And He's Off...

After two months of "scooting", Owen has decided it is finally time to crawl. He has actually been crawling for awhile now but I am just now getting around to posting. He is into everything (of course) and especially loves going after Striker (who is so patient with him I might add). Buffett on the other hand runs from him. I will try to get a picture of him crawling soon.

A post is no fun without pictures so here are a few from the past week. For some reason I cant post captions with my pictures so here is my recap...

Owen's favorite pastime is taking apart his puzzle mat and waving the pieces in the air.

I love how he sleeps!

He started "posing" when I was trying to take his picture the other day...squinting those eyes!

He loves to "stand" at his activity table!

Hard to Believe...

I can't believe it is time to go from this...

to this....

I cannot believe how the past 10 1/2 months have flown by. Owen was ready to switch to a bigger car seat, but I just don't think I was ready. I still feel like he should be in his tiny newborn clothes! I am sure I will be devestated when it is time to turn the seat around in a few weeks.

On another note, Owen has decided he doesn't want to "crawl". This is his preferred method of traveling around our house...

I am thinking he will go straight from this to walking but we will see! He has transitioned from soy to regular formula very well and he is beginning to eat more table food. He loved his first experience with Taco Casa, but then again, who wouldn't?

Here Comes Number 13...

I can't wait until Thursday! Roll Tide!!!

Picture Recap

So, it has been awhile since I have updated the blog. We had a wonderful Christmas and enjoyed seeing our families. Since Kevin works so much during the holidays we were thankful to be able to stay put and spend our time here at home. Kevin's parents and grandmother came to see us Christmas Eve. Then we had Christmas with my family the day after Christmas. Here are a few pictures to catch you up on what has been going on...

We took Owen to see Santa

Not quite as excited in his lap as he was in the stroller.

Owen with Grammy and Gramps

Owen is very excited about what Santa left

Still cruising around later that day!

Uncle Tucker and Owen

Mam-Maw and Owen reading a Christmas book

Pap-Paw and Owen

Not sure why I was getting this look...

Happy New Year!!!

God Made Christmas

My Aunt Vicki brought this to Owen a few weeks ago (along with a really cute Christmas outfit). He LOVES this DVD! It is very simple (think sock puppets!) but he just laughs and watches it so intently. I put him in his jumper and turn this on and I have plenty of time to shower and get ready for the day! I just wanted to pass this along- hope everybody has a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Real or Fake?

I am hoping to put up our Christmas decorations this weekend and am trying to decide if I should try something new and get a REAL tree this year. I have always liked the ease of using my artificial tree but maybe its time for a change? Growing up we had real trees when I was younger but it has been a LONG time since anyone in my family has bought a real tree. I have heard stories about real trees that make me want to run into the attic to get my dependable tree I have used for several years but...it doesn't smell like Christmas! Last year I found an evergreen oil for my Lampe Berger so maybe I should stick to that.

Any thoughts on this subject? What do you use? Real or fake?

What was that?

Owen is not too sure about Striker's bark...