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| Mommy and Owen (13 months) |
Owen is the age that Olivia was when he is born. This is a little crazy to me because I can't imagine having another one right now, but then I was a little scared about having him when Olivia was his age. I have to admit though.. Owen is such a easy going little boy, I probably could have another one right now. I have watched this sweet little boy blossom over the past few months. He was very clingy to me over most the summer, especially when Sam was gone, but once he was back home it was like he felt like everything was back to normal and he could let other people hold he and let me out of his sight. Some things I love the most about him is his sweetness. He is a great lap snuggler, loves to sit on your lap and read books. He shows concern for his sister. He gives the best open mouth, wet drool kisses and I will do anything to hear is belly laugh. He also is in a big copying stage right now and anything Olivia does... Owen does. He even looks to her approval sometimes to see if it is ok to laugh at something or to respond to something. The other day Sam was trying to make him laugh at the dinner table and he looks to Olivia to see what she thinks before he responds. It is so funny. When she is napping and he is awake I often have to block off the hallway so he doesn't go busting in her room to wake her up. If I do that though, he just will bust out his loudest toy (the lawnmower toy) and push it around the house because he knows it will wake her up. They have both been sick the past week and the other day I found them both sitting on the recliner chair snuggling and holding hands. It brought tears to my eyes it was so cute. Unfortunately I couldn't find my good camera in that moments notice so i snapped a picture with my cell phone. It isn't great but at least I have saved that memory. (I can remind them of it when they are teenagers and think they hate each other because they have to share a car.)I have been a little concerned about Owen's language development. He has great receptive language but he isn't saying much. (As Olivia put it the other day when I told Owen to tell Olivia "thank you" for sharing... "He doesn't talk Mom) He is finally saying a couple words functionally. He says mama, dada, "sis", cat if prompted, ut oh, and if you listen closely you can decipher "there it is" and some other random things. He has several signs that he functionally uses... drink, eat, more, cookie, all done, fish, dog, paci (although this looks a lot like eat and drink), where?, book, elephant and I'm sure some others that I can't think of at the moment.
Hopefully his verbal language continues to develop.. I'm sure it would help if Olivia didn't talk for and over him so much, but I guess that is what older sisters are for. We took a Kindermusic class over the summer and in that class I watched him grow a lot from a little boy who wouldn't let me put him down or get off my lap to a little boy that was the first to follow some directions, clap along with a rhythm, finish the song ("EIEI")
Some other fun facts about Owen right now....
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| Happy 4th from my little red head |
Favorite foods: pancakes, meat, cheese, juice, milk, pb and j, mac and cheese, spaghetti
Favorite toys: push toys like the lawn mower, mega blocks, shoes (he can walk like a pro in Olivia's princess heals!), ball pit, swing, letters (he has wierd obsession with letters and has since he was very little. He would always point them out on your shirt and loves the bathtub letters. When given a choice of two he can almost always pick out the right letter that I ask for) and mommy's kitchen utensils.
Favorite books: Ten Little Ladybugs, Sesame street board books, I love you through and through, My big book of Animals, and The Eye Book (by Dr. Seuss) (he brings it to me then pokes himself in the eye)
Things Owen loves:
Swimming, swinging, being chased, Olivia, the TV remote, mommy's phone (he figured out how to turn on my ipod without unlocking my phone.. GENIUS!), snuggling, opening and closing the dvd player, being outside, his paci, music
Things Owen dislikes: Mommy leaving, the nursery at church (more of being left I think), veggies, foods with strong tastes, sometimes sharing, getting his diaper changed, when toys move on their own and wearing bibs.
One other first was Owen had his first trip to the ER on Monday night. (Actually my first time taking either kid to the ER) He has the croup and was having some labored breathing. He did great for everyone except puking all over me twice (he kept gagging.. I think he was nervous). He only got really mad when they did the breathing treatment, but then he crawled right onto my chest and zonked out. I tried to lay him down next to me and there was no way.. he was going to hold on tight and make sure I didn't go anywhere. He slept like that for about 45 minutes until they moved us to the peds unit and then we got a crib and he slept until we were discharged. I didn't take any pictures with my phone because I was so overwhelmed, but I thought I'd document it so I could remember. It made me so thankful that overall my children are very healthy and I said a little prayer for all the parents and children that were spending not their first evening in the ER or hospital for a little croup, but that spend many nights in the hospital because their kid is sick. I can't imagine what that must be like and the sleepless nights they must have, so I prayed for health and happiness for them that night and thanked God for my healthy babies and for kind, smart people to help me take care of my babies when they are not so healthy.
