Lo Visits!

Last weekend Aunt Lo came to visit Mr. Owen! We LOVED having Laurie visit!

Almost 3 months!

It is so hard to believe that my little boy is going to be 3 months old on August 30th! Where has the time gone?! Owen is already babbling (mimicking) several different sounds. His favorite is "Ooooh", and of course this one makes complete sense... as in "Oooo"wen. And he also LOVES to say "eeee-oh" short for his favorite song Old MacDonald- "eee-i-eeee-i-oh". He also likes "mmmm-uhhh". I think that one stands for "momma". He had his first big laugh when he was 9 weeks old and his smile makes my heart melt every day.

When I walk in his room in the morning to get him out of his crib he looks at me, smiles a big huge smile, kicks both his legs up in the air and makes a little squeal noise- its the most precious site I have ever seen. When I am away from Owen, its the mornings that we are so blessed to be able to spend together and his precious smile, that I miss when I wake up without him.

He and I have been hanging out at home, taking it easy, getting back on schedule and enjoying the fact that we have nowhere we have to be! Owen has been completely obsessed with his sign language video- its amazing how much this little boy is absorbing!
Even more than his Baby Signing video, Owen loves Rockabye Renditions of Pink Floyd, The Beatles and Bob Marley. U2 is pretty amazing too- I love listening to the music with him.

Jeremy has been out of town since Monday- we both miss daddy a lot and cant wait for him to get home tonight!

I never would have imagined a year ago that I would be holding my son, but I wouldn't have it any other way.... being a mother is amazing and so much fun.

Texas Family Tour ... east to west!

Thursday morning I drove to Katy, Tx to pick up Owen. He spent the night at Papi and Kiss' house while Jeremy and I went to the Jack Johnson concert with Carey and Sarah! Once we ate, we loaded up and headed to Lotte's in San Antonio. Friday morning we left for Concan to go stay the weekend with Grandy! Papi, Kiss and daddy met us there Friday evening and we spent the weekend until Sunday. Sunday afternoon we went to Nana's (Owen's great grandmother) to meet the family- Owen also got to meet his great great grandmother, Mammaw! After dinner we spent the night at Lotte's and drove home today (Monday).
Owen was the best road trip partner. He is so self soothing and chill that he rarely makes a peep... he will make grunts and when that happens, I have about 15 minutes to exit for a diaper change- ha! But... that has only happened a couple times!
Friday night Owen slept in the room with Jeremy and me... and that didnt really work out so well. Since Owens first night at home he has slept in his crib and sleeps great in it... I found out real quick that I could not sleep well at all with Owen next to me.... Owen will sleep 12 hours through the night at home in his crib but I think he wakes up several times during the night and just goes back to sleep on his own because I never hear a thing on the monitor... but when he is sleeping next to me, I wake up to every sound and try to put a pacifier in his mouth and I wake him up in the process- haha... what a mess! I never slept longer than an hour that night- what a disaster! I was one tired mom on Saturday! It was the worst sleep night of Owens life- and that isn't an exaggeration, its the truth :) I am a spoiled mom with my deep sleeping baby!

On Saturday afternoon Kelly and Callie came by to say hello and dad had a bunch of our friends over to meet Owen- it was great to see all of our old friends that I don't get to see that often! Owen stayed up until about 7:30, but that was as late as he could make it... Uncle Chance put him to sleep! Saturday afternoon Owen got pretty cranky and was getting pretty exhausted with his travels and schedule changes... but that night after all of our friends left the house, Owen slept in Grandys room and he slept until 7:30 am for Grandy! Woohoo! :) Grandys got the touch!

Jeremy, Owen and I headed to Nana's on Sunday and we got to see all the family and meet Owen's second cousin, Vance who is 2 months older than Owen! Owen also got to meet his GREAT GREAT grandmother, Mammaw!

We drove back to Houston today and Owen was a tired little boy- he took 2, 1.5 hour naps and was out by 7pm. I hope he sleeps through the night!

{Time with Lotte!}


Owen loves to read....



{Grandy's house!}










Nap time around the house!




I think we have a LEFTY here!




Cutest smile ever!




Callie came to visit Owen!



Tia (my great aunt) and Owen-






Becky and Owen





Uncle Chance put Owen to sleep!







Daddy was making Owen laugh!




Nana's House!

Owen with his great great grandmother, Mammaw



Owen with his great grandmother, Nana


Owen with his second cousin, Vance, who is 2 months older!




What a big boy! He is sitting up and we can finally see that neck!

{Nap time!!}

This past week we have been getting Owen on a nap schedule and it worked itself out pretty well and I have to admit that I love it when he naps :) Its mom time then. Now, I am actually getting some things done and answering some emails in a timely manner!
Owen takes 3 naps a day- the morning nap is about an hour, the afternoon is anywhere from 1.5 hrs to 3 hrs and his late afternoon nap is about 45 min to an hour... Love the naps!
I am starting my workout/get back in shape routine today... I really want to do it and then at the same time, I dont... seems like there is so much work ahead of me! I guess that just means I better get started now!

Here is a picture from our dinner last night with the Davids- I didn't get any of Isabel and me but I did get a shot of the dads following us downtown while pushing the boys... what great husbands and fathers :) We strolled down to the Grove for dinner with the babies and it went really well! Elliott and Owen will be hanging out a lot... Isabel and I are plotting a vacation overseas with the babies .... :)

Saturday

Owen and I were listening to Dave Matthews Band on the tv and hanging out- we went to Hermann Park and Brasil for lunch this morning with Amy and Evan and had a great time!

Steak & Wine night @ Flemings

Last night I went to dinner with Cortney and we had a blast. Jeremy took care of Owen and I got a night off :) I really enjoyed spending time with Cortney and catching up!

Lotte's weekend with Owen!

My mother watched Owen all weekend while Jeremy and I went to Chicago. I came back and Owen was on a napping schedule and was doing just fine! I am so lucky to have such a great mom who is such a wonderful grandmother! Lotte- Owen misses you!

Here are a few pictures from our day together when I returned.

Chicago!

Jeremy and I had our first weekend away from Owen and we had a blast! We went to the top of Sears/Willis tower, caught a show at Second City comedy club, saw Phoenix at Lollapalooza, got some tapas at Cafe Ba Ba Reba and I had my first dirty martini since before I was pregnant at Gibsons Saturday afternoon! And... we did make a quick run by Barneys on Saturday afternoon! We had a great time- I came home to a home cooked lunch by Lotte and a happy little baby boy! :)

This was the first vacation that I actually used the mini bar... well the freezer that is... I had to fly with my breast pump and had to use it... so why not save the good milk? :) I flew home with 40 oz of milk... that stuff is like gold!

Lunching with mom!

Owen went to lunch with mommy and got to meet his future playmate, Elliott! He also got to meet my very good friend, Amy, who is always jet setting across the world!