my robe

mommy came back from tennessee this week and brought me a gift from lula...a robe. thanks lula. i can't believe it has taken mommy and daddy this long to get me a robe. by the way, i am not texting, i just like to play with daddy's old phone. it would be nice if it was at least charged.

quack, quack!

i got my new shoes recently. daddy wasn't a big fan of them since he says they look like ducks. he calls them my "duck" shoes. mommy says they are cute and more importantly, easy to put on.

merry christmas eve

tonight, i got to wear my new outfit to the christmas eve service at our church. it was a really neat family service where the kids who came could participate and dress up as shepherds, wise men, and angels. there was even a real donkey! afterwards, mommy and daddy changed me into my christmas pajamas and we all went out looking at christmas lights. i got a little cranky along the way, but we still had a great night together as a family.

my new knitted hat

mommy has been having fun knitting and has started knitting me some hats for the winter.

  

a few of mommy's favorites

mommy loves buying me new clothes and these are a few of her favorites for the summer. i'm going to be the best dressed baby on the block. the only thing better than looking cute is looking cute and stylish.

mommy rolled my pants up...it's a colorado thing

stars on my shorts

so very casual and comfortable

these are some mighty long shorts

ready for summer

yesterday, we got to do a little shopping. mommy and daddy found some really great swim trunks and a sun hat for me to use in florida. i can't wait until i get to see all my cousins again. you, too, lula and mo! two more weeks!

smiley pants

one of mommy's favorites

mommy and daddy bought me a nice hooded sweater for my 8-month birthday. pair it with some nice cords and i'm ready for church.

A Word from Mommy

So we are nearing the 8-month mark and I thought it was time for some updates...you know, the ones that are a bit mundane and every day...those that don't make the blog posts on a regular basis. I can't believe we are already at this point. It's like having a totally different baby - I just can't believe 8 short months ago, Owen was a tiny, 7-pound newborn who took long naps on my chest and loved being swaddled. Now, he's eating real food, sitting in a booster seat, moving all around the house, sleeping less (yes, that's right, less!), and growing big.

Owen is a true boy...he loves to eat and isn't picky (at least not yet!). So far, he's eating avocado, banana, sweet potato, carrots, peas, green beans, tofu, millet, brown rice, mango, apple, pear, and, oh yeah, frozen yogurt - any flavor!! Although I often offer things to him as finger foods, he is proving to not like having messy hands. So his pincer grasp still has something to be desired! Even still, he loves to eat and groans at us if we don't feed him fast enough. He is quite demanding, but we're working on that. I am beginning to teach him a few signs, like "more", "food", "all done", and "milk".

Little man's crawling abilities have definitely improved, although it is still army-style. He gets up on his hands and knees alot, but drops flat to actually go anywhere. He's gotten so good that he is moving all around our living room and kitchen...making it difficult to actually get any work done.

A few weeks ago, Owen began talking a lot more and saying his consonants. It is especially cute (& unfortunately really funny!) when he is constantly going "bluh bluh bluh" throughout a fit of crying. It is so very difficult to soothe a crying baby when all you hear is *cry* bluh bluh bluh *cry*.

Sleep in our house has become a precious commodity over the last month or so. Whether he's waking up 3-4 times a night, or only taking 30-45 minute naps, Owen is definitely not sleeping as well as he used to. Sometimes, we can console him at night in 10 minutes, and sometimes I rock with him for an hour. We keep waiting to see another tooth pop through - thinking that would explain something - but he still has only the same two from December. Luckily, he is still a generally happy baby...except when he's groaning at me for being too slow with the food!

My final update is short, but definitely not sweet - pooping. It's real, it's sort-of-solid, and it makes him go red in the face!

Now, for something even more fun and way cuter...here's shots of our latest purchase for Owen!

Can you believe they make Pumas for infants?!!

I swore I'd never be one of those moms who buys things like this for her
baby...so unnecessary, so frivolous. But I couldn't resist the utter cuteness!

merry christmas!

i was so excited to celebrate my first chirstmas. grammie has made all the family stockings, but with two new grandkids this year, she hasn't had a chance. so i got to use the stocking used by mo and daddy their first year in the family. i had so much fun! i got lots of great stuff. i'm looking forward to playing...and wearing...all the gifts. thanks to all my family and friends who gave me gifts on my first christmas. i love you all.

can you guess who gave me this?

first mo, then daddy, now me

 

gift from the nashville gang

look what is stitched on the back

all dressed up for christmas morning

fashionable and cute

mommy and daddy are so excited that i get to wear the next size up in clothes. although i'm not quite sure about the fuzzy thing hanging in front.

recipe for a dynamite baby...

...asian engineering + caucasian design. the hat i'm sporting was a gift from my family in korea.

a "greats" outfit

thanks to my greats, i got a new outfit for church.

take a look at me now

check out my new threads. mommy says i'm handsome...and a cutie patootie. i know my bottom half looks big, but mommy has me in a cloth diaper with a double insert (i needed just a bit of cream this morning). a single is big enough, but a double? thanks mom.

everyone's a lobo...woof, woof, woof

in honor of my most recent visit to albuquerque...check me out in the colors of unm (the college where mommy graduated and grammie works) - black, silver, and red. gampa, i'm all ready for our first lobo game together...now if we can only get grammie to give up her seat!

 

a boy and his denim

this morning i had some good playtime with mommy and daddy. they put in my first pair of jeans to see how i would look. they were very impressed. however, i was not. i glimpsed "3-6 months" on the tag just before they pulled them up. what's up with that guys? i'm only two months old and you're showing everyone how i already fill out these jeans! way to boost my self-esteem. now i just feel short and chunky (notice how much they're rolled!). mommy says it's all because of my diaper. that's what i'm going with.

lacing them up

i got to wear my first pair of shoes this morning. even though i can't walk yet, mommy and daddy thought it would be cute to see me in something other than just socks. the outfit was given to us from lula. it first belonged to reagan, my cousin and lula's third kiddo, and now it belongs to me. the shoes were a gift from the people my daddy works with. thanks everyone!

100% pure boy

all laced up and ready to go

always thinking

one size fits all

this morning was sad since both truett and lula had to go back to nashville. but lula has 4 other kiddos and mo (uncle jason) waiting for her and she misses them. everyone decided that it would be fun to have truett and i dress up in the same outfit before they left. however, they woke me up to do it as you can see in the pictures.

you woke me up for this

sorry truett, but i'm really sleepy

give me a paci

ahhh! that's better

diapers, diapers everywhere!

daddy's money savers

i got my cloth diapers today from rumparooz. mommy convinced daddy to make the investment. it was a hard sell until mommy explained to daddy the cost of buying disposable diapers in the long run versus the upfront cost of cloth diapers. since daddy is a budget person, the savings he saw clinched the deal. plus, daddy had a different image of what cloth diapers looked like. the ones we got have snaps which are adjustable for when i get bigger and are shaped just like a regular diaper...and they are easy to clean. they come in all sorts of fun colors and patterns. a baby boy has got to look his best and these diapers are stylish. if you recall, i was in a photo shoot to be a model for the lil joeys, which are the newborn size cloth diapers made by the same company.

hey ladies, notice the bicep

mommy's favorite pattern

So comfortable