Happy Halloween

Here's our little honey bear on his first Halloween.
 
 

12 weeks

Well, the little guy is about to hit another milestone -- 12 weeks. He's also managed to double his birth weight, weighing in at 14 lbs., 2 oz., when I checked him yesterday. The best part is that he's got such an amazing personality going already. Whenever we're out in public, he's smiling and making friends -- the woman in line behind us at Target the other day was swooning, as were three leggy blondes who passed us on State St. and cooed. He also is "talking" up a storm with us and is really, really active. Our mornings usually involve him on our bed, kicking, moving his arms and letting off many hours of pent-up energy. Every day is something new -- on Sunday, for example, he reached for his giraffe and started chewing on it.

Here are some of our favorite recent pictures:

Owen at two months

The little guy isn't so little any more! We were at the doctor Friday for his two-month checkup and he weighed in at 12 lbs., 5 oz. and measured 23 inches. He's certainly been eating a ton and getting in some longer stretches of sleep (although not as long as his mom might like), so we can see why he's growing like a weed.

It's been a while since we've posted some snaps of Owen -- and we've gotten a request for "pictures...pictures...pictures," so here you go. As you can see from the pictures, we're keeping him busy. Many of the shots are of him playing in his room or with his buddy Keegan. He's so strong and can really hold his head up well, but he still doesn't like being on his stomach, even when propped up on the Boppy pillow. We also went to an apple orchard outside of Madison a few weekends ago, although O slept through the whole visit. We were in Minneapolis so he could meet his Uncle Sean, Aunt Molly and Cousin Taylor, as well as his Great Grandma Maher. He also got to hang out with some pretty cool kids -- Grady, who took a liking to Owen's head, and Arija and Adam. And because it was such a beautiful day in Madison today, we headed downtown for one of the last farmer's markets of the season.



I'm trying to decide what to do for Owen's Halloween costume -- please vote in the comments section below.

A. A 1950s greaser (his hair gets all spiky in the front when combed just right)
B. A punk baby (again, the hair can be combed into a spiky mohawk and he has some cool Vans)
C. A baby bear
D. No costume (Colin, you can only vote once!)
E. A write-in suggestion