Onwards and Upwards

Owen has officially moved up to the Toddler room at school. It is so cute, 10 little Owens in his classroom. I don't know how those teachers do it...

Here is their newsletter. If you click on the pictures they get bigger and you can actually read it. It's so cute!!!

This month's theme is food and they are learning things like pretending to be popcorn. They also welcome Owen to the classroom.

I'm sure there will be lots of funny stories to follow. Of course, with new kids comes new germs and incident reports. Last Tuesday Owen got bit again (didn't break the skin this time) and went home on Wednesday with a fever. Him and I have been sick since then. Yippee.

Visit and a Package

Baby Ava and Kristy came to visit us today. She's getting so big and is SO cute!!! We tried out the bumbo with her.

It's great to be able to share some of the stuff Owen has outgrown because it kills me how short he actually used most of the stuff he had (and how much stuff is already down in the basement being stored.)

And we received a package in the mail from Aunt Lu and Uncle Ed!!! It was such a nice treat in the middle of winter:) They used this cool wrapping paper.

There were all kinds of great things. For Brett and I there were some slippers. Brett's are in Steelers colors. So great! For the record, mine are NOT Arizona colors, I am a Steelers fan too!

Brett trying them out:)

They also sent me a beading calendar which is great because I love to bead and it shows a new design every day.

Owen got some great things too. Check out the adorable sock monkey and sock kitty Aunt Lu made. They are so neat!!

They also sent a sock monkey counting book which is great because Owen loves to watch us count right now.

And if that wasn't enough, she sent this cool hat made just for Owen.

And last, but certainly not least, they sent some tubes for Owen to bang together and cheer on the Steelers. For those of you that remember the Christmas post, these kinds of tubes are his favorite so needless to say this part of the gift was a big hit!!!!

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Things Owen did this week:
-Tried walking backwards
-Is really trying to repeat everything. Said elephant, truck (says this one ALL the time now), Cat.
-Can point to your ear, belly, nose, eye, mouth
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Hanging Out

Not much excitement this weekend. Just hanging out and running errands (and lots of laundry like always.)

Owen watched his Baby Einstein, Baby Noah, DVD courtesy of Nonna Barbara and Papa Mo. Nonna Pat, notice he's sitting in his chair from you:)
The kitty likes the chair too!! (I know you are thrilled.)
Brett got a new hat for 75 cents at the hardware store. Owen was pimping it.

Wassup?????

Sunshine

This past weekend Owen and I went to sunny Florida to visit my Dad and Barbara. It was SO NICE AND WARM. I really hate winter. And this one has been especially rough. Owen is not a fan of the snow. We took him out a few weeks ago and he screamed his head off. I had pictures and a video but accidentally deleted them so it will just have to live in our memory.

Anywhoo...we had lots of fun. Owen loved being outside running around.

Going for a ride in Papa Mo's wagon

Checking out the MarshBlowing Bubbles
Wild Turkeys in the Neighbor's Backyard

Blowing Bubbles with Papa Mo

Playing with the Plant

Blowing Cat-tails in the Marsh

Playing with the plant

Running Around


Riding in the Wagon

Papa Mo and Nonna Barbara bought Owen a new helicopter pull toy. He loves it.

Owen hanging out with Barbara's mom Rudy. She got him a Thumper stuffie that he thinks is so fun. Today he showed me his eyes and nose. It's so cute.
We had so much fun. Thanks for a great weekend!

Way to Go Steelers!

The Steelers did it. They're going to the Superbowl. Yeah!!! Good luck:) We'll be rooting for you and Owen will wear his stillers gear proudly.

The Temptations!!!!

We had our work party and after the business stuff, they brought in Katherine McPhee (past American Idol contestant for those of you that don't know) and The Temptations!!! Of course all but 1 of the originals are dead, but 1 of the originals is still part of it. They were wonderful and the music is still great.

Turds in the Tub

Yes. That's right. It was bound to happen sooner or later. Owen pooped in the tub last night. Ugh. At first it we thought it was just a little terdlet, but when we lifted him up there was a whole pile. For those of you that don't have kids, I'm sure you are totally grossed out right now and disturbed that I'm actually writing about this. But I know those of you with kids understand!!!

On a much sweeter note, here is a picture of Owen reading with his Daddy. My boys. I love them so much. I think before I came in that Brett was actually showing Owen all the cool stuff in the golf catalog on his lap and that he just picked up the book to make me happy...

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Things Owen did this Week:

Said Duck

Started wearing "big boy" (hard-soled) shoes

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