Recent Pictures

Owen likes to wear things on his head. My little gangsta!
He especially likes to wear daddy's hats. I think it is because he sees dad in one all the time and wants to be just like him. I see so much of Matt in Owen everyday.

Grandma Cathy and Roger bought Owen an oak tree for his first birthday. Now we can take a picture beside it each year to see how much it and him have grown.
Playing in the water hose. I went to wash his feet off after playing in the sandbox and he just sat down in the water and started splashing. He really liked playing, his pants were soaked by the time he was done.

Update

So I forgot the camera this morning, so I do not have any pictures to post but wanted to give an update. Pictures to come soon!

Last weekend: We attended the wedding of one of Matt's hometown friend, Tony and Michelle Wilson. Mom, Lu, and her friend Jacob came up to watch Owen for us. It turned out that they had a little more work on their hands than planned on, Owen had been sick and got sick Saturday afternoon again before we left for the wedding. Owen still did well for them, other than that one incident. It was a beautiful wedding and we had a wonderful weekend hanging out with family.

Memorial Day weekend: Owen is finally over his sickness, but must be going through a growth spurt because he is waking up in the middle of the night screaming and wants fed. Just wish he would have waited another week and I would be out of school. Bob came down for the weekend to spend time with us. We had dinner at a work friend of Matt's house on Saturday night and Lee, Jessica, and the kids came over yesterday afternoon for lunch. It was great to have a relaxing weekend at home and the weather was perfect, other than a storm and power outage Saturday evening.

Mastering the Fork

First lawn mower ride, with stick in hand. He likes to pick things up out of the yard and carry them around.
We are learning to use the fork. He does very well and is able to pick things up easily on his own most of the time.

If he cannot get it with the fork he resorts to putting it onto it himself.

It has gotten to the point now that he does not like me to feed him. He wants to use the spoon or fork himself and loves to make a mess. That's what little boys are known for I guess.

12 month statistics

Not many new pictures to post but we had Owen's 12 month well-baby appointment this week. All is well and luckily he does not have a broken nose. What, broken nose??? you ask. He fell over the weekend and had his hands full so he nose planted on the hard wood floor. His nose was very swollen and had a slight black eye in the outer corner, I was afraid it would be broken, but Dr. Amy just said severely bruised. You can kind of see it in the first picture below, at least I can anyway. Then he did the same thing all over again the next day, poor guy, tears were rolling.

All was well otherwise, we can start weaning off of formula and bottles (he is down to only one right now anyway) and switch to "Silk"milk. He is developing right on schedule and doing great.

New discovery: he now knows and points to his ear when asked! I am so excited and proud that he is learning so much, we are truly blessed!

Weight: 26.06 lbs (92%)

Height: 31 in. (85%)

Practicing using the spoon on his own, eating yogurt. His aim is a little off but he loves to be able to feed himself.
Helping daddy put a door in to the basement. He loves to help and be doing whatever we are doing, especially daddy.

Now a Toddler!

Owen is now a toddler!! He has gotten really good at walking just this last week. He started about a week after his first birthday being able to walk a couple steps before falling. Now he is able to walk everywhere, with some tumbles still of course. It is so cute to watch him, and he thinks he is pretty big stuff walking all over the house.

He really loves being outside now that the weather has warmed up some the last couple weeks. I think he would live outside if we let him. He grabs the door jamb and cries when you try to take him back inside.

He is changing so much every day; learning new words, doing new things, and is so much fun.

He got a bubble machine for his birthday. He loves getting right up in front of it and having the bubbles pop all over his face.
Swing from Grandma Audrey for birthday.

We inherited a sand box from the previous owner and filled it with sand. Owen loves to dig and throw the sand everwhere. He does the same with dirt in the yard. The dirt he sometimes eats, but does not eat the sand for some reason.
Our nephew and neice, Grant (soon to be 4) and Brynna (1) celebrated their birthdays last weekend. We had lots of food, cake, and ice cream and had a great time watching 10 kids running all over the house. They had a full house.

Matt the Taxidermist

Matt recently attended taxidermy school for deer head. He had a great time and is very excited at the potential to start his own business. He mounted the bow buck (I'm pretty sure) from last season. He did an awesome job and is busy figuring out how to get a shop put together in the garage and buy all the supplies he needs. He has discovered that he likes his own work more than the expensive work of the buck we just had done. He should have went to school a long time ago I think.

1 Year Photos

We had Owen's 1 year photos taken this weekend. The other two times that we have had his pictures done, he has been grumpy and only allowed us to get a few good pictures. This time he was awesome. He was in a good mood and smiling for almost all the photos. I think he really liked the photographer, he let her pick him up and hold him for a while after we were done and was completely content. So many good pictures are not good on our pocketbooks.

Owen's birthday theme was farm/barnyard so we incorporated that into his photos. I love his overalls and barefeet!