Mimi and Auntie Rose

So last weekend was my wonderful Baby Shower. Owen's Mimi and Auntie Rose both came down from Colorado for the occasion and were so thankful to have some Owen time as well. Mimi was able to stay for 8 days and Auntie Rose got to come for the weekend. He had so much fun playing with them and was so sad when they had to leave. Somehow I barely got any pictures of them with Owen mainly because we were just so busy, but here are the few I do have.

Here is Owen and his Auntie Rose. He had so much fun with her especially since he hasn't seen her since Christmas. She was so impressed with how smart our little Owen is and he wasn't shy at showing off everything he could do.

Here is Owen and Mimi playing in the wonderful play room. They don't look happy to see each other at all. Owen misses his Mimi so much, he walks around the house saying,"Mimi where are you?" then he looks up at me and says in a super sad voice, "Mimi in Colorado". Its so sad it kills me!

Swim Lessons

One of the many things that has been keeping Owen and I so busy lately is Swimming Lessons. Me and my two BFF's enrolled the kiddos in their first swim classes ever. It was every morning for about 45 minutes for two weeks. The kids had a blast and they all napped exceptionally well after class. Hallelujah. They had so much fun learning together and even encouraged one another to try new things. It was well worth the money. I do have to say that going swimming every morning for two weeks killed me and my 7.5 month pregnant body. I think I was more exhausted than Owen. Sad but true. Enjoy the pictures.

Olivia, Kaitlyn, Libby, Cami, Owen and I. Awe, I love these girls!

Owen loved kicking his legs while swimming.

Here is Owen and Livie jumping off the side into the pool. This was by far Owens favorite thing to do at swim lessons. Toward the end he was getting so confident that he didn't even want me there to catch him. Uh-oh, I'm in trouble!

Owen and Cami playing with the body board.

Owen was also a very big fan of this awesome frog slide.
This was also something Owen wanted no help with. If I was waiting at the bottom he would tell me to move over so he could go down all by himself. Uh, the Independence is killing me. And here is Owen with his swim instructor Cody. They had a lot of fun together and Cody was quite impressed with Owen swimming abilities at just 2 years old. On the last day of class they had a fun party day and they all got report cards from the 2 weeks. Cody has officially passed Owen on to the next class which is normally for 4 year olds. Little stinker. Owen and Mommy. Awe!

Play Day

Yesterday for our weekly play day with our friends we decided to do some good ole backyard fun. We set up our two blow up pools, a giant beach ball that sprays water, the sandbox and the slide and let the kids run around and have fun. Everyone also brought sack lunches and the kids got to enjoy a nice outdoor picnic. The kids had an absolute BLAST! They all kept going back and forth from one pool to the other having the time of their lives. I think we even had a successful day with no sharing issues or any major meltdowns. What an awesome time! Enjoy the pictures. Abby and Owen having fun in his new frog pool he got for his Birthday. If your wondering why Owen is looking up instead of at the camera, it was because he spotted a plane flying by. The kid is obsessed with airplanes. Now it was Cami's turn to have some fun with Abby in the frog pool. Here is the only picture of the whole gang in the Big Pool all together. They really had a blast!Beautiful Olivia swirling her little leg around in the water. Owen and Miles. Owen was pretty good about getting into the pool by himself, but not so much trying to get out. Here is Abby trying to help Cami into the pool. So precious. Enjoying some nice picnic time.

Olivia, Abby and Owen playing in the Sandbox. Yes they were little muddy messes after this.

Owen got this awesome Giant Sprinkler Beach Ball for his Birthday. Abby loved this thing and had so much fun trying to roll it around and spray all us adults. We were big babies and were running away from her. I absolutely love Olivia's expression in this picture. Priceless!This was so cute! Owen was blowing bubbles in the water and Abby thought he was so funny. Every time he came back up they would crack up and then Abby would push his head back in the water so he would blow more bubbles. They played so well together yesterday. BFF's

Memorial Day BBQ

Unfortunately Brandon was not lucky enough to get Memorial Day off and had to work :( but on an up note our very good friends had a little BBQ get together that kept Owen and I occupied and very well fed. Brandon stopped by after work to eat some left overs (which were delicious by the way) and to at least say hello to everyone as they were on their way out. Our friends Matt & Libby have been hard at work landscaping their backyard for about the last month on and off and I think all their hard work and intense labor really paid off. Their yard looks amazing and everyone had a great time enjoying the outdoors and watching all the kids run around and play. Here are a couple pictures from the evening.

