ZOO

Owen and I went to the zoo last week and had a great time. Owen got to see the baby elephant doing exercises with his mommy and he got to ride the train. The elephants were using their big ears to be such good listeners (and I have expolited this concept as much as possible). Also, as you can see from the top pic Owen had a close encounter with the gorillas. He stood there and stared at that gorilla for about 5 minutes and getting Owen to do anything for 5 minutes is a miracle.

SO BIG

Owen has had a big couple of weeks. He went to his first baseball game (GO BATS). While he cared nothing about the game he had a great time at the playground and on the carousel. We ran into a friend of his from school and he played with her the whole time we were there. He also started his allergy shots. For those of you who don't know he had allergy testing a couple of months ago and we found out he was allergic to everything. He goes twice a week for 26 weeks then we go to maintenance from there. He is such a trooper for the shots.

Tonight was the funniest time. He asked to take a baby bath (I told him a while back that when he was a baby we gave him baths in the sink). Well, I think he is a bit to big for baby baths as you can tell by the pictures. He couldn't fit his booty in the sink. Other funny things.... he has been calling his dad "Greg" and "Babe" because that is what I call him. Also, this weekend he started calling me Amber. I quickly reminded him that I am MOMMY!!! He transitioned into the 2 year old room at daycare and is doing well. He has lots of friends in there and in the morning on our way to school he says "I go school....school is cool". I love this kid.

On the baby front all is well. We found out that it is a girl so I have been buying dresses like a mad woman. I went to a yard sale the other day and spent $30 on dresses (in yard sale dollars that equals $300). OK.... I know I know..... here is what you are really here for..... more pictures of Owen.

It might be my first Craftsman.....

...but it won't be my last. Today Owen scored a new "My First Craftsman Ford F150 5.4 Triton FX4 OffRoad". This is really the title of it which is crazy. Anyway, you all better watch out because Owen is driving all over the place and is loving it.

PIcasso

Here are a few pictures of Owen finger painting. He had so much fun painting and has some great artwork (autographed prints are available for a small fee :). After painting I had him go outside and wash off in the pool. It was too fun.

Ice Cream

Owen and I had ice cream cones for snack today. It was so funny because he was so serious about eating it (as you can tell from the faces he is making in the pictures). He loved cookies and cream ice cream.

Bubble Boy

Greg is in a mad rush to finish the basement so that we can move the spare bedroom down there and have a nursery upstairs. He is in such a rush that he hired the cheapest laborer he could find and man is he good. Owen has such a good time helping. He says "Daddy worker.... I worker too". It is so stinking cute.





We went to Holiday World this past Friday and had a BLAST. Owen loves the "water pool" and played in the water most of the day. I was bad mommy and didn't get hardly any pictures. We were too busy playing. Also in the pic with Owen are his cousins Grant and Claire. He had the best time following them around everywhere. When he wouldn't listen to me I would get one of them to tell him what to do and he obliged every time.

Owen got some new Elmo bubble bath (which he thinks is the coolest thing ever). So here are a few pictures of him playing in the bath. He calls himself "Bubble Boy".

so BIG

Here are a few pics of Owen getting his first lesson in shaving (or at least the first one I managed to capture). He loves watching Greg shave and got in on the action today. After Greg shaved Owen, Owen kept saying "I shave you daddy?" I think Greg decided to wait a few years for that.

They call me the fireman....

Owen and dad are showing off thier fireman hat. Dont' they look soooo cute. Kat even got in on the hat action although she didn't really care much for it.

Car wash

Today Owen and mommy washed daddies car for him. Which really consisted of us spraying a lot of water everywhere, making bubbles and pouring buckets of water all over the place. It was fun just the same.

After washing both Greg and Owens cars Owen decided that it was time to do some work on his car.

Splash Park

here are a few pics of Owen at the zoo. They have a new spray park there and it is stiff competition for the animals. As for an update on Owen.... He is growing like crazy and talks like a grown man. The other day he was playing in the living room and I called to Greg to come see him. I said "Hey Babe come watch this". Greg came in the room say Owen and then went back to doing the dishes (I had to put that...yes Greg does the dishes). Anyway, Owen starts yelling "Hey babe...Hey babe....mommy, get babe". It was too funny. He makes me laugh about as much as he makes me tell him no which is quite a bit now a days.

A few pics just for fun

We Survived 2 Years

Well, it is official.... we survived two years of parenthood. There were some questionable moments but we made it. Owen had a great time at his birthday party and LOVED all of his gifts. Hearing the Happy Birthday song about 10 times this weekend was a highlight for him and he had the best time helping Gaga make the cake (aka eating icing).

I think I might be CrAzY

So, I think I have really lost my mind. I had mentioned a few times that Owen really like drums and I might try to get him a set for his birthday, but when I realized how much they were I quickly changed my mind. Well, this morning Owen and I were driving into downtown when I passed a yard sale sign that I couldn't resist. I did a quick U-turn and headed toward it. Once we got there I glanced over the lot and nothing really caught my eye (except a $250 rug, at a yard sale??). However, Owen quickly found something. He spotted a little drum set, pulled up the stool and started his very own concert. As you can see, he won the battle and we now are the proud owners of a small drum set (luckily it is so small that it is not too loud).

Easter Part II

I am still not sure how such a little bunny managed to bring so much stuff, but you would have thought it was Christmas around here. Owen's favorite thing the bunny brought was the Nutrigrain bars that he lined up and then smashed. He is still trying to recover from all the excitement of Easter (as am I).