Ever since Owen just just a few weeks old he preferred to stand than sit.
It’s definitely helped mom get her toned arms back!
As a result, he has VERY strong legs.
Hence this little trick…

My parents have a picture of my sister JoLyn doing the same exact thing with my dad when she was a baby.
I guess it runs in the family!

Something funny happend when putting Owen to bed.

all clean, lotioned and in his pjs.
sneaky mr. o giving me some giggles and smiles to sway me not to put him to bed just yet.
i give in and play.
one second: owen giggling.
next second: puke allllllllll over mommy.
second after that: shock.
and after that: big smile/giggle from Owen.
conclusion: i laugh.

oh I love my silly little guy. and the convienence of an in home w/d.

the end.

Our little guy is 7 months old today! He is starting to look like a toddler more and more, it’s so sad! At 7 months he is:

21 lbs (still! poor guy has been teething like crazy!)

27.5 inches

At 7 months Owen:

says several words like mama, dada, daddy, ow, hi, hey, oh and sometimes yeah.

is attempting to crawl a little.

wants to stand up on his own. he pushes our hands away and will stand for a second before falling.

is teething like crazy! poor guy! tooth #3 is coming in.

sleeps like a champ.

eats like a football player (usually)

laughs allll day long.

thinks it’s funny to pull hair.

still looooves music and loves to dance/be sung to.

so cute when he eats at night. when he’s done he’ll turn into you and snuggle.

opens his mouth SUPER wide and whines if he thinks you aren’t feeding him fast enough.

loves to play with magazines.

is thinning out. he’s getting so tall and loosing a lot of his chub.

still loves his bath! we moved him to the big tub and he loves it now. he doesn’t even pay attention to you, he just splashes.

he LOVES looking at himself in the mirror, naked. haha!

I find it so funny that the first few months I wanted him to be older so we could play with him and now I want him to be younger so he stays a baby forever!

is my two front teeth.

And apparently a few more!

This guy…..

has turned into THIS guy…

I guess his race to be older is still ongoing. When I was pregnant he was always have growth spurts and even tried to escape early a few times. Even since being born he has topped the charts in height & weight, smiled at only 2 weeks old and started laughing at only 7 weeks! You’d think he’d slow down! He got 2 teeth at once at only 4 1/2 months and now, a few days shy of his 7 month birthday he is getting MORE TEETH. The poor kid. He usually is just fussy, in fact I didn’t even realize he was teething until yesterday when I actually saw another tooth had cut through! Today he was miserable. Poor boy. He recently learned to say, “dad, dada, & daddy” and was crying “dad, dad, dad” until he went to bed. Hopefully this tooth cuts through soon and the poor kid can have a break!

*photos are a few months old but still oh, so cute!

Have I mentioned he loves his Dad?

Our little guy is getting so big! He does such funny things everyday, I’m really starting to LOVE staying home with him. I admit it’s been a big adjustment and even now it’s kind of a catch 22. I miss being a working girl but I just can’t bear to think I may be missing Owen growing up. Owen & I have kind of become two peas in a pod when Dad isn’t home & as much as I’d love to have a date with Tim, I get nervous about leaving him. We are just so attached to this little guy!

We love him so much!

I think I may be a little bit on the crazy side. If my furniture stays in the same place too long I get ancy. It’s been bugging me for MONTHS but with little monkey boy it’s been hard to rearrange. Yesterday I finally had the courage to attempt it. I LOVE the outcome…but still have a lot of mess to clean up. What do you think?

Closer look at the makeshift hutch. I bought both the coffee table and the bookcase at Deseret Industries a few years ago when Tim & I got married. They both were about $5 each. The bookcase is actually a piece of an actual hutch. I took out all my pretty white serveware (the cake stand I found at Ross for $7!) and the birds are actually Salt & Pepper shakers from Target. I looooove the antique pie plates! I found them at the flea market & am planning on giving them as gifts; but for now they are on display. The chinese tea mugs are from my parents (christmas gift from last year) and the soda bottles are just empty IBC bottles. Honestly, everything in the picture cost less than $10.

ps. can you tell I love baking & decorating? all the magazines piled on the sides are Better Homes & Gardens, Domino, Country Living or Martha Stewart.

I know it’s no magazine cover but I love all the extra pathways and room!