Here is Owen and Livie. She has no shirt on because she ran away from her parents half way through them trying to change her into her PJs. I guess she just wasn't finished playing yet!

Here is a picture of Matt, Matt & Matt with Olivia and Owen. Its not a joke either. Apparently I am the only one of my friends that didn't marry a Matt. O well, I like being different. Lol.

House Changes...

So as you all know Brandon and I have been super busy, basically since March, trying to rearrange four rooms in our house to make room for our newest little addition. We basically changed four rooms in our house. It may not sound like much work, but changing four rooms also meant some major closet cleaning and rearranging which is really what really took the longest amount of time. It is amazing how much junk you can accumulate over years, but I am sure glad we got it all done! Here are some pictures of our transformations.
So, Owen's room was the first room we tackled which was honestly the easiest, hints why we started there. We didn't repaint or have to clean out any closets and drawers so it was basically harmless. We did however, get rid of all his nursery furniture (or moved it to Autumn's Room) and bought him a cool new "Big Boy Bed", new night stand and dresser. We also moved in his cool train table into his room so he has stuff to play with upstairs since his play room with all his toys are downstairs. Again sorry, its a bit messy, but really what can you expect a 2 year old lives in this room.
His room is still in an awkward transition from baby nursery to a little boys room. It is still half sail boat theme and now half Mickey Mouse themed. O well, it will get done someday. I also need to get him darker curtains so I can take down the tacky blanket hanging over his curtains to make the room dark, but hey you do what you have to when your kid likes his room dark at night. Can you say High Maintenance?!?

So the next room we moved onto was the Formal Living Room... We used to have a Bookcase, Sofa, Love seat, Chair and Coffee Table in the Formal Living Room, but we honestly never used the room so we decided to transform it into our new Office. Our Office used to be in our downstairs bedroom, but we needed to free that room up to now be our Guest Bedroom. I think the room actually looks better as an office, probably because all the old furniture that used to be in there was all hand-me-down stuff that wasn't really my style, but hey it was free so I never complained. I still need to make curtains for the 3 giant windows on the left, but like I said I have had no free time lately. It will all get done one day at a time, at least that's what I keep telling myself!



The Next Room was the Old Office which we now transformed into our new Guest Bedroom...
So this room used to be our office. I chose the green paint to make the dark office furniture not make the room look so tiny. I was determined to avoid repainting the room so I was on a mission to find a comforter set that looked good with the existing wall color. I am pleased with how the room turned out, although I do still need to hang a few pictures up and get some curtains, but again one thing at a time. This room was one of the more difficult to complete since we had to completely clean the closet out since it was where we always ended up throwing things we weren't sure what to do with. It was not fun but it got done.


And last but definitely not least, Autumn's Nursery...
This room is the third bedroom upstairs that we used to use as are Guest Bedroom, but of course we wanted both kids upstairs with us, so bye bye Guest Room, Hello Nursery. Did you notice Owen sitting in his old Rocking Chair? Lol, he was determined to get in at least one of these pictures! We were very fortunate to transition Owen to his "Big Boy Bed" a little early so we didn't have to buy new Nursery Furniture and just used what used to be Owen's. So since the walls were already grey I was determined to choose a bedding set that went with the grey so we didn't have to completely repaint the room. See a trend here? I fell in love with this bed set and was so lucky My Mom and Sister pitched in and bought it for us. We love it, Thanks Guys!!!!!Of course I couldn't just leave the nursery Grey without adding a little pink! Brandon and I added the Pink, Black and White accent strips to go along with the bedding set. We had a fun time painting and trying to picture what our precious little girl will think of her new room outside of mommy's belly! Of all the rooms we did, the Nursery is by far my favorite! It came out better than I originally visioned. Hope you enjoyed the tour of our new house, now all we are waiting on is a baby to officially complete all our hard work.

