4 Months Old

• He likes to sing, babble and coo. He isn't quiet but it is fun to talk to him and have him talk back
• Now when he wakes up, more often than  not he will lay in his bed and talk and sing. It's much more pleasant than hearing his cry.
• He still wears size 1 diapers and is in 3-6 months clothes. He is tall so a lot of his clothes are baggy in the middle to be able to fit his length. A lot of his sleeves are too short. The poor kid is going to struggle with that for the rest of his life.
• He can now roll from his back to his tummy. If I ever leave the room when I come back he isn't in the same spot I left him. He is quite the wiggle worm.
• He likes his stroller. I run at the track and he likes going around and looking at all of the new things and people.
• Still likes his bath, not wearing clothes, watching basketball with Andrew, reading and singing.

The Many Faces of Owen

How does time go by so quickly? I can't believe that Owen is already 4 months!!!

Yesterday I tried two different times to get some good pictures. Even though he would never give me a great big smile while the camera was out, I think these are pretty cute. It shows his personality pretty well. He is singing, being bashful, mischievous and curious as to what His crazy mom is doing when I was trying to get him to smile. 

"Mom, I'm tired of this. Make the camera go away."

What a Day!

Yesterday was not your typical Monday.
Around 10 Sunday night we heard a crash in the laundry room. Andrew went to check it out and said it didn't look like anything had fallen. At about 1:30 in the morning Owen woke up. I went to go check on him and thought it was really cold in our house. I tried to turn up the heat but nothing happened. I thought it was weird but didn't think much about it in my sleepy daze. Then at about 3 he woke up again. I picked him up to feed him and his hands were freezing and it was even colder in the house. I woke up Andrew and had him take a look at the heater. It wasn't working. So we decided to have Owen sleep with us to keep him warm because he is always kicking off his blankets.
I left to go to preschool about 10 minutes early so I could prep the art activity because there was a lot of things a needed to cut out. I couldn't get the car to start. The battery to our key has been low and we ordered new ones and they were supposed to be here last Wednesday and still aren't here. Anyway, there are a few tricks to get the car started but none of them were working. so at 8:15 I call the lady I teach for and tell her that my car wont start and that I might be a little late but will keep trying. She says she will come and get me which is so nice of her so I don't have to walk/run. She lives about a mile and a half away which isn't that far but it was snowy and there was no way I would have made it on time. Then she calls back and says that she will do the prep for me and one of the moms will pick me up on the way. So that was even better. Everything worked out great and the children had a fun time making heart puppies even though none of them actually looked like puppies. They got to use the hearts however they wanted.

Once I got home, the heater still wasn't working and Andrew and Owen were freezing. At that point we knew there was a real problem and so I called a repair man. I called one and they said they could come late that night or early the next morning. Well that wasn't going to work. The next guy I called said he was just about to go to lunch but would stop by right before and to expect him in the next 10 minutes. He was here for about 40 minutes and finally figured out what was wrong. The igniter had burnt out and broken off. That would explain the crash Sunday night. He had to go get a new one 30 miles away and get lunch. He said he would be back around 3.
We were still cold so we hung out in the kitchen around the oven while I made bread. The oven made it much warmer so that was helpful. I felt so bad for Owen because he didn't want to be held but anytime I would put him down he would kick off the blankets.
The repair man came back about 3:30 and we finally had heat about 4:15.
And that was our not so typical Monday!

Chopped

I don't normally take selfies and think they are pointless most of the time. This one has a purpose. I chopped off almost 5 inches of my hair. I decided I really wanted some change and that's the easiest thing to change in a short amount of time. 

I'm still not sure how I feel about it. It is all one length and I think it looks kind of heavy and too thick. I think I might go back and get layers. Andrew likes it and said to give it a week. Maybe it will grow on me. 

Giggles

I have been waiting for this day for about a week now. I knew it was coming soon because when Owen would get excited or really happy he would have a huge open mouth smile and then gasp. It was like he was trying to figure out what to do next.  And then finally on Friday he figured it out. I just love our little boy so much. Isn't he the cutest? We think so but we are a little biased being his parents and all.

Chatter Box

We got Owen a play mat for Christmas but it didn't get here until last Tuesday. I'm pretty sure I'm more excited about it than he is but he seems to like it. When we first put him on it he just talked away. He is getting so much more interactive; its so fun.

Eggs Benedict

I was watching "Worst Cooks in America" on Food Network the other day and they made eggs benedict. I thought, if they can do it, I should be able to do it too. Not all of theirs turned out so I was hoping for the best. Today I had time to try and make it and I was really pleased with how it turned out. I was only worried about 2 things. 1. My hollandaise sauce would turn into scrambled eggs and 2. I would break my yolk or over cook the yolk in the poached egg. I was so proud of myself when it actually turned out. It hit the spot and I will definitely be making it again. I got the recipe here.