Mom finally made the video

And there is another one in the works!  

Owen's take on the Florida Trip

I, Owen Christopher, just had to tell you all about my first vacation.   Everyone told me I was such a good boy that if I keep it up, I'll get to go on lots more of these vacation things.  First we got up very very early in the morning (I'm used to this but mom and dad seemed to be dragging), it was freezing cold out and I was happy when we got inside a place called an airport.  We stood in a few lines then we got on this little tube and went up in the air for a few hours.   Mom said my ears might hurt and forced me to have a bottle when we took off (my life is tough - forced eating!) but I didn't feel a think and then I slept against mom most of the trip.  I did take a short break to be held by dad and in that time I peed through my diaper and onto Daddy's jeans so it looked like he peed too - we both laughed about that.  When we got out of the tube it was warm and sunny and Gigi and Aunt Whitney were there.  We had a happy reunion, then

 got a car and headed to a place called Venice.  In Venice we pulled up to this cozy little house with another cute little Dog named PJ who was about the same size as Sapphire but brown and a little gentler.  At this house I also saw Aunt Jen again and met my great gramma and great grampa.  They were very nice to me.   They held me and made silly noises for me.  They took me to the beach and this great restaurant called Sharky's.  And they even bought me a rose in the front of their church and gave me a cool giraffe painting right off their wall.  I rewarded them for all their niceness with lots of smiles and giggles (Mom says she'll finished editing the videos and post it soon but she says she's gonna do all sorts of things so I'll believe it when I see it).  

Most of all I just wanted to report that I really like my great grandparents and these things called vacations (and it was fun to see my Gigi and aunts again too - especially when they fed me in the middle of the night). 

 

Aunt Jen a special thanks for helping me learn how to read - my mom and dad read to me but they don't think I'm old enough to read for myself! 

 

Owen touches the Ocean!

First his toes touched the dry sand "Mmmm nice, can't wait until I can walk in this stuff!"

 

Then his toes touched the wet sand, "Hmmm this stuff is sticky and a little chilly, I'm not sure how I feel about it"  

Then the water lapped his feet (the gulf is about 65 degrees right now) "Brrr, this stuff is not nice.  Waaaaa, I want my little plastic bathtub back." 

New Mode of Transportation

Owen has pretty much mastered travel by front carrier, stroller and car so we decided to add a few more. We took Owen on a plane ride to Florida to meet his great grandparents (and to get us all some needed sleep and sunshine!).  He did great on the plane...sucked down his bottle on takeoff to keep his ears equalized and then pretty much slept in the Bjorn the rest of the time.  We can only hope he'll repeat this behavior on future (longer) flights.   

Who is this Santa guy?

Owen says "Please tell him I've been a good boy and to get that furry thing away from my face".  At least that's what mom interprets his expression to say!

Winter Baby

The first little bits of snow were in the air so Owen was suited up and ready...the toboggan is next!