Our beginning Christmas adventures...

We have been beginning to enjoy the holiday season! We put up our Christmas tree the Friday after Thanksgiving. Owen enjoyed helping to put some ornaments on it.

He even has a tree in his own bedroom. He loved putting the decorations on it and every night whe he goes to bed the lights are on for him.

We started to hide his Elf on a Shelf around the house, he loves trying to find it each day. It is so funny how he revisits the places that he has been placed before. I guess though he knows that Santa is watching him.

It was a beautiful weekend after Thanksgiving so we put up all the outside lights! Boy do we love the lights and decorations during Christmas!

We encountered our 1st "I'm scared of Santa." while Santa decided to talk to Owen at the mall. It was from a distance actually Santa was downstairs and Owen was upstairs. Oh well he will warm up.

On the Friday after Thanskgiving, we went to Ligonier Light up night and Owen was alright wtith santa but still not impressed.

On Friday, Dec 4th, Grammy and Pappy took Owen to see santa at the Hallmark Store in Latrobe. He did not sit on his knee but he stood beside him, so we are getting there.

On Saturday, Dec 5th we went back to Hallmark store after going to the library and Owen would only pet the dog, he hid behind Daddy and wouldnt go near Santa. This was not a good sign to me, I was thinking Santa at the MOm's group Christmas party was not going to happen.

To our surprise, he was really interested in this Santa. He actually watched Santa go all through the rooom and when it came time for him to sit on his knee, he actually did it and even cheesed it up a bit by saying his usual "CHEEEEESE!"

We had our Moms@play Christmas Party and Owen had a blast! He played and danced and had a good time.

THis weekend we bought Owen his first official train set, this is a set that will go under the tree every year and be able to be added too. He absolutely loved going to Brady's Train Store to pick it out. It was hard though to get him out of the store.

This is a picture of him on Sunday morning taking his first look at his new train.

Happy 2nd Birthday Owen!

It is so hard to believe that 2 years ago today we were at Westmoreland Hospital with our new bundle of joy. He is such a big boy now, he is growing by leaps and bounds everyday. Over the past month his vocabulary has gotten so big and if we say something he is definitely repeating it. He enjoys playing outside and the weather has been so cooperative with that.

THis was last year at his 1st Birthday Party!


This is a picture of him last week when we got our pictures done. Boy has he changed.

We had his 2nd birthday party yesterday with all his friends and it was a blast. We did the Yo Gabba Gabba theme and he was so excited. I made the 2 games--Pin the Eye on Muno and Yummy in my tummy vegetable throw game. The kids enjoyed playing the games and he was so excited when he saw them. We are so thankful that so many friends and family were able to make it to his special day.

Eventhough Owen was not cooperative in opening all his presents and mommy ended up opening some of them. He did have fun with the few he opened. Aunt Darla and Uncle Keith got him a Power Wheels Lawn Tractor and he absolutely loved it. Aunt Carrie got him a tricycle that we waited to give him after everyone left so no one was fighting over it and he rode around in the garage on it.

He loved blowing the candle out on his cake. He was so excited to sit in the big chair while we sang and he kept saying "HAPPY, HAPPY!"

Of course after he opened some of his toys he had to try them out.


Of course, the kids played like crazy all day long and the weather was fantastic so they could enjoy thier time outside.

End of SUmmer and Fall 2009

There has been so much that has happened since my last post in July. Owen is now 23 months old and is stringing words together and saying everything. He is doing well with the potty and this past week we have even ventured to using the potty in public. In August, we took Owen out of the country for the 1st time to the Dominican Republic, he loved the beach, ocean and everythign about the trip.


In September, Owen attended his 1st and 2nd Penn State game and absolutely loved it. Owen went to several Pirate games, he is funny when he sees the Pirate or the Parrot and he says "Pie..." for Pirate. The school district had a wildcat run at the end of the month and we all participated. The Tot Trot was fun for Owen, he even recieved a ribbon.




In October, we have already gone to Schramm's Pumpkin patch where he chose his own pumpkin and rode his 1st horse with Pappy. Hallowboo was fun too, eventhough we didn't wear our costume or trick or treat, we got to enjoy the decorations and our last ride on the kiddie rides for the season. Owen loved the fire prevention set up at the mall at the beginning of the month. Last weekend we went to Kiski Junction Railroad for a fall foilage ride--Owen loves trains and this was so fun for him. This weekend we are in Erie for homecoming at Gannon. Owen got to see the parade and Mommy got to visit with some old friends.


Owen ran the Tot Trot at the Wildcat run in September. HE got a ribbon for participating.

Owen's bed got transferred to his BIG BOY BED at the beginning of October.

We went to FIre Prevention Week at the Mall at the beginning of October.

We went to Schramm's Pumpkin Patch the last weekend in September. This is where he rode his 1st horse.

We went to the Fort Ligonier Day parade.

The first weekend of October we went to Hallowboo at Idelwild Park.

Owen loves his Halloween Costume. He is going to be DJ Lance from Yo Gabba Gabba.

Future Penn Stater in the making. He went to 2 games this fall.

We went to many Pirate games this summer with Grammy and Pappy.

Owen always enjoys the Latrobe Football games and screaming "WILDCATS!"

Before school started we visited the Trolley Museum in Washington, PA.

Going to the Dominican Republic for vacation was a lot of fun.