Owen takes his first trip

Call us crazy, stupid or a little bit of both, but we decided to basically take a 24 hour trip up to Denver last week so Owen could see some of his aunts and uncles who haven't really seen him. In addition to the aunts and uncles, Owen got to meet one of dad's best friends Jorge, and we are already calling him Uncle Jorge. While there was some rough few hours, sorry about lunch dad, we enjoyed seeing people and watching people's reaction when they saw how big he has gotten.

It remains to be seen when we will take our next trip, but you can bet we will work more according to Owen's schedule than ours. Enjoy the pictures from our crazy trip and Owen's crazy great grandparent who had dinner for us the one night we were there.

Owen is learning new tricks all the time!!!

With September 23rd passing us by last week it is hard to believe Owen is already 4 months old. He was offically initiated to his new age with his second round of shots this morning at Dr. Goods office. He was very sad by the third poke and made sure to let the nurse and most likely the entire office know how unhappy he was with his shots. Owen's official measurements from today's visit are:

Length: 27" (95% percential)

Weight: 13.7 pounds (25% percential)

Head circumference: 41.8 cm (50% percential)

Most of the time when people find out he is only 4 months old we get the same response, "He sure is a healthy looking baby!"

Since our last post a lot of big events have happened in his world. He figured out how to roll over, eat food, and grab his toys. It is amazing to see how much he is changing and developing every day it seems. In addition to putting food in his mouth, he enjoys his hands and toys too. He has become quite the drooler and we really should have a bib on him all the time.

Can it be 3 1/2 months already?????

We first have to apologize for the loooong delay in updating our blog, parenting is more time consuming than we could have ever imagined. Since we last updated our blog Owen has had his first shots, visitors from Chicago (The Finks), and celebrated his 3 month birthday! It is truly amazing to see how quickly he is changing and how each day he discovers something new. Owen now enjoys some of the following activies:

- Eating his hands . . .he is still trying to get both in at the same time but only seems to succeed in making himself spit up

- Drooling all over the place, coupled with spitting the drool

- Hearing himself talk and yell

- Trying to roll over, so far he is only half way there, he can make it to his side but then gets stuck

We are looking forward to a surprise trip to Denver later this month to see family and Jorge who will be up from Panama.