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051609 We wondered why it took Owen 45 minutes to go down for his afternoon nap today... he was having way too much fun pulling clothes in from the sides of his crib.
Kevin took 3rd in his age group at the Hilton Head tri this year, really good considering how much more competitive it was than in previous years. Of course, we missed it because Owen was at the condo with a 103 degree fever. Very scary, but apparently he just had a 48 hour virus. We can't wait to take him back when he's 100% to see how he likes the beach.
Owen's D1 Photo Shoot -
Easter at Coolidge -Owen was stylin' with his 'girlfriends' Ada & Emma
041509 Uncle Corey came to visit last Friday. I have no pics because I was scared a tornado was about to hit but nonetheless... Corey deduced that Owen needed a sleeveless muscle tee to show off his shapely shoulders and arms. Last night, Judy and I found the perfect little shirt. Here it is!
040309 I have a lot of pics I keep meaning to upload, but I am so far behind!
The first night that Owen could officially sit up at his magic music table by himself. So proud of himself - he didn't need Momma's help anymore!
We took some pictures at Playgym a few weeks ago. It is so much fun to watch how much he grows each week in the class. You can tell he really enjoys the class and all of the music and activities. Kevin and I will never forget the Wiggy Wiggles song. I think we will be singing that to grandkids when we're 80!
Playtime-
Owen is trying to talk to Ben during Choo Choo Train -
See Saw -
Parachute ride -
Owen tried fruit for the first time a few weeks ago. I am way behind on posting photos of it. As with the veggies, he was not a big fan for his first few opportunities to try fruit. His first try was pears, followed by apple sauce. They both tasted yummy and we thought he would love it, but as you can tell by the pics below, he was not amused. Finally we found a winner in peaches, and he has gradually warmed up to the rest. Sidenote: Loves, loves, loves prunes! What a good boy!
Just after carrots...........................Apple sauce bite..............................Apple sauce swallow..................
Ewwwww!!!
032309 A few updates from last week - Owen's check up went well - He was 19.7 pounds, 28 inches long.
Owen's first time at the skating rink. Namaw took a day off to play with the cousins so we went along for the ride. Owen enjoyed watching the flashing lights and the skaters at the rink. A few pics from that day.
Owen has also started taking baths in the big tub. He is turning into such a water baby. He would put his face under the faucet if you would let him.
032009 Owen had another playdate with Emma on Friday.
First off, we had to wake Owen up at 10 so he would be ready to go! This is his just waking up face - pretty funny.
Here he and Emma are - all buckled in and ready to go. They could sort of see each other over the car seats. This was a big occasion because it was Owen's first time riding in any car other than Veego!
And here are the youngsters on their walk. It was a beautiful day, and we went to the park in Collegedale which I totally didn't know existed even though I lived like 2 miles away for 15 years! Owen feels like such a big boy riding forward in his stroller.
Jimmy Fallon is my new hero!!! Click here if you haven't seen the clips yet!
Go Mocs! Ok so just for comparison, the Justin Timberlake segment only has 14,000 hits. The Mocs segments have gotten at least 7,000, far exceeding all of the other clips except Justin. I am pretty impressed. Of course, judging from the comments, its all the residents of Chattanooga checking out the Mocs references.
More details to follow - Come join us in walking on May 3rd to help prevent premature birth and birth defects!
031709 In honor of Grandpa PJ -- The birthday of one of Owen's namesakes, Patrick Joseph McKenna, was this past Monday and in honor of him as well as the grand Irish holiday today, we bought Owen a "Grandpa hat". The McKenna resemblance is amazing especially with the hat on!!
031609 Signs of the times - When I changed Owen out of his sleep sack this morning, I noticed his little 'skinned knees' where he keeps trying to raise up on his legs to start crawling. Yikes! It won't be long now.
Also here's a nicer pic of the two teeth from this weekend. For clarification, I did not make Owen cry in the original picture. It was his general fussy nighttime period and I decided to go ahead and take the pic since he was crying anyway.
031009 Two teeth and counting
Sunday night we went to GG's 88th birthday party. Owen sat in her lap for a few minutes which was a big thrill for Memaw. We were impressed with how well he acted, sitting with lots of different people without fussing even though the birthday party fell right during nap time!
Monday night we went to Owen's first basketball game and watched the UTC Mocs win the SoCon championship. Owen was mesmerized by all of the action - band, cheerleaders, players. However, he was a little upset every time the crowd cheered loudly, and this was a very exciting game so that happened quite a bit!
030209 My how bendy you've become! I can't believe Owen can put his feet in his mouth!
Owen's first tooth - This is a pic from the day we noticed it. It's barely breaking the skin. You can really see it now, but I still haven't gotten a good pic of it recently.
