Owen is almost 7 1/2 months old. He is getting so big! He changes so much everyday. He is quite the talker and will have long conversations with himself when he wakes up in the morning before I get him from his crib. His favorite words are still Ba-Ba and Bob. Again where Bob came from we have no clue - we just go a long with it! Owen went on his third plane ride in 7 months to visit Darren's hometown, Trail. I think he has been on more plane rides then his dad! We got to spend time with his family and friends and we had such a great time. He was an excellent traveler and actually got his own seat there and back - for some reason the planes were empty. So that was a big plus!
He now eats three meals a day and can still put back 5 or 6 bottles a day - yes the boy can eat. It is probably one of his favorite things to do. My dad asked the other day if he had a bracelet on? I had to reply, "No dad that is just his fat roll!"
We have discovered a magical cd that we play for O in the car when he starts his freak out session. It is a Baby Einstein classical cd and the first "magical" song is Twinkle,Twinkle Little Star. Yeah you are thinking so what - everyone knows that song, what can make that song "magical". Well let me tell you, when Owen starts screaming in the car because he is thoroughly annoyed with Darren and my schedules of in and out of the car all day, we put the cd on and it is instant silence. And now we also found out that singing the song exhibits the same response. He just absolutely loves it and will go into a complete trance when he hears it. Seriously, if you have kids give it a try...it might work! Or try it on your husband or boyfriend - complete silence every once in awhile really isn't a bad thing!
He now crawls all over the place. He still hasn't mastered the up on all fours crawl but that doesn't seem to effect his speed. I saw him crawl from the living room to the dining room and under the dining room table like a maze all within a minute or so. He can sit up by himself, unassisted. But yes of course there are still some times that his balance is lost and he topples to one side or another. Unscathed of course. This must be due to the large McCarthy head he has acquired - causes one to become off balance every so often. Hehe!
Owen has grown to love a nice leisurely stroll in his stroller and does the funniest thing. He has to sit all the way up to the front and WILL not ever lean back and relax. When he assumes this position he is instantly observing every plant, building, car and person that we pass along the way. Vroom, vroom, beep, beep! Every person we pass looks down at him and totally smiles and laughs because he is staring them down and trying to figure them out. We took him for a long walk one evening and it was nearing 8pm. He was getting pretty tired but still didn't want to miss a single thing. He was so tired he fell asleep sitting up...he was actually sleeping while sitting up!
Darren and I have clued in that Owen has more friends then us in our new neighborhood. When we go for our walks we will get a "Hi Baby Owen" every so often from adults and kids we have never seen walking down the street! Owen has made many new friends thru his babysitter Thelma, Wednesday-Friday. All the kids call him Baby Owen and just love him to pieces...my wonderful mom still watches him Monday and Tuesday and we try and bring him to my Grandma's on Mondays. So he is a lucky boy getting his fill of lots of love from all directions!
He has found a new love for his activity table and when I stand him up next to it he will touch every button to make the table light up and play music. He really gets into it and will jump and smile and squeal as he gets things going. Darren and I sit there and laugh and laugh, it keeps him occupied for a good 10 minutes of pure fun!
All this fun has lead to the poor little guy getting a cold for the past few days. Runny nose and cough. He has been having trouble sleeping, can't breath out of his nose. So Darren has been sharing Owen's "one day- big boy bed" with him and sleeping next to him so he will fall asleep. We have been lathering him up with Vick's Vapor Rub and have been putting it on his feet (an old Canadian cold reducing remedy) - and believe it or not it actually works! Danny told us about that one. I looked it up and it came up as a Canadian remedy - I thought he was pulling our leg! Oh yeah and besides having to sleep with him in the same bed we also had to sing version after version of Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star to keep the peace... Well this is our update of "Baby Owen".
We hope you are all doing well and we hope to see you all very soon! Much love - The McCarthy's
