I'm a big boy now...

Thank you for all the car seats recommendations. After a lot of research and bargain hunting, we settled on a Britax Marathon. I found a close-out sale where they were discontinuing the color so I got it for a steal.

The UPS man delivered our new car seat this morning and it has now replaced Owen's infant seat in the 4-Runner.

Before placing the seat in the car, we had to adjust the straps to fit. He has some room to grow, don't you think? He wasn't quite sure what to think of it.

Once in the car, he was like "I like this!"It is so sad to think he has outgrown the infant seat and now is in a big boy seat. My baby is growing too fast!

Over the mountain and through the woods, to grandmother's house we go..

OK so we didn't go over the mountain but really to the mountains to visit Jeremy's family this weekend. We haven't seen them since Emma's hip replacement surgery in January so they were eager to see Owen. We had a very relaxing weekend just spending time together and playing with Owen.

Cousin Madison is getting so big!
Playing with Grandma
Look at me!
Owen liked playing on grandma's exercise ball. Of course, the hands had to go in the mouth.

We look forward to seeing them in a couple of weeks when they come to visit us at our house!

5 months old

The kid is growing up too fast. Every day it seems like he is changing and become more of a little boy than an infant. Because you don't visit the pediatrician at 5 months, we decide to take our own measurements. He weighs a whopping 17.2 lbs and is 28 1/2 inches long. Everyone who sees him comments on how long/tall he is and that he looks older than a 5 month old. I am still nursing him about 5-6x a day and he gets a tablespoon of cereal at dinner time. He is doing really well with cereal and we may move to a morning cereal time too.

Here are some other fun facts about him this month:

• He is obsessed with standing. He would rather stand up than lay down I think. His legs are incredibly strong and I fully believe he will walk before he ever crawls.
• He can sit unassisted for a little while if he uses his arms as a tripod. Slowly he starts to slid which makes him look super flexible as his chest ends up on his shins.
  
• He is starting to out grow his baby things. For instance, he can only ride in his carseat for another inch and half though he has about 5 lbs left weight-wise.
• He is obsessed with his hands and putting them in his mouth. Sometimes he tries to put his whole fist in there but most of the time he is finding his thumb.
• I think he is cutting his 1st tooth due to the fact that is chin is constantly dripping with saliva. His poor little chin is red now! Inside of his mouth I think I can feel a little bump but it's hard to tell as he wants to suck my finger when I put it in there making it impossible to look at his gums.
• He has found his feet and loves to hold onto them and try to put them in his mouth. He isn't quite flexible enough to get them in there and I keep telling him there is plenty of time to "put your foot in your mouth" in the years to come.
• He is moving around in his crib. When I go in in the morning the kid is never in the same place that I put him. He has either rotated 90 degress and has his feet up on the side of the crib or has either rotated the whole 180.
  
• He has developed quite an array of sounds and likes to watch your reaction to them. He is laughing all the time which in turn makes me giggle.
• He still doesn't nap consistently but is sleeping 11 hours a night most of the time.
  

Owen is such a blessing! He is so sweet, low-key, and happy! Just like his daddy. :) Seriously, Owen is more Jeremy than me and for that I'm grateful. I can be quite a handful... Lord help us, our next child will probably be just like me...loud, crazy, and moody. :P

Car seat dilemma

Owen has almost outgrown his infant carrier. We love his Chicco but he is about an inch and half away from its maxium height requirement. Friday on the way to the mountains we stopped at Babies R Us to look at carseats but there is so many choices. Moms out there..I need your advice! What do you have? Do you love it? There are lots of recommendations for Britax ones but aren't they really expensive? They didn't look super comfy when I saw them in the store. I need your opinions!

We're back...

Yay! Our computer is finally fixed and I was able to download our pictures we had taken over the last month. There are many posts below so keep on scrolling. We're heading to Boone this weekend to see Jeremy's family so I'm sure we'll have some fun pictures when we return. Have a great weekend.

Diaper Wipe Clutches

Now that Owen is napping on a more regular schedule it has freed me up to do crafts again. Crafts now though need to be functional. Since my days revolve around wiping Owen's little tushy, what better craft than a cute little wipe case.


Boring old wipe case.
New and improved! The top is mine and the bottom one was for my friend Kat.

Open view...notice the cute black trim.

Green rick-rack makes this one fun.

This craft was super easy and made really quick. I think it may be a new staple for baby showers to come. :)

Playa

The first weekend in February my long time friend Corey Brown and his wife Lindsey came over for lunch. The Browns have a little girl name Riley that is about 2 months older than Owen. It seems that Owen is quite the little playa these days. If you look closely in the pic, you'll notice that Owen has his arm around here.

Owen: "Hey baby! I like your bow."
Riley: "Um, who are you?"

Riley moves in for the kill: "Hey you know, you're pretty cute," all while putting her hand on his leg.

Natalie better watch out. It looks like he is two timing on the side.

All that macking made him tired. Later that afternoon (after having a major blowout and needing a new outfit) he zonked out on the Boppy.