Oh PEAS!!

1 hour,

a pile of pea pods

and barely enough peas to cover the bottom of a pan

I have come to a simple realization...

 Little Mr. Owen will be getting store bought jars of Peas from here on out. 

UPDATE:  All those peas only made 8 food cubes.
Are you kidding me????

Love Thy Neighbors

One of the best parts of our new house in Oak Park

is the great neighbors we have.  I feel very fortunate to have some 

of the best next door neighbors.

Today we went to lunch with Lisa, our neighbor to the south,

and got to spend some time together.

Normally we just pass by and say hello as we're running 

in and out of our houses, so it was nice to be able

to sit and talk for awhile.

She has such a sweet family and we have grown quite fond of them.

From homemade pickles and jam, to some of the best 

take out tacos I have ever tasted, they are always

taking great care of us.

Even more exciting is that Lisa is going to teach me how to knit!  

I figure it will be a fun little hobby to keep me busy while 

Owen is napping every day.  Plus it will be nice to 

be able to give people personal gifts for baby showers, etc. 

and Owen could use some sweet little winter hats.

I'm very excited to start our lessons. :)

Thanks for a great lunch Lisa!

I had a wonderful time and am looking forward to

many more lunches and get togethers to come.

T Minus 2 Days

In just a few days, Thursday to be exact,

Owen goes to Children's Memorial Hospital

for the very first surgery of his life. 

Basically it is a circumcision

with a few added adjustments to his little man parts.

From how the doctor explained it, it doesn't sound pleasant at all, 

and the thought of him experiencing any pain at all makes me so sad!

 As a mom I try to protect him from anything that causes him pain

and discomfort, yet this is something I cannot control

which makes it hard for me. :(

I just pray that the pain is minimal,

they give him good medicine to help him through it,

and he's back to his normal self 

(with a new and improved weiner of course)

in just a few days. 

The good news is today we had to go for his pre-Op exam

and he has moved up a little further on his growth stats.

Weight - 18 pounds 6 ounces (50th Percentile)

Height - 27 inches (50th Percentile)

Head - 17.25 inches (50th Percentile)

As a little guy who started off not even touching the growth curves,

the 50th percentile is an awesome improvement.  

He's turned into a great little eater, and loves most of what we give him.

But just the taste of avocado on his lips still makes him gag.

It's quite comical to watch actually.  It's so crazy how 

something with not that much taste at all 

can have such an effect on him.

Next up....peas.

Maybe we'll have some better luck

with this green vegetable.

Mr. and Mrs. Smith

Last weekend we made the trip to Wausau

for Hannah and Bobby's wedding.

It was such a great weekend!!!!

The wedding was absolutely beautiful and Hannah looked AMAZING!!

Her and Bobby were both so happy and I couldn't be 

any more excited for the two of them.

Sarah took about 700 pictures

(no, that is not an exaggeration)

but here are just a few to give you a glimpse of our weekend.  

We started with a little pampering on Friday morning,

Then headed right into the rehearsal.

We woke up early Saturday morning and headed to the salon

to beautify ourselves.  

And it seemed to do the trick, because I think we 

are one good looking bridal party.  

Especially the bride to be.  :)

The ceremony was held at the top of Granite Peak

and it was breath taking! 

 The pictures are going to be awesome with such a beautiful backdrop.
I can't wait to see them!!

Even Owen decided to be cooperative and smile for the pictures.  

Congratulations Hannah and Bobby!!!!
You guys have the cutest little family.

Thank you for letting us share your special day with you.
Wishing you years of love, laughs, and happiness!!

Monkey Business

Now that Owen is a little more mobile,

it's become quite difficult to take his monthly Monkey photo.

 All he seems to want to do is wrestle with the monkey.

 But after a few takes we finally got one picture that we can use.

Now we just need to work on posing and smiling.

Maybe next month.

 

Pool Party

Yes it's sad, but true.  

The summer is very quickly coming to an end.

Our days at the pool are almost over.  :(

So we decided to take advantage of the beautiful weather today

and enjoy an afternoon of fun in the sun.  

We tried out our new pool floater and Owen LOVED it.  

He leaned back, kicked his little legs,

and had so much fun just floating around the pool. 

We also ran into Owen's cousins Ava and Emma at the pool.  

They loved pushing Owen around the baby pool.

Peek a Boo Emma!  We see you.  :)

And while the mommies had their favorite pool snacks,

Owen had his first attempt at Mum Mums.

He wasn't quite sure what to think of them,

But for now it is a great way to distract him for about 10 minutes.  :) 

Hopefully we can get at least one more day at the pool in before it closes.

It's been so much fun relaxing at the pool and hanging out with friends.

And Owen does so good in the water that it's fun to watch

him explore and relax in the pool too.

 

Munchkin Maestro

I've heard so many great things about introducing music 

to babies early on, so I decided to enroll Owen

in a class for the fall.  

There are two in Oak Park that I want to choose between,

so we are doing a trial class with both.  

Today was the first one:

Munchkin Maestros with Ms. Clara

We sang songs,

(well mostly she sang songs since I don't quite know them yet)

Kept the beat on our knees,

played with colorful scarves, tiny maracas, little drumsticks, and a triangle. 

Owen was somewhat amused by all of that,

but seemed to get tired of sitting up so long.  So when she brought

out the parachute and had us lay all of the babies down underneath it,

he was loving it.  

We passed the parachute to each other to make it twirl above their heads.

He was mesmerized.

 

 

Without a doubt, his favorite part of the class.  

 

We try out the second class on Monday, choose the one we like best,

and then Owen will officially be enrolled in his very first Mommy and Me class.  

I'm not going to lie....I'm pretty excited.