Just a few more of Owen...

I promised myself there wouldn't be more pictures of Liam when he was a baby, and I'd still try and capture all Owens cute moments on film (well digital) too. So far so good.

Man of Honor

So my girlfriend Molly, feels that every child should have a party or shower after they are born. Whether they are a first child, or a fifth child.
She didn't want Owen to be an exception to her rule.
After we returned from Utah she threw him a "Sip and See." So all our friends could come meet the little guy and just have fun catching up.
I've been a bit of a hermit since he was born. Not because I didn't want to go out, but because I wanted to keep the RSV and other sickies away.
It was really fun to see everyone, and Owen is so cute, and yes I know I'm partial to him, but what mother isn't? After nine months of pregnancy, you'd think anything was beautiful once it no longer inhabited your uterus.

Eat your heart out Martha

Molly is such an awesome cook! She made everything so beautiful. Everyone needs a friend like her! (and she did it all in my signature colors! She's amazing.)

MyGuys

More babies to come

Both these fine ladies are expecting. And due really close to each other. I think they can both find out what they're having next week:)

Tuckered out

It's hard being so cute! Thanks "Ollie" for such a fun sip and see. You are the best!

Poulson Look-alike Meter

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Poulson Look-alike Meter

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Funny, Cause I think the same thing. Maybe it's because Nate and I look alike???

What do i do on Nate's call nights?

Look through friends blogs and find stupid widgets. I thought this one was funny though.

The first smiles

Well Owen has officially found his social smile. He smiles with only half his mouth, but oh so sweet. He must have heard that Dad was getting a week of vacation, and we are headed off to Utah to see family for the week. I smiled about this too.

Brotherly love.

So Liam has been a great Big brother since Owen got here. He is always giving him loves and helping me in any way he can. Sometimes a little too much help. You can tell by some of the pictures, Owen's a little unsure of his big brother, mostly those big hands and head that occasionally play a little harder than he'd like.


(You'll have to excuse the baby talk. But that is what makes the kid smile and talk so try and block out my voice and focus on the baby.)

Liam wants me to know he can smile and I don't even have to talk baby to him. What a cheese ball.

A long day

What do you do when you get to the airport and your flight is delayed an hour? You ride the escalator a million times, and play hide n seek in the terminal.
All in all the boys did great for a 12 hour travel day!

Lonestar Taqueria

A visit to Utah would not be complete with out at least one run to the best little hole in the wall Mexican joint. I'm having a hard time writing this and not salivating all over the keys just thinking about it. MMMM MMM Good! Also a favorite of Aunt Amy who was able to join us on her lunch break.

Can you tell me how to get...

It just so happened that the big exhibit this month at the Children's museum was Sesame Street. It was all about your body. Liam was ecstatic. He was a little unsure about Oscars can though. When you pulled on the lid, Oscar would shout out to you to scram!
Thanks Sissy for taking us.

Watermelons

Liam can't quite figure out if they are real or fake.He chose correctly and proceeded to pretend eat them. A perfect way to freak a germ-a-phobe mom like me out. The hand sanitizer was out of my bag immediately!

Poor Uncle Stino

The kids love to attack Justin whenever he's around. Sadly, only Liam is an actual Nephew. (or Niece)
But a brownie point for him! See all single ladies, he's great with kids!!!

Birthdays

Liam and his cousin Tessa have birthdays three weeks apart. We've actually had joint parties for them the last two birthdays. We didn't do a party for them this time, but they did get to open their Birthday presents from each other. I think my favorite part was Tessa. She was so excited.




This was my favorite. Hearing Tess say Cinderella, or really Cinerllllellla. SO cute! Love you Tessie.

Our friends and Family

While we were in Utah, we decided to Bless Owen. For those of you who aren't Mormon and are wondering what that would be, it is like Christening in our faith. It is sort of like a prayer that Nate gave to him. It was a beautiful prayer and Owen was a good baby during it.

Thanks to all those that came to Owens blessing. It was so good to see everyone and to share this special day with all of you.

FORE!

What would a trip be like without a ride on one of Papa's toys? The morning we left, my dad took Liam for a ride in the golf cart. A favorite of the grandkids. He also let him sit in the boat with a life jacket on

D.C. Trip

So last weekend, Nate had a few days off between rotations. We packed the car, and drove the two and a half hour drive to D.C. for a little family time uninterrupted. I hadn't been there since high school, and Nate third grade.
By the time we got there after a lunch stop, diaper stop, and feeding stop, we made our way to the Museum of Natural History.
Liam couldn't have been happier to walk into a building and see a life size elephant. We were there for almost four hours. Liam loved it all, and Owen was a trooper and only fussed when he needed to be fed.

My HOPE

The hope diamond. Isn't it beautiful. I told Nate I want one. He said the only way I'm getting one is if I find the other lost half. Oh well was worth a try right.
I thought he'd tell me we couldn't afford it. but he would Oceans Eleven it for me?

The Woolly Mammoth

So as many of you know, Liam has an obsession with elephants. He hasn't figured out that the "hairy ones" are actually called mammoths.
Like all museums, there was a gift shop we had to walk past to exit the building.
Liam wriggled out of the stroller to get to it and found the coveted Woolly Mammoth. I guess it could be worse. He could have chosen the bag of rocks, a jelly dinosaur, or bugs encased in acrylic. Good choice buddy. Good choice.

The Washinton & Lincoln memorials

We walked down to the Washington Memorial, but took a distance picture of the Lincoln. If you hadn't noticed we were all bundled up for a reason. It was freezing cold and I didn't want to walk down and back with the two kids. Liam actually fell asleep on the walk back to the car and slipped out of the stroller, so probably a good thing we went to the car.

The Capitol

It's still so weird to me that we only live two hours from our Nations Capitol. What a beautiful building.