Growin Owen

Nathan just started trying to make Owen laugh by saying "growin owen mowin sewin towin knowin..." you get the point. Owen thinks its quite humorous, and I get a kick out of Nathan running out of rhyming words.

Nathan's mom, Owen's Nana, flew in from Texas this weekend and it was a wonderful visit! Aside from Owen having gas on Saturday night and Sunday morning, he was magnificent (we think its black beans.. I'll never eat them again!). We did dinners with Nathan in Indiana and hung out with Owen at the house. It was a great time!

Here's a lovely picture of Titus sleeping on his bed. Please excuse his lack of modesty! Unfortunately, he's getting more of this than exercise lately. Once it warms up, he'll be going on lots of walks with me and Owen. Until then, it's more of this.

The Bachelor is tonight, YES!!! It's the weird episode where the "girls tell all" and all that stuff. I'm excited, but not near as excited as next week! I know it probably wont happen, but it would be great if Jason actually stays with the girl that he chooses. He seems like such a cool guy, he deserves to settle down!

I can't remember if I've mentioned in my blog that Owen scratches himself if he doesnt have his mittens on. It drives me nuts. I'd love to let him use his fingers more, but the second his mittens are off, he starts clawing his face. He got one of his mittens off during the night last week and woke up with three big scratches on his forehead. It's crazy! Hopefully he will grow out of it or something.

Aaaaand here's another video for the fam. Once again, please don't feel obligated to watch. It's just me and Owen talking to each other, nothing too exciting! Peace.

This and That

I'm going to go ahead an apologize in advance for the amount of videos that will be appearing on my blog from now on. My mom and sister have demanded that I post them more, so I have to! Please dont feel obligated to watch them, as they will mostly be of Owen laying around doing nothing. But hey, what the mom and sis want, the mom and sis get!

Owen has had some serious spit up issues the past few days. I had to run to the vet clinic before work to take care of a sick pup, so I decided to feed Owen at church before it started. Bad idea. He puked all over both of us, so I changed his outfit and rubbed it into my outfit (dont judge me till you have a kiddo!). However, he decided to puke AGAIN. needless to say, we went home. He hasnt been near as bad lately, but it was crazy there for a bit. I dont know what I would have done without the extra burp cloths mom sent. I do so much dang laundry around here!

On a good note, Owen has slept through the night the past few nights! Wahoo! It may just be a phase, but he is doing it pretty consistently. We'll see.. I'm just not getting my hopes up!

I'm totally bummed that Jason kicked Jillian off of the Bachelor last night. She was perfect for him... well, not according to Nathan. He thinks that He and Jason were made for eachother. When Jason said the he likes hamburgers and peanut/chocolate ice cream, Nathan said "we were made for each other!" And you think he's kidding folks, but he's not! Nathan loves Jason.

It's cold here again and I absolutely hate it! Though I do love wearing sweats around the house, cold weather completely prevents me from going out of the house. At least when it starts warming up, Owen will be a little more excited about going to the park and such. Ah I cant wait!

Guess I should start reading for my classes this semester. I was about to say that I just don't have enough time, then I realized that I've had plenty of time to write this blog... oops!

Here are the videos- the first is Owen laying on his tummy doing nothing. The last 5 seconds are funny though: you'll have to watch it to find out! The second one is just him licking his hands and talking to himself. Enjoy family!

Smiling Boy

So I know I just posted, but I just want to see if I can get this video of Owen to upload. He's quite a character these days! Please excuse my annoying voice. Owen likes deep-voiced laughs, don't ask me why!

Pee-Pee Pants

So, you would think from the title that I'm referring to Owen. No, no... I would be referring to myself. And so the story goes...

Nathan and I went shopping for a washer and dryer this morning and took little Owen with us. In between stores, I needed to feed Owen, so I went ahead and did it in the car. I'm not gonna lie, I'm getting pretty good at changing his diaper on my lap in the back seat of the car and feeding him. SO, I'm in the parking lot of Target, changing Owen on my lap in the back seat, when he decides to start peeing as soon as I remove the diaper. For those of you who have baby boys, this is no surprise. I threw my hand over the fountain of pee-pee and thought that he had stopped. However, after about 20 seconds I felt a lovely warm sensation on my lap. Yes, he had peed for a solid 20 seconds, all of which went directly to my pants. He was completely soaked, and I looked like I had peed myself. (These were my khaki linen pants, mind you). Luckily, I had an extra outfit for Owen that I found in the car, but it's a newborn size. Bless his heart, he couldnt even straighten out his legs in it! It took me about 20 minutes to clean us both up and get everything back in order. At this point, I wasnt going home to change, and I had 2 more stores to check out. So I did it. The salesmen all probably thought that I had peed my pants. Nope, Owen peed my pants. Nice.

