Dr. Owen Burgess

For those of you who don't know, one of Owen's Aunties is a Nurse. She loves her job so much she decided she would start preparing Owen to follow in her footsteps. At her hospitals gift shop they have scrubs in all different sizes, so of course Auntie Jessi picked up a pair for her favorite little nephew! Owen loves wearing them they are so comfortable. Doesn't he look all grown up?Here he is being silly, his specialty!

Hoot's Play Day

This week for Play Day we took the kids on a field trip. We went to a place called Hoot's! Hoot's is an indoor play area with ton's of bouncy things to play on. Wednesday mornings are preschool play so all the kids are 6 and under, so our little one's we not getting trampled on by bigger kids.

Admission was only $4 and parents are free. It was a BLAST and well worth the money! And it wasn't only a blast for Owen, parents are allowed to play on all the stuff and it is so much fun and quite a workout! They have a giant jungle gym maze, a giant bouncy slide, and tons of other bouncy stuff to play on. Here are some pictures of Owen and Abby running around and jumping on everything. Wow, imagine how good nap time is going to be today! Check back in May for more pictures from Hoots. We have officially decided that we are having Owen's 2nd Birthday there!Here is Owen, Owen and Abby in the waiting room, waiting for us to pay.Owen walking on the tight-rope!This jungle gym thing was pretty fun, but once you go in there is only one way to come out and it is quite a long walk up and down, up and down!
See what I mean. Up and down!
Owen and Abby wrestling! Too funny. This was hilarious. Abby was insisting that Owen should give her a "piggy" back ride. Owen kept looking at her like she was crazy and she should really get off his back! These two crack me up.As you can tell by both of their facial expressions, they had so much fun!Here is Owen asking me for help by signing. It was a serious work out trying to get myself and Owen up the ladder to go down the slide, and of course Owen wanted to go again and again and again.

Happy 2010!!!!!!

Happy New Years Everyone! I hope you all had a nice and safe New Year celebration. As for Brandon and I we had a super laid back night! Since I was just getting back to feeling better and it's too dangerous to be out on the roads with all the people out partying we decided to stay in. We had some of our very good friends over and welcomed in the New Year together. It was a great time! We put the kids to bed around 8:00pm and then we stayed up playing video games and card games until the ball dropped. I have to say that my Sparkling Grape Juice was amazingly delicious and serious props to me for making it to midnight! All in all we really loved our laid back celebration! On New Years morning I made a very delicious breakfast and had my parents over to eat it. I made a really yummy Breakfast casserole and the always delicious Monkey Bread! Owen even helped me make it. Then we spent the rest of the afternoon over at our friends house, the same friends we spent New Years Eve with, watching the College Bowl games and eating chili. I am seeing a trend here with all this eating, good thing the holidays are over!Here is Owen rolling the dough for the Monkey Bread.And here he is throwing the dough into the cinnamon-sugar mixture!

So, the other big News of the New Year is that Owen has decided he wants to start potty training. He is getting really good at telling me when he needs to go "poopy". I am so amazed at how smart he is, I wasn't going to start until he turned 2, but he is really into this whole Potty thing. On New Years day he went number 1 and 2 in the Potty while we were at our friends house. Such a big boy! He has only actually gone in the potty about 2 times, but he is really excited about it and loves sitting on the toilet! Here are some pictures of Owen on the Potty at home, don't worry they are all censored and no nudity!He loves to point down and say "pee-pee" too funny!Seriously, look at how happy he is. If you say "Owen do you need to go potty?" he darts off to the bathroom

Our Trip to Denver for Christmas

So along with the Christmas slide show below, I have finally got around to posting some pictures from our trip to Denver for Christmas. Since I only felt good the first 2 days there, most of these pictures are from then. We had a great time while we could. The first couple pictures are from our time spent with Brandon's Dad. Owen had so much fun at his Grandpa's house and really loved stealing his recliner chair. He also had a blast playing in the patch of left over snow in his backyard and helping Grandpa open and close the garage door! The very best was when we got to take Grandpa's dog Sierra to the Dog Park! Owen was so amazed with all the Dog's and couldn't stop saying "Woof, Woof!" After our stay with Brandon's Dad we headed on to see his Mom. We stayed at her house the last 2 nights in Denver. I think Owen had equally as much fun there. He loved running up and down all her stairs and turning on all the radios in her house! A few other things we did was meet up with some of our really good friends, Travis & Heather, for breakfast and then later for a night of bowling with them. We also went to a mall to walk around and Owen and I even got to take a ride on a little train there! Last but not least we went to the Denver Aquarium with Brandon's Aunt, Uncle and cousins for a day of fun. Enjoy the pictures.

Christmas 2009

Okay, so I know it's a week and a half after Christmas, but I am finally getting around to posting some pics from Christmas. Thanks to every one's prayers and an amazingly helpful husband I am finally feeling normal again. Well, however normal you can feel being 9 weeks pregnant and a mommy of a 19 month old! The first couple of pictures are from our house with Owen opening his presents from his Auntie & Uncle and his Nana & Pampo before we headed off to Denver. Since I was so sick the pictures aren't the greatest, but I tried really hard to get what I could. Owen got so many nice gifts and people were way too generous. I will try and post some more pictures later of him actually playing with his new toys. Here is a list of some cool things Owen got: A new wardrobe including shoes, a Tricycle, a play tent, a train set, an Elmo construction truck, Diego's Rescue Pack, a potty, a remote control car, puzzles, books, a basketball hoop, and the list goes on. Thank you everyone for all your generous gifts. Owen now has more stuff then he or I know what to do with, J/K. Enjoy the pictures!