Owen & Jalen

**As a special Christmas gift to all the loyal blog readers (who claim I don't update enough) I will be attempting to post 12 times before Christmas.

Yes, there will be new pictures of Owen about every other day until Christmas. No, he will not be posing with a partridge in a pear tree, turtle doves or French hens.

These pictures are about a month old but really cute. Here's Owen and his cousin Jalen playing in the ball pit. Obviously we've taught Owen that it's okay to hit other kids with a ball as long as you hug them after!

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Men at Work

I've been meaning to post these pictures of my guys at work. A couple weeks ago Jon was outside getting the snow blower ready and Owen was right there to help!
Jon can't wait for the day that Owen can cut the grass and snow blow the driveway.

Could this be a future engineer?

Happy Birthday Daddy!!

In honor of Jon's 30th Birthday today, I decided to post some of my favorite pictures of Jon & Owen.

Jon & I spent last weekend in Las Vegas to celebrate his birthday. We had a blast! I think Owen had more fun spending time with his grandparents, aunts and cousins. We really appreciate everyone who watched him while we were away.

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Costume Inspiration

How did we decide on Owen's Halloween costume?

Well, he's obsessed with cows. How do we know?

1) He will carry his plastic cow around the house all day.

2) "Moo" was the first animal sound he knew

3) He always points out the cows in books before anything else

4) On our 2 trips to the Cook's Dairy farm he ran immediately to the cows and with a huge smile and little fear would pet them and feed them hay.

We definitely need to get to Battle Creek and visit Uncle Dan's cows!

Here's a few pictures of our latest trip to Cook's. We were supposed to be there to go on a hay ride and pick pumpkins but of course Owen preferred the cows!

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Happy Halloween!

Owen had such a fun Halloween. He loved watching the kids come to the door and was helping me pass out the candy. Jon took him to a few houses and he got a bucket full of treats! He was so funny running around in the cow costume and watching all the kids on the street.



The best part of the costume was the "puffy" behind!




Whose cow is this in my yard?


Jon's expertly carved pumpkin


Enjoying some of the loot!! M&Ms are his favorite.

My First Hair Cut

I took Owen for his first haircut today. Oh Boy, what an experience.
I found a kid themed place with cool seats and TVs. I figured with TV, a binkie and a sucker he would be fine.

Think again Mom!

He was fine up until the nice lady actually started touching his hair. Owen had a complete meltdown and I ended up having to hold him on my lap. So much for the cute pictures of him sitting nicely in the airplane getting a hair cut!!

BEFORE:

AFTER:

He was all smiles with his sucker once she was done. I guess they let all the kids spin the prize wheel . . . even the ones with bad behavior!

Thanks to Paula at Carnival Cuts, she did a great job!

We're Back!

Finally . . . a new post! Apparently a lot of people actually look at my blog because I have heard from several people about the lack of updating in recent weeks. There is a good reason. We had a virus on our computer and had to basically wipe the hard drive and start over. Talk about frustrating!

Anyway, things are good here. We took Owen to the local cider mill this past weekend. He loved riding the train, petting the animals and eating doughnuts. Jon & I picked raspberries while Owen sat in the stroller and ate them!

Mommy & Owen at the Cider Mill


Owen on the train ride


Daddy & Owen by the train


Owen eating raspberries




Owen about 2 minutes from the cider mill.
Notice the raspberry juice all over his face!