...Long Time!

Wow, its been a LONG time - hopefully you haven't given up on me! :) So much has happened since my last update, not even sure where to begin....

Well, its winter and you know that time of year always brings on the bugs and we weren't lucky enough to dodge them - not with Owen in daycare! Owen was sick a few weekends ago - and was sent home early from school on Thursday (2/11)and had to be home Friday (2/12) too - he was sick through the weekend and only toward the end of that next week did he show ANY interest in food at all (that's a true sign my son is sick - when he doesn't eat - otherwise - he LOVES his dinner!) he had a fever and awful cough and runny nose and eyes. All he wanted to do was just watch Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and chill out with mama and papa. Uncle stayed with him on Fri for half a day while I went to work, he said Owen just wasn't his normal self. When i got home from work around noon, his temp was about 101 and he needed a nap BAD! He took 3 hr naps all during his sickness - it was so hard to see him not feeling good :(
And to top it all off, last week, Owen had pink eye for the first time! I took him to school on Mon last week (2/23) and noticed (once i got there) that his eyes were really red, upon checking them out a little further I saw some crustiness - and sure enough when 10 o'clock rolled around and we could take him to Prime Care - he has pink eye in both eyes, poor little guy! :( but he was SUCH a trooper through all of his sicknesses, for as awful as he had been feeling, he really didn't complain or act grouchy and he slept through the nights too! He's always been a trooper though! He's a lot like his papa - he just rolls with the punches, and just keeps on goin and doesn't let stuff bug him!

Some of Owen's favorite things lately:

He loves his bubble baths!

Drawing is also one of his favorite pass times, check out how the kid holds his crayon, such a big boy! Fish are his favorite things to draw and he loves to have either mama or papa draw fish for him too - 'mama fish' or 'papa fish' he says and hands us a crayon...

Bubble Time! He pushes over a chair from the table and exclaims 'Bubbles, bubbles!' then he climbs up on the chair and I turn the water on and give him a spoon or small bowl and he scoops water and bubbles out of one side of the sink and into the other...

He also LOVES his dinner! here he is eating one of his favorites...SPAGHETTI!!!

In other children news - baby girl is gonna be here in just over 1 week, so crazy to think she'll be here so soon! I'm just not sure I'm ready for all the changes that will come with a newborn! I'm sure everything will just fall into place, but my worrying mind just won't stop wandering - will Owen be ok with it all? will I remember what I did with Owen, so that she turns out just as sweet and easy going and sleeps as well as he does? what if i create a non-sleeping monster? (I think I've just been so sleep deprived for so long that I just want to see an end in sight!), will i be able to love another child as much as I love my little man? will i ever have a free moment to myself? haha! I know I'm worrying over nothing, but all this unknown is just driving me nuts (but yet still not ready for her to be here!).

Here's a more recent belly pic (2/19 actually, so maybe not that recent, geez this time around I don't really have many belly pics, unlike w/ Owen where I took a new series of pics every week!)

and here is her little bedroom (without the rug, we just bought one when we went out to celebrate our 6 year anniversary - yes shopping at Lowe's is now a romantic excursion for us!)


More on our anniversary...yes,a s of Feb 28, Scott and I have been married SIX years now! WOW, how does time fly so fast?! Uncle Tick and Aunt Katy watched Owen this past Sat night and Scott and I went to Lowe's, then we explored what will be our new hometown - Hamilton (we have an offer in that has been accepted and are just waiting for closing on over 15 acres of land that we have plans to build on in the next three years or so) - After driving around the Hamilton countryside, we ventured to Allegan and ended up at the Grill Room (or Grill House, can't remember what its called)and had a great dinner together! And we were home by 9pm - times definitely have changed! :)

I'm sure I'm forgetting something I had wanted to write, but at this point, I'm just glad to have something to post!! One last picture before I call it a wrap....

This past week we had some nice sunshine, so we decided to get bundled up and build a snowman. Owen was more interested in knocking it over! but he still had a great time!