original little hellraisers

john and i are very pleased that owen now loves totoro!  it’s his new favorite movie.  he’s even picked up a few japanese words “domo”, “ichi” and “ni”  i don’t think he knows what they mean, but then again how does he know any new words meanings, english or otherwise. 
i’m also very proud of owen, [...]

so this is john’s last week off and i’m getting a little nervous about doing it all by myself.  i think i can do it.  i may not shower and i may not get to eat until noon time while owen is taking his afternoon nap but i’ll get through it.  right?!
i was brave last [...]

owen loves the UPS truck and with the amount of deliveries we and our neighbor gets we see our delivery truck guy almost daily.  owen calls the UPS truck up uppie which i think makes him a genius because he can read, okay really just a lucky toddler talk reiteration of UPS truck.  anyway, most [...]

so over the past couple of weeks i’ve been reworking (painting, sewing changing pad covers, recovering the chair, making a mobile and purchasing various accessories) the nursery to look a little different for the new baby.  i’m not sure what owen remembers of the old nursery and i didn’t want to have to contend with any feelings [...]

today owen saw a little boy that looked similiar to caden and started calling out, “caden! caden!”  but than he realized it wasn’t caden after all and mutter “ooooh” and furrowed his brow in disappointment.  we miss you caden.

 
so for the first time, owen got mad at me yesterday and gave me the silent treatment.  now i’m not sure if this is a sign of his maturity level because i’d expect crying or that i do this so much to john he’s picked it up already.  either way i found it hilariously cute (i [...]

is it weird that my kid’s favorite show is family guy?  he asks for it by name when he wakes up.  i put it on, of course, because it beats elmo or mr. noodle any day of the week.
the thing i worry about is that he thinks stewie is hilarious.  he knows that stewie is [...]

i’m all moved in and have been sleeping in my sweet new room for over a week now!  did you see the really cool wall mom made for me?  i can write on it, chalk only mom said and stick magnets to it.  mom made me my own moon, star and tree and they are [...]

so i’ve been busy planning owen’s big boy room upstairs. to get him excited about moving into a new room,  i’ve been looking for a few new toys for some “wow” factor.  owen has always liked the little train sets, but i could never bring myself to buy one until now.  check out brio’s network it’s [...]

  
friday was our first soccertots class.  it was ridiculously cute.  pint size soccer players running around and having fun.  owen kicked the ball some but mostly carried it around.  owen wasn’t the only baby kicking.  i nearly wet my pants running around with owen with this little baby kicking my bladder.  i was happy uncle michael [...]