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Tuesday, July 14, 2009
The Sun-Dog
We haven't posted much lately, because things have been pretty eventful around here. This is going to be a long one, so hold on tight. On the sad side, we lost one of our family in early June when our 12-year old lab Sunny lost her battle with cancer. She was everything we could have wanted out of a friend - always happy (and always hungry). She is usually the ever-present rug of yellow fur in the background of all of our pictures, so we thought she deserved some face-time for once, doing her favorite thing - hanging out by the water. Dog was Owen's first real word, and if you can't tell, she was his best friend. We miss you Sunny.
On the happier side, Owen turned 1! It seems crazy to think about how he has changed from the tiny little guy we brought home from the hospital into the little boy he is becoming. He is almost running now, he climbs on everything, and he seems to learn something new every day. Owen was lucky enough to have 3 birthday parties - one on his birthday, one in Ft. Wayne, and one at home for the Deak side. A big thanks to my mom, who did 95% of the work on the coolest superhero cape a 1-year old could hope for.
Owen's birthday candle from Amy - Fire bad Owen...
Birthday cake #1 did not survive
Cake #2 in Ft. Wayne
My man (and Owen's friend) Isaac rocking the superhero mask
He was a pro by cake #3 - No hands!
Superdude
Owen is lucky to have some pretty cool cousins on both sides, and after getting to hang out with them lately he decided that he LOVES them. He has also gotten to spend some time with my mom (he even says something close to grandma) at the beach.
Hanging out with Rachel
Being goofy with Chelsea
Looking to catch a wave
Making mom do all the work
And finally, most of you know by now that Kristie just accepted a job offer at Duke, and we just bought a house! This has all happened pretty quickly, but the short version is that Kristie couldn't pass up this opportunity, I'll have more interesting research jobs to pick from, and we have a lot of great friends still in the area (many of whom have young kids themselves). It hurts leaving the Chicago area because of how much we get to see our families now, but we won't be living far from the airport... Anyway, we took a 3-day trip to look at houses, and we hope we found a winner. Here are some pics of the journey:
Preparing for takeoff
On the happier side, Owen turned 1! It seems crazy to think about how he has changed from the tiny little guy we brought home from the hospital into the little boy he is becoming. He is almost running now, he climbs on everything, and he seems to learn something new every day. Owen was lucky enough to have 3 birthday parties - one on his birthday, one in Ft. Wayne, and one at home for the Deak side. A big thanks to my mom, who did 95% of the work on the coolest superhero cape a 1-year old could hope for.
Owen's birthday candle from Amy - Fire bad Owen...
Birthday cake #1 did not survive
Cake #2 in Ft. Wayne
My man (and Owen's friend) Isaac rocking the superhero mask
He was a pro by cake #3 - No hands!
Superdude
Owen is lucky to have some pretty cool cousins on both sides, and after getting to hang out with them lately he decided that he LOVES them. He has also gotten to spend some time with my mom (he even says something close to grandma) at the beach.
Hanging out with Rachel
Being goofy with Chelsea
Looking to catch a wave
Making mom do all the work
And finally, most of you know by now that Kristie just accepted a job offer at Duke, and we just bought a house! This has all happened pretty quickly, but the short version is that Kristie couldn't pass up this opportunity, I'll have more interesting research jobs to pick from, and we have a lot of great friends still in the area (many of whom have young kids themselves). It hurts leaving the Chicago area because of how much we get to see our families now, but we won't be living far from the airport... Anyway, we took a 3-day trip to look at houses, and we hope we found a winner. Here are some pics of the journey:
Preparing for takeoff
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Walking!
Just before Mother's Day and Owen reaching 11 months, he has really started to take off with walking! He took his first steps several weeks ago, but has the confidence to walk across the room (when he wants to). I think he will be running everywhere he goes very soon.
Here is a video of Owen walking! He babbles in the beginning and the camera runs out of memory, but he gets a few good steps in.
