Splash pad and park

We visited a new (to us) splash pad and park that's close to our house this morning.  Owen wasn't so sure about the splash pad, but he liked watching the other kids.  He had a lot of fun playing at the park. He's getting to the age now where I feel like I need to have some kind of activity planned on days that I'm home with him and this was perfect.

 I don't know about this, Mom.

Hmm, those kids seem to be having fun.

This is the most fun I've had all day!

My wonderful husband

I'm always talking about Owen and he IS the most amazing baby ever, but I want to brag a bit on Marcus too.  Tuesday night, after working all day and taking care of Owen while I worked late, he made a delicious dinner that included Mahi-mahi, potatoes, a cucumber tomato salad, and homemade peach ice cream.  He also brought me these.

He is so thoughtful and always makes me feel special.  He works so hard for our family and is a wonderful dad. I'm so thankful for him!

21 Months

Time is continuing to fly by!  I can't believe Owen will be two in three more months.  He's learning so many new things every day. Of course, I have to tell you about his language skills-I'm slightly obsessed... He is using more and more two combinations and just understands so much. He is really into using the possessive "s".  He points to items all around the house and says, "Mama's", "Dada's", and "Owen's". My favorite was when he pointed to bug spray and said "Mama's".  Apparently, I'm the bug killer of our house. He loves to play with his cars and is good about sharing them.  If he wants me to come with him to look at something, he takes my hand and says "walk".  He has started saying "love you" and gives great hugs and kisses.  He makes me so happy every day!!!

 When the pool is out, there is more pouring than swimming, but he loves it!  He looks like a little surfer, so blonde and tan.

He finally got in!

 Eating cereal like a big boy

Summer fun and a visit from Nana and Pawpaw

 Everyone loves spaghetti night!

 His first taste of watermelon this summer

 He's the sweetest boy in the world! This is the 4th of July outfit from Crackerbarrel.

 Reading with Pawpaw

 He will play cars all day!  

Hanging out with Nana.  He loves all of his grandparents so much!

20 months and a fun weekend

Owen is 20 months plus a week and a half.  He's wearing size 24 month clothes and size 5 shoes. He has been a little more clingy to me than usual, wanting me to hold him a lot around the house.  I think part of it is that he just wants to know what's going on.  He is talking more and more everyday.  He probably uses over 100 words now and is using some 2 word combinations.  He is still a big Elmo fan, but Ernie is becoming a favorite too.  He loves to read and I really feel like he has a great attention span for his age.  He will sit on my lap while I read for as long as I keep reading.  Some foods he really likes are bananas, saltine crackers, and pasta.  He likes to feed Heinz, so we have to keep an eye on him so Heinz doesn't get too much table food.

Last weekend, Marcus's parents visited.  We had a nice trip to the zoo and did a little shopping.  Owen enjoyed going to Bass Pro and seeing the fish and had so much fun playing with his grandparents.We had a date night Friday night after Owen went to bed.  It was so wonderful!!! We went to Dave and Buster and played some games (we're both pretty nerdy and love the trivia game there) and then to the Cheesecake Factory for appetizers and dessert.

I don't have many pictures from last weekend, but here are a few from the zoo.

zoo and splashing

Last weekend, we took Owen to the zoo.  I've taken him by myself a few times lately, but this was the first time   Marcus had gotten to go with us in a long time.  

 Let's go this way!

 He loves the Children's Zoo section.  It has farm animals that you can pet and brush.

So happy!

Sunday night, they had a great children's event at church called Splash into Summer.  There were inflatable water slides for the big kids, bounce houses, sprinklers, and snacks.  I would have LOVED something like this as a kid.

 There are a ton of pretty girls around Owen's age, but he wasn't thrilled about posing with them.

I love the look on his face in this one!

Memorial Day Weekend (2 weeks later)

Memorial Day weekend was especially nice.  Marcus hasn't had a long weekend in months and we were so glad to have some extra time with him. Saturday, we had breakfast and Crackerbarrel with a sweet lady we go to church with. I found an adorable 4th of July outfit for Owen there. That night, we went to a birthday party for our friend Jennifer.  She and her husband, Matt, moved right before Owen has born and have a little boy who is 2 months younger than O.  It was so great to see them and the boys had fun swimming together. Sunday after church, I went shopping at Utica Square and Target with Patrice.  (I've kind of been on a shopping kick lately!) Sunday night we went to our new favorite sushi restaurant with our friends Joe and Katy.  Monday we just stayed home.  I had planned to buy a wading pool for Owen, but he was having tummy problems and swimming didn't seem like a good idea.  It was still nice just to have a day at home together.