Owen Being Owen

Owen is at such a fun age. Every day I amazed at the things he does and says.  For my sake, I wanted to document a few.

Recently he has become obsessed with Toy Story.  Last Christmas my aunt and uncle gave him 2 Toy Story (TS) figurines along with a TS suitcase.  At the time, he had never really even seen TS before but loved having a suitcase his size.  One day at the library he found the DVDs and wanted to take them, so I obliged. Ever since then he has been obsessed. The cutest thing is does is wears Woody around on his shoulders like Andy does in the movie.  He also flys Buzz around and the strangest thing, he makes Woody and Buzz kiss.  (My thought is that he sees kissing as a sign of affection and he knows the two characters are friends.)   My parents even bought him Woody pajamas that he LOVES to wear. He told me for Christmas he wants a pair of cowboy boots like Woody.  I think we might finally have to invest in our copies of the movies and stop borrowing from the library. :)

Speaking of pjs,  they also bought him a pair of Superman pajamas at the same time.  He loves wearing them as well and flying around the house.  He can't quite say Superman so it's more like uperman, but he's so super cute.  One night he put on his football helmet with the pajamas and told us Superman play football for the Tar Heels. Oh buddy, we definitely could use him on our team this year!

He also tells us the funniest things.  Last week he was talking about wanting a big soccer ball and I told him we didn't have one.  He turned and looked at me and said, "Papa buy it for me." Evidently he's learned early that he has Papa wrapped around his finger. It could be that he picked up on this because Papa and Owen can't leave Target without Papa buying him something. :)

Lately I've realized just how much Owen picks up on his surroundings.  He can identify many of the places we go by the logo.  He can find you any Harris Teeter or Target around Charlotte. He loves telling you that that is his library and church when we go by. I do believe his favorite place to visit is Harris Teeter; he gets so excited to go.  He loves riding in the double cart shaped like a car with Oliver, but I think his favorite is when Daddy stops by the cookie dragon on the way out.

Owen is finally starting to get the hang of this own potty training thing.  He still won't tell you when he has to go but he will always go when you put him on there.  This past weekend he only had one accident and even pooped.  I think the positive reinforcement as really worked with him, but his face lights up and he gets so excited when he uses the bathroom. Sadly though, he still is not going to the bathroom at the Y. They take him numerous times a morning but he still hasn't gone.