Owen meets his Aunt Becky!

Owen's Aunt Becky finally made her way back to Canada (from Australia) to meet Owen. She arrived on April 5 and is here for a week. Owen has been spending lots of time with her and he seems to love her!

Owen's first craft

This was made at Baby's First Storytime at the Library, that we go to each week. The teacher gave us the egg and the stickers and Owen licked each sticker and then pointed to where he wanted to put it and I helped him press it on the egg. I think this is a work of art. I am a very proud Mom!

Happy Easter from Owen the Easter Bunny!

Week 39 - 9 months old

So many toys- lucky boy

"Mommy I want to go outside and play"

Having fun at the movies with his friend Ksenia

Owen is 9 Months old!!

This has been a big week for Owen. He turned 9 Months old on April 2! Hard to believe. He is turning into such a little boy now rather than a baby. He had has 9 month doctor check up and weighed in at 23 lbs and 29inches which is the 75th percentile. The doctor said he is a very healthy looking boy and is growing just as he should be and that we can keep feeding him how we have been. So that made me happy.

Owen changed into a big boy car seat and out of his infant bucket car seat last week! He seems to really like the new one. It's a little less convenient for Mommy as I can no longer just move him while he is already in the car seat (thus not waking him up when he is asleep), but it does mean more hugs and kisses every time he gets in and out of the car, and while we go into grocery stores and malls etc. which is really nice. Owen really likes riding in shopping carts and always giggles and smiles at all the people in the stores and becomes a real charmer. He also is really enjoying the new trike we got him. He is happy to be able to ride around and hold on to the handles, and see all the little kids on our street (I think when he is in his stroller he feels to confined laying back etc. His new trike is great for us right now as there is a handle that we can push, since Owen is too little right now to know how to peddle. But once he learns how, we can remove the handle and then it becomes an actual trike that he can get off and on himself, and ride around in.

Owen has been really good with sleeping lately. He has been having good solid 1.5-2 hour naps in the morning and afternoon, and sleeping straight through the night. I have a feeling his sleeping might get a little bit worse when we go to Florida as he gets out of his normal sleeping habits/environment. He was doing really well before we went to Florida.

Owen has been very good with his crawling. He is moving very quickly now and exploring everything. His crawl is more of a wounded soldier crawl than an actual crawl but it gets him to where he wants to go! He is also very good at walking along furniture, bending down to pick things up, and even stood on his own a few times. Nick and I practice helping him walk around but he still has a ways to go before he will actually walk on his own. But I think I might be walking before 1 year old.

He is still talking quite a bit. He has been saying "Ba Ba" occasionally, but sort of forgot how to say that for a few weeks but started up again saying it. He also likes to say "Acka" and he has said "Da da" a few times we think. He still likes to clap his hands, give high fives, and even waved for the first time yesterday (April 5). He waved to Grandma and Grandpa Willett. It was super cute.

April is a big month for Owen. On April 5 he finally met his Aunt Becky. We went to the airport to greet her as she arrived from Australia. She brought a really cute stuffed Koala Bear for Owen. She is here in Oakville for a week to visit so we are going to see lots of her. On April 16 Owen gets to finally meet his other Aunt, Sandra. He can't wait!!!

Week 38 - Owen gets a new Trike!

Look who is Famous!

Week 37 - 8.5 Months old

Cool Dude

Enjoying the beautiful summer like weather in Oakville (24 degrees on March 21 & 22!)

Hanging with his friends while the Mom's do Strollerfit

Owen in Video - 8 months old

Stinky Owen



Owen rides his school bus




Owen on the swings




Owen Picks up his Toy




Owen Crawls




Owen Clapping

Week 36- St. Patrick's Day!

Bed head!

Week 35

Fun at the park
With Grandma and Grandpa Willett

Watching TV with Daddy

Put on Mommy's headband and practice walking with Grandma

Mommy knit me a hat!

Mommy knit me a hat (her first knitting project ever). Too bad she made it too small for my head! I like it anyways though...

Owen likes to Dance



Daddy Making Owen Laugh


Owen the Musician

Owen has fun in Florida!

Playing in the Sand



Getting Buried in the Sand


Crawling!