021709 Happy Valentine's Day to Everyone!!
021509 Five Months Already?? Owen is now weighing in at 19.2 pounds and just a little over 26" tall. He is pretty much able to sit on his own and his first tooth popped up over the weekend! He also found his toes in the last week. So cute!! He is so proud of his newfound flexibility. I was afraid he would never touch his toes as he's just not as flexible as Emma Bear who can already do the splits it seems! He started eating cereal this month and just tried some yummy squash. I can't believe its been almost half a year with little Stinky. Can hardly imagine how life was without him... this past Saturday Owen slept in late and I got to sit in bed and watch cartoons for a few minutes. (Kevin and I used to always sit in bed and watch Spongebob on the weekends) I was like, 'man I haven't done this since exactly Sept 14th!!
Last week we went to the Creative Discovery Museum and the TN Aquarium and Owen had a blast. He loved watching the kids play at CDM and watching the fishes play at the Aqua. Also we got to the Aquarium at a perfect time - the scuba divers were feeding the fish, and the penguins and otters were in rare form, jumping and frolicking. Here are a few pics of the cuteness!!
Jimmy Fallon is my new hero!!! Click here if you haven't seen the clips yet!
Go Mocs! Ok so just for comparison, the Justin Timberlake segment only has 14,000 hits. The Mocs segments have gotten at least 7,000, far exceeding all of the other clips except Justin. I am pretty impressed. Of course, judging from the comments, its all the residents of Chattanooga checking out the Mocs references.
More details to follow - Come join us in walking on May 3rd to help prevent premature birth and birth defects!
031709 In honor of Grandpa PJ -- The birthday of one of Owen's namesakes, Patrick Joseph McKenna, was this past Monday and in honor of him as well as the grand Irish holiday today, we bought Owen a "Grandpa hat". The McKenna resemblance is amazing especially with the hat on!!
031609 Signs of the times - When I changed Owen out of his sleep sack this morning, I noticed his little 'skinned knees' where he keeps trying to raise up on his legs to start crawling. Yikes! It won't be long now.
Also here's a nicer pic of the two teeth from this weekend. For clarification, I did not make Owen cry in the original picture. It was his general fussy nighttime period and I decided to go ahead and take the pic since he was crying anyway.
031009 Two teeth and counting
Sunday night we went to GG's 88th birthday party. Owen sat in her lap for a few minutes which was a big thrill for Memaw. We were impressed with how well he acted, sitting with lots of different people without fussing even though the birthday party fell right during nap time!
Monday night we went to Owen's first basketball game and watched the UTC Mocs win the SoCon championship. Owen was mesmerized by all of the action - band, cheerleaders, players. However, he was a little upset every time the crowd cheered loudly, and this was a very exciting game so that happened quite a bit!
030209 My how bendy you've become! I can't believe Owen can put his feet in his mouth!
Owen's first tooth - This is a pic from the day we noticed it. It's barely breaking the skin. You can really see it now, but I still haven't gotten a good pic of it recently.
021709 Happy Valentine's Day to Everyone!!
021509 Five Months Already?? Owen is now weighing in at 19.2 pounds and just a little over 26" tall. He is pretty much able to sit on his own and his first tooth popped up over the weekend! He also found his toes in the last week. So cute!! He is so proud of his newfound flexibility. I was afraid he would never touch his toes as he's just not as flexible as Emma Bear who can already do the splits it seems! He started eating cereal this month and just tried some yummy squash. I can't believe its been almost half a year with little Stinky. Can hardly imagine how life was without him... this past Saturday Owen slept in late and I got to sit in bed and watch cartoons for a few minutes. (Kevin and I used to always sit in bed and watch Spongebob on the weekends) I was like, 'man I haven't done this since exactly Sept 14th!!
Last week we went to the Creative Discovery Museum and the TN Aquarium and Owen had a blast. He loved watching the kids play at CDM and watching the fishes play at the Aqua. Also we got to the Aquarium at a perfect time - the scuba divers were feeding the fish, and the penguins and otters were in rare form, jumping and frolicking. Here are a few pics of the cuteness!!
