Owen is 5 months old!

Well I (Owen's mom) have had a recent revelation. I will no longer be writing this blog from Owen's perspective. As he continues to grow, his personality is really starting to be defined and it is not right to give him a voice that is not his own. This is a step for us, or me in particlular, in the learning process of parenthood - we have to let him be his own person.

Owen is growing up so fast, I know I keep saying that and am starting to feel like a broken record. Both Elliott and I continue to be amazed at the little things he has started to do. For instance, when we read to him he has started to turn the pages for us. It takes him a moment each time for his little fingers to successfully grab the page and move it over to the other side, but he does it and it is absolutly adorable. He has a strong determination to try things. Another thing he has started to do is grab the spoon when we are feeding him and brings it to his month. He is one strong little man, most of the food ends up in his hair or all over us. He loves bananas and pears! Since our last posting we had a friends, Lindsay and Phil, in town who flew in for a about a week from Pittsburgh to visit. Here are some recent photos:

Happy July 4th!

Since my last posting, a lot has happened... I have sporadically been rolling over, but just from my stomach to my back. So I am finally getting the hang of this rolling over thing. My B-Pa was in town for a week, here are some pictures of us together... He loves to kiss me...




For my first July 4th we went to a pool party at Mr. Courtney's pool and it was a blast! I went swimming and visited with a bunch of mommy and daddy's friends, including Ms. Lindsay and Mr. Phil who came down from Pittsburgh for the week.. Here are some pictures from the pool party...





I am growing up so fast. Since my last posting I started eating solid foods. I have a few teaspoons of rice cereal mixed with milk every evening and it is yummy...