we're on our way to having a 3rd potty trained baby....owen peed and pooped in the toilet today!

december 2009

owen is creeping into his terrible twos. he definitely knows how to use the word "no." he hits. he likes to get his way. he refuses to eat at meal time. but then he comes us to you and starts giving you kisses and all is forgiven. and who can resist that face and that smile? he is still my sweet sweet owen, even if he can be so naughty!

Happy Halloween!

so owen likes to cuddle with anything that's soft and fuzzy. there are a gazillion stuffed animals in our house and he finds them and picks them up, especially when he's tired. he hugs stuffed animal in left arm and sucks on his right index finger. every time, guaranteed.

i originally planned on having him dress up as a monkey (isaiah's first halloween costume) for halloween, but ended up scoring a scooby doo costume for $5 at a mom to mom sale. i brought the costume home and owen proceeded to cuddle with the costume and nap with it. he was pretty upset when i put the costume on him because he couldn't understand why i would make him wear his stuffed animal. silly boy. eric jokingly suggested that we just dress him up in a green t-shirt and brown pants and let him carry around the scooby costume. it all worked out and he was the cutest scooby doo ever!

owen, picture! smile!

i'm a big brother... can you believe it? i love holding my baby xavier and giving him kisses. when i want to hold him, i hold out my hands in front of of me with my palms up and open and close them until mommy lets me hold baby xavier. i say, "bay-BEE!" all the time.

i still love to cuddle with soft blankets and got a lot bigger since baby xavier was born. i talk a LOT more and especially get a lot of use out of the word "NO." i also like to smile for the camera!

owen is slowly but surely building up his vocabulary. it isn't understood by most people, but he's making strides in communicating verbally. right now his favorite thing to say is, "ma MAAA!" it's good and bad. he knows me...but then he wants something. from me. all the time. i don't really mind. :)

other things he communicates:
"bah!!" (with a wave) = bye bye
"doo...doo..DOOO!" = cockadoodledoo, sometimes he responds to this when asked what his name is.
"roarrrrr" = the sound of almost all animals

he puckers up his lips when he wants to give you a kiss. this is my favorite.

he is happiest when he has a ball in his hand. happiness is doubled when the other hand has a bat or a stick that could resemble a bat.

when isaiah or ethan imitate the trailer to night at the museum 2 (boy, boy, firepower!), owen resonds with: "bah bah bo!" and shoots his arm in the air just like his brothers.

in the summer, eric likes to set up our little slide to go into the little ladybug pool with the water table next to it. he gives ethan and isaiah each a hose and they go to town. owen likes to play at the water table and splash around, but he's not about getting wet or sprayed with the hose. just a little bit of splashing here and there...nothing too crazy.

and then today. it's tuesday, so happy meals are $1.99 at the mcdonalds by our house. as we eat our happy meals (even mama and daddy get happy meals!) on the back patio, owen wanders over to the slide. he's so proud of himself for climbing up to the top. he positions himself in a seated position at the top of the slide as if he's going to go down it. no way he's going down it, eric says. he doesn't like to get wet. it rained yesterday, so the pool at the bottom of the slide is full of water.

um, owen definitely went down the slide and proceeded to play and splash in the ladybug pool with all his clothes on.

awesome.

this absolutely gave the older boys license to proceed to also get into the ladybug pool with all their clothes on. isaiah is even whirling his wet sock over his head, splashing everyone. "my sock got wet so i took it off," he said, very matter-of-fact. well of course when your socks get wet you take them off and whip them around your head. i kind of wish i took some pictures or a video.

the best part is when owen runs over wanting to be picked up...you're all dry and he's all wet. mmmm...nothing like cold wet baby to cuddle up to!

owen just had his 15 month check up. he's still a little little man, but at least he is growing. he's in the 11th percentile in length and is still trying to get on the charts in weight. it's kind of amazing that he's so little because he eats ALL the time.

he doesn't talk yet. he has a few choice words, but nothing really new. he definitely knows what he wants (or doesn't want) and can convey that to you. lately, he has just been very clingy. always wanting to be picked up and carried around. it breaks my heart when i put him down and he just throws a fit because all he wanted was for me to hold him. rarely do i resist the urge to pick him up and hug him tight instead of letting him cry it out to teach him that crying is not how you get your way. and how can you resist? he's just so sweet when he pats your back as he buries his head into your shoulder.

i can't believe he's going to be a big brother...

arrghh!

i took a few steps today all on my own! i don't think i realized that i was walking because i was more concerned with drinking my milk and getting to my daddy...

happy birthday to you!
happy birthday to you!
happy birthday, sweet owen!
happy birthday to you!

my baby is one! one whole year has passed since he surprised us by coming into the world a week early.

oh, owen! one year old and you're *almost* walking. you took a couple steps today, but that doesn't quite count. you have two teeth on the bottom and one tooth on the top...a bit of a snaggletooth, but that second top tooth is coming in so soon you'll be our four-toothed baby. you drink out of your own sippy cup and try to drink out of the juice boxes that your kuyas leave behind. you loooove to eat big people food. when you eat ice cream you scrunch up your face because the cold surprises you.

you love love love to cuddle. with daddy, with mama, with your blue bear and your bunny. nani looooves that you love your blue bear and your bunny. you blow kisses and give real ones. you say "mmmm-wah!" when you plant a kiss on our cheeks. you say "ba" instead of "ball" and i swear you say "isaiah", though you don't always use it correctly. if we don't block off the stairs, you will inevitably find your way to the tub upstairs. you can't get into it, but you do like to stand outside of it. you have, however, found yourself stuck head-side-down in the toy box when trying to reach for a toy at the bottom. hahaha...it was cute to see your little legs sticking out of the toy box! you like to play with the remote controls and you are just so pleased with yourself when you turn the receiver to fm radio.

owen, we just love you so much. you bring us so much joy and make us very happy. you are growing up far too fast, but we hope that you will always know how much you are loved!! happy birthday, baby!