Here is a brief update of our life with Owen at 11 months.
-He eats absolutely anything and always has. We are still making almost all of his baby food, but now he is eating vegetable soup, chicken with potatoes and cheese, and pasta. I do know how lucky we are with this and hope it continues.
-He continues to be well over the 50th percentile for both height and weight (see above). We will see if he starts dropping some weight with his walking like everyone says.
-He sleeps reasonably well, but wakes up at 6:00 every morning. I am still not a morning person...
-He talks all the time now. His favorite word by far is dog, which usually comes out "dogum". He will say "dada" all day, but still has not said "mama".
Here is a video of Owen walking! He babbles in the beginning and the camera runs out of memory, but he gets a few good steps in.
Here is a brief update of our life with Owen at 11 months.
-He eats absolutely anything and always has. We are still making almost all of his baby food, but now he is eating vegetable soup, chicken with potatoes and cheese, and pasta. I do know how lucky we are with this and hope it continues.
-He continues to be well over the 50th percentile for both height and weight (see above). We will see if he starts dropping some weight with his walking like everyone says.
-He sleeps reasonably well, but wakes up at 6:00 every morning. I am still not a morning person...
-He talks all the time now. His favorite word by far is dog, which usually comes out "dogum". He will say "dada" all day, but still has not said "mama".
Monday, April 20, 2009
Cubs game # 2
Owen attended his second Cubs game on Friday afternoon. It was a beautiful sunny day in Chicago and perfect baseball weather. Owen wore his best Cubs gear (thanks, Amy) and his hat. He was a little harder to keep seated for the whole game, but he enjoyed being outstide with Mom, Dad, Uncle Terry, and "Aunt" Amy.
Owen was facinated by the Cubs logo on his shirt, on Daddy's shirt, and on Uncle Terry's hat!
And, like all games that Owen has attended (in utero or in person), the Cubs won! We got to use our W flag at the end of the game and sing Go Cubs Go.
Owen was facinated by the Cubs logo on his shirt, on Daddy's shirt, and on Uncle Terry's hat!
And, like all games that Owen has attended (in utero or in person), the Cubs won! We got to use our W flag at the end of the game and sing Go Cubs Go.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Owen - Daddy time in Tampa
Owen and I tagged along with Kristie to Florida while she attended a conference, and we were able to do all kinds of fun stuff. The three of us visited with Kristie's college friend Becky, her husband Matt, and their one-year-old Jake in Venice (happy birthday Jake!). Owen took some pointers from Jake on scooting around, talking, and playing in Jake's wild toy explosion, and we took a quick trip to the beach. And because it was 85 the whole time, Owen wore shorts FOR THE FIRST TIME.
Owen deciding whether or not to go in
Mom and the beach baby
Two pairs of troublemakers
Owen's introduction to slides
Peeking at mom
We got to have lunch with Melissa and Russ (North Carolina transplants), and their sons Chip and Ben at the end of our trip, giving us a look at how much busier a home with 2 kids can be than a 1 kid house. No pictures, but Ben and Chip were super well behaved and let Owen crash their party and play with their toys.
The story for most of the week, though, was me watching the little guy while Kristie was at the convention. And as much time as I normally spend with him, I feel like I got to know him a whole lot better after hanging out all day every day for a week. We stayed right in downtown Tampa just along the water and across the street from where the Lightning play. It was beautiful down there, and Owen and I started every day doing what became his favorite thing - walking along the water and pointing at all of the Pelicans, seagulls, etc.
It turns out that Tampa has a pretty awesome aquarium, and Owen loved it. He was completely enthralled being just a couple of inches from all of the animals. Kristie and I enjoyed it too, we even got to touch our first sting ray. Here are a few pictures:
Finally, while the water at the beach (which we visited again) was a little too cold for Owen, he did take a dip in the hotel pool, and he seemed to love it. He should be all set up for the lake at Grandma Carol's by the time summer rolls around in Chicago!
