Walking, Walking, Walking

Owen refined his walking skills while we were

in Florida and now does circles around the house.

Here is a little video of his 15 minute marathon.

Vacuuming!

Owen is obsessed with our vacuums! He loves to

come and try to help me with dust buster or the

large vacuum. I've been letting him do his own clean

up and he does a pretty good job!

Florida!

We endured our first flight and vacation as a family

and boy did we have a great time! The 3 of us headed

to Naples last Saturday to visit my parents at the condo

they are renting for the month. Owen was a perfect

angel on the flight to Florida! He slept in his car seat

and when he woke up he made several friends with the

passengers around us. Some people even commented

that they weren't aware that we even had a baby with us!

We had a really special week with great company and

wonderful warm weather. Needless to say, Jordan and I

were questioning why we live in WI in the first place!

Here is a sampling of our pictures.....I took over 200 :)

Daddy and Owen before our flight to Florida. We

had to get up at 3:00 am to make our 7:00 flight!

My mom saved this lizard from the unseasonably

cold weather the first week in January and she kept

it until we arrived.

Owen's First Time in the Sand

He was hesitant at first, only putting

one foot down, but once he realized he could

kick and fling it with his feet, he liked it!

Family photo

Dip in the Ocean

He did cry when we did this, only because the water

was FREEZING!!! He didn't do much but dip his

toes in the whole trip - I don't blame him.

Sitting in his little chair under the cabana

Beach walk with Mom and Grandma

Playing in the condo lanai

Showing off his new top chompers!

A beach walk with Poppa

then again with Grandma and Poppa

Lots of shells covering the beach

Oh, how I miss this

Daddy dug Owen a hole......he didn't stay long

because the sand was chilly

Getting some rays

Everyday around 3 we saw several dolphins

swim by looking for food

Owen took his afternoon naps was the beach everyday.

Jordan would walk him up and down the beach

and then hold him for up to 2 hours! Once my dad

was in town Jordan handed him over. The pictures

of Jordan holding him are on my moms camera :(

On our last day there Jordan took Owen for his first

dip in a pool. He was happy for the first few minutes

but then decided it wasn't for him.

"Wave Hi!"

"Get me out of here!"

Happy Birthday Owen!

We had a great celebration with family and

friends for Owen's first birthday. It was a

day that I will treasure.

Birthday cake for everyone

Owen's cake

Second cousin's Michelle and Jenna

Birthday decorations

Singing Happy Birthday

Getting ready to dig in

"This is for me?!"

Had to give him a taste to get him started

Digging in on his own

Proud Mommy and Daddy with birthday boy

Still going strong

The end result

Time to open presents

Playing with Carter in the cozy coupe

Abby was giving wagon rides

Playing with cousin's computers

12/23/09

Tube time. Owen had PE tubes placed in both his

ears last wednesday. They couldn't have happened

a minute to soon. When we arrived at the surgery center

we noticed he felt really hot. He had a fever and

two bulging ear infections! He's feeling much better

and sleeping really well these days. Let's hope it's

the end of ear infections for a while.

Christmas Eve

As our tradition stands, Christmas eve is spent

at Nana and Poppie's house. Owen was just

24 hours past his surgery and feeling much better.

We had a really nice time with Nana and Poppie,

Uncle Brian, Katharyn, Garret and Jessica.

Playing with Nana's magnifying glass

Picture with Grandma

First Christmas together

Owen and Papa

Attempting to get a family picture. Owen was done

with picture at this point. Poppie kind of cut our

heads off.

Playing on the car

Cracker time with Papa

Always on the move.

Owen saying hi to his Great Great Uncle Robert

Meeting second cousin Garret for the 1st time

A new truck from Uncle Brian and Kathryn that

kept his attention for 20 minutes!

Christmas Morning

Owen in his new chair

Opening presents

A new tricycle from Grandma and Papa

It's a little big right now, but he had fun

trying to ride it and ringing the bell

Love my new wagon!