I have been a bad Mommy :(

Alright, so I admit it I have not posted anything new on Owen's website in a while. We have done a lot in the past weeks and I am not sure if I can add everything.

Owen went to his 1st Valentine's Dance with the Mom's group. He had a blast! He played with a bunmch of kids, but his favorite thing was dancing with the balloons. Owen has an obsession with balloons and was in his glory when he saw so many there.










Well, Owen is now 15 months and is as smart as ever. He is starting to say a few words--DUCK, FISH and is able to point at them and say the word. He gets so excited when he sees cows in fields and MOOS like crazy. His personality is great--he always tries to charm everyone with that smile. Owen is in the process of getting his molars and his mouth is dripping like crazy. On Valentine's Day, Owen had his first Thai food experience and he loved it. He was so excited to eat and ate like a little man. He loves to sit on the couch and watch his shows! He has also really discovered that he can go to the pantry and pull out his food (not ours) and run to his overstuffed chair and get a snack. We are also trying the potty chair--he has not been too fond of it but this past week he has played and sat on it. We figure this is the first step, letting him explore it.



Owen lounging on the couch after church. He has that silly look on his face like he is up to no good, imagine that :)






Owen loves his chair he got for Christmas.
















Owen is the best helper around the house. He loves to help load and unload the washer and dryer. He also LOVES to swifer the floor. He is such a big help, hoepfully he doesn't outgrow this stage. Owen takes Mommy and Daddy's wedding ducks and shouts "DUCK, DUCK."

ICE FEST in Ligonier

Last Saturday, we ventured out into the cold and went to Ligonier to Ice Fest. It is always neat to see the sculptures being carved. It was so cold though, that we couldn't really enjoy the sculptures. We did bundle Owen up really well to keep him warm.

Playing in the snow

Owen LOVES playing in the snow and it is a good thing because we have already had a great deal of snow. Last Sunday, we got a big snow and Owen got to use his sled he got for Christmas for the first time. He LOVED it! He giggled and laughed when he got into the sled and made a lot of exciting noises and I pulled him through the yard. He also helped Daddy to shovel the driveway. He thought this was pretty fun and he was hot stuff pushing the shovel across the driveway. He is going to be such a big help when he gets older :)

Our future Hockey star!

On Friday, January 16th (the coldest day of the year!) Owen, Daddy and Mommy went to the Penguin vs. Ducks game at Mellon Arena. We all dressed in our Penguin gear and headed to the game. We were not sure how Owen was going to do as far as sitting for a long time, but believe it or not he was perfect. He sat through the 1st, 2nd and most of the 3rd periods. He cheered and made some noises. He loved to point and grunt at the players and Iceburgh--the penguin. We can honestly say, we could have paid for his ticket because he was totally into the game, we may have a future hockey player on our hands!

Our trip to Baltimore

I have not been very good at keeping up with the blogsite since Christmas, where did the time go. Well we have done and seen lots of things since December 25th.
The beginning of our trip. We left at 5:30 a.m. and Owen was still in his jammies.

On December 27th we loaded the car with Owen and Crosby and took off to Baltimore. We stayed with Aunt Carrie and went to the Baltimore Aquarium. Owen absolutely LOVED the aquarium with all the fish and sharks swimming he was so happy. He pointed and made noise the whole time we were there. After we visited the aquarium we went to dinner in Little Italy and then toured the beautiful (TACKY) christmas decorations on the well known block in Camaden.

Merry Christmas!

Yesterday afternoon Mommy, Daddy and Owen braved it to the mall and rode the train. Owen loved the train and so did Mommy. He rode on it like a big boy as he watched all the things pass by. We didn't try Santa again, the line was too long and we figured he would probably cry again.

Merry Christmas! The past 2 days have been a lot of fun! We went to Grammy and Pappy Chamberlain's house for Christmas Eve dinner. Owen ate his dinner like a big boy. After dinner Grammy and Pappy gave Owen a train set he really LOVED it.

We started with going to Midnight Mass last night. We put Owen to bed a little after 8 p.m. and he slept til 11:10 p.m. and then we headed to church. Owen started out sleeping a little during the music time before mass but was awake during the rest of the mass. He was a really good boy for that late at night. Well when we got home he was sound asleep we changed him into his jammies from Santa and he fell asleep for a few minutes. Little did we know that he would be so excited he would eat all of Santa's cookies and milk that we put out as well as be up until 3 a.m. (we got home from church about 1:15 a.m.) He finally fell asleep--so that Santa could come!!!--- and woke up about 8:10 a.m.

After he woke up we went downstairs and he was really excited when he saw everything under the tree! He opened a few presents and tried out his new chair and that was it. Aunt Darla, Uncle Keith, Nicole, Grandma, Pap Pap, Grammy, Pappy and Joe came over for brunch. Owen ate everything on the table and then was ready to open some presents. He opened his 1st present and was so focused on it, it was hard to get him away from it to open the rest of them. He ripped a little bit of wrapping paper and then ran away from it and then would go back to it. I think he had a great time! He got a lot of toys that he will love playing with! He finally decided that he was tired and went down for a nap at 1:30 p.m. Hopefully he will rest up so we can continue to play with all his toys!

Mom's Group Luncheon with Santa

On Saturday, December 6th Mommy, Daddy and Owen went to the Mom's Group Luncheon. It was really nice and the food was great. Owen ate roast beef, green beans, alfredo, and rolls. Santa visited us at the luncheon, I was hopeful that Owen would love Santa, but NO WAY! Owen would look at Santa at a distance but when he came close he would clinch to us and cry. WE tried to go to Santa with him and he really did not want any part of him, so for the photo oppprtunity, we stood there and Santa snuck up behind us so that would get his photo with Santa. Maybe if we see Santa again this season he will warm up to him!