"The Many Faces of Owen"

Owen just returned from his first visit down to Medford to see and meet some of the family (see previous post).

His Greatest Uncle Tom let the camera shutter fly... it's not hard to do, trust us.
But Tom has a talent. No, a gift for capturing the sweetest of moments. And he shared this with us this morning, and said we could share it with you.

Thanks Greatest Uncle Tom, for documenting "the many faces of Owen" as you say... and for continuing to amaze us with your cameras.

We love you.

Bawk Bawk!

(The bunny suit is courtesy of Cousin Nora... she wore it for Easter last year (for about 10 seconds). The Dude did not, however, sport the suit on the actual holiday - we forgot to pack it for the trip down south. Bad Mamma!)

Hope y'all had a wonderful Easter!

The Dude spent the holiday down in Medford with Mamma, Auntie C, Uncle Fuzzy and the whole extended family down there. It was a really great trip and was the first time that he spent any time away from his home (and Papa!).

We spent lots of time with Cousin Nic and Super T - hangin' out at the park, taking the boxers for a walk, having pizza with The Fam and spending lots of time in front of Uncle T's camera lens.

Little O got to meet his Great Granny for the very first time. He gave her the biggest, sweetest smiles ever. She melted - just like the rest of us.

As you can see, there was no shortage of attention for The Dude.



Thanks to everyone for all the great hospitality, food and all the LOVE.

Food! Glorious Food!

Well, it's been a busy couple of weeks. The Dude is now 5 months old, has two teeth, has discovered his feet (which he has an intense love affair with), and has had his first taste of "solids". Our Doc told us to wait as long as we could, the recommended age to start is 6 months... unless the baby shows extreme interest in food or seems hungry. Let's just say, he was. On both counts. Whenever we eat in front of him he stares intently at us and moves his mouth.... we took that as a sign.

So, here his is - on his fifth month birthday. Taking his first bites of rice cereal.
We think he's hooked.




Ya think?

Chompers! - Part Deux

The second bottom tooth has come thru to greet the first!
Now he is sporting a "set".

All things considered, the whole teething process hasn't been that bad. He is a little fussy at times, has had a tiny low grade fever and has been waking up at night - but we can live with that. The amusing thing is that he attempts to put everything in his mouth... the best: his entire hand.

Once we can figure out how to remove his fist from his mouth (and all the drool) we will attempt to photographically document the evidence!

Stay tuned.....

Chompers!

Guess who has his first tooth?!

Mr. Drooly Man - that's who!

Boy, we've been really wondering what in the heck was up with all that drool... at our last appointment we even asked the Doc, and he told us that his saliva glands must be kicking in. Sheesh. Saliva glands? Um, right.

Saturday afternoon we changed his shirt two times due to the copious amounts of wetness that had soaked the upper third of said shirts. Then we thought to ourselves, "Hmmm... we wonder...." and when we stuck our finger in - EUREKA! There was a tooth poking out! The bottom left chomper has made it's debut, and we think that the right one will soon be making an appearance as well.

Poor little guy! No wonder he hasn't been sleeping all that well. Throws the whole "four month sleep regression" thing out the window for us - shows what they know (wink wink)!

Four Month Stats

Hello Again!

Thanks for your patience... we've had a busy weekend and have had our hands full with the adverse reaction to the shots that The Dude was given at his appointment on Friday afternoon. Not to worry - all is well (sort-of... but more on that later).

So - here are the latest stats straight from the Dr's office:

Weight: 13 lbs., 10 oz (Our guesses were WAY off on this one... we thought he was at least over 14 lbs. He tricked us!)

Height: 24 3/4" (That's a two inch gain...)

Eye Color: Mostly blue, but showing more brown/hazel flecks... he may get his Papa's eyes after all.

Sleeping: Ok, so here's the "sort-of" from above. We've hit the four month mark - and WHAMMO! "They" warned us that this would happen... we've entered into the "Four Month Sleep Regression". The Doc told us that we shouldn't brag about his sleeping because it could change at any moment, and low and behold, it started that night. The Dude had been sleeping from 7pm to 6:30am (or there abouts) pretty consistently for the last 6 weeks. Starting on Friday night, however, he is now waking up at least once. And he's hungry. The icing on the cake is that he doesn't want to go back to sleep... he wants to party! But if he does go back to sleep, he wants Mommy to hold him. Put him down ever so gently, and BLING - the eyes fly wide open. We start all over.
At first we thought it was the shots. He had a low-grade fever for a day or so and was all around feeling crappy, so we understood.
"This too shall pass", says Them.

Oh, and we promised you some tasty info on his newest developments! (We are still trying to figure out the whole video thing - once we do, we promise to share 'cause he's doing some cool stuff!)

He's figured out that if he pushes his feet (on anything that is stationary) he can twist his body. If he's on the floor, that means twisting onto his side (rolling over is near)... if he's in the bath tub, that means standing up... if he's on his changing table, that means almost flipping over so it makes it really hard to put the new diaper on! He is very proud of himself and will arch his back whenever he gets the chance. "Wiggly Monster" has been our newest addition to the nickname list.

The Doc said to wait another month on solids, and we'll take his advice. He wants Lil'Dude to gain more interest in the whole eating thing. He already watches us very intently when we are eating, and moves his tongue in and out... but we're in no hurry. Next month we'll start him on some cereal to see how he does. THAT will be a video moment.

Despite the copious amounts of drool we've had of late, no teeth. Just the saliva glands kicking in.

Other than that, all is well with The Dude. He is still exuding "Dude-ness" and making us all fall more in love with him.

Now if we can just make it thru the whole sleeping thing....

Stay Tuned....

As of Sunday, Lil'Dude is 4 months old! We were scheduled for his four month check-up appointment yesterday, but arrived at the Doc's office to find him out sick for the day. We've rescheduled for Friday.

So alas, we have no stats! And The Dude has escaped the needle (he's due for more shots) for at least a couple of days...

We'll be back soon with more photos, the latest stats and the juicy details as to his newest developments!

For now, we leave you with the sweetest photo of our growing boy - courtesy of the Lovely Auntie A.