Showin' Owen: 5 Months Old

I know I say this every post but I can't believe my little baby boy is 5 months old!  He is growing up too fast!  Seriously how is it that pregnancy just DRAGS on by, but their little lives just ZOOM right past you if you aren't looking!  Here are somethings about Owen at 5 months.

Big Boy at 5 months!!!

 1. He weighs about 16 lbs and is in the 60 something percecntile for height
2.  He is babbling a lot more, loving to talk to Mommy, the wall, big brother, the fan. . . well you get the picture
3.  He is a pro at holding his head up, and will look at you when you say his name :)

Patches was just too enticing

 4. He is working on sitting up, but isn't quite there yet.  That head just keeps weighing him down. 
5.  He doesn't giggle readily, you have to really work to get it out of him, but when you do it is the cutest sound ever!

So Smiley!

 

6.  He smiles constantly and loves to find me across the room and give me the biggest grin.  Can't say I hate it. 

7.  He likes soft things, and loves the mam pacis.  I like those too becuase when they fall they almost always land nipple up, so you don't have to wash them (pathetic I know)

8.  He can roll over tummy to back with ease and is SSSSSOOOO close to consistently rolling back to tummy.  He gets caught on the side or distracted by the toys on his play mat.

9.  He has found his feet and thinks they are super tasty!  I think it's super cute!

10.  He is still getting up one time in the night.  We are trying cry it out, but he is a stubbor buggar.  He will cry off and on (and yet not really be awake, just crying with his eyes closed) for 45 minutes.  Doctor said "Sometimes, you just have to be more stubborn than they are"

11.  He has started eating cereal at breakfast and right before bed and seems to like it ok.  He is still nursing and for that I am thankful! 



 

Still my cuddle bug

 

A Post of Pictures

Hello all! I know I am sparadic at updating, but I am telling you, no internet is the blame.  I have a thousand and one posts in my head and there is nothing I can do about them.   Sp I decided I would use what I have here at the school in way of pictures (aka my phone) and give yall brief updates.

Reid with my cousin Ty during a Lil' Cats baseball day.  He got to run out on the field with him.

He had so much fun!

The lady he stays with has a horse, and he, mommy, and daddy got to ride one day!

Weekly Saturday cleaning routine!  This boy loves to be carried

And is just the sweetest anyway!

Sometimes you gotta just let them play in the rain

First swim of the season with Daddy!

Family fishing trip!

We had Owen's Baby dedication at church (another post full of pictures to come)

I cut off all my hair!  Still unsure but too late now!

Someone can now peddle on their own1

We went to the Clifton Lake Weekend in Tyler and got some quality aunt and uncle time.  This is Blake with Owen Blake :)

I am planning on doing a post on this, homemade silly putty!  Reid loved it!

Love these boys!

Someone was worn out (and found their thumb, boo, but oh so cute!)

Brothers!

Easter 2013

I know I am terribly behind on blogging, but I blame having no internet at our house as the culprit.  So to do these posts we have to lug our iMac desktop down to my parents since that is what we are downloading the pictures on.

Thanks to my great grandmother, the boys had an awesome easter basket and outfits

Their after church outfit that they were supposed to have matching, but Penny's didn't get Owen's shorts in on time like they said they would.

We are all about baseball and these dollar store bases were a find!

We actually didn't end up going to church, a huge storm blew through and knocked a tree down blocking out way out. So I just put him in the outfit and went to my grandmother's.

The shirts came from my good friend who has an etsy shop! Click here to go to it!

Brotherly love.

Because of the storm, all lights went out in Harleton.  My poor grandmother had planned this big elaborate meal and we had to eat only the stuff that didn't have to be warmed!  It was still so good.  The lights didn't come back on until 1 AM!!!  It was still a great Easter, one where Reid was finally able to start understanding the reason we celebrate.  

Going to the Zoo

While Mark was on spring break from his schooling, and I was still on maternity leave we went to Tyler for a little visit and R&R.  While there Mark's mom, or "Nina", graciously took us to the Caldwell Zoo.  It is the biggest zoo in east Texas and has a really neat history.  Basically it started in the backyard of this very rich older couple who had no children, but loved kids and wanted them to enjoy animals.  It quickly became a bigger zoo and up until the wife died a few years ago (and the zoo went to the city) it was free admission, so anyone could come!  The Caldwell's  never wanted there to be a charge on admission to get in, and oh how I wish it were the same. We did end up having a great day!

Seeing the Penguins 

Some type of monkey looking right at us

Proof that Owen was there 

And that I was there too

Want to have some fun? Make a 2 year old try to say rhinoceros. 

My camera would only focus on the fence but this capybara was nursing like 8 little guys.  I told her I felt her pain 

This truck used to be a the Caldwell playschool (a virtually free preschool back in the day) where Mark and his brothers went.  

Showin' Owen: 3 Months Old & Feeding Goats

I can't believe it is that time again, time to update because my little boy is 3 months old!  Time sure is flying this go around that is for sure!  He is getting so big, it makes me sad!

 He is still waking up around 3:30 to eat every morning and then again at 6:30.  I am waiting for the day when he will be sleeping all the way through the night, but knowing that as soon as that comes, teething, so the reprieve would be brief.

He has been staying with "Nana" or our Mrs. Cheryl, the lady who kept me until I went to kindergarten with his brother and doing well.  We love that we have someone we can trust while I finish out this school year.  She gives both boys so much love and attention as well as keeps them busy (she has a horse, chickens, plenty of land, and all sorts of things to occupy a little guy) which makes me feel better.  At the last daycare I am pretty sure Reid was stuck in one small room with 4 other kids all day.

He is still eating 5 oz every feeding with Nana.  He is a champion pooter, and a drooler monkey right now.  He still can't lay flat right after you feed him or he will spew.  He is very good at the "baby pushups" and is working on becoming a consistent roller, though I don't think I put him down enough during the day to really see this skill in action lol.

He is my cuddle bunny and sleeps better when he is on someone or right up against them (like at night when I am too tired to put him back in his bed and he accidentally ends up by me for another 2 hours lol).  I know I am about to have to start not doing that, but he is still pretty good about sleeping whereever so I'll let it slide.  

He is still a pretty serious kid.  He will smile at you and try to giggle, but you gotta work for it a little.  It's not that he isn't happy, he is just somber.  Blake said it's because he has to work so hard to move those giant cheeks outta the way lol.

He is growing like a weed and I can't wait to watch him as he gets bigger.  It has been difficult having 2 kids and working full time, but I am so glad he is a part of our family.  He fits in perfectly.

The day we took Owen's 3 month pictures we also got invited over to the house of one of my grandparent's friends to help feed some orphan baby goats they took in.  The mama had triplets, but only took to one of them, so this family offered to take care of them and let their granddaughter help!  This really is a testament to how much Reid has been learning at "Nana's" house because he is usually very cautious around animals he doesn't know, but here he was all about them.  He loved holding it, and kept saying "I pet him.  He lick me.  He likes me.  He's soft."   We then walked around to the back and fed chickens and the big goats.  Reid wanted to go in the fence and pet the big goats too!  I was so impressed with my little man.  He is growing up so much, and changing into a little boy right before our eyes.

Feeding one of the baby goats. 

Looking at the big goats and chickens

He even asked to go inside the fence and pet the big goats.  I was so proud.