Talking to Grampy


Having fun in his pack & play


Being Silly

Week 33 & 34 - Owen is 8 months old!!

Hard to believe Owen is already 8 months old. He is growing so much and turning into a little boy more and more each day. I am really enjoying this stage. He is really getting a personality and is constantly smiling, laughing, babbling. We just got back from 10 days in Florida visiting Grammy and Grampy Russell who rented a place down there for the winter. Owen had to get his very own passport for the trip and the passport picture we got taken is so adorable! We had a wonderful trip. The weather was beautiful the whole trip- in the high 20’s almost every day. Owen got to experience the beach and the ocean for the first time. We spent most of our mornings on Seista Key Beach in Sarasota. It is the most beautiful beach with white sand that is like flour, and turquoise blue water that is always warm and has the most beautiful soft bottom. Owen was a little nervous putting his feet in the water at first and cried a bit as he is used to very warm water temperatures in the pool where we take swimming lessons in Oakville. But after splashing in the ocean for a few minutes he got used to it and had fun. He also had fun playing in the sand. He didn’t know what to think of it at first but soon realized how fun it was. He was pretty good about not trying to put the sand in his mouth and managed to avoid trying to do that until his 4th day at the beach and when I turned around for one minute he had grabbed a big handful of sand and put it in his mouth. The look on his face was so funny.

While we were in Florida Owen reached a few milestones. He decided he no longer wanted to use his soother and started spitting it out as soon as we gave it to him. He had been showing less interest in it over the past few weeks (around 7.5 months) but officially decided now that he wants nothing to do with a soother! What a big boy! On March 5 at 8 months and 3 days old he also started talking. We took him shopping and while we were out in the mall he started saying “Ba, ba, ba, ba” and just kept saying it. Nick sometimes refers to the bottle as ba ba, so we thought maybe he was referring to that, but likely it has no meaning. He loves saying it now and says it over and over many times a day for the past week or so. It’s so incredibly cute! While we were in Florida, sitting in my parents living room Owen also started crawling! He hasen’t shown alot of interest in crawling as he is not much of a belly time baby. He likes to stand or sit upright. He is very happy in a highchair at restaurant or in the front of the shopping cart, but doesn’t like to be placed on his back or recline in his stroller. As Owen is quite solid, especially around his midsection, he finds it hard to get the movements right for crawling and gets frustrated easily and cries, so never really gives himself the opportunity to learn to crawl. Anyways, last week he was laying on the floor in my parents place we witnessed him crawl! I think the combination of the carpet on the floor there and the fact that he was wearing shorts above the knee, that he had a good grip and amount of resistance to do so. Since that day we have seen him crawl a little bit more, but is still very sporadic. But I know that its just about time to start putting up the baby gates as he will be on the move very soon! Owen is getting very good with his balance and can walk along furniture and stand up with one hand holding something and then bend over to pick something up with the other hand. He does this with no problems. He just loves to be on his feet and is very happy this way. He still has yet to pull himself up from sitting to standing, but I can tell that will happen very soon.

Owen also had a few milestones with his eating. While in Florida he tried cheese and yogurt for the first time and loved both. Owen has been a good eater and seems to enjoy all the vegetables and meat we give him, but you can tell he has a sweet tooth as his mouth opens up big and wide when we feed him cereal and fruit and yogurt. He definitely has a preference for that! He has alot of fun eating his baby mum mum’s and little graduate puffs- he picks them up off the table and feeds them to himself and has fun while doing it! This can keep him entertained while Mommy and Daddy eat our dinner, so it works out great. He is also getting very good with his sippy cup and picks it up by himself and gives himself a drink whenever he is thirsty! He loves his water. We took him to a few restaurants while we were in Florida and he had a great time sitting in the baby high chairs. All the people at the restaurant admired him and complimented him on what a good boy he was. We also went to a Chili dinner with Grammy and Grampy at the seniors park that they are staying in and Owen was so well behaved. He sat there in his high chair smiling and babbling at everyone that talked to him. He was also very well behaved on the plane. He is a good little flyer. Overall his first trip to Florida was a success and we look for to many more trips to Florida over the years.