Owen's Monkey Business

It has been perhaps the longest workweek in recent history; report cards, parent conferences, and Owen's first daycare experience all in one. We are making up for it with the perfect momma-son Saturday! We started with a fresh diaper, a nice warm bottle all cuddled on the couch early in the morning, followed by some playtime. He loves the stacking rings and the foam edges of his padded floor squares. Then he had cereal and banana, his liquid vitamins (which he loves!), and his first taste of half a Cheerio! He can pick them up fine but doesn't want to put them near his mouth! After breakfast he took a great splashy bath. During his bath on Wednesday night he echoed me when I told him the pato (duck) says quack. He kept repeating "kak", "kak", "kak" so amazing! Today he did it again and even started to do it on his own. He would wave at the duckie in the water and say "kak". Derek thinks it sounds more like "cuck". Either w...

Owen loves: vacuum cleaners magazines teensy weensy bits of anything on the floor the cat using those chompers pulling up to stand and hold onto things books singing banging hands against things 9 month stats: weight: 20 lbs. 6 oz. height: 29 inches Head circumference: 46.5 cm (85th percentile)

On Friday Owen will be nine months old. We can hardly believe it. Just in the past three days we have seen big changes in our little guy. Friday night we went in his room and there he was standing up in the crib as if he had always done it. Since then bedtime hasn't been the same. The second he is put in the crib (whether very sleepy or not) he instantly rolls over and jumps up ready to play and conquer the world. Needless to say we've been a bit challenged by this. O. has been doing the army crawl for several weeks, and is starting to get up on hands and knees a bit more, though not really crawling yet. He can get around the house just fine, and is curious about EVERYTHING! Nothing is beyond his notice. The house has taken on the look and feel of a preschool. So fun! Two Sundays ago we had a playdate with Camilla Rose and Liam, both two weeks younger than O., and their moms Carmen and Hannah.