020509 A sweet little story - Last Saturday, we journeyed to the Verve' performance (a variety of dance performances by Baylor's Verve dancers - ballet, jazz, modern etc). Hannah and Kendra had both choreographed for it. So I figured Owen would either be asleep the whole time or out in the hallway with Daddy. Of course I'd be tickled if he would watch the dances, but the thought never really crossed my mind. So we enter the theatre with Owen sleeping. Eyes pop open about 5 minutes til. Kevin took him out and calmed him down and was able to come back inside before the first performance. Yada yada, Owen loved Verve'! He patiently sat in his carrier, glued to the dancers. We joked that he was thinking - 'yay, Mommy is finally letting me watch tv' with all the flashing lights and colorful figures moving around. Not only did he love the performances, he was 'singing' along to the music each time. Thankfully the music was so loud that we didn't have to take him outside - his sweet humming was drowned out, but it was so cute. The only times he got restless were during the ballet performance (slow music) and the intermission musical performance (no flashing lights or dancers). Kevin and I were very proud, and I wanted to get up and take a picture so badly, but no flash photography is allowed and I figured it wouldn't turn out anyway with the weird lighting going on.
Afterward, he was a little fussy but we still hung out and talked to Aunt Hannah and Aunt Kendra for a little while...
020409 Ok I have several fun stories I want to share, but I'm going to have to limit it for now and catch up later.
How spoiled is this child?? If it won't snow in Chattanooga, ship it in... We woke up Tuesday morning to coolers of snow on the porch, courtesy of Nana and Papaw. They had a couple of inches at their house on Signal, and since we couldn't make it up there, they brought some to us! After trying all day to play in the snow, Owen was finally in a good enough mood last night so I quickly set up video and digital with remote control to try to capture all the cuteness. Poor child. I sat him in it and it stuck to his polar bear suit. I touched it to his mouth and he made a face like 'yikes this is cold!' For once I was glad that our downstairs stays only a few degrees above the outdoor temp because the snowman I built lasted the whole time we played. We even dumped some snow outside for him to lay in in his snowsuit. I do think he had fun - Nana and Papaw can back me up on that one.
012609 This is Saturday's update, a few days late. Owen is beginning to try cereal. Even a few days later, he is still working on getting the hang of it. <We are surprised at this, since eating has been his strong point thus far in life.> It is so much fun to watch a baby learning something new like this.
Mmm, finger-licking good!
012209 Ok how precious is this? All of a sudden, Owen has really taken to one of his snuggles (I think Aunt Maura gave him this one). Anyway one day I offered it to him, and he just loved on it and chewed on it for awhile, so I've been calling it 'Chewy' and taking it with us everywhere.
I didn't pose either of these pics. The first one is from the first time he played with Chewy; he fell asleep snuggling it. The second picture is from tonight; Owen rolled over while still clutching Chewy, so it looks like Chewy was piggy-backing with him.
012009 This past weekend, we got to finally meet Baby Kate, who is about 7 weeks younger than Owen, and Baby Miles, who will be joining us any minute now (due in February). Kate is such a cutie! It was however very strange to see Kevin and Dan (who were roommates when Kevin and I first started dating), each with babies in tow. Wow how things have changed. Here is a pic I found from almost 6 years ago and then Dan and Kev with Kate and Owen.
Also yesterday we were startled to look outside and see snow falling. So we quickly raced outside to break in Owen's new snowsuit. It is just a little big which is a good thing considering how quickly he is growing. We let the snowflakes fall on his face, and tried to get pics where you could see the snowflakes, but they did not show up very well since it was so bright outside. At least we can say Owen did see snow during his first winter.
011509 Four Months - A Third of the Year Down!
We celebrated Owen's four-month b-day today with shots (both picture form and needle form). Officially Owen tipped the scales at 17.25 pounds, 26 inches tall - still right at 90th percentile (although I have weighed him at a full 18 pounds in the last several days). Our pediatrician, who we love, got choked up at what a mini-me Owen is! Owen smiled while Kevin was holding him at one point, and Dr. May was like 'wow, I have to have a picture of you two for my wall! You look just alike!'
Month 4 was a big one - Owen is now rolling a full 360 degrees -- to the left. He is not an ambi-turner yet (for those closet-Zoolander fans - we are still trying to find some other than Kevin and me!). I use pillows and boppy to block his progress if I leave him alone. He doesn't despise being on his stomach anymore, except at night. Monday night was the first night he spent on his tummy, and none of us got a good night's sleep. We are hoping he will soon be able to fight his new found ability at night when he needs to sleep. He has been sleeping through the night since early November, getting in 5 feedings a day with Kevin giving him a bottle before he goes into work at 2. I feel like I will forever think in 4-hour increments, 7/11/3/7/11, or thereabouts. He loves to stand up on your legs when you hold and will not often let you hold him like a baby anymore. Owen is also grasping toys, even with both hands, and trying to get everything in his mouth. It's so cute because instead of bringing things to his mouth, he tries to bring his mouth to the objects.
I'm sure there have been lots more cute stories I could think of from this month, but in the effort to actually post his birthday message this month, I think I will stop here!
Owen's first
look at the tree -
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showing off Owen's big feet - seriously they are almost as big as Ada's!