We are on the activities committee for church and were in charge of the decorations for this years trunk or treat dinner. I have to say I had a lot of fun & was really proud of the result. It turned out exactly as I had pictured.
I was so happy with the autumn luminarias. I picked it because it was easy to do & it’s kind of New Mexico’s thing. Everything looked so cool when the lights were dimmed & the candles could really glow.

I had a hard time deciding on Owen’s costume. I wanted it to be fun since it was his first Halloween but since I didn’t know how I would do it I just gave in & bought him a mouse outfit at Walmart. Two days before the Trunk or Treat I had a break thru & came up with a HILARIOUS idea. If you know what it is you’ll notice it’s pretty acurate.

Owen as Goku from Dragonball Z. So obviously asian but so obviously cute!

The Back.

I was so proud of it! It turned out even better than I expected & I made it all by myself!

A few months ago Courtney Driver and I became workout buddies. We had our babies just 4 months apart and needed to work off those last stubborn pounds so we began the P90X workout DVDs. Boy are they brutal! The first workout I lost 5 lbs! We have been doing pretty well & have about a month left of the program. I actually got down UNDER my pre-pregnancy weight & even fit back into most of my old jeans! I was amazed! I still have a little ways to go though. My tummy pooch is my biggest problem area as it is with most moms. It’s been so much fun to workout with a friend & see some accomplishment! I’ve actually grown really close to her & am so sad that she’s moving back home to Florida! I guess we will just have to visit!

Buddies & Babies

Owen & Bobby are buddies too.

We decided kind of last minute to go to SLC for Tim’s fall break. It turned into kind of a disaster. I was running around like crazy that day getting everything ready and the house clean while Tim was at school. I managed to pull it off and we were on the road at 5:30. Half an hour out of town and our back tire blew up. We stopped at a gas station to put on our donut when we found we were missing a part to our jack. Thankfully, a worker at the gas station had one we could borrow but we had to go back to ABQ to get new tires and most of the stores were closing. Plus, while putting the donut on, two of the nuts broke off the rim! We waited for 2 hours to get tires put on and then our friends the Driver’s helped us replace the nuts that broke. We didn’t actually leave until 9:30pm! We drove all the way thru the night and arrived in SLC at 8am. We were both DEAD TIRED. As soon as we got there Owen started teething mega time (his first two teeth weren’t bad, he was mostly just crabby but this time it was high fever, diaherra, you name it! Poor kid!) and Tim found out he had gotten sick from a friend at school. We spent most of our vacation indoors since neither of the boys were feeling well. Plus I forgot our camera! I couldn’t believe it! I usually take it with me everywhere!  Saturday was Cannon’s (our nephew) 1st birthday and we all ventured to Hoogle Zoo. It was a lot of fun! I even got to help decorate his birthday cupcakes! He was such a cute birthday boy. We even got to visit our niece Callie’s new horse! She let me ride him but I was a wussy. The last time I’d been on a horse it kept throwing me into the fence so everytime this horse went toward the fence I panicked. The other horse I rode was a bit more trained and after a few circles around the corral I was comfortable enough to trot with him. I had forgotten how much I loved to ride. She promised we’d go more when we came to stay in July. Unfortunately, we think Owen is allergic to the horses & maybe even the dogs. He had puffy red eyes most of the trip and sometimes even some reddness in his cheeks. It could just be regular allergies but we took notice to watch for it.

Here is the only picture I managed to take with my phone on our trip. Boo to me.

Needless to say, Owen wasn’t very interested in the zoo.

My mom came to visit us way back in September. (I’m a little behind!) We had a lot of fun! It was really nice to have someone to hang out with and talk to while Tim was at school & work. We went to the park, Old Town, the aquarium, & the botanical gardens. Owen got pretty spoiled while she was here. When she’d try to put him down for a nap he would smile & coo & just be super cute so she’d play with him instead. Worked every time. I have to admit I was a bit spoiled as well! It was nice to not have to schedule my work outs around Tim’s ever changing study schedule. We love Grandma Marilyn & already miss her so much!

Grandma & Owen in Old Town

These Navajo Wind Talkers were at a bookstore in Old Town signing autographs on books for donation.
I wanted so bad to buy one but they were all $50! I even asked the lady in charge if I could just donate a smaller amount and she said no! Donation or no donation I told them how grateful I was to them. They were really nice but I felt like a jerk leaving them with nothing.

Grandma & Owen at the Park

Grandma even spoiled us & took us on Base to the Commissary & BX. I was in heaven!

Low prices & Anthony’s pizza!

We love you Grandma!