We are Thankful!

Great Grandpa and Great Grandma Hake came to town for Thanksgiving and met their first Great Grandchild. Owen had a great Thanksgiving and did really well being gone all day. We spent a few hours at my cousin Laura's, and then we had dinner at Matt's Uncle Ward's. We were worried that he would have a meltdown at the end of the day from being gone and out of our "routine", but he did great!

As many of you know, Matt has a thing with noses, and loves to "squish" baby noses. I always smack his hand when he does it to Owen, but he got away with it this time. This picture is for you Molly!

He loved being held by Great Grandma.
We have been taking walks at night, but it gets really chilly, so we bundle him up. He gets so warm and snuggly that he usually falls asleep. We're just practicing bundling him up for when we go to Indiana!

Whatever works!

This is a surfboard tummy time mat that Owen loves...Well, loves for a few minutes. He gets really frustrated after only a short time of being on his tummy, so we flipped him over and took this pic. I am sure Matt will have him surfing for real in no time!

Owen finally likes sitting in a bouncy seat! Yipppeeee...Here he is staring at the zebra toy hanging from the bar over the seat.

The nursery is ALWAYS changing.

Since Owen has had a difficult time with acid reflux, the pediatrician told us to put him in the car seat to sleep. Before, he made gagging sounds and squirmed a lot during the night. We feel kinda funny doing this every night, but boy has it worked like a charm. He has been taking naps during the day in his crib, just so he doesn't get TOO used to sleeping in the car seat. Coincidentally, the car seat actually clips to the edges of the bassinet and it fits perfectly! So, sometimes ya gotta do what ya gotta do! Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Big Boy

"You might want to check my diaper, Mom."

I swear he looks SO big here. I put an outfit on him last night and he couldn't stretch out his legs. It was a sad moment for me. So we are now onto bigger clothes:)

Because Matt is at work all day and holds him when he gets home, I resort to taking pictures of myself with Owen. It has become a game that he and I play to see how many tries it takes to get a decent pic before he gets mad! Guess he better get used to it!

Learning Muay Thai

So Daddy thought he would get a head start in teaching Owen how to kickbox...here he is saying "left cross, left jab, uppercut..." It is pretty funny.

Owen is grabbing things, including my hair and jewelry:( , and following objects closely with his eyes.

I just love his little feet.

ONE MONTH OLD!

Owen had his one month check-up yesterday. He is growing so fast. Two weeks ago he weighed 8lbs. 9oz. and yesterday he weighed 10 lbs. 3 oz! I knew he was gaining weight but GEEZ:) We are learning how to go in public more with him (what to take and how long we have!) and I am getting more into a routine, somewhat. He is sleeping in 3-5 hour stretches at night, which is better than the 2 hour mark we were at for a while! Owen has started "cooing" and responding to us. This was as close as I could get to catching a smile:)

"How many times do I have to look at the camera, MOM???"

Still growing...

He is looking so big already!!! We put the rolled up blanket at the bottom of the bouncy seat because even when he's strapped in, he still seems to slide right out of the bottom of it.

SO precious when sleeping!

Mommy was trying to stay awake during the Purdue game this past weekend. We finally got DirecTV so that we could watch the games at home, and now the team is not doing very much to keep me from wanting to take a nap with Owen!

Bathtime baby!

I try very hard to swaddle Owen so that he sleeps better without me holding him, but I am not very good at it. Sometime I will take a picture of Owen after Matt has swaddled him and you will see the difference. It makes for a really long day if he wakes up every time I put him down, so I really need to get this down! The pic below is of my lame swaddle job.

This was Owen's last sponge bath. His cord piece fell off right after this so now we can give him a real bath. Then begin the blackmail pictures!

This was so cute. Owen sat and held Matt's hand for quite a while last night. You would have thought they were having a heart-to-heart conversation!

Just hangin' out

"Dad, I have absolutely no idea what you are talking about!"

Owen's first Halloween

We didn't take Owen trick-or-treating this year (he can't hold his own candy bag yet), but we did get him dressed up for the occasion. We weren't able to keep him dressed like this for very long...it was in the high 70's here. Brooke decided to be festive as well with the orange shirt.
Aren't they cute.

We asked Owen what he wants to be for Halloween next year...he's still thinking about it.

Beware the mummy!