Owen reading books and chit chatting...

9 month Update!

9 months old and going on 20. Owen's mouth is now full of teeth. He has all 4 on top and 2 on the bottom. The rosie cheeks and cold like symptoms will be sticking around for a few more years. I am sure other teeth will be popping through soon enough. Never a dull moment in the teething world.

Check out the videos I have posted below. Owen's new found fun is ripping any and every piece of paper he can find. If you give him a sales circular he will sit there and rip it in little pieces until his heart is content. Eventually a little scrap finds its way into his mouth. And then you have to tell him "No Owen" and he looks at you with his big blue eyes and then is like "OK" and continues to rip. So now he is good and ready for Christmas 2008. He will be ripping through those presents in no time.

We are also somewhat teaching him the concept of eating with a spoon and feeding himself. I know a little early...but what can I say the kid is a whiz. Take a look at the video for yourself! Yeah I know he is not the BEST at this quite yet but it sure is very humorous to watch. Especially with his shirt posing as long red hair...makes me laugh every time!

So we had our first "official babysitter experience". Darren and I had a party to go to, yes an actual party...can you believe it! So we needed to start branching out and getting a babysitter outside of Karen and Aimee Edwards. Who by the way are really the BEST babysitters around but you can only ask your family members so many times to watch your son because eventually they aren't going to answer your phone calls anymore! So we asked our neighbor, Maxine. Maxine is 16. Well Owen is usually the BEST sleeper. But apparently the boy could smell a rat and sensed that we were trying to go out and have an adult night of fun. So of course he decided not to go to bed easily on that ONE night. We still went out and decided to give Maxine a fighting chance to prove her babysitting skills. I texted her on several occasions asking how everything was going and at 10:15 she was still texting back saying..."It is pretty hard to get him to sleep." So talking it over with Darren and already having a few Miller Lites in me we decided that beer sounded like more fun then a crying baby. So we let her duke it out for another half hour. I texted her again at 10:45 and she said he was sleeping like a baby..phew. Beer is definitely a lot more fun then a crying baby.

Darren, my sister and I are hosting Thanksgiving Day dinner this year at our place. Wish us luck. This will be the first year the turkey will be cooked by virgins! :) We are looking forward to it. The shopping list has been made, decor for my table arrangements have been picked up and now all we need is for the day to actually get here and pray for a juicy turkey!

We miss all of you and hope to see you soon! Happy Turkey day to those in the states and Happy Belated Turkey Day to those in Canada. LOVE YOU!

The photos above is Owen in his abominable snowman outift. It gets cold here, but this outfit will keep the little dude warm. (Thanks to Kaeden's never ending supply of baby clothes that Owen gets to borrow.) The other one with all the kids is from our recent play date at our house with MC (Matthew), Owen, Mikey and Kaeden - my best friend's Lauren and Corrie's cute kids. Also I changed some settings so now it is easier to leave comments below the posts. Just click on the link below that says comments and then you can post a comment after selecting the Anonymous button.

Messy Marvin Eating With a Spoon

Preparation for Christmas 2008