On a different note, Owen has discovered his tongue lately. When youre holding him over your shoulder, he'll lick your shirt until its soaking. The doctor told me that I need to do more tummy time so that he can build his back muscles, but he doesn't cooperate. He just lays on his belly and licks the blankets. Yesterday I was giving him a bath, and every time my hand got near his mouth, he licked me. Ah I love this kid :)

SO, Nathan and I got a new washer and dryer! Wahoo! I won't have to listen to our horrible dryer screeching anymore! Thank heavens for that tax refund. With as much laundry as I'm doing these days, it was the perfect investment. How do three people, one of which is a tiny person, produce 2 loads of laundry a day? Kind of ridiculous.

I'm still kind of in awe with the whole pregnancy process. How did we go from this...



to this...


in a matter of days? God is so good.

I Stink

Owen loves to smile these days!!

You'd think that since I'm home all day, I would actually have time to shower more. Nope, if Owen is sleeping, I always find something more productive to do, so I never get to shower! Seriously, I stink. I should be showering right now, but look what I'm doing...

What a crazy morning. Nathan left for work and I was in the bathroom. I heard water running and ran into the kitchen. It wasn't water, it was just Titus PEEING INSIDE. I work at an animal hospital, and I wear a jacket there every Saturday. I have the jacket hanging on the back of one of the chairs in the kitchen. SO, Titus smelled all of the other animals on the jacket and decided to pee on it. Needless to say, he was in serrrrious trouble. Not exactly what I had planned this morning.

I have really loved the seminary classes that I am taking this semester. It feels like such a light load, taking my last 6 hours. Eric Johnson is amazing. Yesterday we prayed in classes for a long time, that the Lord wouldn't let us learn intellectually and never let it affect our hearts. So many Christians know the Bible but don't let it transform their lives. I pray that this semester I really allow God to work in my heart, and to help me learn how to counsel others for His glory.

I've been working on our taxes lately, and it looks like we are going to get a nice refund check. I used to get all the paperwork and do it myself, but now I just use TurboTax. SO much easier! I will admit though, I do feel cool when I say that I do our taxes. Makes me feel smart.

Last night was a huge night for Owen; he slept in the crib! It was much better than I thought it would be. He did great, and slept just like he was in the bassinet next to me. I'm still not thrilled about getting out of bed to feed him, but it will be better in the long run, right? I can't believe that he is two months old. Man, time flies..

Ice Storm Nomads

So I've been out of commission for about a week now, due to a crazy ice storm that came through Louisville. We lost power at the very beginning of the storm and didnt get it back until about 5 days later. Who knew that ice-covered falling trees could put 200,000 people out of power? Kinda insane. Meanwhile, Nathan, Owen, and I stayed with Craig and Sarah, who were SO gracious to share their home with us! Our good friend, Tiffany, also flew in from Austin to visit. We had a blast with her, it just happened to be the worst weekend out of the year to be in Louisville! Owen did great with all of the craziness, and has actually started sleeping a lot more at night. We just get up for one feeding around 4 or 5am. He's only 9 weeks old, so thats fine with me! We are going to try putting him in the crib sometime this week. I think he'll do fine with it. I'm just selfish and dont want to have to get out of bed to feed him...

It's ridiculous that being away from the internet can make someone feel so out of touch! Our world clearly revolves around the internet (facebook and blogging, for me!). Anyway, I'm back now, so life is back to normal! Nathan and I started our classes at seminary a week late because of the ice storm. They seem to be going good though, we both enjoy our professors and class content. Woo hoo! My last semester!!

I'm off to work on taxes. This year our refund is going towards a new washer and dryer, or a new laptop. We desperately need all of those, as our washer doesnt do the spin cycle, our dryer makes a horrible screaching noise, and the laptop only comes on when it feels like it. Lovely.