Here is a onsie I want for Owen on Cafe Press

Boy what a rough night!

Well for Owens first day he had to leave early to go to the Doctor. He has a cold with a touch of the croup. But not too bad. He is not coughing a lot..more just wheezing but the doctor said he is getting enough air and not straining to breath. The teacher said that he did good for his first day. She was holding him when I came to get him so that put me at ease.

Well last night Owen fell off the bed. It about gave me a heart attack. He did not even cry..just whimpered when I ran over to get him..more confused than anything. Thank God we have carpet. Of course I woke up Wes and got online to Dr. Sears and researched falls. He said they are no big deal unless the child is unconscious (which he was not!!) and that it happens a lot. He also said to keep an eye on them for 24 hours to make sure no bones are dislocated or they do not have a concussion. I think he is fine. I stripped him down and did a twice over..and no broke bones or bruises. He woke up fine this morning (so more than likely no concussion)..but I still feel so bad. It was totally my fault I forgot to put his pillow up by him. At least he is not hurt.

Hopefully today will be a better day.....

My Big Boy

Well here we go...Owen is starting his first day of daycare (or school as they call it) at Growing Kids tomorrow. I got the phone call on Monday that they had an opening and they called us. She said she called me even though I was #44 on the list because I would call and ask where I was on the list. I have a whole lot of mixed feelings about it. Its nice because it is closer (timed it today..took me five minutes to get there), and he will be with kids his own age..but him being there brings up a whole new set of anxieties for me. Like, what if he falls and hurts himself. Or how long will they let him cry in his crib before they get him, will he be scared, what if he gets sick all the time, what if they are mean to him, what if and what if and what if the list could go on forever. I met the two teachers and you can tell they both love babies a lot so I should not be too worried. But it will take a while for me to get use to..probably longer for me than Owen. I will also miss the 100% trust that I had in Tara and our morning talks. Now going to work in the morning will be all business...drop off the kid..go to work..pick up the kid..ect...He has a long week this week too..I am going to work on Friday. Might as well make some extra money. I will leave when my tour is over during the week so he will not have to stay there longer than he has to. This week at least. Once he is use to it I will start working over for credit.

Well he was so cute tonight. He did not want to go to sleep and we let him fight it for an hour or so. So finally I had Wes take the Glider to our bedroom and it was about 10 min later he was out in my arms. It was so sweet. I just rocked him for a while..loving on him. He smells so good and he is so lovable. Which he loves to hug now and it is so sweet. Plus he is crawling on his hands and knees like crazy now. We also started music class for him again this past Saturday. He was indifferent this class..but I think it is because we woke him up to go. Wes came with us. I think it was a great family thing to do.

I am starting weight watchers..woo hoo. I need it. I am doing the at home program so once I am off here I am going to read it so I know what to do. I have a general idea because I was on it before. I hope it works. I need to start swimming too. It will only work if I also exercise. I plan on it soon. I might as well I am paying for it. Well not much else at this time...

Sweet Dreams

My little man is currently in bed sleeping with daddy. It is too cute!!! I can not believe that he is going to be one years old in just a few months. He is such a doll face. When he smiles and laughs it just melts my heart. Even when he whines and sticks out both his upper and lower lips..its just too cute. He is very strong willed these days. I will tell him NO and you would think it was the end of the world. He cries and throws a tantrum. Its too much!!

Wes broke out the Medicine Ball yesterday, which is a 10 Ib ball that you throw around for exercise. Owen is terrified of it. He crawls to me as fast as he can and cries. We of course put it away but it is so funny that he is scared of a ball. Then yesterday Wes crashed the little flying helicopter on Owens face. That made him mad. But he is not scared of that..

Yesterday we went to see Mike and Myriah's little girl Margaux (I think this how it is spelled) Olivia. She is so cute. She has a perfectly round face and dark hair. So little compared to Owen. It was fun holding a little bitty baby again. She made all those cute little baby faces and sounds. So sweet.

Hard to believe that I am currently shopping for Owen's first birthday party. I know I have a few months to go but I do not want to get stuck getting everything all at once so I am starting early. I already got him three gifts. I am also going to get him a doll. Its a Waldorf doll and so cute and cuddly. I think dolls are good for little boys. Teaches them how to be gentle and caring. But once I get it I think I am going to have my grandma Sew his name on it..just to add a special touch. Then we bought him a gift a long time ago for cheap on Amazone. So far he has five things from us. I think that is where I am going to stop with the gifts..now I have to focus on the cake, invitations and decorations. I think I am going to have a precious moments theme. I think they are really cute!!!

Well I am going back to work after being off for a week. It is pretty stressful for me. I LOVED being home with Owen. I am going to miss him greatly. I need to get on it and let them know I want to move to the Elkhart office again. They will hopefully give in one day. I dont know if I can handle feeling this stressed every time I have to return to work after a vacation.

OH and lastly Sasha. Poor girl was chased through our yard by two big dogs the other day. This time she was smart enough to run as fast as she could and boy did she ever. Its funny now that she did not get hurt but I was pretty panicked when I saw her running. I was yelling out "RUN SASHA RUN!!!" and she listened. I grabbed her up and shooed off the other dogs..luckily they ran away when they saw me and did not come after me..since at that point I had Sasha in my arms. That poor dog has had no luck lately.

Not much else happening...

