Mini Gabe

Lately Gabe and I have been selling some of our stuff on KSL classifieds so we can buy new things that we want. We sell our own stuff that just isn't being used very often and it's paid off quite well. Gabe has been saving up to buy a nice keyboard to make his music on and he finally got one! He made a nice little set up in the corner of our living room and has his own creative space now. He was showing Owen the ropes the other day and I snapped a few pictures:

Owen sure looks up to his daddy! 

DJ Owen

Owen was a tough one to settle last night. We have had to keep him up and moving constantly these past couple days or else he just isn't a happy camper. One thing that chilled him out was listening to daddy's music. Gabe popped his headphones on him and he seemed so relaxed, jiving to the tunes. He looked so cute with his over-sized headphones on that we just couldn't resist snapping some pictures. It helped that he threw in a couple silly faces as well. The result:

You're pretty rad, little one.

Happy 6 months Owen!

Happy 6 months, baby boy! The time has flown and before you know it, you'll be a whole year old! You bring so much happiness into our home and we wouldn't change a thing about you. 

One of my favorite pictures of the two of us

Here are some things that you currently love:
-Splashing!!! I hold you on the side of the tub when it's full of water and you just kick away. You sit still for a few seconds, growl and squeal, then you suck your bottom lip in, concentrate and kick and kick and kick. You get water everywhere and it is so cute to watch! (You wiggle so much in your bath that I haven't ever given you a single bath by yourself because we need more than two hands.)
-Moving. You haven't ever been a fan of just sitting or laying still for very long. You like to be on the move. You like to be carried and constant bouncing. You are overflowing with energy.
-People. You LOVE socializing with people and it makes me so happy. I am a bit of a hermit sometimes, so I am glad that you enjoy being out and about. You have a new game where if I am holding you and someone else smiles at you, you get all shy and turn your head into my shoulder and kick and laugh. So cute, little one.
-Sucking on anything, but your favorites are anything plastic, fabric, or momma's fingers. You love exploring by immediately bringing anything to your mouth, no matter what it is. Tonight you scooted on your bum/back on the floor over to the coffee table leg and started gnawing on it! haha it was so funny!

And just a few extra tid-bits about you:
-So far you have tried oatmeal (which you're growing accustomed to) bananas, sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes and gravy, and today you had a fruit medley mix. The mashed potatoes and gravy were your favorite.
-Your first tooth is coming in on the bottom. I can see just the tip of it, but I have a feeling it might take its sweet time growing in. Sorry buddy.
-You love the sound of your voice and you aren't afraid to use it! You yell for a good majority of the day and you love to talk. Your talking is starting to sound more and more like words, such as, "momma," "dadda," "hi," and once you said, "I am Tom." (Did we give you the wrong name?!)
-You can throw some pretty wicked tantrums. You push off with your feet and yell and arch yourself backwards. It's pretty impressive. You make up for those moments with your smiles. You have the BIGGEST smiles and are such a happy baby. If we smile at you, we are always guaranteed a smile back. You have such a big personality and it definitely shines through.
-You love singing. If you are ever upset or won't finish your bottle, singing "you are my sunshine" will cure the blues.

You are such a joy to be around Owen, we love you so much! Keep growing strong, big guy.
Love, mommy and daddy

Our New Years Eve

Last night after we put Owen to bed Gabe and I partied it up to ring in the new year. We wouldn't dare risk messing up his bedtime routine so we decided to keep it low key this year and celebrate just the two of us so Owen could sleep in his own bed. It was a fun evening just hanging out by ourselves! Gabe has been teaching me the ropes of Mario Party, so we played that for a while. We never had video games of any sort growing up and frankly I have just about zero interest in most of them, but Mario Party was actually pretty fun for me. The reason: For the most part you usually just have to push one button at a time. I have no multi-finger coordination skills when it comes to video games so I am awful at running and jumping at the same time. Then we watched "Invinsible" and I fell asleep the last ten minutes, which is common, drank sparkling cider and watched the ball drop on NBC. Gabe then tortured me by making me stay up another 25 minutes to finish our Mario Party tournament... Which had a lame, unfair ending because we were playing the computer and somehow it took us over. Once we made it to bed and had barely fallen asleep Owen woke up screaming bloody murder because he was super hungry, but it took  me a while to figure it out because he normally doesn't wake up that early to eat. Growth spurt? Thankfully he was out like a light after that and I finally got to bed around 2 a.m. I think he was also a little upset when he woke up because he realized that we didn't wake him up for the ball drop...  We are already enjoying this new year and look forward to what it will bring us. We will be moving sometime in the Spring and Gabe will start dental school. We both want to improve our health this year, and I am setting monthly goals for my etsy shop. Bring on 2013!!!