18 months

Owen turned a year and a half last Friday the 19th. For some reason I was particularly sentimental that day, so we did some fun things to commemerate!



We went to McDonald's for lunch






and Owen played like a big boy in the play area

then Papa Ross came over and Owen showed off some of his super cool antics like riding his toy car WITH Papa's shoes on. Owen is obsessed with shoes (90% of the time he goes for Daddy's shoes, not mine. Phew.)
Happy boy :)

Papa took us out for dinner to On the Border that night. Owen kept himself entertained by eating crayons

and coloring here and there

and for dessert he showed off his new trick - eating with a big boy spoon!

O loves his Papa

Some other things he loves:

playing with the swiffer and broom (this can keep him entertained for forever!)

wearing daddy's shoes

playing in his fort between the couches

He also loves being outdoors and running free, playing with his cousins, watching Baby Einstein and Elmo, his blocks, climbing on anything, eating snacks, dancing to loud music, reading his favorite books, taking a bath and being chased around. He is at such a fun age! He's also talking more. He says "ball" "shoes" "hi" "snack" "Papa" and of course Mommy and Daddy, among other words. He's about 28 lbs and pretty tall and lean. He's got quite a personality - he's sweet and affectionate but can also be pretty rowdy! He's all boy and we just love every second we have with him!

Valentine's Day

Had a fun V-Day with my man. I found this on the seat of the truck as we headed out for the night...

it had lots of chocolate and a sweet card

Then we grabbed a quick dinner at Rubios with O before we dropped him of at the babysitters

and Ryan and I headed off to the movies where we saw Valentine's Day (cute movie!) and then went for dessert at The Melting Pot. Wow, it was delicious.

Ryan and I and Baby Austin at 30 weeks!

L*O*V*E

Thanks Ry for a sweet Valentine's Day! Can't believe we've had 6 together but each one is better that the last!

Starbucks

"Dene"

Huh. That's a new one.

Starbucks

"Denay"

Classic. Might I mention that I go to this Starbucks every single weekend and they still spell my name wrong? Customer service #FAIL

Oh well.

What We've Been Up to

It's been a low key few weeks at our house. It's been rainy, so we've spent a lot of time just hanging out at home, withe the occasional errand or trip to the park. I've done a lot of baking and cooking though, maybe I will put up some recipes!


It was so fun to celebrate my good friend Sarah's baby at her shower last Saturday. She is 7 weeks ahead of me, so being at her shower was kind of a wake up call for me! Yikes, I'm having a baby soon too! I forget sometimes in the busyness of life and running around with a toddler.

Sarah and the hostess, Ruth
We had so much fun with the Jones' on Sunday night. They came over after church to eat dinner and to watch the season premiere of 24 with us! Yeah, go Jack Bauer! They brought steaks to grill, and I made baked potatoes. Dinner was delicious!

Owen and his Nana

On Monday Ryan had the day off for MLK day. We instituted a pajama day because it was raining and cold. So we just hung out around the house, watched movies, read books, and had some good family time!

On a pregnancy note, every thing is going very well. Totally uneventful. I had my glucose test yesterday, I've been keeping up with my regular appointments, but it's just not setting in that we're having another one! I guess I know we're having another baby, but it just seems so far off in the distant future. When I was pregnant with Owen, I spent all my time working on my baby registry, shopping for clothes, scouring Craigslist for deals, reading new mom blogs.. It sure is different already having one to keep up with! I bet that when the third trimester hits in a few weeks it will all start to set in, and I'll probably go into panic mode! Ha! Hopefully the 3rd trimester will come with that nesting urge too, which would be great. I could use the energy!

New Years!

We had a different New Years this year. For the past 4 years or so, I've hosted a party at my house, but this year it wasn't gonna happen. So we went to a party thrown by my bestie, Ruth! It was a fun night, we hung out and ate and played games.

The fabulous food layout

Host and Hostess, Jeff & Ruth

Ryan & I (and a belly shot! This was at ... 24? weeks)
Megan and Sarah - Sarah's due in March, our baby boys are 7 weeks apart!
Megan & hubby Dale

Lance & Bonnie

The gang: Bonnie, Megan, Ruth, Sarah, Erin & Me
The gang and their spouses: Lance & Bonnie, Dale & Megan, Jeff & Ruth, Matt & Sarah, Todd & Erin, Ryan & Me

Family Christmas Party

The day after Christmas we had the Jones family Christmas party. SO fun! We had family come in from California, which was a treat.

Trevor, a little excited about opening presents
Taylor and Owen playing Patty Cake

Ha! The "big kids" Chris and Ryan having a Nerf gun war

The girls! JoAnn, Susan, Me, Jan and Corbin (like my new haircut?)

Me and The Boy

Tara and I relaxing on the couch