Watching Daddy

Gavin has recently taken up an obsession with the Food Network channel on TV. Which I am not complaining about, dinners have been getting very tasty! Apparently it has been rubbing off on Owen as well, although Owen likes to watch his cooking shows live!!

Happy Anniversary!

Happy Anniversary Erin and Kris!! My card is sitting on the table ready to be mailed a day late! And I lost track of time and realized at 8:00 my time that it is too late to call you! Hope you enjoyed your special day! I can't believe it has been 7 years!

Big Boy

Owen had his 18 month check-up today. Unlike every other trip to the doctor, he freaked out as soon as we laid him down to remove everything but a dry diaper! He didn't like getting his temperature taken, being weighed, or being measured. He cried the whole time the doctor was examining him too. We figured he must remember his last appointment and be anticipating his shots. But when it was time for his last shot until he is five years old, he didn't make a peep!

And for his stats:
Height: 35.75 inches (above the 95th percentile). He was too long to be measured on the table, he had to stand up like a big boy against the wall to be measured!
Weight: 35.1 pounds (above the 95th percentile).

Dare Devil Multiplied

Ok, so I thought going down the slide head first was dare devilish, but that is nothing compared to Owen's pool experience on Friday night. We were at our friend's house in the pool late Friday night, so it was dark out, but they have lights in the pool. Owen went in the pool with Daddy (Mommy was too lazy to put her bathing suit back on). Owen was splashing around having a great time and Mommy was talking with the other ladies who didn't want to put their suits on either!

Anyway, all of a sudden Owen decides to walk across the very shallow area, about knee deep on him, to the other step, climb out of the pool, and take of running. I quickly got up and went after him, but he is fast! He excitedly ran about 5 feet and simultaneously kicked Gavin's drink into the pool and jumped in! Luckily Daddy was ready to catch him. He still went under, even with his swimmies on and his Daddy catching him. I was freaking out, but we couldn't stop him. He proceeded to jump into the water, swim with Daddy back to the shallow end climb out and do it again. He jumped at least 10 times, giggling every time he came back up! Although a few times I grabbed him and gently handed him to Daddy in the water. My concern was that his lack of coordination would ultimately end in a head injury! So we decided enough was enough!

Owen definitely never ceases to amaze me! I really do wish we had captured this on video, but we didn't!

Big Helper

When Owen turned one we began a new nightly routine of clean up time before bed. Of course, in the beginning, Owen would just watch us clean up the toys. We would make a big deal, sing the clean up song and high five each other for doing a good job! Occasionally, he would pick up one or two toys and hand it to me as I put things in drawers and on shelves. This week, Owen has become quite the little helper. He will pick up toys from across the room and open the drawer and put them in himself! He will even put toys that belong in the closet back in the closet! Yesterday, Owen and I were playing with one of his puzzles. When we were done, he picked it up and handed it to me, telling me to put it away. I told him to put it away, instead, so he went to the shelf and set it on top of the other puzzles. However, he didn't stack it exactly how the other ones were stacked and he got mad. I think we might have a perfectionists on our hands.

Reflection

Owen has a ribbon in his toy drawer that he will sometimes pull out and we will tie it around his head to make a headband. As soon as we do that he takes off running into the kitchen laughing. I never knew why. I always thought he was just running out of excitement. The other day, I put the bucket on his head to make it look like a birthday hat, he went into the kitchen to the dishwasher door, bent down, and leaned in so he could see himself. Then a couple days after that, he brought me the ribbon, I tied it around his neck like a tie and again he took off for the kitchen. He went to the oven door, bent down, and leaned in again so he could see himself. Now I have finally figured out why he is always running to the kitchen; he likes to check out his reflection and see how cool he looks with a ribbon or a bucket on his head!!

Bucket Full of Water

During our vacation we bought Owen a bucket and a shovel, so that he could play in the sand at the playground. When we got home, he was playing with the bucket while we were unpacking. We noticed the sound of water running, we went into the kitchen and found Owen holding the bucket up to the refridgerator, filling it with water! Needless to say, we have gotten into the habit of locking the water and ice dispenser on the fridge!!