5 months

This stage is so fun! Some of my favorite things right now are...

-He loves to laugh and play. Sometimes he will start laughing when I am not trying to be funny, like he is trying to make me laugh. He laughs so hard sometimes! He gets hiccups almost every time he laughs.

-He really likes scratching jeans with his little finger nails, or anything else that makes noise when he scratches. When he is trying to put himself to sleep he scratches the sheet till he falls asleep.
-He can roll over both ways now but prefers to roll from back to tummy.

-He has starting grabbing his toes. He can't quite get them to his mouth but he likes to play with them and roll around holding on to them.

-His two new noises are grunting and making a spitting face with bubbles. Lately he has been very excited about his new spitting noises, he ends up with drool all down his neck but doesn't seem to mind.

-He is getting a lot more "mobile", if you can call it that at this stage. When I lay him on his play mat he ends up facing the other direction or scooting to the other end. The most rolls he has done in one direction is two, so he can't get too far yet. 
-He is very contemplative, intently looking at something for a long time. You can tell he is really processing the world around him. 


We love him so much! We are so blessed and grateful for such a heathy boy. I want to enjoy every moment! 

Beach babe

We took Owen to see the ocean for the first time while we were in San Diego! It was a fun memory to make on his daddy's birthday! Paul got to go surfing and try out a paddle board and then we took Owen down to the water. He got a big smile on his face when he first saw the ocean. We walked him down and let him look at the waves. Owen mostly just starred at it like he was trying to figure out what it was. Paul and his twin brother put the body board in inch deep water and stood him up on it. He was very intrigued by everything. Before we know it he'll be the one on the paddle board and surfing!  

Happy birthday!

Happy Birthday Paul!

You are an amazing husband and daddy. I often think of how grateful I am to have you as my best friend and my sweetheart. I have so much fun with you everyday. I can't imagine a better father for our son. He adores you and gets so excited every time he sees you when you get home from work. We both love you so much! Owen can't quite draw you a picture or make you a gift, but he can give lots of slobbery kisses and clinging "koala hugs", as you call them. You are a manly, brave, loving, hot, strong, sweet and courageous man. We are glad your ours! Happy birthday! 

Owen's first flight

We made it to San Diego. We had a good start, as you can see from the first picture! He slept in the car and was pretty happy checking out the airport. You should have seen us lugging around all our baby loot. He did so good until the plane took off. Once we started going up he started screaming, he cried harder then he has ever cried. I think his little ears were hurting. It took a while for him to calm down, but once he did he fell fast asleep. Then I cried. It was sad seeing him so upset and not being able to help. He was back to his normal self as we were leaving the plane, smiling at all the people and getting lots of smiles back. He got to see Grandma and Grandpa Worcester and Uncles David and Andy tonight. 
What did you do when flying with an infant? Any helpful tricks to try on the way home?

Crumb cake

We woke up this morning and baked some yummy crumb cake! We didn't even change out of our jammies. My little helper watched and was very entertained by the whisk (for a little bit anyways). This is a Martha Stewart New York Crumb Cake recipe I found on Pintrest. You probably have everything you need for it right in your pantry! Our house smelt so good all morning! The cake was really moist and delicious! Yum! 


2 Tablespoons canola oil
4 cups flour
1/2 cup sugar
2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 egg
1/2 cup milk
2 teaspoons vanilla
1 cup packed brown sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
2 sticks butter, melted and cooled
confectioners’ sugar
Preheat oven to 325


CAKE BATTER
Mix together 1 1/2 flour, sugar, baking powder and salt
In a different bowl whisk together egg, milk, canola oil and vanilla 
Add the wet and dry ingredients together
Grease a 9x12 pan
Pour batter in pan and spread evenly


CRUMB
Mix together 2 1/2 cups flour, brown sugar and cinnamon
Melt butter and let cool
Add butter to dry ingredients and stir until you get large crumbs
Sprinkle crumbs on cake batter and bake for 20 minutes
When the cake is done sprinkle desired amount of confectioners' sugar

Its all ready to take to the Thanksgiving banquet tonight! 

Books with our boy

I feel like the holidays have officially started! We have the week off for Thanksgiving and then Christmas will be here so soon! We started the night off with a decaf iced mocha and then spent time with our boy. I love getting to snuggie with my little bug, so soft in his comfy cozy pajamas. Thanks for the jammies Brittany, Kicky Pants are the softest! Paul spent a long time reading books to Owen. We got out his Christmas books, Corduroy's Merry Christmas and The Polar Express. I still want to get Bear Stays Up for Christmas, The Sweet Smell of Christmas, and one of the sweetest Christmas books, Mortimer's Christmas Manger. I think Paul likes reading the books with him as much as he does. At one point while I was making dinner I looked over at Paul as he was animatedly reading, "I do not like green eggs and ham. I do not like them, Sam-I-Am". I'm sure Owen loves looking at the pictures and hearing daddy talking so funny, and of course eating the books is always fun. Paul and I often find our selves randomly saying things like, "Bog, