Owen's Blog is Moving

Well we officially reached our Free Storage limit on www.babywillett.blogspot.ca which has forced me to create a new blog. But I think its fitting as Owen is no longer a baby anymore - but is an active toddler experiencing new adventures everyday. So I decided to title his new blog: Owen's Adventures.  There is a link to his baby blog on the top of the page and on the sidebar so if any of you get nostalgic and want to come back here and look back at pictures of him pre 16.5 months old, that blog is still there! Enjoy!

Come see what Owen is up to on www.owenlovestoplay.blogspot.ca and save it to your favorites or follow the blog!

Playdate & Reading books!

 On Saturday we went for a playdate at Owen's friend Ksenia's house.  Owen loved Ksenia's little sofa. They sat there together so nicely. Here is a picture of Owen trying to give Ksenia a kiss!

I had my hands full here!

Ksenia just became a big sister 2.5 weeks ago. This is her baby brother Luka.  Owen looks huge compared to Luka right now but they are only 15 months apart.  They will likely be good playmates once Luka gets a big bigger.

Owen enjoyed chilling on Ksenia's sofa turned hidabed

Owens is taking more and more of a liking to books lately. He grabs them and reads to himself. His favorite book is "Say Goodnight". Here are some pictures of him reading it.  He gets us to read it to him over and over and over again.  Good thing is is only 5 pages long with one sentance per page, lol!

Owen is becoming very affectionate lately. He loves to give hugs and kisses. Here he is hugging his teddy bear.

 

Halloween

Owen had a great Halloween this year. Even though it was technically his second Halloween, it was the first one that he got to go trick or treating. We went to about 12 houses on our street. At each house he woudl march up to the door and wave hello. He was curious to see inside each persons homes and in some homes he walked right in and went down their front hall! He loved grabbing candy out of the dish and putting it in his bag. He really seemed to be having a good time.

This is a picture taken at a Halloween event on Oct 29 at the Oakville Parent Child centre:

Owen and his friend Kaitlyn busy making halloween crafts:

Daddy carmed a pumpkin

Little Stinker

Hmmm chocolate this looks interesting

yummy!

16 Months old and starting to talk!

Owen is starting to say a few words!...

Enjoying October

Owen is a busy boy these days. He goes to day care 5 days a week and then on Saturday we have signed him up at The Little Gym of Oakville in the "Birds" class which is a kindergym class for 12-18 month olds. Lots of his friends are in that class including Ksenia, Kaitlyn, Maksim, Lily, and Alessia. He will be doing this class every Saturday at 9 a.m. until the end of the year. On Saturdays, immediately following his gym class he has Toddler story time at WhiteOaks library in Oakville. Ksenia and Kaitlyn are also in this class, along with his other friends Jack and Justin. On Sundays Owen is in swimming lessons - Parent and Tot 2 (he completed Parent and Tot 1 last winter). This class is not a class like his Pedia swim class where he learns infant survival skills- this is just a regular Parent and tot class where the kids just have fun including splashing around, blowing bubbles, kicking their feet, standing on the edge and jumping into their parents arms etc. They also practice dunking their heads under the water. Owen is a pro at this! Here are some pictures of Owen at the library before story time and in story time last weekend:

Last year for Halloween Owen dressed as a pumpkin and a doggy. This year Owen is dressing as a little Skunk! He had a Halloween party last weekend at his friend Justin's house and this is him dressed up before we left for the party.  His costume says "little stinker" on the back of it!

Owen and his friend Annabelle loved Justin's cat

Here are some of Owen's friends in their costumes. Kaitlyn is a princess, Alistair is a Prince, Annabelle is a bunny rabbit, Ksenia is a kitty cat, Camden is an elephant, Nicholas is a tiger, Wyatt is a monkey, and Justin is the Incredible Hulk.

It was pretty challenging to get a group photo of all the kids and moms as you can see. Someone should of got a pic of all the Dad's taking pics!

Owen had a great week last week spending it with Grammy and Grampy while his daycare provider Sue Sue was on vacation.  This is a pic we tried to get on the morning my parents were leaving for their drive to Florida. Even though it might not look at it based on Owen's facial expression in this pic, he loves his Grammy and Grampy and had a great week with them!

Family picture taken at Derrick & Nancy's last weekend

 All ready for daycare on a rainy day!

 Enjoying the beautiful fall weather!

 I no longer need to walk Charlie myself anymore- Owen walks her now! They are a great pace for each other so it works out well!

 Playing with all his toys in the garage

 This weekend we had a visit from cousin Erica.  This is Erica and Owen at Jack Astors.

Owen playing with a new toy that Erica got for him.

Owen isn't really saying any concrete words yet, however one word he has been saying lately is "Up". Here's a video of him saying his new favorite word:

Owen is alrady learning an appreciation of music:

Happy Boy!

Now 15.5 months old Owen is getting to be a very active and busy little guy. He loves to run and dance and is usually one of the most active toddlers when we go to any type of activity.  We tried gymnastics last weekend and he just loved it - he laughed and ran around and jumped on all the appartus's etc.   He also loves Toddler storytime that we go to every Sat morning. He and his friend Ksenia are the most interactive of all the kids - they dance and clap their hands and move around. Its so cute.  Owen is definitely a happy boy and loves to explore the world. This past week his daycare provider Sue Sue has been on vacation so last Friday he had his Grampa Willett babysit him for the day and this past week Grammy and Grampy Russell have been here from NB to look after him. Grammy took him to the Doctor on Monday for his 15 month appointment and he had 2 needles. Apparently he didn't like going to the doctor and as soon as Grammy opened the door to take him in he started crying and wanted to leave- he knows now. At the doctor he weighed in at 30 lbs 1 ounce and 35 inches tall! Big boy!
 

Owen and Mommy being silly

 Mr. Bed Head likes to give high Five's!!

 

 Owen does gymnastics

 He loved it!

 Owen's friend Ksenia and her Dad Vlad with  Owen and Daddy

 

 Visit from Grammy and Grampy

 

 Loves the swings

 On the slide with Grampy