Leaving Fort Lauderdale (sniffle sniffle)

Leaving Fort Lauderdale and all of our wonderful friends has been difficult, but we know we will see them soon when they all come to visit us in Austin (hint hint...) We will also miss Owen's wonderful school, here is Owen and Miss Paula saying goodbye to one another...



Owen trying out his Texan gear...



We tried to spend as much time as possible by the pool..


Some pictures from our wonderful going away party...

Catch Up Photos

Following the sale of our house on Feb. 22nd, we threw our belongings in a POD and moved in with our parents, Bill and Helene, for six weeks while we were transitioning. Here are some catch up photos from the last six weeks...



Owen in his old room...


Right after our closing, Owen had his first birthday! Right around that time, he started walking and had his very first haircut. It was so much fun experiencing his first shaky steps. Reenie, Pop and Aunt Amy came into Fort Lauderdale for his birthday weekend. Here are some pics...

Owen with his birthday cake...


Gifts...


Owen and his godmother, Aunt Amy...


More gifts...


During our visit with Rennie, Pop and Aunt Amy, we thought it would be fun to visit the Bonnet House where we were married two years ago. Oh so much has happened in two years! We had gorgeous weather and felt like the only people there. Oh we will miss the perfect South Florida weather and palm trees...





The first haircut at Supercuts! Owen sat patiently while the stylist gave him his much needed haircut!

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.