Cousin fun!

Good times with cousin Levi!

"I'm in charge this time Mason!"

Pirates cove!

"Ava, please just let me touch that hair."

10 Months

Exploring!
Playing with Mason's toys. Always so more fun when they are someone else's.

Swinging at Los Alamos Park with the Grupe kids.

One happy boy! Love his two little teeth!

Mommy's little monkey.

Well, this by far has been the hardest "mommy" month ever. Matt had the perfect description for him this morning..."Owen is starting to look like a bruised banana!" This comment came right after Owen took a tumble off of the bed and landed on the side of his head. When people say accidents happen in a split second, believe them! I have never felt more guilty in my life. Luckily, I had Carol to console me. She has to be about the most calm person when it comes to "bumps and owie's."

Stepping back to the beginning of the month, Owen wants to do nothing but walk and touch everything in sight: cords, outlets...you know the worst things! With that being said, he has also been exploring dogs. Let's just say he had his first dog bite, but thankfully, it damaged his pride more than anything. Owen was just crawling around one morning and came upon Finney, Carol's Shihtzu. Well, little Mr. Finney didn't want to be disturbed so he gave Owen a nip on his cheek. That was a screamer! Probably the worst we have heard so far.

So next off to day care...

Upon arrival I explained to Owen's teacher, Ms. Angie, about the dog bite and bruised cheek, along with the bruised forehead (coffee table run-ins), she assured me the bruises were totally normal for this age/stage. When I returned back to day care to pick Owen up he was asleep, but Angie had to warn me that he had been bitten by another child on his other cheek. Well, low and behold guess who the culprit was....??? Cousin Mason! Apparently, they thought Mason was going in for a kiss and thought it was cute so they let him proceed. Well, you know what happened next. Good news is I could never be mad at Mason and I am sure this is the first of many battles for these boys.

So what Owen is up to this month...he started the month off sleeping like a dear. No midnight bottles, just a few back rubs and back to sleep again until about 4am. Then I would put him in bed with us and back to bed until 6am. Well, of course I must have been getting too much sleep because he is now back to eating once during the night and waking up several times. I am sure this all has something to do with constantly fighting off cold season. I took him to the doctor today and he has fluid in both ears, but no infection yet, a horrible cough, runny nose, no appetite, and drooling up a storm. I thought he was teething again, but at this point, who knows! All I know is I am TIRED! So another round of antibiotics should do the trick for this little monkey.

We also experienced our first car accident at the end of February. Thank GOD nothing bad happened. I was on my way to drop Owen off at day care when I delivery truck from a nursery backed right into my driver side door. Owen was completely unaffected, but me on the other hand was a a little shaken up. The man was really nice and trustworthy, so that made it easier. Supposed to get my car fixed next week, we will see how "Oso" down at Ambulancia 911 does! This is no joke!

What is on Owen's horizon...walking/standing hopefully, sleeping all night (most important), clapping, and holding his own bottle.

Milestones:
-Weighs 21.4 pounds, height 29 3/4 inches.

-Does not want to eat baby food for dinner anymore and LOVES refried beans! Has also tried beets, garbanzo beans, quesadillas, grilled cheese, waffles, bananas, carrots, and peas. He is definitely a sucker for a good graham cracker or vanilla wafer.

-Clothes size between 18-24 months, shoe size 2 (tiny feet)!

-Is almost down to only one nap a day...ouch this one hurts me!
-Attends day care 3 or 4 days a week.

-Loves to look at books.

-Likes when I sing 1,2 cha cha....when he is standing he sticks his butt out and bounces up and down.

-Climbed the Mahoney's stairs for the first time without any hesitation...oh no!

-Loves to put his hand/finger over his mouth and make noise.

-Does some extremely strange things with his tongue, looks like a lizard.

-Loves playing with his buddies at day care...Alex, Easton, and Moishe. It is the cutest thing and he is always so happy when I get there to pick him up. He loves playing with his friends.

-Waves "bye-bye"

-REQUIRES 24 hour supervision! My goal for month 11...avoiding anymore big tumbles!

As for our progress with house hunting...NADA! The market is really slow and what we have seen really isn't what we want. In our case, beggars can be choosers. We pray every day that something will come up. Please keep us in your prayers too! I can't wait to get off to a fresh start where we will make many new memories.