Owen's First Trip to the Dentist

We are in Batavia this week while Daddy is in Boston for a work 

conference.  Since Owen has never been to the dentist I thought

who better to clean his teeth for the first time - Yaya!  Owen thought

it was all very neat and he did a great job. No cavities!

  

Dr. Gerding counting his teeth

Sitting So Tall

St. Patty's Day was 82 degrees!  We spent the entire afternoon

outside working on the yard and playing outside.  Here are some

pictures of the boys enjoying the day.

8 Months

Emmett has reached one of my favorite ages!  He is so much fun.

He can fully sit up on his own and play with all of his toys.  He wakes

up with a smile and pops his head up the second he hears the doorknob 

turn.  He loves his Daddy and his brother (mommy too!)  He has been

rocking on his knees thinking about crawling (hopefully not too soon!).

He loves all of his food so far and he can now pick up puffs from his tray

and gobble them up.  We had a little photo shoot the other day in his room.

These are some of my favorites.  Love you boo boo!!!

Emmett's face when daddy came home

Owen is potty trained!

A couple weeks after Owen's 3rd birthday, I decided it was time to 

put a real effort into this whole potty training thing.  Being that Owen

is our first child we really had no idea to go about this.  I posted a status on

facebook looking for advice from veteran potty trainers and we went to

work.  It took about a good week to get him to run to the potty on his

own, but he did it.  After several nights of waking up with a dry pull

up we decided to try unders for bed and he has not had an accident yet.

We are still experiencing some number 2 accidents (today at the library!) 

all because our busy little man does not like to stop playing to go sit on the 

potty.  Plus, Owen's favorite time to poop was when he was playing :)

He has no fear of visiting public bathrooms and his first one

was at the local McDonalds.  Way to go Owen!!

I had to post this picture. Jordan and Papa made an impromptu trip

to Cabella's and came home with this toy gun.  Owen of course 

loved it and took it every where with him...including the bathroom.

So he got to poop and play this time :)

7 Months

That flew by! Month 7 brings us a smiley, happy baby.  Emmett

is so easy going these days.  He loves to sit up and play with toys.

He immediately rolls from his back to his tummy (to the left each time) the

second we lay him on the floor.  He just started doing a little

barrel rolling to get to something he wants.  He spends a lot of time

in his jumperoo and continues to do the "march".  He has had 

sweet potatoes, peas, carrots, squash, pears, peaches, bananas

and his one dislike, green beans (Owen hated them too!)  He has

started grabbing at Puffs when they are on his tray and if he 

is lucky one will stick to his hand and make it in his mouth.

Emmett still thinks Owen is the best person in the world.  When

Owen does give him attention and they are both smiling and laughing,

it completely melts me.  He has one tooth and second will be here 

any day.  He has graduated from the infant tub to the duck.  At first,

he wasn't so sure about it, but once he had a toy in hand he thought 

it was pretty neat!

One Tooth!

Clean Baby

Planking!!

He jumped himself to sleep

First time in duck!  

Playing Pirate with Owen

"PUFFS!"

Working at his tool bench

Friends

A couple of weeks ago Jackie, Carter and Lucy came to play after a

trip to the dentist.  We made personal pizza's for lunch and the boys

played super heros and pirates.  Lucy plays so well with them too (She must

have been napping when I finally pulled the camera out!)  We love

spending time with them!

Super Grover Owen and Spider Man Carter

The big hunt.  They boys were waiting for Jackie to hide

animals so they could hunt them ...oh boy!

Emmett and Will (6 mos and 4 mos)

These boys don't know it yet, but they are gonna be best friends :)

6 Months

We made it!  When we were sitting in the NICU holding Emmett, I looked at 

Jordan and said "I can't wait until he is 6 months old, healthy

and over all of this".  The day has come!  Emmett is amazing!  He

is doing fantastic and hitting appropriate milestones left and right.  His

reflux has actually started to slow down and he can wear the same

outfit all day long :)  He has found his toes and loves to suck on

them every chance he gets.  He wants to be apart of the action and 

gets upset when we walk away from him.  He is starting to sit up

on his own, using his hands to hold himself up.  He likes to 

"march" in the jumperoo and put every thing in his mouth!

He is very ticklish and gives everyone a giant smile when 

they greet him!  We love you Emmett Jordan!

First time sitting up on his own! (1/13/12)

Emmett LOVES his Owen