OCTOBER 2009

Sorry, it's been awhile since I've posted anything. We have had a busy month. There are a lot of pictures so I hope I don't overwhelm ya'll.

Family Pictures

My Sweet Gavin

October has been a very exciting month for him.

• Gavin's 2 bottom teeth finally came through all the way
• Gavin's 2 top teeth arrived shortly after
• Gavin learned how to crawl up the stairs
• Started saying Uh-Oh and something that sounds like Thank You
• He's saying Momma and DaDa more
• He loves playing with all of his older brother's toys
• Has discovered his secret love for dog food
• He is learning to give things back

Owen's First Day of School

On this memorable occasion, I was terrible about taking pictures. As always, I was running late (not a word Joy) and so I didn't get to take that many INTERESTING pictures. Here's a picture of Owen eating his breakfast (in a hurry - I might add).

And a blurry picture of Owen just outside his classroom door, but doesn't he just look so EXCITED!

After Owen's 1st day at School

The weather was beautiful so I took the kids to the Rio and let Owen play around on his scooter. He's a lot more confident on that thing than I'm comfortable with. Owen said he wanted to show me his "Death Defying Stunts!" I just reminded him to be careful and didn't really give it another thought. And then we got to the bridge. Well there's this bridge over the water and Owen loves to race down it. Normally, my little boy likes to play it safe and use his feet as brakes as he is going down, but on this particular day, Owen told me his brakes were no longer working and he was going to "put his booster's on and race to the end of the bridge!" I didn't think he meant it until I watched him walk up this steep bridge with his scooter to the top (which he never does) and let himself go! I can only imagine the adrenaline that he felt as the scooter began to pick up speed, but unfortunately it didn't end like Owen had planned. He got down the bridge, but it wasn't pretty and well, I'm sure you can guess what happened. I think someone learned not to go so fast and someone else learned to take others more seriously.

The canal is our "new" favorite place to go as a family. Owen gets a chance to run as fast as he wants and Gavin, like his Mommy and Daddy, gets to enjoy the scenery.

Jason's 37th birthday!

We decided to have a quiet dinner at home, followed by yummy cake. It was fun! Ofcourse, Owen helped Jason blow out the candle. It just wouldn't be a birthday without Owen blowing out someone else's candles.

Owen loves to bathe with his goggles on. He does it all the time! We bought these for him over the summer when he was taking swimming lessons, who knew we would use them in the tub too. So I thought it would be cute to post a couple of pictures of him showing off this cool look!