Monday, September 7, 2009

Back from Up North

We had a fun weekend on Lake Towanda with the Stockbridges. Owen really loved having a little buddy around all the time. They got along well for the most part -- these pictures don't show the fallout from Owen taking toys away from Keegan.

Keegan did teach him how to blow kisses, and with Emily's chocolate chip banana bread he learned to sign "more." (He also says "mmmm" when he's doing it.) He's also started saying "mine," making the owl's "who" noise when he sees his owl puppet and loves to ask "why?" We're not sure if he really knows what he's saying, but I've been playing along and answering him.

Friday, September 4, 2009

Goofball

It's been a while since I posted some new shots of Owen, so here are a few. It's a lot harder to get good pictures of him than it used to because he won't stay in one place and often he just wants to grab the camera.

He continues to be fascinated by technology and anything with buttons. He's quite adept on his feet and walking well...except when he trips over his toys. Any time there's a song playing, he starts dancing. He "talks" up a storm, but we think he's really understanding much of what we say and is using a lot of words, especially when he's repeating what we say. Regularly out of his mouth: Up, cup (pronounced "pup"), book, ball, hat, Cheerio, open, shoes, chair, hi, yes and more. Nancy, his day care provider, swears she asked him today if he was dancing and he replied, "Yes, I dance."

Some of these pictures are from our trip to the Milwaukee County Zoo last weekend with Grandma Martin. Owen was really watching all the animals from his perch in the backpack, but I think his favorite part was when he got out and walked around a little bit.