Owen is 11 Months!!

I can't believe that my little buddy is 11 months old already! Not sure where they have gone. He is so fun right now. He is still a happy baby, although the last month has been rough on him. 4 top teeth came in and he had hand, foot, mouth so he was pretty puny for a few days with a high fever. We made it almost 11 months before he had his first fever so that's pretty good! He is still on mostly baby food although starting to eat more table food. 4 bottles a day. FINALLY sleeping well through the night although he gets up earlier than I would prefer :) He takes 2 naps a day...usually pretty good naps. He can go with 1 nap if he has to. He can wave Bye Bye, blow kisses, and give high fives. He still prefers men to hold him if it is someone outside the family. He is still not close to walking on his own, but does really well with his walkers around the house. Loves to play with his Sissies, and screams at them to give him a taste/drink of whatever they are eating/drinking ;) He is getting more "rascally" and pulling things down and getting braver about trying to climb onto things. He still puts everything in his mouth. He LOVES to be outside. He loves watching his Daddy mow the grass...which hopefully he will be helping Daddy with some day. We love you little Buddy and can't imagine life without you!!!

Mommy, I JUST woke up from my 3 hour nap (which has happened this one and only time:)...I am not ready to have my picture made  yet!

Warming up a little

Eating out of a snack trap for the first time...he looks like such a big boy

How we roll now if I have to go the grocery with all 3...I avoid it at all costs!

Getting thick enough hair to get pillow hair:)

Just Mommy and me night while Daddy and the Sissies are at VBS...enjoying some quiet alone time with Mommy :)

Doing better with the table food...got to start working on not throwing it on the floor though

Beach Trip!

We had a great trip to the beach last week. It was our first time to SeaGrove, and it was so nice. We had a great house for everyone, and the weather was perfect all week. Everyone had a great time! Brother decided to not sleep the whole night until the last two nights so that was rough, but at least we had help in the mornings so Jeff and I could sleep in after being up several hours in the middle of the night every night.

The kids were great traveling both ways. Owen only slept 45 minutes the whole way down:( But I had rigged up the iPad so he could at least watch something too....I think having a Sissy on either side to look at and play with helped too.  He slept twice on the way home about 45-1 hour each..he didn't cry once on the way home...We stopped only once both ways....Awesome travelers!!!

I think Macey slept longer than Owen did on the way down!

Dinner out one night

Mamaw with the great grands. So glad she and Aunt Laura were able to come and stay for most of the time with us

Bebe with the gang

Owen telling everyone "Bye Bye"

Bebe brought shirts to decorate one day

Dinner as a family at the Acme Ice House in SeaCrest

Photo courtesy of Macey...not bad :)

My sweet kiddos ;)

Daddy and his boy

Macey with Bebe and Papa

"What's this?"

"I think I"ll taste it"

"Maybe not so good to eat:)"

Uncle Philip enjoyed getting some good Owen holding in

I taught Madison how to do the "Martha Washington" hairdo :)

Owen loved being in the sand....he made it down to swim one time....he spent the rest of the time at the pool

There was a great lagoon the kids loved swimming in

Owen liked hanging out in the "jellyfish tent"...thanks for the loaner Mimmy and Pops!

Thankfully there was a gate at the house since it was a 3 story house. Owen got mad a few times at being contained to the main floor. He was our little "puppy dog"

First time I've ever seen Uncle Philip in shorts!:) He loved swimming with the kids and letting them dunk him under

Macey fell asleep several days on the couch watching a movie

Owen enjoying his float...thanks Laura!

We played a lot of ball in the pool...we taught the kids 500 although we only played to 100. They really got into it

I was actually able to get Madison to take a nap on me one day.

The back-view of the house

Playing Crazy-eights before bed

Enjoying 4th of July fireworks on the back deck

The night we got home from Florida...Macey fell asleep about 7:30 reading a magazine on the couch...worn out from a week of fun!! Thanks for the trip Bebe and Papa!!!