Trick or Treat

Owen's first Halloween was a good one! In fact, we've never seen a town make such a big deal out of Halloween before (for kids at least). Here in Carson City, it is tradition for the Governor to pass out candy every Halloween. So the area around the Governor's Mansion was packed full of parents and kids trick-or-treating. The Mansion was decorated and a band was playing on the front lawn (click on the title of this post for a link to the Governor's Mansion). There was a long line to get popcorn from the Governor, so we skipped that part, but we were amazed with everything! And all the big, historic homes surrounding the Governor's Mansion were decked out with decorations, haunted houses, graveyards, and scary things everywhere. Owen got frightened once by a person dressed up as a dead zombie....poor baby.



Elton John look-alike???


Governor's Mansion


Here's our little monkey!



Dinosaur, Ladybug, and Monkey (a.k.a. Ryder, Sofia and Owen)



Some people in my office dressed up today. I was a flight attendant with pretzels and all.

Howdy Texas!

We have been in Texas for the past 10 days! Micah was in a wedding in Dallas, so we made a vacation out of it. We spent a lot of time in College Station with our families and also visited Kelly's grandmom on their family ranch. It was busy, but Owen got to spend time with all of his grandparents, great-grandparents, uncles, aunts, and friends. We already miss everyone!!! While we were there, Owen discovered stairs and wanted to climb them constantly! He also had his very first horseback ride and got to feed some friendly cows!

Owen likes the dirt!

Over the weekend we took a hike up to the top of S Hill, which is here in Carson. It gets its name from the big S on the face. Not sure what it stands for. Owen slept for most of the hike up so when we got to the top he was ready to play. As you can see in the video he's not afraid to get a little dirty!

Tiptoe'n

Ten months old and almost walking! In just the past 2 days he's really been taking a lot of steps. He's taken more than 10 steps at one time. I think he's finally figuring it out (after many falls and bruises)!

More Pumpkins

Today we went to a local fall festival at a school in our neighborhood. Here are Owen and his buddy Ryder playing at the pumpkin patch.

Oktoberfest

Yesterday we went to Oktoberfest at Camp Richardson (on the CA side of Lake Tahoe). We think Owen was a little overwhelmed with the crowd of people and the loud music because he pretty much zoned out most of the time. But he did enjoy the pumpkin patch!

On the Playground

Here we are at the playground with Owen. We have a nice park down the street from our house that we take Owen to often. He's just now big enough to start enjoying the playground for the kids!

"Dog"

You'd think after I carried Owen in my womb for 9 months, gave birth to him, and fed him from my own body for this long that his first word would be "mama." RIGHT??? This past weekend he said his first word (that we could understand) and it was "dog." I guess we should have known. Actually, I'm surprised his first words weren't, "NO Sandy!" He's pretty cute though....now when one of the dogs walks in the room he'll point and say "dog." I also think he's saying "car."

Owen is also teething again. He'll have one of his top teeth in the next few days because it's just about to break through the gum. This explains why we've had such little sleep lately. He is also still taking steps here and there. It's only a matter of time before he figures out what he's doing and decides to walk across the room.

Owen loves his beach ball


Micah soothing Owen after he woke up unhappy.


Micah just put our fish tank together and Owen loves to look at the fish. We think he's also trying to say "fish."