6 Months Old

Time is flying - here's Owen at 6 months. He was not staying still for the camera :)

We went to the doctor on his birthday and here are his stats: He's a big boy!

Height - 28 inches - 95%
Weight - 20 pounds 4 ounces - 90%
Head - 44 cm - 80%

Owen's moving more and more. He's not crawling yet, but can scoot around on his tummy pretty good and is rolling all over the place. He has one tooth on the bottom and I think he may have another one coming in. He's still a great eater, but is wanting to nurse less and less which I'm not excited about.  He's also less interested in the bottles they give him at daycare.

The other big thing Owen's learned is how to splash. Bath times will never be the same :)

On the road again

In early September Owen and I flew up to Amarillo to visit the Burns side of the family. Thankfully my best friend Alicia came with us - she was a huge help on the plane while I was trying to juggle Owen and multiple bags.

I have to brag on Owen - he was Perfect! We drove 2 hours to the airport on Thursday and then were in the airport/plane for the next 4 hours. On Friday I took him by my old job to meet everyone and had lunch with some friends. Sunday we drove 3 hours to see my brother and his wife, went to church and then drove 3 hours back. Then on Monday we flew to Austin and drove home. Through all of this - AND CUTTING HIS FIRST TOOTH - Owen DID NOT CRY. Seriously. He may have gotten cranky for about 10 seconds a couple of times, but other than that he was such a trooper.  Full of smiles and laughs for everyone.

Two situations that illustrate how good he was - My brother is the preacher at a church in Altus OK. He talked about how cute Owen was from the pulpit so of course half the congretation had to come and meet Owen - he handled all this attention fine - even after the long morning of driving we'd had.
Next, in the plane on the way home the stewardess grabbed him from me, took him to the front of the plane and announced over the loud speaker that she had a new boyfriend :)  I thought he would freak out when he saw the plane full of people, but he was totally cool and a huge flirt.

Here are a few pics from our travels

Daddy's boy

This boy LOVES his daddy.  No one can make him smile bigger or laugh harder.

Daddy is getting his PhD and Texas A&M. Here's our little Aggie all dressed up for the start of college football. (Let's keep our fingers crossed that they actually have a decent season).

Daddy's favorite musician is Bob Marley.  Owen's been introduced to reggae at a young age. From the Bob Marley CD in his room to this stylish onesie, he'll be a Rastafarian before we know it

I had to include this shot - Owen usually has his hand crammed in his mouth. You'll see why in my next post :)

Five months old

My little boy is 5 months old!

Here are a few quick stats on Owen at 5 months - more for my benefit than anything

He is sitting up all by himself!  He's very stable and is reaching for toys and "usually" not falling over.

He's a big eater! Along with nursing, he has cereal and fruit every morning around 11am and usually finishes off a bottle afterward.  He has a BIG dinner at night of 2 vegetable and then yogurt, fruit and cereal. And then he nurses before bed! He eats carrots, squash, sweet potatoes, peas, avocado, corn, pears, peaches, apples, bananas, mangos, blueberries, yogurt and rice, oatmeal and barley cereal.

He does like his yogurt...with bananas. Yogurt and peaches is another story entirely :)

What a difference a week makes

Sorry it's been so long since I posted. Once again I have about two months of pictures I'm behind on.

A week after the last video I posted with Owen's sitting attempt - he did this!

It's amazing how fast he became a pro at sitting up by himself!