It's a...

Baby!!!! We had our big 20 week ultrasound yesterday but you all still have to wait to find out what we are having until the big day arrives:) Everything looked good and the baby is VERY active. Yikes.

But, in the meantime here are some pictures for you.

Body and Spine
(In the first pic. the baby has both arms out the side like it's relaxing!)

Arm and LegBody

Left Arm

Feet

3D shots
(We tried a few in 3D although the baby really wasn't cooperating. Still pretty weird.)

On another note, as I mentioned previously, Owen is OBSESSED with dinosaurs. He loves the show Dinosaur Train and anything related. He has even learned the name of about 8 species from watching the show and looking at a dinosaur coloring book. Amazing if I do say so myself. He will also tell you about the Jurassic and Cretaceous areas (periods) and what dinosaurs lived when. He's learned all of this from watching the show. Enjoy...

Catching Up

We haven't had too many exciting things to post recently since we've been busy just living life and getting ready for the holidays. So, here are some things to catch you up.

A few funny things to note from Owen:
-We recently bought a fisher-price nativity set and it's adorable. It plays "Away in a Manger." Owen calls the baby little boy "cheeses" instead of Jesus but we are working on it. It's pretty hilarious.
-Owen is obsessed with dinosaurs. He loves the show Dinosaur Train and pretty much anything dinosaur related.
-We recently went to a parent/teacher conference and really the only thing he is doing poorly is sharing the classroom dinosaurs with others... We also need to work on getting him to listen and follow a routine. Other than that he's doing great.
-Requests we "talk about" things. As in "Talk about playing with trains Daddy."
-We also got our first "where does X come from?" Luckily it was about where does snow come from and nothing too difficult yet!
-He's really enjoyed the snow. We bought him a snowglobe which he thinks is great because he can make it snow inside.

We gave Owen one of his Christmas presents early. It's a really neat stand that sets up next to the counter so he can watch what is going on. Usually he just wants to be picked up, but that can be dangerous and he's getting heavy so this is a great solution. It folds up easily which is nice because we can put it out of the way when he's not using it. He seems to really enjoy it.

Note the dinosaur...

A few videos for your enjoyment.

A cute picture of our cat enjoying laundry day:)
I'm beginning to question our parenting ability a little bit because lately he's been yelling "don't" at his toys and putting them on the naughty step. We're trying to vary how we approach our discipline to see if that works. Brett and I are probably strict by today's standards, but feel pretty strongly that it's the only way he'll learn. I'm sure all parents second-guess themselves at some point, so I'm not that worried about it.

Other than that, not much going on here. We'll have lots of exciting holiday pictures to share in the next few weeks I'm sure.

Thanksgiving Weekend with the Grandmas

Owen had lots of fun last week with his Grandmas. My mom and Brett's mom were in town for Thanksgiving. We did lots of relaxing. On Saturday we went to the children's museum we went to a few weeks ago. Owen loved it so much we got a membership. With the cold winter coming up I think it's going to be a great way to get out and have some fun.

Riding the construction vehicle

Playing with the race track (quite possibly his favorite thing there)

Riding the car with DaddyFun with the trains

Learning about physics

Fun in the treehouse

Giggling at the water feature

Nonni Pat gave Owen a guitar for Christmas last year and we finally got it out. He had a blast with it.

Some recent artwork from the little Picasso.
Right now Owen is really into dinosaurs. We watch Dinosaur Train and read dinosaur books and pretty much talk about them all the time. It's really cute, and a little annoying, all at the same time.

He's also really into singing songs and being silly. He talks up a storm. We just love him so much, when he's not acting like a 2 year old that is!!!

Happy Thanksgiving!

May you and your family have a safe and happy Thanksgiving! We are thankful for so many things this year, including all of you reading this blog:)

Fall Fun

Here is the 14 week ultrasound for Baby G #2. They wanted to make sure that a hole in the stomach closed up as it was still open at 10 weeks. But all is good!
This past weekend my Dad and Step-mom cane for a visit from Florida. Owen and Papa Mo had a lot of fun playing with the barn.
My Aunt Lu and Ed sent Owen a belated birthday gift that was so great!!! Here is the beautiful card she needlepointed. It's so wonderful.

Owen enjoying the truck blanket and books

On Saturday we went to the burbs to check out the Children's Museum. Can't beat free parking!

Owen of course loved the train table.

There was a water room that Owen really enjoyed! So did Daddy:)

We were actually able to enjoy the outside portion as it was a beautiful fall day.

Spinning Daddy around and around

Like father like son, looking through the microscope

Playing with the fun ball machine

Owen made friends with a little girl in the music room.

Owen's favorite room by far was the car room. It had a big giant car to play on and a few race tracks. A hit with all the boys for sure!

It was so much fun. We'll definitely go back.

On Sunday we just hung out. Owen sat and read the paper with us. So cute!
Later that day we took him to get his hair cut. It was an absolute nightmare of an experience as Owen was hysterical the whole time and I think the poor lady was so stressed by the end.

Owen recently moved classrooms, so here is the newsletter from his old room wishing him farewell. And here is the new one welcoming him:) I love the picture of him on the second page. Finally, we'll leave with you some recent artwork. I'm so excited that Thanksgiving is almost here because that means I can decorate for my favorite holiday. I can't wait!!!!!!

Sunday Fun

A few months ago we went got some of my old toys out of storage to share with Owen. Today we gave him the old Fisher Price Barn. He had so much fun with it.

Being Silly