Mary, Mary, quite contrary

How does your garden grow?

With petunias, marigolds, and some purple junk from Home Depot.

Happy Birthday Owen!

It's my birthday today! At least that is what everyone keeps telling me. I don't know what the fuss is about, I feel the same, except that Mom took me to swing at the park and that was fun. I guess it is a big deal though and I will continue to enjoy all of the attention I am getting because if it! Here are some highlights of things I did in my 1st year on Earth.

Day 1 I was a gooey mess. But I clean up alright.

My scrawny legs haven't filled out much since this photo. (1 Month)

Rode my first motorcycle and met some of my family.

Saw 3 fireworks and slept through the rest.

 I relaxed a lot with my kick ass slippers.

Swimming at the Holiday Inn with Mom, Grandma, Sally & Tanner.

Sioux Falls in September with Mom and Dad

I have graduated from diaper motorcycles onto bigger things.

Contemplating a breeze.

Poking out my tummy so Mom and Dad don't think I'm too skinny.

I continue to charm the ladies everywhere I go.

 Making friends with Hoover.

My 6 Month Birthday really tuckered me out!

Practicing for Halloween

I met the man himself!

Bath time is fun time!

Best Christmas present EVER!

Mom took me to work a bunch and I tried to be good.

I learned to crawl. Kind of. I don't care for it.

Love swinging and Cheerios ( Spaghetti O's too)

Grandma and Grandpa came down last weekend to celebrate.

Mom made some fun cupcakes to celebrate.

Mom and Dad forgot to put the hat on the first night so they did a do over. 

I didn't cooperate.

Out with the pink! Grandma and Grandpa came down to help redecorate my room.

Whew! That's a lot of stuff to do in a year. I guess it is a big deal! Thanks for all the Birthday wishes!!

Up On The House Top

We cancelled our Dish TV in Omaha about 2 years ago. Naveen has missed it every day since. We now have Dish TV in our new home and can rot our minds with hours of recorded episodes of Shark Tank and Hardcore Pawn.

The old dish comes down!

We have a creek in our backyard (along with a cemetery...). Mr. and Mrs. Mallard don't like it so much so they have decided to roost (do ducks roost or just chickens?) on our roof.

It wouldn't be an appropriate blog post without a photo bomb of the little guy.

We have been exploring different parks in the area looking for ones with baby swings.

Finally we hit the jackpot and Owen sure does love to swing!

(Not sure what the deal is with the video, it just showed up from my phone instead of sending it to YouTube yada yada yada. Must have been part of an update.)

He had so much fun the first time I thought we may as well go again.

Piano Man

Hoover likes to lay under the piano to hide from Owen.

Those days are over.

Pastie Party

192. That is how many pasties we made. The meat hand pie variety, not the glittery tassled nipple cover variety. I may be on the more liberal side of things but I don't know that I am ready to go to a party and make nipple covers with friends and family.

I don't know the rules yet but as a parent I think you are supposed to say your kid is amazing and just the best at everything and way ahead of his time. I will go the other direction. Owen is almost 11 months and doesn't crawl. It bothered me for awhile to see all of these younger babies crawling up a storm while mine laid in a writhing heap on the floor. This past weekend he finally did it. Owen crawled. About 5 inches. And he didn't like it. I am fine with that. It was the cutest thing ever!

His crawling form needs some work. It is pretty clear that he would much rather be standing. Owen has also started the hands free standing which scares me to death!

Hewlett Packard Makes Me Cry

I am not afraid of the dog, the damn cat, vacuum cleaners, blenders, most loud noises, falling, fruit cake or Joan Rivers.

I am however, terrified of the printer. Mom uses it a lot and sometimes I think she just does it to torture the recycling environmentalist in me.

Holy Crap I'm Old

9 months. 9 months. 9 whole months. Boy am I feelin' it. The teething, the growth spurts, the long hours at work, the wanting to go places but can't get my body there. I feel old.

So much has happened since the last post!

I have 4 shiny new teeth to show off when smile for the ladies.

I met Santa and celebrated my first Christmas!

I love Gerber Puffs more than Kitty loves his treats.

I can sit up for quite a bit of time before I tip over.

I love to stand.

I can't crawl yet, but I am mastering the inch worm.

I fell off the Dr.'s growth chart in weight. 

I got taller and now wear shants (short pants).

I love to  climb in and out of my car.

Sometimes I need to go into the office.....

but I really prefer to work from home.