Christmas cards

We're sending out our Christmas cards today. We did a photo card with a picture of Owen and I think they came out pretty good. I wouldn't say it's the best picture of him, but it's the best I could do that day! He's not what you would call cooperative with the camera these days. But I think the card will definitely make you smile. Here's a few of the out-takes, you'll have to wait for the card to see the winner!
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18 Month Stats

Owen went for his 18 month check-up today.

Everything went fine and he seems to be growing normally.

Height: 33.25 inches

Weight: 26 lbs & 4 oz.

Here's a photo from today.

It blows my mind that Owen is already 18 months old. I was looking at Christmas pictures from last year and was amazed at how much he's changed.

6 month stats

Height: 28.25 inches

Weight: 19 lbs & 11 oz.

One year ago . . . where did my little baby go?

Owen's No-Good, Very Sad Day

Today was supposed to be a fun family trip to get a Christmas tree, see Santa & pet the reindeer. Turned out not to be a very good day for Owen. He cried pretty much the whole time we were there. Not surprisingly the tears stopped when we were looking at the reindeer (he loves animals), but no smile could be found. It was cold out today, but I thought we bundled him up good enough. Oh well, we got the tree and the pictures!

We hadn't even left yet; one sad boy :(

Maybe Owen didn't like the tree we picked!

"Mom, is this Dasher or Dancer?"

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He's too young to know not to be naughty when Santa's watching!

Our Little Helper

Owen really likes to help out in the kitchen. He'll put things in the garbage for you or take things back to the refrigerator. His favorite is being up on the stool to help cook or prepare food.

Last week he helped Jon make salads for dinner. As every good cook does he had to sample the finished product!

Crazy Hair Day

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?