12 months

Our tiny boy hit his 12 month mark on May 14. He is growing slowly, but healthy none the less. We went in to see the urologist in April, and found out that his bad kidney is gone. They couldn't see it in the ultrasound. So we have been released from the care of the urologist, and don't have to see him again. Hooray!!!

1 year stats: 16 pounds 8 ounces, and 28 inches tall. He is finally on the growth chart for his height at right around the 5th percentile. The pediatrician isn't worried about him, and is happy that he's following the curve and growing how a tiny boy should. One day he'll catch up.

- loves to eat anything he can get his hands on, his favorites right now are pirates booty, black beans, and hot dogs

- has 3 teeth, two on the bottom and 1 on the top.

-can kneel on his knees when playing

-loves to look at books

-enjoys playing on mommy and daddys ipads

- loves his grandpa James, and always wants to see him if he is in the room

-Another new thing is Owen is sleeping on the floor. He started hating his crib and wasn't sleeping at night, so we put him on the floor to see if we could catch a break. He's doing better but still wakes up quite a few times each night.

He would not sit still for his photos and was climbing all over the chair and making himself rock. Here he is our little monkey!

Thanks to our friend Lindsay for the adorable shirt!

11 months

11 months already! Look how big our little monkey is getting. He is learning so much every day and has quite the funny little personality. He sure can be sassy. Other things he's doing.

-Cruising around the furniture like crazy

-Eating everything in site, some of his favorites are black beans, gold fish crackers, and graham crackers

-Crawling on his knees finally

10 months

Well Owen turned 10 months old over a week ago, but I was waiting for Chase to make the photos a usable form. He shoots in RAW and I needed them in JPG. Guess I could learn to do it myself, but since I can't get near the computer without Owens help I don't get blogs up or do much very often.
This months big accomplishments are:
-Two teeth
-Standing up against everything, but not cruising
-Waiving hello and goodbye
-Blowing kisses
-Saying Da da da
-Still army crawling, but he now moves his knees. Now if only he could get up on those knees and hands.
Now onto the show. Look how much he's growing.



Clapping for the camera




What a little monkey. I'm so in love!

9 months

Wow crazy to believe that another month has just flown by. Owen is getting a little bigger. He's still in 3 month clothes but in 3-6 month and 6 month jammies. It seems that he's starting to get really tall, but maybe it's just me. He's really started army crawling like crazy lately, and seems to be able to get into everything. He also can sit up on his own for long periods of time without anything in front of him. He still doesn't have any teeth, but we can feel some coming up. He's been sleeping terribly at night for the last few weeks from his mouth hurting. We are head over heels in love with our little monster, and can't even remember what our lives were like before he came along.

9 month stats: 14 pounds 13 ounces, and 26 inches tall

8 months

8 months already! Where has the time gone? Owens getting so big! In the last month he started rolling all over the place, mostly out of necessity to get grandmas Christmas tree. He also can sit up if he wants, but most of the time chooses to just lay down and play, and roll around. He can say ma ma ma, and na na na when he's angry. Still no da da da though(Chase makes sure to work on this often with him.) He also learned to drink from a straw, and loves to share drinks if you'll let him. He loves to eat, and will grunt and mmmm the whole time he's eating if he really likes what he's having. He can clap, and almost wave bye bye. Still no teeth, or crawling though. He sure seems to be getting cuter and cuter every day, and he knows how to melt a mammas heart.

7 months

Wow I've been a slacker.

Owen is now 7 months old and, getting cuter and cuter every day. He's started rolling around like crazy. He tries a little to sit up by himself, but is still really wobbly. He has no teeth, and we don't see any in the near future. He loves to feed himself, and use a sippy cup. He loves the lights on the Christmas tree, and any light in general. He's still a great sleeper at night, but has decided that going to bed before 8 or 8:30 isn't his thing.

We are head over heel in love with this little man, and can't imagine our lives without him. He sure knows how to tug at the heart strings. Here's our seven month old cutie!

6 months

It's crazy to think that our little man is 6 months old already (a week ago). Where has the time gone? Just in the last few weeks he's discovered his tongue and it's out almost constantly. He loves to roll around on the floor, and play with his toys. Get the dog. Eat eat eat, I don't think we've found anything that he hasn't loved after a few bites. He sleeps well at night usually going to bed around 8 and has been sleeping till around 4, wakes up and eats then goes back to sleep for a few more hours. He's still not the best napper during the day, and will usually only sleep if one of us is holding him, which is pretty inconvenient at times. I usually just hold him while he sleeps and use the computer to check emails or blogs. He's still in 0-3 month clothes, but wearing 3 month jammies at night. He's got the greatest little laugh, and smile, and he tells great stories. He loves anything that lights up, and will strain his body to see lights on ceilings. There are no signs of any teeth in his little gummy mouth, and he could care less about trying to learn to sit up. Ever time I try and help him sit up he won't bend his body, and either stands up or wants to lay down.

We sure love our little O and couldn't imagine our lives without him. I love being his mommy, and thank my heavenly father every day for sending him to me. He truly is our little miracle, and we are so happy to have him.

6 month stats: weight 12 lbs. 5 oz. height 24.4" He's still not on the growth chart, just following under it at the same pace, but the pediatrician seems to be fine with where he's at, and is happy to see him growing and so healthy.

Now onto the pictures (I couldn't pick just one this month, because lets face it O is just too dang cute). This was the first time I actually let him hold Zeus, he loved it.

5 months

Owen turned 5 months old a week ago, but daddy has been super busy with other edits so we weren't able to post his photo sooner. You can tell he's growing, and getting chubby. Guess all the rice cereal is doing it's job.

We had an appointment with a surgeon this past Monday, to discuss the details of when and how to fix Owens hernia. He will be having surgery next Tuesday October 26th. Please keep your prayers with him, and his mommy and daddy as this is a stressful thing even if it's only a 15 minute surgery. We aren't looking forward to all the hospital bills that will be coming soon after. We just got his birth paid off.
Well onto what you really came to look at, the adorable almost 12 pound boy!His hair is now too long for his fohawk.

Looks a bit scared here, I don't remember what we were doing. Man he's a cutie!

4 months

Our little man is 4 months old, it's crazy how time flies when we are having so much fun. We are head over heels in love with this little guy. He is growing, just slowly. As of his 4 month appointment he is 9 pounds 14 ounces, and 23 and 1/2 inches tall.

He sleeps great at night, usually going to bed between 8 and 9 PM and waking up between 6 and 7 AM. He eats and then goes back to sleep again for up to another 2 hours. He has trouble napping during the day though. Does anyone have any advice for getting him to nap without mommy having to hold him. I tried to talk to the pediatrician about it, and he asked "would you rather have him sleep during the day, or at night." I chose night.

Owen and Zeus 4 months old. September 14, 2010.