Baby Foods

So we have been trying to work on eating cereal the last week or so. As you can tell from the picture, he is not real excited yet. Owen is a pretty stubborn child. When we decided to switch from nursing to the bottle and then to all formula, it took us weeks to get him to eat without screaming most of the time. I have a feeling this new switch is going to be pretty similar. He does not scream, but he shuts his mouth and refuses to open up for a bite of cereal. Maybe he just does not like the cereal, after all, it does taste a lot like cardboard, in my opinion. I think we might move on to greenbeans this weekend and see if he will take his veggies easier.

Iowa State Fair

We went to the Iowa State Fair this past weekend. Owen did really well the first hour we were there. He just looked around at all the people. We tried to feed him, he does not like his bottles even a little bit cold, then he cried for about the next half hour. Nothing was working for him and he would not eat. He finally fell asleep and slept for about an hour. Once he woke up, he was crabby until we left. The second we walked in the house, he was happy and babbling. He ate about 10 ounces before going to bed. I think he is a homebody.

Owen is 4 months old!

We had Owen's 4 month appointment yesterday. He now weighs 18 pounds and 13 ounces which is still off the charts for his age group, and he is 26 1/2 inches long, which is the ninetieth percentile. He got three vaccinations and really screamed for the third one, rightfully so since it is supposedly the most painful one. I feel so sorry for him but I know it is for his benefit later on. All else is well

So I started back to school all this week and had to start taking Owen to a babysitter. Boy, that was rough. Leaving my baby, who I have been with pretty much 24/7 for four months, with a lady I hardly know:( I am sure this is only the beginning of many tear-filled goodbyes in my lifetime. He is going to an in-home daycare mondays-thursdays. Matt has every Friday off, so they get to have male bonding time on Fridays. Matt cannot wait until Owen is old enough to take him hunting with him, then I am sure they will be out all day on those days with dad. (Matt wanted to take him turkey hunting this past spring but I told him two weeks was a little young to start sitting in a turkey blind:) Owen seems to be doing alright so far. All she has really said is that she thinks he is going to be a handful once he can start moving, seeing as he is so active already, and that other crying babies make him sad. He starts to cry whenever another baby cries.

Jumping on the bandwagon!

So I figured since we have so many family members and friends across the country that we do not get to talk to, I decided to jump on the bandwagon and start a family blog. Both of my sister's-in-law have a blog and it is great to get on and see what is happening in their lives.

Now I can post pictures of our ever growing baby, and I suppose things about Matt and I from time to time. I'm sure Owen will be the star subject of the majority of my blog posts:) It is interesting to realize how much our lives have changed and how everything we do now revolves around Owen. I would not change it for the world.

Here are a few of my favorite pictures that we have taken recently.

Nick and Kory Fowler's Wedding, August 1st

Our little Buddha baby or our little Michelin baby.

Getting so big. He is almost sitting up on his own.