11 months old (and one week)

I'm a little behind on the updates. We've had an

unhealthy week. Owen has had his last "month" birthday.

The next will start the year markers. I cannot believe

we are here. I tear up with happiness every time I think

about how much he has grown. Now it's time for me

to brag. Our little superstar just starting taking steps, he

waves hi and bye, plays "so big", says "mama, dada, hot,

and all done" (he means it too, starts spitting his food out),

he can climb the stairs, dance, and chase Gracie all over the house.

He loves to play with other kids, especially his cousins. Our

Bonnett family Christmas is going to be a blast! I was trying

to get a smiley shot of him, but he decided to make some other

silly faces. I thought I would share (please ignore the vaseline

under his nose)

Snow, snow and more snow

We got dumped on last night and today. I'm not

even sure how much we accumulated. Here are some

early morning pictures of our winter wonderland.

Watching Daddy shovel outside

The Flacks came for a visit on Saturday night. Owen

and Carter had a fun time playing with the car.

What a handsome guy!

Is it my turn yet?

Well, I finally got a new computer so I can

now do videos and hopefully other fun things

on here! Here was an experiment with video

that turned out to be a pretty cute video of Owen.

His new favorite word is "hot". We must say it

a lot because he's been saying it for a long time.

I thought "mama" was his first word, but I think

it might have been "hot". He's also onto "dada" now!

Happy Thanksgiving 2009

Owen's first Thanksgiving was a success! He had

a blast in Beaver Dam with Grandpa and Grandma,

Uncle Bob, Aunt Courtney, Hadley, Aidyn, Lennon,

and Beckett. We headed off to Omro to visit with

Great Grandpa and Grandma and the rest of the family.

It was so much fun to watch Owen interact with the

kids. He seems a little bored now that we are home

alone :)

Trying to catch Daddy's hand under the table

Hadley giving a nice smile

Owen's first Thanksgiving Meal. He loved it all!

Owen, Jordan and Grandma

He thought the spindles on Great Grandma's chairs

were so much fun!

The Maher gang (Beckett is under there some where)

Cousin Beckett and Uncle Bob relaxing

Owen and Great Aunt Joan

Cars!

Grandma came for a night and brought her cozy
coupe ! Owen loved being pushed around on the
deck. We are so lucky to have such warm fall weather!

Another Car.
Jordan and I have been going back and forth about
purchasing this car for months. Owen's baby sitter
has it and he doesn't even pay attention to us when
he is in it. We finally broke down and got it a couple
weeks ago and are very happy we did. We could push
him around the house for an hour and he just holds
onto the wheel and goes along for the ride!

Boy, Oh BOY
There is a monkey in our house and he's climbing
everything! I put the couch cushions down and
he thought it was a great idea. Unfortunately
the fire place looks like a fun climbing adventure
too. Tonight he actually climbed onto the hearth!
Stinker!

"Mom look, it's Gracie!"
Gracie's new favorite spot in Owen's room.

10 Months Old
Our little Owie turned 10 months old yesterday.
He's growing up so quickly! He cruises across
the room holding onto anything he can get his hands
on. He's even let go and stood alone for a few seconds!
He eats everything we put in front of him. I think
we are getting a glimpse into his teenage years with the
amounts of food he eats! He says "mama", understands
"no", sleeps through the night (finally!), and has started to
wave "hi" and "bye". He loves to read lift the flap books and
play "peek". He recently started LOVING his nuk and usually
has one in his mouth and another in his hand. He must have
been talking to his cousin Lennon!
Fun with the dishwasher

Playing in our fort

Flannel boys!

We keep the office doors closed when Owen is
awake because there are too many hazardous cords,
sharp things and paper to get into. He bangs on
the doors daily hoping to one day get in.

Happy Halloween!!

Baby cow in a green pasture

Howdy Cowboy!

My department at work decided to dress up
as Cowboys and Cowgirls. Here is Cowgirl
mom with her little cow.

To my surprise the other day the lock was disabled
on Owen's sit-to-stand activity walker and he
pushed it across the room! We've been practicing
ever since. The carpet shows all the track marks.
We'll move to the hardwood floors next!

Pumpkin Time
So I had this cute little outfit picked out for our
first time at the pumpkin farm. We got all dressed
up and ready to go and then .......it started snowing!
I decided I needed to get a few pictures with the
pumpkins we had in the house.

Eberts Pumpkin Farm
Who knew it would be 40 degrees on 10/10/09?
We had so much fun at our first pumpkin farm
that we decided it should be a fall tradition every year. We
went on a hayride, saw baby cows, goats, pigs and
chickens. There were a lot of fun things to do that
Owen will be able to do in the years to come.

Maxin and Relaxin

Hayride with Mommy

Our Little Kernel

Our Little Pumpkin

Can you find Owen?

Hayride back with Daddy