Santa Clause!

On Black Friday we decided to take Owen to the mall to see Santa. Last year he was too small and the lines were always too long, not to mention it is ridiculously expensive for one stinkin photo. I decided that no matter what I wanted a picture of Owen on Santa's lap this year so we went with Lee's mom to the mall to get the picture. I wasn't sure exactly how he would respond and in line he seemed really excited to go up there because Santa was surrounded by some toys. Once Lee put Owen on Santa's lap though, he was NOT happy. It was hilarious! I am sorry but I think every child should have a picture of them screaming on Santa's lap. I need to scan and upload the actual picture they gave us but these are the 2 I snuck in while everyone was busy trying to calm Owen down. So funny! :)
Doesn't Santa look happy to have a screaming child on his lap?

Lost ipod!

I am so frustrated! rrg! I lost my ipod and that is the one thing I absolutely need for my job. I teach aerobics and download all my music onto my ipod to use it for my classes and yesterday it was gone. The most frustrating thing is that of course it happened right before Christmas when we are really tight on money anyways and need to save for the baby and I just feel so irritated! I either left it at the gym (which I doubt) and they don't have it in lost and found or in the back room where we get set up, or it got stolen. It is possible that Owen found it and lost it. And once Owen loses something, it goes into some black hole where it won't be found. I just want to vent about how irritated I am and now I really don't know what I am going to do for my classes. Luckily most my music is already on itunes so I just need a new ipod, but it is just coming up with the money to get one :( Looks like I will be burning some cd's for my classes for the next few weeks while I look for it. My birthday is the beginning of January so maybe I can save up money I get and get one then. I just wasn't planning on doing that! Ok enough, I just wanted to vent about it! :( I am so irritated!

Thanksgiving Point

For Christmas this year, Lee and I decided to not get each other any presents. We are trying to save money to pay for the baby and since money is tight anyways we decided to just not get each other anything. We did however, decide to buy a family present. We bought a year pass to Thanksgiving Point. We can go anywhere for free, the Dinosaur Museum, the grounds, the Barnyard, etc. The nicest part is that kids under 3 are free so we only had to buy a pass for 2 which saves us money and anyone that comes with us gets in for half price. We decided it would be a good investment for us anyways because it is so close to us and if we ever get bored we can just go to Thanksgiving Point and hang out there. A few Saturdays ago we decided to take Owen to the Museum and invited my friend Jill and Adam and their son Tate who is Owens age. It was a lot of fun. The boys ran around and had a good time. Lee actually wants to go back without Owen because he kept losing track of him and not watching him because Lee was so interested in reading about everything. Oh Lee! Anyways here are some of the pics!
Funny story, Jill and I got married 9 days apart, had our sons 9 days apart and now we are both pregnant and due 9 days apart! Creepy! Also, when we got to the museum we found out we both wore the exact same shirt! haha. So I ended up just wearing my jacket the whole time but we decided to get a picture of us anyways. Best friends for life! haha

The sweetest thing...

I sometimes wonder what Owen (or any other little kid for that matter) thinks about. What is it exactly that goes through their little brain, what kind of dreams do they have? Well, I think we have figure out what Owen likes to think about. Whenever we lay Owen down for a nap or bed, as we walk out, we can hear him chanting, "mama, daddy, feebee". Over and over.

If THAT doesn't make you feel loved and more appreciative of your family, then I don't know what will. In honor of Thanksgiving I will try to get on and post more things I am thankful for. I am so thankful for my little family, especially little Owen and listening to him chant our names as he drops off to sleep!

Hurricane Owen

Owen is a path of destruction. I love him to pieces but man, some days, you just wanna rip out your hair. We have a book called "Oops". Owen loves it. It is about a naughty little baby who learns words like "uh-oh" and "oops" by breaking things or spilling things. One of the pages shows the dog (who happens to look a lot like Feebee) with macaroni and cheese spilled all over it and the word "Uh-oh".
Yesterday I made Owen macaroni and cheese for lunch. I think you should know where this is headed. Owen dropped a handful of macaroni on the dog and said "uh-oh". On top of, earlier that morning he had done the same with his oatmeal from breakfast. I think Uh-oh is Owen's favorite word. In fact, I think that sometimes he does naughty things just so he can say uh oh and then come get me and show me.
Today comes and I decided that it was time to give the dog a bath thanks to Owen's "Uh-oh". I give her a bath and try to dry her then I get to work scrubbing our shower/bathroom. Dirty dog stink is not pleasant. While I am in the process of cleaning the tub Owen comes and gets me and says "uh oh". He had gotten into our drawers like he likes to do and pulled out my makeup and smeared my powder all over the carpet in multiple areas upstairs. Luckily, it is only powder so not a bad fix, I just need to go get the vacuum downstairs to vacuum it up. While I am vacuuming up the makeup mess Owen comes and gets me again. "Uh-oh". Oh great what this time. So I say "ok where is the uh-oh" and Owen proceeds to lead me to the top of our stairs where he thinks it is great fun to throw things down to our lower level. Toys, cars, blankets, cups, it all goes down. I look down to see a mess of a million toys and a splattered, broken, bright purple nail polish all over the floor and toys. Seriously? So I spend the next hour picking up toys, glass, sweeping and finally scrubbing each and every splatter with fingernail polish remover. It was the only thing that could get it up.
I think Owen may have learned "Uh-oh" a little too well. Time to hide that book.

Halloween!

Well, it's about time I get up some pics of our Halloween. It was so nice! This halloween wasn't freezing! Owen dressed up as a little cowboy and I was a punkrocker witch. Lee didn't dress up but he did wear a red striped sweater so I told him he was a candy cane. We had lots of fun trick or treating with Keaton and Cambry. We went around my parents neighborhood and apparently the Vice President of the Jazz live in their neighborhood and were handing out full size candy bars and Jazz tickets! So Monday after Halloween, Lee and I got the night off and went to the jazz game. What a fun Halloween!

This is the final load Owen ended up with and those are the Jazz tickets on top! Needless to say, Owen only ate about 1/10 of his candy and Lee pretty much took care of the rest! :)