6 months and Game Day

Owen is 6 months old today and I can't believe it! I was told a thousand times how fast time seems to fly when you have babies but wow- it really does!

A few things Owen is doing right now:

Teething!

Sleeping 12 hours a night! (no complaints here)

"Talking" all of the time
Laughing a lot (especially at Daddy)

Loves his bath time

Becoming a lot more interested in Striker and Buffett
He weighs 15.10 pounds

A picture of him getting ready to eat breakfast this morning.

As everybody that reads this blog already knows- today begins BAMA football season! Owen celebrated yesterday by wearing his team's logo to Spirit Day at school. (These pictures were taken on my phone so excuse the bad quality.)

We have been getting into football mode around here today. Owen was so excited to get out his Alabama bowl! Roll Tide!!!

What We Have Been Up To

This month has flown by! I have been horrible updating the blog but in my defense, I have been starting off a school year with a class full of very active 4-year olds! Here is a quick picture recap from the last few weeks...

Hat Day at school.

Owen loves his cereal!

Tucker and Ashley came to visit!

Owen meets cousin Frank!

Lauri Beth, Frank, and cousin Gigi!

Gigi loves her chair from Owen! (Happy 1st Birthday Gigi!)

Kevin relaxing with Frank and Owen.

Trying to get a picture of the three cousins.

The Shirt Shop's youngest model :)

A personal favorite...

Pops and Gigi have finally moved to T-town! Striker loved visiting their beautiful backyard tonight for a cook out!

Busy Week

The past two weeks have been very busy at our house. Owen and I made several trips to my school to get my classroom ready. He played (and slept) so well in his pack n play but next year will be a different story. I have already told Gigi to block out some time the week before school starts to babysit while I get my classroom ready. Not to mention the fact that our school board turns off the air at noon everyday! Here are a few pictures of him playing in my classroom while I attempted to get ready for my students. This should be an interesting year, instead of my normal 1 or 2 students that don't speak English, I have 4! The past two years my ELL students have both spoken Middle Eastern languages- I am thankful this year it is Spanish. I at least know a little Spanish and the teacher down the hall from me is fluent and can help me communicate with them.

A picture of Owen and I before we went to meet his teachers at his new school

First day of school

Owen did great his first day (and so did I). I only called to check on him once. His teachers have already told me that he spends a lot of time "talking" to everybody and loves to talk to himself in the mirror. I hope this does not continue when he is in the older classes!

Back in Alabama

We had a blast in NYC but it was great to get home. It was a LONG time to be away from Owen (6 days). I think I was pretty much running to his room when we pulled into the driveway Wednesday night. Kevin worked during the days and I spent my time just enjoying the city. I was able to go to Live with Regis and Kelly one day (thanks Shelley!) and got to see Katherine Heigl and Jordin Sparks. Kevin and I both went to a David Letterman taping and saw Kevin Spacey, Jesse James, and the Flatlanders. I also spent a lot of time shopping! We also ate at some really cool restaurants (including Tao from SATC, Valbella (Regis' favorite Italian), and Buddakan (Big and Carrie's rehearsal dinner was held here in the SATC movie). It was a great trip and I still think NYC is one of my favorite cities- but it is always great to get back home too!

I did not take my good camera because I didn't want to have to haul it around everywhere (sad, I know). My Canon Elph still got some good shots- just not what the big one could have done.

Katherine Heigl on Regis and Kelly

Rooftop restaurant at the top of the Penninsula Hotel

I am in the kitchen at Valbella making our desserts!

NY State of Mind

Kevin and I are headed to NYC tomorrow morning with The Shirt Shop. I am not as excited as I usually am about going. (I can't imagine why?) Usually, I have made reservations, booked plays, etc. by now but so far we have dinner plans one night. I know once I get there I will have a blast-it is just the leaving part that will be hard. New York is one of my favorite places to visit and special to us since Kevin and I got engaged there. I am going to meet up with some old friends too, so it should be a fun trip. Gigi has come to keep Owen and I know they will do great! The stroller will probably gets lots of use this week!

On another note...look at Owen's new trick!

Praise Baby

Owen loves watching his Praise Baby DVD. (I can't imagine where he got his love for tv from!) I got a quick video this morning of him watching it while I made up my bed. Enjoy!

4th of July

We had a great time at the beach with my family last week. I took a lot of pictures but here are a few of my favorites...

Tucker and Ashley were really excited about the 4th!

Owen is really not enjoying this too much- maybe because it was cold water and I made him wear sunglasses.

My Mom and Dad took turns strolling Owen everywhere last week. Our condo has covered parking so they stayed in the shade most of the time. I would be very interested to know how many miles were put on that stroller!

Owen got to finally meet Amy!

Pap-paw gave Owen his very first baseball!