 5 packages of cold medication, a LARGE box of pregnancy tests, a big box of donut holes, a big box of cookies, 4 bags of chocolate candy, a package of 10 lighters (i imagine she was going to purchase cigarettes at the check out as well), and 2 DVD's. I don't know, maybe it was just me, but I think that lady was having a bad day.

Also...check out Travis' blog (and scroll down to the Jan. 1st post) for a really funny video of Owen!

Goodbye 2008...Hello 2009

Well, I got a call from my brother today telling me I needed to update my blog. So, here is my update. :-)

This time last year, I was getting bigger by the minute, waiting for Owen to arrive. I can't believe it has been almost a year since he was born. He is 11 months old now. He really loves playing with toys these days, especially interactive toys. He is a funny boy. He claps and says "yay!" and dances (bops up and down) to music. He definitely gets into EVERYTHING. He even manages to get into cabinets that have cabinet locks on them...and take things out of said cabinets. Oh, here come the joys of a toddler.

He no longer eats baby food. But, he eats REALLY well now. He eats 3 meals and 2 snacks a day. Walking and attempting to run take alot of energy. :-) AND...he is FINALLY drinking out of a sippy cup and a straw cup. He would occasionally take sips before, but now he really drinks out of it. That is a relief. The only issue I have now is the nursing. He is to the point where he climbs up on me and starts to pull my shirt up. I guess it is time to start weening, huh?

I am looking for suggestions of books to read. So, leave comments with your favorites. I just finished reading the Twilight series for the second time, and a friend reccommended The Time Travelers Wife, so I am about to start that. I am not into murder mysteries, or Sci fi (aliens, etc), or scholarly books. :-) I like to keep it light hearted. Any suggestions?

Alright, picture time!!

He fell asleep like this in his crib.

Will was tired of Owen touching his head.

Nana putting Owen to sleep.

Cousin Zac and Owen

Just reading the paper. :-)

Getting into things.

Hanging out with Grandpa and Sam.

On dad's shoulders.

Who...me???

On Christmas morning with Mom.

He liked the boxes best.

He got some Superman PJ's, and some Spiderman PJ's.

Ahh the paper...

Opening presents.

Fun toys!!

Back to the real world...

Well...I feel like for the last week and a half I have been living in another world. Just allow me this one post of being, well...a teenager I guess.

A couple weeks ago I went with Travis to see Twilight. I really liked it, so I decided I was going to try to read the first book in the series. I am usually not into scifi/fantasy/vampire stuff - but Travis liked the first book and wanted to see the movie, and it didn't look too bad, so I decided to go. I liked the movie alot more than I thought I would, so the reading of the first book began...

I had no idea what I was getting myself into.

I could not put the book down. And I mean it. Every single little second of the day that I could possibly be reading I was reading. I like reading, but I have never read a book that I just could not put down. Travis finished reading the second book in the series about the time I finished the first one, so I moved on to the second (New Moon) and he moved on to the third (Eclipse). Again...I could not put the book down. I was so into the story. We finished our books at the same time and moved on tot he next (fourth book is Breaking Dawn). I finished all four books in a week and a half. ELEVEN days (I read the fourth and longest book in 24 hours). I have never read a book more than probably 300 pages until these books. And even a 300 page book would usually take me a week at least to read because I would probably only read a couple chapters a day. I liked all of the books I read, but nothing like the twilight series. The first book is 498 pages, the second is 563 pages, third is 629 pages, fourth was 768 pages. That's 2, 458 pages in eleven days.

Now that I have read all of the books we are going to see the movie again.

I will read the books again, that's for sure. And I never do that. They are the best books I have ever read.

You should read them. That is all.

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.