Owen sings Wheels on the Bus.

Ok, so Mommy does the singing and Owen plays along. :) (And yes, that is the same shirt I had on yesterday. I'm sick, ok?)

You might have seen a theme in our starting position. Owen is obsessed with his thumb and my hair, so most of our videos (taken with my laptop on my lap) start this way. During the day, it's kind of cute. When he's grabbing your hair by climbing on top of your head in the middle of the night, it's less cute. Every time he gets sick (which is frequent now that he's started daycare), he ends up in our bed somehow. We've been very tired people.




You don't see Owen say much here (other than "oh yeah!") but he has had something of a speech explosion lately, which has us thrilled. People seem to think we'll want him to shut up some day. I don't think so! He's been walking around shaking his head saying "no no no" (there is just no end to people criticizing my housekeeping skills), but even that's pretty cute! He has the sweetest little voice! When he had croup last week, he'd have these horrible coughing spells and then he's say "Whoa!"

After 26 months of waiting to hear it...

Owen has finally decided that Mommy is as important as Elmo, Daddy, the kitties, and the many other words he has added lately. Yay for saying Mama! I thought I was going to be UGH forever! (Please excuse our disheveled appearance. Owen's had croup, and I've got strep)

Owen for Obama!

Owen, Grandma Lyla and I headed downtown on Thursday to see some of the Obama-mania. Very exciting! He's been adding some new words to his vocabulary lately, but we're still working on Obama!

I know, I know!

I'm a terrible blogger. I did figure out how to record a video using my computer, which makes uploading it here MUCH easier, so maybe I'll do it more frequently now.

Here's Owen blowing you a kiss!

Owen's cellphone obsession

Owen apparently decided that he likes talking on cellphones. While he was "talking", Cathy actually called the cell.

A few new pictures

Owen LOVES his slide!

Owen took a quick dip in the kiddie pool and then wanted to play, so I got lots of cute neekie shots. Hey, if you had a tractor, you'd ride it naked too! ????












Here's a picture of Owen running around the
apricot tree at my parent's house. For some reason, it was the most fun thing EVER!


I can't believe he's almost 2 years old! Where does the time go?

Mr. Chatty

Maybe one of these days new words for Owen will become routine, but not yet! In the past 3 days he went from saying 3 words (kitty, daddy, and boom) to 7! Now he says kitty, daddy, boom, AND ball, bubble, dog, apple!

More importantly, he's gotten much better at saying things when we ask (like "can you say Daddy?" and he'll say it.) This is a HUGE step because that's been a big hurdle for us. He'll imitate us doing all sorts of things (like Ben taught him to fake sneeze and fake yawn), but not making vocalizations. Now doing it in public will be a whole other matter...

No "mama" yet, but you know, I'm just chopped liver. At least he signs it :)