the past week

Owen came down with a respiratory infection last Friday, so the weekend was spent with a feverish sick little guy and some seriously gross snot.  Dave took him to the doctor's on Monday and endured what sounded like a traumatic (for both Dave and Owen) set of x-rays - no pneumonia, they checked him for the flu, not that, no ear infection, just a bad viral thing...so they were sent away with instructions for lots of rest and fluids.  I spent the day with him on Tuesday, and by the evening he was clearly doing much better and was back at day care on Wednesday.

He still has a bit of a runny nose, but other than that he is back to his normal self!

This semester, I teach Tues and Thurs evenings, so I only get to see the little guy for about an hour in the mornings.  Not so nice for me, but D has been enjoying his T/Th evenings with Owen.  O is in a very serious Mama phase, and still only wants to be with me, not Dada, if I am anywhere in the house.  But, if I'm at work, then he is more than happy to hang out with Dad!  But, as much as I hate not getting to see him T/Th, I have all day off every Friday, so Fridays are full Mama/Owen time!

But seeing as he was still a bit on the sick side yesterday, we both spent our whole day in PJs just playing...not venturing out into the cold, cold windy day...and it was great!

Can't quite see out the window yet!

milk break

hay ride time!

so many blocks!!!  Flax even got in on the action.  She's coming in to
 steal a second one (note the red block in the upper right corner behind the bumbo)

the weekend

The weekend started Friday with a trip to the Children's museum.

Owen quickly figured out about putting the ball inside the pipe
to watch it come out at a different spot...
and then he was unstoppable!

well...unstoppable until he stopped to see if the ball would fit in his mouth...which apparently needed several rounds of testing...and tasting.

those little aprons the museum supplies just aren't made to keep sleeves dry!

This was followed by some magnet fun in the kitchen,

magnets are truly his medium.

and a leisurely Sunday morning reading of the Berenstein bears on the living room floor.

I use the term "read" a bit loosely, but he does enjoy flipping through a book!

giggles!

first skate

Owen went for his first skate today...from the comfy cozy luxury of the stroller!

the party

We celebrated Owen's 1st birthday on Saturday with a little gathering of friends.  Owen LOVED eating his birthday cake!

chocolate cake with peanut butter frosting and bananas in between the layers = yummy!

cake = sticky hair

wanna lick it clean?

post cake stripped down 

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday Owen!  One year ago today you were born and we have loved every minute of watching you grow from a tiny, cuddly, completely helpless newborn to the smiley, laughy, independent 1 year old you are now.

Here is a bit of what you are like at one:

You eat really well.  You have eaten lots of different cuisines already - Indian, Ethiopian, Mexican - to name a few.  You haven't met a dairy product you don't like, particularly milk.  You used to drink a max of 4oz at a time of formula, now you can down an 7oz sippy of milk no problem!  The only thing you consistently refuse to eat is avocado.

You occasionally sleep through the night, but usually still wake up once sometime between 3 and 5am. You nap twice a day if you are at home for anywhere from 1.5 to 3 hours at a time.  At daycare you consistently take 50min naps, once a day, sometimes twice.  

You are a very happy kid.  You smile all the time, and laugh a lot!  You are very ticklish and have an infectious giggle!  You are happy to play independently, but also love some company...particularly if it's your Mama.  You like playing with toy cars, magnets, and blocks at the moment.  You LOVE the kitties...although they are not always enamored with you, they sometimes let you pet them, but more often than not they run away to where you can't reach them.

You have 8 teeth, and no discernible words...although I think you might be saying "kitty" sometimes.  And you definitely cluck your tongue to call the kitties when you hear us doing it!  You use mamamama and dadadada, but not necessarily toward us...hopefully soon!

You aren't walking yet, but you definitely crawl up a storm!  You pull yourself to standing on everything, and will cruise a bit, but you seem happy enough to crawl to get from A to B.

For your birthday, we went to the doctor...how novel actually having your one year checkup on your birthday!  Here are the stats:

height: 30 3/4 inches - 75-85%

weight: 19# 12.8 oz - 25-50%

head size: 45.2cm - 25%

Owen got his first taste of ice cream today after dinner - he'll have to wait until his little party on Saturday to have cake!

as stated - never met a dairy he didn't love!

Yesterday, Owen and I went for a little walk on Lake Harriet to play with his new sled and then to the park! 

wheeeee!!!!

chocolate marshmallow...with legs

Happy New Year!

 Happy New Year everyone!  We wish you all much love and happiness for 2013!  We celebrated new year's in London (so at 6pm instead of midnight) with good friends.  It was a nice night, and we are excited to see what new adventures the new year will bring!

Happy New Year!

pre New Year trip to the MIA - my what a big dog you are!

We went to the zoo today, and they were having a "Happy Noon Year" celebration for the kids at, you guessed it, noon!  There were various kids activities, all for older kids, but nobody is ever too old or young to stick their head in a hole for a picture!

Owenhawk and fauxhawk

Great Horned Owel - ha!