Fall 2010

Owen's first State game of 2010 season (Busted his lip at first fan fare experience too, poor guy maybe next year will be better.)


Dressed up for Halloween party at "school." This was right after getting shots at the doctor!

(As you can see an excited toddler and a camera phone don't make the best pictures)

State game #2 vs. Kentucky. Some one had a great time getting lots of attention from the little girls sitting next to us, but I won't name names.

Getting pumped up about heading to Dallas to surprise Mamere for Thanksgiving and her 60th birthday.

Pumpkin Patch

Owen 16 months

I've been so amazed with how much Owen is learning right now. It seems like we discover something new that he says or does everyday. Just like everyone told me — his mind is a sponge. He'll practically try to repeat anything you tell him, but here are some of the things he says on his own...

Words:
ball, dog, Dada, Mama, Bailey ("Bayee"), banana ("nana"), paci, hot, thank you ("tay-tu"), please ("peas"), milk ("muh"), outside ("side"), inside ("n-side"), uh oh, teeth ("teeh"), bath ("ba"), I see you! ("I seesoo"), yellow ("wehwo"), Elmo ("Melmo" - sometimes he says this for Nemo too), Go Dawgs!, book ("Buu"), see (he says this when he wants to watch TV), bubbles, TV ("deebee"), what's up ("uhsup" when he gives a high-five)

Animal sounds:
dog, bird, cow, cat, lion, pig, sheep, horse, snake, kangaroo (hops), working on the elephant, fish, mouse, monkey

Body parts:
nose, teeth, ear, hair, eye, belly button

I recently learned how to:

• Drink from a straw
• Use a spoon pretty well on my own
• Recognize the color yellow ("wehwo")

Something funny things:

• Pointed and told Bailey to sit.
• Sometimes I'll squeeze his nose and say "honk, honk" so the other day he pointed at a car and squeezed his nose.
• Obviously they're singing the ABC song at "school" because when you get to the "now I know my abc's..." part he start getting excited and flapping his arms and then lets out a big "YEA!" and claps when the song's over.
• If you ask for a high five he has to go all around the room giving everyone high-fives — this boy doesn't discriminate!
  
  

Having fun outside.

After discovering how much fun the sprinkler is...

Running away with the pinwheel...

Sweep it up.

Owen loves to drag around this Swiffer that David adjusted to be perfect for him. It started when we were cleaning the old house getting ready to move.

Finally one day I figured why not put the dusting sheet on it, anything he picked up would be a help — and it was! Then it was kind of gross that our toddler was toting around a stick with dirt and dog hair stuck to it. Owen's going to have to Swiffer more often!

Pooped.

Apparently Owen had been playing harder than I realized. He walked out with his pillow the other day, plopped it on the floor and laid down. It was too cute!

Another day, after fighting me on his nap he finally gave in. I think I could have laid him anywhere. He barely let me wake him for dinner. And he loves dinner!





Except, I guess dinner was too much for him this night. I think this may have been after a day at the pool. Who could blame him?

First hair cut.

"Why do I have to wear a cape again?"

"Hey, where'd that cute little girl go?"

"I thought you said to look over there, but she's not over there."

"Hmm... kind of feel like I'm being played."

"That kind of tickles!"

Clean cut and still not sure what happened.

Finally got a smile at the grocery store.