OK, here goes...

Mid- to late September blessed us with lots of company, as I mentioned before! Mike's mom came to Chicago for a girls weekend with her college friends and then spent a few days with us. It was great to have her. She watched Owen while I slept after working, got a haircut, and went for a date with Mike. She also took us shopping for some new clothes. The weather was cool and rainy, but we all still had a great time. She is coming back to Evanston to watch Owen (and Mike) while I go to Riviera Maya with my mom and Em in December! We're looking forward to it...I'm sure it will come around quickly!!!

Two weeks later, my mom came to visit. We enjoyed beautiful weather while she was here. We took advantage of it by doing lots of outdoor shopping in Evanston, at Old Orchard, and even going to Long Grove. We also spent lots of time playing outside. Of course, her trip went too fast! We had so much fun with our company! My mom is coming back the first week of November to watch Owen while I go to a breastfeeding conference (all week!) Both mom and Owen are looking forward to it! Mike and I are so lucky to have such wonderfully helpful families who love Owen so much!

Unfortunately, while the grandmas were here, I didn't really take any pictures. I know they both took lots, though. If they would email me some pics, I would love to post them on the blog!

Excuses, Excuses...

We have had such a busy month!!! Both of Owen's grandmas came to visit and we visited some friends in IA. We went to a Northwestern football game and to the apple orchard. We also needed to move some pictures around from our c drive to our d drive (whatever that means!) Tomorrow I will post some new pictures! We have lots of good ones from all of our fun activities :o)

Little German Boy

Last summer my family went to Germany, Switzerland, and Austria. Because Owen was so little, we were not really invited (which was ok!)

They brought Owen authentic lieterhosen (sorry, but I have no idea how to spell it!) Knee socks, and all!

We were planning on taking him to Octoberfest, but they are still a little big! we might have to wait until next year. They fell off completely!

Here he is with his little german dog!

Fun times :o)

Coloring

This is how Owen meets Mac 'n Cheese. Lovely, huh?!

Sleeping on the job!

One sock off, one sock on... Owen found a 0-3 months baby sock in our nightstand drawer. He insisted on wearing it all day and thought it was hilarious! He even walked funny with that foot. I wish I would have gotten a video of that!

Diaper boxes and wipes are so much fun!!!

Millenium Park (again!)

Yesterday we went with our neighbors, Liane and Andrew, to Millenium Park again. We had a blast!

Here is a little video of Owen dancing to the Wiggleworms! He was eating his snack and having a great time. Afterwords, we played with the jump ropes.

Owen wanted to wrap up in the jump ropes. He thought they made a very nice accessory!

Also, I finally got a cute picture of the boys together.

They were having fun looking at each other through a window in the tent.

We also had an unexpected visitor...

Owen was so excited to see him! At first, he was a little confused by the suit, though!

I was happy to see Mike, too!

This trip ended much like the first! Next week, we're going to try and find an accessible way to take the water taxi. Wish us luck with that!

Ride 'em cowboy/ recent knitting projects

The other day, I dug the big plastic box containing my yarn stash out of Owen's closet. I like to dig through it every couple of months and Owen has had a great time sitting and climbing all over it. Here are some of the bigger projects I've knit since Owen was born. You may recognize some from other pictures...

This one is size 1-2 years. It looks pretty big. I'm hoping Owen will wear it for the holidays! I took a class in May/ June and wanted to make some projects with colorwork.

I also made this hat in the class. It didn't take too long to knit, but it took forever to sew all of the strings in. I don't want to make this hat anytime soon!

Made with leftovers in March for Owen to wear next year. Everyone was teasing me for making him a new hat in March. Unfortunately, got a good 2 months use out of it before it finally warmed up enough to pack away the winter clothes. I still want to make ties and a pouf before it gets cold again!

Easter sweater 2008

Easter sweater 2007

Owen's coming home from the hospital sweater. I knit this while I was pregnant, along with a girl sweater (because we didn't know if he was a boy or girl!)

First tantrum

Monday night, Owen threw his first tantrum. He didn't want to sit in his highchair. After we put him in, he screamed for 15 min. I took him out and he was much better and wanted to eat his dinner. We tried to put him back in the highchair and he wasn't having it. Arching, kicking, and the whole bit. He still wanted to eat his dinner though. I asked him if he wanted to sit up at the table and he said yes and tried to climb up into a chair. So, here he is, eating at the table like a big boy (he's sitting on a phone book!) We talked about ditching the highchair and getting a booster seat. The next morning at breakfast, we thought he'd have another fit about going into the highchair. He didn't bat an eye! He didn't even remember. Go figure!