I cannot believe it's been one year since Owen arrived. One one hand it's been so fast, but it also seems like another lifetime ago when he was born. It was an eventful arrival, making it the hardest birthday of my life but also the very BEST. He is such a blessing and I am grateful for his presence each and every day. We are a lucky family to have Owen around!
Today Owen and I shared our birthday for the first time! It was cute and fun - we had lunch with friends and went about our usual Tuesday activities, but it sure was great to have a birthday buddy with me all day.
A few updates from the last month of Owen's first year!
- Owen said "bye bye" for the first time when we visited the little zoo at Happy Hollow. He was mesmerized by the giant tortoise and could have watched him all day. When I finally decided it was time to move on, I said, "Say bye bye to the tortoise!" and he did! He waved and said "bye bye!" So cute. We happened to swing by the tortoise again a little later and Owen said bye bye AGAIN when we left. Dallin (a little friend of ours who was with us) said it was a magical tortoise, it could make Owen talk! Of course, Owen hardly ever says it now, but once in a while the words come out!
- He is picking up on sign language - it's so cool! He's been doing the sign for "all done" the whole month and has also picked up on "more," "sleep," and "milk." And EVERY time he sees a dog he points, so that's sort of like his own personal sign for dog. He also did the sign for airplane one morning and it was maybe the cutest thing I've seen.
- He loves when I do monkey noises and tries to do it back (the high pitched part). So cute.
- The top two front teeth FINALLY came in after 2 weeks of grumpy grump! At one year he has 6 teeth - top front four teeth and bottom two front teeth.
- Owen absolutely LOVES pushing around cars/trains/trucks...he literally does it all day long.
- Owen also loves playing ball. He's good at throwing and now he is really good at kicking, which is pretty funny since he can't even walk. And he can kick a ball far!
- He pulls himself up on the coffee table and entertainment center all the time now and in the last few days has also pushed up into a downward dog type position. He stays stationary when he pulls himself up to places, but he's getting better every day!
- He finally loves eating real food and can really put it down! His favorites are tomatoes and chicken, although he really loves pretty much anything we give him.
- We finally had to employ the cry it out method so that Mom could finally get some sleep. It's been a week. It's better. It only took a few nights and not much crying, although he still wakes up once or twice needing his binky, but at least I'm not feeding him in the middle of the night anymore (he has been SO SPOILED). I'm still exhausted, but I think a full night's sleep MIGHT be on the horizon. ;)
- Owen is a happy boy. He is scrumptious. He has squishy thighs. He is everything a 1-year-old should be.
Happy Birthday Owen!
One last shot on the green blanket.
And this is what happens in just one year...
And, as you can see, he has bid farewell to the annoying monthly green blanket photo. He couldn't get out of there fast enough. ;)
