# 1 and # 2 update

So its been awhile since I've posted 'status' update on Owen - its like each month for the first year is such a landmark occasion! Then once a year comes and goes, time just seems to be flying by too fast! So in an effort to 'Chronicle' as much of Owen's life as I can, here is an update on the just-over-16-month-old boy...

• LOVES to read - could literally spend hours each day looking at books and pointing out objects and animals and trying to say their names - his favorites are the 'Little People' books - he has two animal ones, a 'class trip' one and an 'around the town' one and can NOT get enough...he just amazes me when he 'reads' them - he is able to recognize SO many things


• Wears 18-24 mo clothing


• Wears size 4 diapers


• LOVES beans, bananas, and corn


• Still gets one bottle each day - at night before bed time


• Can not sleep without his frog


• Bedtime is around 7:30 and he sleeps until 7:15 on weekdays and 8 or sometimes even 8:30/9 on weekends!!


• Takes a 2-3 hr nap ea day


• Loves to sing the itsy bitsy spider and roly poly (and rolls his hands/arms in a circle)


• Has a crazy walk - kind of like a sumo walk - where he walks with his legs spread really far apart


• Still using his signs for more, please, drink, eat, all done - but has learned to say most of these words also along with signing


• Vocab gets bigger every day and just amazes me: up, please, no, yeah, frog, hippo, kitty, turtle, mama, papa, dada, ma (grandma), fish, banana, beans, cookie, cracker, hot dog, teeth, shoes, book, flower, apple, blocks, boat, deer, and i'm sure others i can't think of at the moment. (When he learns to say a word, at first he just makes some of the sounds in the word with the same amount of syllables as the word has - sooo cute - alligator is ga-ga-la-la)


• Still doesn't have much hair - but what he does have is a dark blond and is getting really long and kinda curls up when it gets wet or he gets warm


• Loves to dance


• Mickey Mouse Clubhouse is his favorite show


• Thinks building with blocks is a great time


• Loves to give hugs and kisses

Every day it seems he learns something new - he seems more and more mature to me each day - its amazing to see him grow and learn

Playing with his animals with Papa...

...yeah, you!!

reading with Aunt Al and Uncle Greg

Huggin on his Murphy...

Just rakin' some leaves...

And since #2 can't be forgotten (and actually I feel like I'm neglecting to 'Chronicle' her existence to date), I've got to throw in a few tidbits about her and my pregnancy with her too!

• Wakes me up at night kicking and punching - something Owen never did - uh oh - hope this doesn't mean we will have a non-sleeper on our hands....


• Seems to go through growth spurts about once a week - where I'll feel a noticeable difference in the amount of movement (she'll be really quiet for a few days) then I can feel a definite difference afterward in the strength of her kicks and punches


• According to baby center she is the size of a one lb bag of coffee beans this week (random, i know)


• Still has her mom feeling a little sick now and then


• Giving Mama swollen ankles already (not too bad yet - and hopefully won't get too much worse!)


• We're working on getting a space for her to live once she arrives - and hope to be done over the holidays with her room.


• Mom and Papa still debating on what to name her - and nothing is really jumping out at us, so we'll see - she might just have to be one of those nameless babies for the first day or so of life... :)

Can't wait to meet this little peanut, she is so loved already!!