Jamie came to visit!

One of my oldest and closest friends from high school came to Houston to visit Owen! Here are a couple pictures of the two of them!! Owen is so lucky to have such amazing older women looking after him :) xoxo Jamie- you are an amazing 'older' woman now... ha! :)

Back from Chicago!

Well, I made it back today from Chicago. I had a blast! Ill post pictures and blog about it tomorrow... here are a couple pics from this afternoon- I was so excited to hold my little munchkin! I missed him so so much!!

First weekend away- Chicago and Lollapalooza

We are heading to Chicago tomorrow am to enjoy some slightly cooler weather, less humidity and good music.... as well as a few late mornings, late nights and a couple cocktails ;)
My first weekend away from Owen starts tomorrow and I cant help but start to already miss him even when I am sitting right here holding him.
I wouldn't trade a single late night or extremely too early of a morning with my precious son for anything- however, I am looking forward to spending some time with Jeremy.
We leave tomorrow and return Sunday. Lotte is flying into Houston to spend some time with her grandson and I know she is REALLY looking forward to that! When I opted to fly out on Friday instead of Thursday, my mother suggested I keep my itinerary and fly out Thursday am- and I think that is just because she wanted more alone time with Owen :) haha

I am going to try and only call once every other hour instead of every hour while I am away... :)

More Nantucket Pictures...

Mussels for dinner!:



Lunch in Siasconset at The Summer House:



Dinner at Millie's:


Kiss Cam!:





Now, this is what a baby will do to 2 parents. I hit the sand and it was like I was laying in an actual nursery, but with the actual sound machine being the actual waves this time... I was out like a light....




Hanging out at downtown at the gazebo:

A visit to dads office!

Today Owen and I went by to see dad at work and meet everyone at the office! The visit was complete with dad changing Owens diaper on top of his desk... ha!

We wish dad could stay at home with us more often and we really appreciate that he goes to work for us, so that we can be at home together. We love you dad!!

Owens first laugh!!!

Owen thinks Papi is pretty funny!!!:)

Today Owen laughed for the VERY FIRST TIME and I was able to catch it on video! It was the most precious experience! I couldn't believe that I was hearing his little laugh- it was amazing. So cute!!!

9 weeks old!

Owen is 9 weeks old! So hard to believe that, that much time has flown by!

Owen is smiling ALOT and cooing and "aghoo'ing" constantly. Today I played the " Im gonna get you" game with my hands and he would smile before Id touch him- he totally gets the game and hears everything we say, its just a matter of time before he starts reacting to everything. I feel like each day we get something new from him. Yesterday morning he started a little giggle with his smiles and he is supporting and holding his head so well.
It really is true what 'they' say- you never can comprehend how much you will love your child, until you have one. Owen brightens up everything in my life and he is a little miracle. We are so lucky and blessed to have him in our lives.

This past week Owen has been getting through the nights with just a pacifier- no bottle. He eats 6.5oz every four hours during the day. He is waking up at night for his pacifier now ( and probably wants some mommy visiting time too)- but we are trying to stick to our guns and simply give him his pacifier once he makes a noise and then leave the room. He is doing great- sleeping through the night with nothing more than some small demands for his pacifier, and then he goes back to sleep.... The two of us on the other hand, are not getting as much sleep. Right now Jeremy and I are alternating the nights up with him. I sure hope he starts sleeping through the night soon! :)
I am going to guess and say that based on his last doctor appointment that he probably weighs somewhere in between 12 -14 lbs ... He is wearing 3-6 month and 6 months clothes pretty much across the board with different brands and he is continuing to grow. His toes look like tiny baby fingers and his hands aren't far from the ability to grip a basketball (ha!).
He is about to outgrow the ability to lay down on my lap- his legs and feet now have to stick up in the air so that his butt can slide all the way down so that his head fits on my lap... he is a long lean little machine, this little one, but one thing is for sure- he may outgrow the ability to have his whole body lay down on my lap, but he will never outgrow the ability to lay his little head in my lap or sit in it while I hold him!

I think tomorrow (Owens 9 week bday) we are going to see how he likes our swimming pool... I think its warm enough with all of our summer heat!
Here are a couple pics I took with my iphone today of our beautiful and healthy little boy...

Owen's First Vacation {Nantucket 2010}

Owen has now flown on 4 planes and I would say the little boy is a pro. He never once made a peep, not one cry or whimper on any of the planes ( and 2 of those were 4 hours long!). He is so easy going and so fun- I enjoyed holding him for 4 hours talking to him, reading with him, smiling and sleeping!
What an amazing vacation with Jeremys family and the Newtowns! We had such a great time! We spent 8 days in Nantucket and had a blast. We ate clam chowder every night, rode bicycles to Siasconset and had lunch at The Summer House. We went to the Miacomet beach and Jetties Beach. We cooked out, enjoyed our views from the widows walk, drank lots of coffee in the mornings together, made banana pancakes with peanut butter, ate at Even Keel at least three times, went to the Rope Walk and bought Owen a couple Nantucket apparel items to match his daddys!

Here are only a FEW of the pictures from the weekend. I will be posting more as I gather them from others who were on the trip... so here is only the first of a few Nantucket posts.