June Happenings!

Owen, the ballerina clown.

This picture was taken by Claire at the yogurt shop. She snapped his photo (several times, actually) and declared that she was going to marry him.

Claire and Emma's new favorite past time- painting landscape rocks.

Snuggles from Aunt Darcy

Everyone needs a lip gloss break

Swinging in the park!!!

Enjoying the summer sun

This summer is just flying by. It's hard to believe it!

Owen is on the move, climbing on just about everything. He is standing up with support and does not enjoy sitting much, if he can help it. It's always a surprise to see him standing in his crib in the morning. At 7 months old, we are hoping he holds off on walking until he's at least 14. It's probably not very likely, seeing how he is moving about.

We took a trip to Birmingham to visit Darcy, Jeremy, and the girls. Owen had a lot of fun with his cousins. We miss having them as close as Macon but are glad they are not as far away as Mobile. The girls loved playing with "Owey", as Emma calls him. They enjoyed having a poor, defenseless, little doll baby to dress up.

7 Months!

Dear Sweet Owen,

You are 7 months old! It's so hard to believe. I know I say it every month, but time is really flying by.

Here are a few of your highlights:

• You have 2 bottom teeth! They are just starting to poke through but they are there for sure.
• You are hard to keep down these days. You can crawl just about anywhere you want. You are also pulling up to standing. You can hang out in the standing position for a bit but you fall on your cute little bum after a few seconds.
• You are eating just about anything we feed you. You like the onions sautéed in chicken stock with potatoes and peas. You also like the sweet potatoes, white beans, and ginger. I am not sure which fruit you like best. You gobble up peaches, strawberries, and papaya with great excitement. You have started working on picking up your Cheerios. If you manage to get them to your mouth, you gag. Not such a fan yet, but all this practice is helping you with your motor skills.
• You are still sleeping 12 hours through the night. We love that.
• You are playing with your toys a lot. We got you a little xylophone that you seem to be enjoying. So far you seem to have inherited my lack of rhythm but there's still hope. You are, after all, only 7 months old.
• You love your cousins Claire and Emma. We just got back from a visit with them and you had a blast. You really seemed to have gotten a lot stronger and braver overnight. I'm not sure if that is a defense mechanism or if you just were inspired by how much the girls can already do.
• You love to babble and talk. You make lots of fun noises.

I hope you are having as much fun with us as we are having with you.

Love,

Mom and Dad

St. Simons Island trip!

We hit the road for Memorial Day weekend and ventured to St. Simons. We hadn't been back since our wedding. It was fun to show Owen the sights! We had a great time with our friends- we went to the beach, we went to the pool, we had a shrimp boil, and relaxed. Owen was a little scared of the big ocean at first but warmed up to the idea. He even fell asleep in my arms! Owen crawled for the first time on the trip. He also figured out how to get from the crawling position back up to sitting. Our big boy!