Give Thanks

Thanksgiving was at our house this year.  It was the first time I've ever hosted, but things went off without a problem. It was a smaller crowd than in years past, but that was fine with me for my maiden voyage.

I had to show off our fall table - before the feasting began.

Owen loved his turkey dinner.

 When we weren't eating, Owen was the center of attention, and enjoyed being passed around from his granparents, aunts and uncles and great grandpa.

Owen showing off his two skills - clapping and drooling

Owen and Nana

Aunt La and Uncle Scott

PawPaw and Owen's new favorite bear

Eric had an exciting thanksgiving of his own. He hit Sears Thursday morning and brought this home just in time for the big meal and the big game. The Aggies won!

The Oslunds say goodbye to their 300 pound TV. (not sure why it's on BET)

And I realized I haven't talked about the dogs much lately - go figure. I'm not sure where Sophie was when I was taking pictures, but Shaddy and Sebastian got lots of attention and more than a few snacks.

The definition of lap dog.

8 months

A few updates on Owen at 8 months: He's broken the 25 pound mark! Owen is not a chubby kid (except for his cheeks) he's just really solid - everyone who holds him remarks on how "dense" he is. :-)

He also learned how to clap, can feed himself crackers and teething cookies, and can climb stairs all by himself!

He also would not stay still for pictures this month. The kid has 2 speeds - full throttle and asleep.

Enjoy :-)

just a few of the "poses" I captured...

And some of the lovely faces - this kid does not like the camera!

practicing his surf moves

Finally!

My cool dude...

Who drools like none other!

Halloween

Here's our serious scarecrow - I had the hardest time getting him to smile the entire night. (This may have been because our entire family was recovering from a stomach bug he brought home from daycare earlier in the week.)

Owen won 3rd place in the preschool and under costume contest in our neighborhood. He scored a $5 Wall-mart gift-card, which daddy promptly confiscated. :-)

7 months old and mobile!

Once again Owen has reached a milestone right around his monthly birthday. About a week before he turned 7 months old he started crawling. He was pretty slow at first, but two weeks later he was picking up speed and pulling up on everything in sight! We had to lower his crib to the bottom level and baby-proof the house. Look out world - here comes Owen!

October in California

In mid-October Owen and I went to LA for a conference. Grandma Darlene came up from Fallbrook and babysat Owen at the hotel while I went to the conference during the day. When the conference was over we went down to Fallbrook to spend a few days with family. Owen hadn't seen many of them since he was 5 weeks old!

Owen and great-grandma Oslund

Uncle Marc's face was VERY interesting.

Brynn was showing Owen her reading skills.

Fallbrook also has an incredible pumpkin patch. We went by on Saturday morning and captured some great shots.

Later that night we carved an Owen-sized pumpkin. What a great weekend!

More at 6 months

I know this post is WAAAAY late, but hopefully you'll enjoy it belatedly.


A few days after Owen turned 6 months old we had his 6 month photo shoot at the house.  Here are some of my favorite pictures of my big boy.

This is Owen's serious face - doesn't he look inquisitive?

This is totally Owen - notice the drool spots on his shirt :)

 

 

Our boy loves to laugh - usually at mommy and daddy.

It's been an amazing 6 months, can't wait for the next 6!