Picnic

For Owen's 6 month birthday, we celebrated with a family picnic at Lake Fayetteville. It was a perfect day...mid 80's, sunny, with a light breeze. After church, we stopped by Panera to get a few sandwiches and then headed to the park. Owen showed off his big boy skills during our picnic by sitting up all by himself. He looked so grown up just sitting there looking around at everything. After lunch we took a short stroll around Lake Fayetteville and then headed home for a nap. Owen loves being outside, so it was the perfect way to celebrate his 1/2 birthday! We had so much fun...I think there will be a lot of family picnics in our future.

Photo op with daddy...

"There's nothing to this sitting up thing.."

"Can we have a picnic everyday?"

Photo op with mommy...

Strolling around Lake Fayetteville..

Somebody was little worn out

from all the festivities..

Sippy Cup!

Owen has started drinking his juice from a sippy cup. He's such a big boy! He won't hold his own bottle, but he loves holding his cup...I guess the handles help. It took him a little while to figure out how to drink from it, but I think he's starting to get the hang of it. Juice time is definitely his favorite part of the day...he gets so excited as soon as he sees his sippy cup!

"What am I suppose to do with this thing?"

"Oh"

"I've got this"

Owen's first time to drink from a sippy cup...

Day 2

"this is easy"

"Look mom..one hand"

6 Months Old!!

Wow...the past 6 months have flown by! Owen is growing up so fast. He's now weighing in at 14 lbs 4 oz! That's right...he has officially moved into the 14 pound range! Yea!!

For a while now, Owen has been having digestive issues where he throws up every 2 days. We originally thought it was because of our strict feeding schedule and that we were just feeding him too much. But after playing around with his fluid intake, we realized that he's just not able to completely digest his formula. So, after talking with our nutritionist we have started Owen back on a small amount of breast milk. The doctors seem to think that Owen can tolerate the extra fat from the breast milk because he doesn't exhibit any of the cardiac issues associated with his disorder. They also think that the breast milk will help him digest the formula better. We made this change about 1.5 weeks ago and it seems to be helping. He's only thrown up 2 times and has started gaining weight! So hopefully this change will continue to be successful and our little man will move up to 3-6 month clothes!!

Things you're doing now...

• You are still wearing size 1-2 diapers



• You're still wearing 0-3 clothes, but hopefully not for long



• You weigh 14lbs 4 oz



• You are eating 4.5 oz bottles every 3 hours during the day and 3 oz bottles at night



• You've started eating baby food at your 7 o'clock feeding...carrots are you're favorite so far

"Green beans are gross!"

• You still don't like the texture of cereal...you will only take it if we put it in your bottle



• You typically eat at: 8am, 10:30, 1:00, 4:00, 7:00 (baby food & bottle), 10:00, and 4:00



• You are sleeping in your bed all night, but we still have to get up 1-2 times a night to give you your paci and 1 time a night to feed you



• You're really good at rolling over now



• You love playing on the floor



• You've started sit up by yourself, but mommy and daddy have to be close by because you fall over a lot



• You've started pushing up on your hands and knees...you rock back and forth & push yourself backwards...I think you'll be crawling soon!



• You smile all the time and are laughing a lot more



• Your new favorite toy is your giraffe teething toy, but you still love your cow and dinosaur



• You still love playing in your exasaucer



• You are figuring out how to move your walker, but I'm not sure you realize what your doing



• You love bath time...this is usually your's and mommy's time because it's hard for daddy to lean down in the bathtub



• You're growling and babbling all the time now....your favorite time to do this is during the prayers at church



• You like to play in your highchair beside mommy and daddy while we eat dinner



• You love to be outside



• You've officially started teething...I can't really feel anything yet, but you are chewing on everything and fussing until we give you teething tablets

• You've noticed Honey (our dog) and love to watch her when she's around. You also love to grab her hair!



• You've started drinking you're juice from a sippy cup. It's just a training sippy cup but you're starting to figure it out

Owen Sitting Up

Well, it's official...Owen's no longer our BABY boy! He can now sit up like a BIG boy! He's been trying for a couple of weeks, but has only been able to keep his balance for a few seconds. Then, on Wednesday night he decided to be a big boy. Not only did he sit up by himself, but he played with toys at the same time! We were so excited and sad at the same time. I'm not sure we're ready for him to grow up yet!

Children's Therapy TEAM Picnic

The clinic where I work had our first company picnic at Tyson Park last weekend. There was a chance of rain all day, but it held off and the weather was perfect for a picnic! The clinic has grown so much in the past few months that it was nice to have time to visit with some of the new girls that I don't get to talk to much at work and even meet their families. The picnic was a lot of fun... we had a catered lunch under the pavilion and the kids got to enjoy the playground and the bounce-around, while the adults played frisbee golf and horseshoes.

Owen was worn out before the picnic and grabbed a little cat nap on the ride to the park from the Razorback softball game, but once we arrived at the picnic he was wide awake again. He really seemed to enjoy being outside and watching all the kids play and jump on the bounce-around. I think he wanted to join them, but that will have to wait a couple of years.

The picnic was a lot of fun and hopefully the second annual company picnic will be as much fun as the first!

Enjoying the good food

The bounce-around was a big hit

Lena and Hannah

Owen and Mary Claire were a little to small to enjoy all the festivities....

Everyone loves Lenard! (our therapy dog)

Amanda, Amber, Sam, Christina,

Tonya, Kym, Owen, and Linda

Lance and John Michael

Josh and Lena getting ready to chase the parachute ball

Sam visiting with Josh and Owen

I love this picture of Sam and Amber!

Jacob, ready for some football...

Weekend Festivities

We had another busy weekend... It seems like we never slow down anymore! This weekend we started off with Razorback softball. Josh's sister Amanda is a freshman on the team this year. We met up with Josh's family at the tailgate before the double header and got to visit with Josh's grandfather (Daddy Feck), and his aunt Tracy and of course Mom, Dad, and Amanda's boyfriend Austin. From the softball games we headed straight to my company picnic... but I have a lot of pics to share, so that'll be another post.

Everyone gathered at the tailgate

Playing with Daddy Feck

Owen and Aunt Amanda before the game

After church on Sunday we went to visit the latest addition to our extended family. Josh's Cousin, Cecily recently gave birth to a beautiful, unexpected, baby boy, Judd! Before you jump to conclusions she knew she was having a baby, but, she knew that it was a girl, or so we all thought! Months ago Cecily was told during a sonogram that it was a girl, and as most parents do, she ran with it. On the day of his arrival everything was just perfect, down to the pink shirt that the dad was wearing in anticipation! What a shock when the nurse held up a baby boy! Josh's mom described the scene at the hospital as the father and grandfather busted into the waiting room like a scene from the three stooges. She said they were literally running into each other trying to get through the door. When they got to the waiting room all they could say was "you are never going to believe this" and it took them forever to finally announce that it was a boy, before making a hasty return to the delivery room. Anyway, that's the short version of a long story involving late nights for the grandparents, aunts, and uncles converting a room fit for a princess to one fit for a prince!

Before we went to visit Judd we put Owen in this outfit and I decided he looked so cute we had to snap some pictures.

Owen really liked his shoes!

What a handsome little man!

After a few quick pics of Owen we made the trip to see Judd!

Ruari Judd Mulligan
Owen was very curious about Judd

Owen wasn't so sure at first, but he warmed up after a while

Hanging out, watching football with Judd

Owen (5 months) Judd (2 weeks)

Apparently Owen liked Judd enough to see what he tasted like... Judd didn't seem to mind, he just slept!

After getting some real food Owen was winding down