Bye Bye

Not too many crazy things have happened lately. It has seemed to be pretty calm around here. Owen has been waving bye bye to himself..which is pretty darn cute. He also gets so naughty now when he is tired. It is so funny but not all at the same time. His new thing lately is that he has to sleep right on top of me. Luckily once I get him to sleep he will let me move him off me...

It is snowing here like crazy. Its so pretty and I am sure we have gotten over a foot of snow. Funny because for Christmas there was none..and now for New Years we have a ton. Speaking of New Years..WOW!!! Another year is upon us. Hard to believe that I started this blog a year ago..Even harder to believe that Owen is going to be ONE this year. My life is flying by. I swear it was just July a few weeks ago??????

OK the typing skills are pretty low right now. I am so tired..Its midnight and I have already been in bed for a little while..just had to get up to fill the humidifier with water..so thought since I had a free moment I would blog for a second. But honestly I can not hardly think right now..so back to bed I go...

GOOD NIGHT

Its a wonderful life...

Well everything is going good since I last wrote. Owen is just getting so big. We had his nine month check up on Sat. the 22nd of December. All is well with him. He is a big boy...23 pounds which puts him at the 90th percentile. I gave him some sliced peaches the other day and he did ok eating them. He is a bit finicky with new foods. It may take him a bit to want to try something new..especially since he just got the taste for the mushed up stuff. He is also cruising the couch and pulling himself up on it, all by himself. I swear he says mom or mama at times. Still just a bunch of babbling. HE IS SO CUTE when he smiles. Lots of whining these days. I think he has more teeth coming in. So far there are 4 on top and 2 on bottom. Visible that is. He is going through the stranger anxiety thing. He wants nothing to do with people he does not know. Especially when he is tired!! He has a mind of his own that is for sure. He thinks it soooo funny when you tell him "no" and when you pull his hand off things. I was telling the doctor and she said I should read books on The Strong Willed Child. Luckily my mom already got me one. The doctor also said children who are strong willed are normally very bright. Like the sound of that. I was reading in a book I have that talks about the day you were born, and it says he is destined to be a lawyer.....I can fly with that career for him. LOL!!! I guess were a ways from that day..but I really will support him in any decision he makes. Owen had his first Christmas party at his Grandpa Hoogenbooms. He had fun opening his gifts. He got an outfit from Grandma and Grandpa Hoogenboom and a duckie toy from his Great Grandma and Grand pa Hoogenboom. His Grandma Gardner sent him 50 bucks..which we put into his savings account. The boy is gonna have money for college one day..I will be sure of that. My friend Stacy got him a super cute toy that is a giraffe that has openings in its head, legs and arms and you take little balls that came with it and drop it down its head or arms and the balls come out of his feet. It makes sounds once you drop the ball. Owen is really good at putting the balls in the holes. It is so cute. So far that is what he has gotten for Christmas. Were going to Grandma Murphy's today (Dec. 24) and my mom is also coming over. It should be fun.

So far so good for Wes and me too. Wes is doing great at work. Work is going pretty good for me too. They are talking about giving South Bend the locality pay of Chicago. That would ROCK!!! Especially since I am part time. I seem to be doing pretty good on keeping my work load down. I am excited about that. I just wish my drive was not as long. I would much rather be home with Owen. But if we get the locality pay increase then I do not mind at all driving there cuz it will be a nice increase. Plus I think Bush is going to give us a 3.5% increase this year. A lot better than his 1.2% increase last year...He also gave us December 24th off work which is pretty cool of him. I do not think that has ever happened since I have worked there. You have to at least work half a day. So that is cool..

I am seriously gaining weight big time. I need to go on a diet. Wes and I are going to take turns getting out by ourselves and I think I am going to use my time to go work out at the GYM. Yep I really really need to do just do it. And stop eating so many sweets all at once.

Well better get back to bed or I am not going to function properly in the AM when Owen gets me up.

Merry Christmas...

One year today

Wes and I have been married for one year today. How cool is that. We were talking about how fast this year has gone by. It is like our lives have been put into fast forward. We have a had a lot happen this year. Owen was born, we have been in our house for two years, Sasha about died twice, I lost my wedding rings, I freaked out about going back to work..etc..It has all happened so fast. It is crazy.

Wes and I went on a date last night. It was fun. We finally got to go eat at the Chubby Trout. I got the Chubby Trout for dinner. It was great. Wes get sauteed blue gill. YUMMY also. It was a great place. I had a couple of glasses of wine with dinner and boy did I ever get buzzed. I actually zonked out when we got home. It made me so tired. Also yesterday I got my hair dyed. It looks so cool. It has red and really blond highlights in it. I LOVE IT!! For the first time ever I love my hair so much. It cost a bundle though.

Today Owen and I went to yoga class. He about wore me out. He is super active boy. He is all boy. He was farting and laughing about it and he was flirting with the one little girl that was in the class. It was so cute. Next week I will be able to post a picture of the class. It is the last one and were gonna do a group photo. I wish I would have had one of the Bradley class..that of course was before Owen.

We took Owen to get his picture with Santa at the mall today. He loved him. Thought he was a fun guy. It was cute. I wonder if he will react the same next year or if he will be scared. I thought he would be scared because last night when we dropped Owen off at Tim and Lauras Owen saw Dubec and FREAKED OUT. It was cute and sad all at the same time. He screamed at the top of his lungs. Of course by the time we picked him up he loved Dubby Due. It was too funny.

Not much else happening. Just a few short weeks until Owen's first Christmas. How fun is that!