We are moving to Austin!

So since the last post a ton has happened - Owen's first birthday, his first steps, his first haircut, we sold our house at 121 NW 47th Street and we decided to move to Austin, Texas! Who would have ever thought that I, the ultimate Jersey girl, would live in Texas?!?

Once we get settled and unpack the computer, we will post some make-up pictures of our little man and our new house in Austin.

Our new address is: 606 East 48th Street Austin, TX 78751. "Ya'll" better come visit!

Ringing in 2008...

Opps, Owen found what fun it is to unravel the toilet paper roll...



Owen with his two cousins, Charlie and Kristin, and Aunt Amy...



Owen loves to frequent the park and hang out on the swings...



The reason why bath time follows dinner time...

Owen's First Christmas

The week before Christmas, Owen's school had a Christmas Party. I was so proud of him - he was the only infant not deathly afraid of Santa & Mrs. Claus (maybe because Santa resembles his grandpa, see picture below). All the babies were crying and he just crawled on over to them and climbed on their lap. That's my boy!





For the Christmas holiday, all five of us (Kim, Elliott, Owen, Avery and Tabasco) piled into the SUV and ventured up and over to Louisiana to celebrate the holiday on the Bayou. We felt like the Griswold's and after 14 hours in the car and my parents trailing behind us - we were ready for some holiday cheer. Here are some pictures from the holiday...

Resting up with his Grandpa before opening gifts on Christmas Eve...



Christmas Eve with his some of his new toys, and books, and games... oh my!





So excited!



Christmas morning... Santa left him two wonderful gifts. We were so excited Santa remembered to leave gifts for Owen in Louisiana, he is such a smart guy!



The family Christmas Day. Please notice Avery and Tabasco hiding under our legs.





Owen with his Gammy - Owen's dad's mother's mother...

Gobble Gobble...

Well since Halloween, as shown in the last posting, Owen has adopted certain Spiderman-isms. He is constantly scaling walls and climbing over anything he can get himself on... it is so great to have such an active little boy who is so entertaining! I can sit for hours and watch him entertain himself. I wish I had a photo of Owen standing up, but every time I get my camera ready as he pulls himself up, he realizes that I have something new in my hands for him to put in his mouth and falls out of the stand to crawl over and attempt a chewing session, I wonder if saliva is covered in the Canon warranty...

The week before Thanksgiving, we attended a Renaissance party and here is a picture of the Royal Doerle's




For the Thanksgiving holiday, we traveled up to New York and Connecticut to visit family. It was such a nice surprise to fly into Stewart Airport and see a sea of fall color! We were not expecting the leaves to still be on the trees, it was absolutely breath-taking. There is something magical about New England in the fall. Here are some pictures we took on a stroll through Owen's great grandparents development...





Here are a few more images from the Thanksgiving holiday, Owen's first, including some pictures of him feeding himself for the first time - very fitting for the holiday I would say!






...and back in Fort Lauderdale in short sleeves...





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Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween! Here are some photos of Owen's first Halloween. Some of these images were from his Halloween party at school. Spiderman!





Owen is now crawling all over the place and has started to pull himself up to standing on anything he can get his little fingers on. Here he is waiting patiently for dinner...

Crawling and Teething

The constant transformation of Owen from an adorable and helpless little infant to an active and adventurous toddler continues. I need to replace all of the fluffy gingham baby items with trucks, bugs, baseball bats and mud...

These last two weeks have really been an exercise in parenting. I have been told that parenthood is more like a marathon than a sprint, naturally, but there are those few times when we feel like we need a recharge to keep up. In the last two weeks Owen reached two big milestones - crawling teeth!

Yes, he is officially crawling... and he is fast! Just this morning I left him playing on his play mat (thank you Quay and Lauren, those ABC foam mats are great!) and a split second later he was across the room heading towards the electrical outlet. Lets just say, we are heading out to Babies R Us this afternoon to invest in all the baby safety items available. We also have three new teeth! Two on the top and one on the bottom.

Month 7 and into ABSOLUTLY EVERYTHING!

Ok... I know I have done a pretty poor job of keeping this updated weekly, as promised... but better late than never :)

Owen has changed so much this month. Around mid-September, we said goodbye to Owen's cranial cap, which was definitely worth the expensive and minor inconvenience of driving down to south Miami every week. His head is now perfectly round and his symmetry has improved vastly. We are so pleased with the improvement to his head shape and would recommend it to anyone considering the treatment. I must admit that taking him out in public now is alot more tolerable than it was with the cap, or helmet, since people would stare and offer indirect looks of sympathy.

We enrolled Owen in swim classes which are every Sunday morning and he just loves the water and actually kicked once during the first class. I was just so proud! Michael Phelps watch out... Pictures of him in class to follow soon.

Here are some recent photos on the little man...

Half a Year Down - Owen is 6 Months!

Well this past month has been quite the busy one, hence why we haven't been able to update this site... Highlights from this past month include Owen's baptism, starting daycare or what I like to call "school", Mimi and B Pa moving down to the Fort Lauderdale area, Owen getting his cranial cap (curious... you will see below), Owen progressing with solid food and expanding his little wasitline as well as a recent trip up to New York and Connecticut to visit family.

Here are some pictures of Owen from this past month... Here he is sitting up like a big boy...



Owen with his godparents, Amy Provost and John Bradley, after his baptism...




Owen on his first hiking trip in beautiful Kent, Connecticut... Here is his with his great Uncle Chip, dad, and cousin Sara...




Owen with his great grandparents and cousins Sara and Eric...



More updates to come soon!!!

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...