Happy 1st Birthday Owen!

Today was Owen's 1st Birthday and we had a Penn State Tailgate birthday party. It was a lot of fun and our families and friends made it a good time. Owen LOVED his cake!!!! He looked at the cake at first and then dug in and turned into a blue icing mess. He liked opening his presents and especially liked the tissue paper from the presents.

It is so hard to believe that he is 1 already, it seems like yesterday that we just found out we were pregnant. Owen has been a truly wonderful blessing for us and we have enjoyed every moment that we have been able to spend with him during this year. He is growing up everyday and it is amazing to see the growth. Right now he is working on tooth #8-9, he is walking like crazy and trying to run, babbling at everything, when he wants something he points at it or in the direction of where it would be.

Happy Halloween!!!

Owen's 1st halloween was a lot of fun! Owen was dressed as a turtle and Mommy was Frankenstein, Daddy wouldn't dress up with us--he is no fun! We went to a few of the neighbors houses trick-or-treating and then we hung out with our halloween wheel of fun at our house! Lots of kids came to the house, even some of Mommy's students from this year and last year. The kids love the wheel of fun and Owen enjoyed watching it spin. WHen the kids came to the house, Owen welcomed them with a ahahahahah and a point. He especially liked it when the Mohler's dog came with them and he got to play with him (a large bulldog in a tutu).

Owen the Turtle

Tonight was wear your costume to Chick-fila. So we ventured out in the cold evening weather and went to Chick-fila for the costume night. We met some moms from the Mom's group and had dinner. Owen ate chicken nuggets and fries and enjoyed every bite of them. The Chick-fila cow was there and Owen actually wanted to touch him and stare at him--this is suprising since he has been afraid of other mascots. Owen got a balloon and loved it. After dinner, we went over to Giant Eagle and went shopping with the little turtle.

Playing in my endzone ball pit

Owen got to try out his birthday party endzone ball pit early. Daddy blew it up and Owen wanted to play in it. He loved the balls and was trying to throw them into the goal post. This is going to be a fun toy for him :)

Owen eats at Japanese steakhouse

We went for our neighbors 12th birthday to Roboyko Japanese Steakhouse. Owen loved the flames and the excitiment of the meal being cooked. He enjoyed the soup using the special spoon! He ate some of Mommy's chicken and Daddy's steak. He loved the rice and the ice cream dessert. The pictures below say it all.

Owen gets his first drum!

Well it was supposed to be a birthday present, but he spotted it and started reaching for it (or that is what Daddy said happened). When we took it out of the package, Owen was pounding the mallets on it and making music. He absolutely LOVES the drum! He is a music making machine!

Last weekend was busy!

Friday Night Lights

This weekend started out with the Friday Night Latrobe Football game (last weekend). We went to the game and Owen got to wear his Latrobe Wildcat outfit. It was quite a chilly night and a perfect night for the wildcat outfit. It was fun to see Owen look at the Latrobe mascot, he was a little scared but was staring him down!

Our Camp visit
On Saturday, we went to the camp where 6th grade camp will be held. It was really nice and will be a great place for camp. It was rather chilly that morning and we had to be bundled up, but by the time it was time to go it warmed up quite a bit and we could take our gloves off. Daddy carried Owen on his back in the backpack and Owen loved every minute of it. He looked all around and he even saw a flock of turkey. He walked in the leaves and played with them. He loved leaning against the logs and the pictures truly show it.

Schramm's Pumpkin Farm

We ventured to Schramm's Pumpkin farm on Sunday. It started out as a really cold morning, but it warmed up and we were able to go visit the pumpkin patch. Owen LOVES pumpkins! Every pumpkin that he saw he hooted at :) He gets so excited to see pumpkins. He also LOVED that he got to ride in his red wagon.

GO PENN STATE!!!

We are getting ready for Owen's 1st Birthday party. We are having a Penn State tailgate themed party on his actual birthday. We are getting very excited about it. We got an End Zone ball pit and punching bag referee. It is going to be a lot of fun! We are having a preparty with the Mom's group and calling it Gear Up for Owen's birthday on Veterans day. This is going to be fun since al 6 of the kids coming will be 2 and under.