Milwaukee Zoo

On Saturday we headed to the Milwaukee

Zoo for a day sponsored by The Children's

Hospital for the employees. We have gone

the last 3 years and have a great time each year.

This year we decided to try all the rides, i.e. the

carousal and train. It was Owens first time on

a train. He seemed so excited at a distance, but

once we were in line he started to cling to us

and his smiles disappeared. When the ride was over

I said "All done, should we get off?" and he shook

his head yes and starting vocalizing for the first

time - apparently not a fan of the trains right now!

To my surprise he LOVED feeding the goats. He had

no fear at all and would pick up dropped food

pellets and individually feed the goats. I was

always so afraid of feeding the goats at the zoo

but not my little guy - he's Mr. Goat Feeder.

Waiting for our turn on the train..not so sure about

this

All snuggled in and ready to go

Check out the goat

Picking up the pellets and feeding the goats

Seventeen Months Old

Owen's vocabulary is growing everyday. He will

try to repeat anything we ask him and sometimes

it really sounds like the word. Here he is repeating

just a few words for the camera.

Owen enjoying his 1st popsicle on a hot day!

New hat

Driving Papa's new corvette

Helping mommy make Sunday morning pancake

breakfast

Giving his baby "Owen" a ride

Owen's newest thing is wearing our shoes around

the house. The other morning he was wearing Daddy's

flip flop and pushing his juice (in the front digger)

around the house.

He's always loved blankets over his head, but this

was a new thing. He put the blanket over his head

and then pushed his lawnmower back and forth.

Playdough Stir Fry

Betty Brinn Children's Museum

Last weekend we headed to the children's

museum with Uncle Bob, Aunt

Courtney, Hadley, Aidyn, Lennon and

Beckett. We had a fun day playing with

all of the exhibits, but the kids decided the

the sand table was the most fun! Here are several pictures

from our day.

Aunt Courtney, Beckett and Lennon

Owen riding the horse

In front of the Art Museum where we

ate lunch

After lunch all the kiddo's ran around

the courtyard and played with dandelions.

Hadley tickling Owen's head

Beckett can't wait to run after everyone!

An attempt at a picture of all 5 kiddos

Playing at the train table

Remind you of the movie "Big"

Owen's last bottle

We finally gave up the night-time bottle several

weeks ago. Owen could have cared less, but mommy

and daddy were really sad. Jordan wanted

to give him his last bottle. This is the same pose

from his first bottle with Jordan.

Check out my curls!!!

Little Monkey

Owen loves banana's but he has to have them

whole in the peel now-not cut up. Very big boy eating!

Rainy Days + Spirited Toddler = Crazy House

The last 2 days have been cold and rainy and have

left us no choice but to stay inside. Owen was a trooper

and played really well! We tried Play-Doh for the

first time and he loved it. Enjoy our last 2 days of

indoor fun!

Playing Peek After Nap

Reading

I hardly ever see Owen reading a book himself.

He is usually coming at us full speed with the book

in his hand and plops down in our laps. This was

really special to see!

Cheese!

Sillyness on the Chair

If you listen closely I finally got a quick "Hi Dada"

out of him!

Play-Doh