It's A Dog Day Afternoon!!!

Yesterday Owen and I spent the afternoon with my friends Nikki & Christa. We went to Buca Di Beppo's to celebrate my birthday. After that we went back to Christa's house to play with her new puppy Riley. Owen wasn't too sure about him. The only animals that he's had close contact with so far have been cats. The cats aren't too thrilled with him so they don't initiate contact. Riley on the other hand was very excited about Owen and wanted to kiss him and climb on him. He was very cute!

A Real Crawl

Here he is really crawling!

What a mouthful!

Yesterday I was trying to get a picture of Owen's 6 teeth. He was just giggling up a storm and I was just snapping away not sure what kind of picture I was going to get. I got a really good one of him and then I got this one...I didn't know my son was part horse!!

Uh-Oh

On Friday September 21st Owen said Uh-Oh! On Thursday he was eating one of his teething biscuits and he dropped it a couple of times and I kept saying Uh-Oh. On Friday morning he was sitting in his highchair playing with a toy and he dropped it and I said Uh-Oh and then he mimicked me. It was so cute. He's tried to say it again, but usually only the Uh sound comes out.

5th & 6th

On Thursday September 20th Owen's two front teeth came through. That means he has 6 teeth now! He has really had a rough 2 weeks with teething and having a cold. He's finally feeling better and it's so nice to see him smiling and laugh again! I'm really going to miss his cute smile with no front teeth though, but I know that I'll see it again in 7 or so years.

Do the Puyallup!

Yesterday Michael, Owen and I went to the Puyallup Fair with our friends Micah and Kim. It was lots of fun and nice weather too. Actually we wouldn't have minded had it been a little more cloudy...I can't believe I really said that, but it's true! Our cheeks muscles were tired from squinting so much and that was with sunglasses on!! All in all our day was filled with...

- Eating (Elephant Ears, Scones, Strawberries on a Stick, Gyros and Fish & Chips) It's all about the food really!!
- Seeing the animals
- Looking at some of the vendors and hobby collections
- Watching Muttin' Bustin' (Kids 6 years and under riding Ewe's. First, second and third place all went to girls!!!)
- Going on a couple rides

Michael and I are in background of this picture. Micah and Kim were watching Owen for us so we could go on a ride.

This is how Owen napped two times while we were at the fair. He would start out chewing on his hat and before we knew it he was sleeping with it pulled down over his face.

Hair

I love this picture that Michael took, for some reason it really shows off Owen's hair and give the appearance that there is more of it than there really is. He actually looks like he has little boy hair that has been combed over. I can't wait until he has more hair and he can have faux hawk.

Blackberries

Owen and I went on a walk around our neighborhood about 2 weeks ago before we both got colds. While we were on our walk we found a small neighborhood park. This park borders some protected land that is filled with blackberry bushes. The first time we found it was just by accident. I happened to chose the most awful day and time of the week to go for a walk. It was Tuesday which is garage day! Not only were we walking pass a whole bunch of stinky garage cans, but the garage truck was pacing us! YUCKY!! So I was trying to walk faster and get ahead of this stinky truck when I noticed this little tiny park off the road a bit with a picnic table and some shade. When I got back there I saw the blackberries. Owen and I sat back there getting some relief from the sun and the stink until the truck had gone. While we were waiting I picked some berries and Owen tried them too and liked them. Then next day we walked back and I brought a container so I could bring some home. The picture above is Owen eating a blackberry when we got home.

Favorite Thing

Here are some pictures of Owen doing his most favorite thing right now - standing up on the love seat and looking out the window. He so smart too because he's figured out how to go from one side to the other. He doesn't just shimmy to the side he actually reaches back and turns himself around 90 degrees to go from the side of the love seat to the back of it.

So Precious

Owen has been learning to stand up and hold onto things. Recently we started putting one of the couch cushions on the floor so he could play with it. He's been holding onto it and actually walking around it. Another thing he's started doing is laying his head on your shoulder (or the couch cushion as seen above) when he's sleepy. I just love it when he does this!

Fun with Daddy!

These pictures were taken a couple of weeks ago when we were sitting down for dinner. Michael was just talking and being goofy with Owen and Owen was having the time of his life playing with Daddy.

Cold

On Thursday Owen joined the world of the common cold....along with Mommy! I was really crossing my fingers and hoping that he would be one of those breastfed babies that didn't get sick until 18 months old, but no such luck. It was just heartbreaking to get him up in the morning and see all those crusty boogers around the outside of his nose. :( On Saturday he was up for all of 6 hours and asleep the rest of the day. He's like his Mommy where he recovers while he sleeps. In addition to sleep we've been giving him Infant Tylenol Cold Plus Cough medicine and running the humidifier in his room at night and he's getting better now and so am I. 1 cold down 500 more to go! :)