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.

Our trip to Atlanta.

Last week we took Owen on his 1st plane ride to visit Aunt Charlene in Atlanta. He loved the plane. He sat with us and we were lucky to have an empty seat beside us on the way down (it was 6:25 a.m.). He liked looking over the seat at the people behind us. He played trucks and looked at books. When we landed he checked out the planes and made noises (like the planes).

On our 2nd day in Atlanta, we took Owen to the Varsity for lunch, he ate 1 1/2 hot dogs and an onion ring. After eating, we went to the Aquarium and Coke world. Owen loved looking at the fish at the Aquarium, especially the big whale sharks and beluga whales.

After the Aquarium, we went to Coke World. We started the visit by watching a movie. Then we toured the museum looking at all the Coke memoribilia. Owen enjoyed tasting the different Coke products from around the world. I think it was funny to see his face while drinking some of them. He did find a few fruit ones that he liked. We saw a 4D movie (squirted water and the seats moved) and he clapped and thought it was funny. He did not like the glasses though, so I am sure he thought it was weird to look at.

On Thursday, we went to Zoo Atlanta and Stone Mountian. Owen was hysterical at the zoo, he was making all kinds of sounds at the animals and would have gotten into the cages with them if he could have. We actually did get to go into a cage with parakeets that Owen loved feeding and sneeking a touch. We rode on the train and Owen continusiouly made the "Choo-choo sound as you can see in this picture below.

Owen thanking Mommy for the trip to the zoo. He is becomming so affectionate. (He loves to kiss and hug us and when we come home or into a room he comes running saying "MAMA or DADA". )

Stone Mountain Laser show was fantastic. Eventhough the show did not start until 9:30 p.m. Owen stayed up, clapped, danced and cheered to the music. Before the laser show, we walked around and looked at the big mountain.

We had a fantastic trip and hopefully we took enough pictures for Owen to remember it when he is older.