In the Lake

It wasn't his first trip to the lake.

But it was his first trip in the lake.

 Yes, that is Owen, hiding amongst all of the floatation devices.

 And yes, I did get him a bright pink beach cruiser by mistake.

The cover was blue.  Who would have known?

Owen liked his little beach cruiser and he loved the lake.

And so did we.

 He enjoyed hanging out on the dock too.

 And made friends with a neighbor dog.

 Riding legally in the boat, also a first for Owen.

Not really sure what he thinks about the boat, just stares off and takes it all in.

We had lots of fun with Grandpa

and Grandma.

Owen's new love:  

Water

I am still experimenting with the best way to get it in his mouth.

He loves water bottles, but ends up spilling more than actually drinking.

He doesn't drink it out of a baby bottle...I think he thinks it should be milk.

Hasn't quite figured out the sippy cup yet.

He does best when I give it to him through a straw.
But this is one of those things the parenting books say you shouldn't do.

Why, you ask?

Well, when he starts grabbing everyone's straws out of their drinks and sticks them in his mouth and gets into trouble, he will be confused.  Then you have to "re-teach" the correct way to use a straw.

I digress.

Sometimes you have to say the heck with the parenting books though.  

Whatever makes my baby smile works for me.

:)

So, I apologize in advance for when this little chunk steals your straw and slobbers all over it. 

Now back to the lake.

Multiple applications of sunscreen and a little t-shirt helped protect that super fair skin.

 The weather was absolutely perfect and we had a nice relaxing weekend.

  Looking forward to many more trips in the lake.

5 months!

Dearest Owen,

You are already rounding the 5 month marker.

SO big.

You are still jabbering.  

Your favorite jibberish seems to be

bababaaaabaabaaba.

Even though it should be 

mamamaamama.

We will keep practicing.

You are getting quite loud.  

You embarrassed us in the milk section today at the grocery store.

You don't know the difference b/w your indoor and outdoor voice just yet.

You are starting to clap your hands together and mimic what we do.  

It could be my imagination, but after you watched me paint with the roller last weekend, 

you kept moving your arms up and down together like you were painting too.

You are rolling front to back and back to front.

 You are so proud of yourself after your roll over.  You always look up at me and smile.

 Not crawling yet, but you are so close.

 It's like watching Bambi learn to stand.

Even though you aren't officially crawling, you find ways to scoot all over the place.

You can only backup right now.

And you are sitting up unassisted.  You don't nosedive near as much anymore.

 I heard a big thud when I was making dinner the other night.  

You'd fallen over.  

But you just rolled over and kept playing.

 You're starting to grab at...well, just about everything.  TV remote, phone, laptop...

Even though your new love is electronics, you still like pulling my hair too.  

Really need you to stop that one.

 Surprisingly enough, you haven't gained too much weight lately.  Still lingering around the 20 lb mark.  You've seemed to grow longer in the past few months, but haven't gotten much wider.

Still size three diapers.

 And anywhere between 6 and 12 month clothes.

 Still fascinated with your hands.  When we're riding in the car, you just stare at them and jabber.

I mentioned that you grab at everything.  Well, once you finally get something in your little paws, the first place you take it to is your mouth.  Everything goes into your mouth.

Even though the ladies at daycare tell us you've been teething now for 3 months, still nothing in sight. 

It seems like it's always on Monday when they think you're teething.

But I think they're starting to realize that you're just a diva baby on Monday.

Used to being the center of attention all weekend long.

 You've dropped a feeding and are now eating 7 ounces 5 times a day 

and have started a little bit of cereal.

 Still sleeping all night.  

Please don't change that.

You're an early riser and somehow know when it's the weekend.  

You like to wake up even earlier than normal on Saturdays.

Hooray!  You can now put your own paci in your mouth.  Way to go on that one!

And now you like to sleep on your tummy.  I lay you down on your back and you roll right over.

SO many changes.  It seems like we notice something new everyday.

Such a little doll face.  

You definitely have us wrapped around your chubby little fingers. 

We love you lots!