New Games

Owen is so much fun these days.  We can play games with him...and he can play games with himself.  He LOVES his ball, much to Daddy's Delight!  Here are some clips of his favorites...

this one is rock n roll (with a little surprise at the end)...he doesn't really like to eat the puffs so might as well play with them.

Game #2 was invented by Daddy.  I call it Cheerio launcher and Owen REALLY LIKES IT!

And finally Owen's own little version of a ball game.  Throw to self, chase, retrieve and repeat.

Owen's 9 month photo shoot

   

i had trouble picking my favorites of these (or maybe I've had trouble finding time to pick my favorites since I spend my days chasing a very actively little boy all around the house).   He withheld his rock star baby smile during this photo shoot but still let me get a few worth keeping :)   Photography class starts Monday so maybe these posts will get better soon!   We're still waiting for Owen's cousin Marrett to arrive (Jen's little girl - due any day now).  Can't wait until we can post pictures of the two of them. 

  

Owen's Big Backyard

Well, at least it will seem big to him because he's a peanut.   This post is not so Owen focused but he'll be the main beneficiary of this project.  We decided our summer project was the backyard.  We needed a place for our grill and to get rid of the weeks.   And it just kept getting bigger.   We ended up pouring (paying someone to pour) a stamped concrete patio about 300 square ft, then needing 8 cubic yards of topsoil to grade up to the patio and fill in all the holes made by our rototilling of the whole yard (to kill the weeds).  All followed by 3 pallets of sod that was rolled out and cut to fit it perfectly :)  It looks great - now all we have to do is not kill it!   Here are some pictures.  Owen likes it!

Owen's Friends

Owen and Rachel sitting in a tree, oh wait sittin' in strollers

Owen was also hoping to play with his friend Spencer (Jon & Jess's newphew) but they ended up not being able to join so we gave him Spencer picture and he was pretty happy with the substitute.  If you look closely you can see his 2 new teeth in the picture.  He tries to hide them so he can sneak up on Mommy and bite her when she tries to feed him (that's also why we haven't been able to get a good picture of them)

Monkey Talk

Owen meet Polka Dot

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Parents in trouble

Last Friday:  Owen could/would scoot with proper enticement

This Friday:  full on crawl, no enticement needed