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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New Year's Resolution

Happy New Year!

(ok, technically this happens tomorrow but in case I don't make it to blog land, I wanted to wish everyone a happy one.)

Over the last few days I was thinking about my resolution and I decided it would be to enjoy life more. Stop worrying so much about the errands, etc. and do things that make me happy like spending time with my family and crafting.

Yesterday at bath time, Owen reminded me how truly important this is. He always loves bath time, but the tub is usually filling up while he finishes dinner. Last night it was still filling up when we were getting him undressed in the bathroom and he noticed the faucet running for the first time and just thought it was the greatest thing in the world. Brett and I had a ball watching him laugh and laugh at it while he played in it. He also almost dumped himself in which is why you should always watch your child near water!

2009, here we come.

Toys, toys, toys

We got home today and Owen was so excited to play with some of his new toys. My mom got him this easel that teaches numbers, shapes and letters. We were surprised how quickly he figured it out.

And Brett's mom got him this horsey that you jump on and is attached to a game on the TV that teaches all kinds of things. It's so cool!

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Things Owen did this Week:
Amidst all this holiday fun, Owen has actually been talking up storm. Although sometimes his words aren't totally defined and he may only say them once, this is a list of the words he has said so far. (I'm sure there's more, but this is what I can remember.) He's growing up so fast it's scary.
Thank you, cup, picture, big bird, kitty, dada, mama, uh-oh, tree, cracker, get down
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