2 Year Check Up

This past Thursday Brandon and I took Owen to his pediatrician for his 2 year check up and shots. Everything looked good. He is a healthy growing 2 year old who is too smart for his own good and his measurements are as follows,

Weight: 27 lbs. & 40th Percentile

Height: 36.5 in & 90th Percentile

Head: 47.5 cm & 20th Percentile

So in simple terms, Owen is Tall, Average Weight with a Small Head. Lol. We did have a talk to the doctor about a concern we have had for the past few months, which is that Owen refuses and can't eat with a spoon yet. Most kids can feed themselves with a spoon by themselves around 18 months. So he suggested working really hard with him on it for the next month and if we don't see any improvements during the next month that we should set up an appointment to see an occupational therapist. Please pray we get this down and can avoid therapy.

Yesterday I went to lunch with my Mom and left Owen and Daddy at home for a couple hours. Well, Daddy is amazing and played with Owen and when it came to lunch time he sat Owen down and talked him through this whole spoon process. Sometimes, I guess boys just need lessons from their Dad's because he is doing so good. I have tried working with him in the past and have gotten no where, but after a few meals of Daddy's teaching, Owen can now feed himself a bowl of Applesauce with a spoon all by himself, which is a HUGE improvement! He is still refusing to try feeding himself other foods with the sppon, but this is definitely a huge leap in the right direction. I am sure it is still going to take lots of Practice, Time & Patience until he is all the was there, but Big High Five to Daddy for getting him this far in just two short days!

The Past Couple Weeks...

I decided I would do a brief little update with what we have been up to the past couple weeks since my blogging has been lacking a little. Besides being busy trying to get the house all ready, rearranged and clean for our baby girls arrival we have been trying to keep our 2 year old little boy entertained, busy and away from the TV. We have officially finished all the room rearranging and have finally completed our daughters nursery. Pictures to come soon, I promise. Since the weather is finally starting to get nice out, which means high 70's to low 80's without wind, we have been trying to play outdoors. A couple weeks ago we walked down to our friends house in the neighborhood to play in the grass with a sprinkler toy.

Here is Owen and my friends son Aiden taking a break from the sprinkler to eat a delicious Popsicle!Averie decided she wanted in on this picture action too! Aren't they so cute? Owen loves playing with these two. Most of his friends are around the same age as him, so these two seem to really fascinate him since they are older! Aiden is 5 and Averie is 3 and Owen really tries to keep up with the both of them.

Later that same day we were invited to go to Aiden's 5th Birthday Party at Peter Piper Pizza. All the kids had a blast! I can't believe how big all these kids are getting. I remember going to Aidens 2nd Birthday not too long ago. Gosh, where does all the time go?

Here is Owen playing on a couple rides at the Birthday Party. He had a blast and passed out in the car on the drive home. Poor kid really wore himself out!


And when the days are yucky and windy out we still manage to keep Owen entertained! Last week for play day, Jess and I took Owen and Abby to this awesome indoor pool that is pretty new, I think it just opened last summer. The Kids had a blast and Owen cried extremely hard when we had to leave. Good thing we start swim lessons in two weeks! My kid has turned into a little fish and absolutely loves playing in the water.

It was really hard to get any fun and exciting pictures of them since, 1.) I couldn't take my camera in the water with me and 2.) If Owen was doing something fun and exciting that meant i needed to be right next to him so he didn't drown. Anyway you get the idea. Owen wanted to go down that big red slide in the background so bad, but unfortunately he was too short and way too young. I guess my dare devil 2 year old will just have to wait a few years. Abby is so adorable. Her and Owen had so much fun playing in the pool together. So if you notice the frog behind Owen it is a slide that is designed for kids 7 and under since they can't go on the big one. Owen and Abby had a blast playing on this little frog slide. Towards the end they didn't even want me and Jess at the bottom to catch them. Who knew 2 year old's were so big and independent?

So aside from all our fun outings lately, Owen has really enjoyed playing with all his new toys he got for his Birthday.

For those of you who don't know Owen is OBSESSED with Mickey Mouse, so naturally he received a ton of Mickey Mouse gifts for his Birthday. Here he is playing with this cool little Mickey Mouse car he got. He loves this thing. It even talks to him when he pushes it. And here is the awesome Mickey Mouse Backpack that his Auntie Megan and Uncle Dan sent him from California. He carries it around all the time, along with his new Mickey Mouse Sippy Cup! And here is Owen and Daddy playing in the awesome sandbox he got from his Nana and Pampo. He would play outside all day with this thing, if the dang wind would just stop blowing I would let him! He was also lucky enough to get all these fun sand toys too from his Birthday. What a spoiled little boy! Thanks again everyone for all the wonderful gifts.