Happy 2nd Birthday, Owen!

Wow, I can hardly believe my little boy is TWO YEARS OLD!!!! It truly is amazing how quickly the past 2 years have flown by. First thing this morning I sang "Happy Birthday" to him while we were lying in bed and he "SSHHhhhhhhed" me to stop. He did that several times today. Only once did he allow us to finish the song. And he used to enjoy my singing.........

Micah's brother Mark flew in yesterday from Texas with his girlfriend Nicole for the birthday weekend. This is the second year in a row Mark has come for Owen's birthday.....what a great Uncle!! We went to Tahoe today and showed Nicole around and also prepared for Owen's big party tomorrow morning. They have been a HUGE help!

Mark & Nicole

Kissy, kissy

Jump Man Jump!

Owen went to Jacob's 3rd birthday party last weekend at Jump Man Jump. He was very brave going down long, steep slides. By the end of the party he was sliding all by himself!

I love my Santa hat!

Santa hat, anyone???

Micah's Office Christmas Party

Normally Micah's office throws a really nice, fancy Christmas party. But given this year's economic crisis, Design Workshop decided to have a smaller, cheaper party at the office. And instead of dressing up, everyone wore ugly holiday sweaters. Unfortunately, Micah broke our camera at the beginning of the party so we didn't get many photos.

Twins: Stephanie & Kelly

The conference room transformed into a dining room. Nice job, Chris!

Owen being pushed around the office by Eric.

Owen & Ryder

Ryder stayed with us one night last week so his parents could go out on a date......these 2 boys are best buddies! They copy each other constantly and are absolutely adorable together!

Mimi & Olfa

Owen is still asking where his Mimi and Olfa went??? He definitely misses them and all the attention they gave him!

Langdon Boys

Mimi and Owen baking cookies.

CHOO-CHOO

Last Saturday we took Owen to the train museum here in town. With Owen's new train obsession, I have a feeling we'll be riding this train quite a bit in the future. We also took a trip to Reno to do some shopping for Owen while his grandparents were in town. He threw a HUGE fit when we left Toys-R-Us because he didn't want to leave the train set at the store. He actually screamed the entire way home, "I WANT CHOO-CHOO!" over and over again. This got annoying after 20 minutes, but on the bright side............he made a sentence!!! YAY!

Micah, Owen, Ann & Jay

BIG BOY, BIG BED!

What happened to the crib????

Owen has officially graduated from his crib to a big boy bed! Micah spent this past week building and painting a toddler bed for him. Owen is pretty excited about it - and what a great daddy!!!

Owen playing in the closet while we worked on his new room.

Here's Owen's new room, including his new train table that was given to us. Owen will get a train set for Christmas, but for now it's just a table for him to play on.

Owen is excited about napping in his big boy bed for the first time!

Sleep tight.

Happy Turkey Day!

We just finished our Thanksgiving dinner and now it's time to rest and watch football. Micah's parents flew in Tuesday and will be here through the weekend. Owen is certainly enjoying all the attention and drags his Olfa around everywhere! I almost feel like I'm on vacation, with the grandparents taking care of Owen so much!

Happy Birthday to EVERYONE!

This weekend was a PARTY weekend! Owen attended 2 birthday parties for Ryder and Sofia, who both turned two. And I also attended a baby shower in South Lake Tahoe for our friend Lindy. It was a very fun, but busy weekend! Now we're preparing for Micah's parents to join us this week for Thanksgiving.

I snapped this photo tonight of Owen laying on his changing table. Nothing but sweetness!

Owen was a perfect gentleman as he pushed Sofia around the house at her party.

It's really hard to get four 2 year olds in one picture, but I managed (barely).

Orrin, Ryder & Owen at Ryder's birthday party.

Movies are never as good as the books.....

If you know me well, you know I have been obsessed with the Twilight books for a few months now. I was incredibly excited about the movie being released today and even took the afternoon off work to watch it with a friend (so we could see it before all the crazy teens got out of school). I wish I wasn't disappointed, but I am. It must be really difficult to translate a good book into a movie, because I read a lot and I'm never satisfied when movies are made out of books. You'd think I'd learn my lesson by now, huh? Now I need to find something else to obsess over.

Owen & Friends

Here are some pictures from last weekend when we went to a friend's house for dinner. All the adults were playing games on the wii, until the kids took over. This was Owen's first time playing video games and he seemed to really enjoy it.

Ethan & Owen


Owen and Jessie playing Wii

Jessie reading to Owen