Owen splashing around
Searching for seashells
The jetsetter
Owen deciding whether or not to go in
Mom and the beach baby
Two pairs of troublemakers
Owen's introduction to slides
Peeking at mom
We got to have lunch with Melissa and Russ (North Carolina transplants), and their sons Chip and Ben at the end of our trip, giving us a look at how much busier a home with 2 kids can be than a 1 kid house. No pictures, but Ben and Chip were super well behaved and let Owen crash their party and play with their toys.
The story for most of the week, though, was me watching the little guy while Kristie was at the convention. And as much time as I normally spend with him, I feel like I got to know him a whole lot better after hanging out all day every day for a week. We stayed right in downtown Tampa just along the water and across the street from where the Lightning play. It was beautiful down there, and Owen and I started every day doing what became his favorite thing - walking along the water and pointing at all of the Pelicans, seagulls, etc.
It turns out that Tampa has a pretty awesome aquarium, and Owen loved it. He was completely enthralled being just a couple of inches from all of the animals. Kristie and I enjoyed it too, we even got to touch our first sting ray. Here are a few pictures:
Finally, while the water at the beach (which we visited again) was a little too cold for Owen, he did take a dip in the hotel pool, and he seemed to love it. He should be all set up for the lake at Grandma Carol's by the time summer rolls around in Chicago!
Owen splashing around
Searching for seashells
The jetsetter
The 22 lb. weight class and St. Patty's Day
We've been pretty busy these days with crazy times at Kristie's and my work added onto all of Owen's happenings, so I'll be doing some catching up in these posts. First off, Owen made his wrestling debut at a meet grandpa Barney helped run, and got to spend time with his uncles and cousin Zack as well. He's obviously not trying to cut weight yet, but his form looks pretty good!
Zack also squared off against my dad, which I can attest never ends well.
St. Patricks Day is a pretty big deal in Chicago, and our neighborhood does it up pretty big with a parade and plenty of green beer, so Owen got to attend his first parade (side note: we found out that our nextdoor neighbors are all the way Irish and moved to the U. S. 15 years ago - they like Owen's name but think it should be spelled the traditional way of Eoin). By this time Owen started pointing at new things, so he found plenty to occupy his pointer finger. Here is Owen watching the requisite firetrucks and bagpipers.
A later picture of Owen on his first swing!
Zack also squared off against my dad, which I can attest never ends well.
St. Patricks Day is a pretty big deal in Chicago, and our neighborhood does it up pretty big with a parade and plenty of green beer, so Owen got to attend his first parade (side note: we found out that our nextdoor neighbors are all the way Irish and moved to the U. S. 15 years ago - they like Owen's name but think it should be spelled the traditional way of Eoin). By this time Owen started pointing at new things, so he found plenty to occupy his pointer finger. Here is Owen watching the requisite firetrucks and bagpipers.
A later picture of Owen on his first swing!
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Speed Racer
Owen decided that it was time to cause a little more havoc when he began to crawl on Thursday! He started off a little shaky (see video), but he has picked it up pretty quickly in the five days since. This does mean, of course, that we will have to stop storing our broken glass and scissors on the floor (just kidding grandmas).
The animals will figure out fairly soon that the little pink thing that has been stuck to the floor for the past eight months can actually chase after them, and that he "pets" with a super-strong iron grip made for holding onto whiskers. This might be made worse by the fact that his mom already bought him a car! Here are the requisite cute pictures:
Training for yard work
Owen showing off his new ride
Our little happy guy
The animals will figure out fairly soon that the little pink thing that has been stuck to the floor for the past eight months can actually chase after them, and that he "pets" with a super-strong iron grip made for holding onto whiskers. This might be made worse by the fact that his mom already bought him a car! Here are the requisite cute pictures:
Training for yard work
Owen showing off his new ride
Our little happy guy
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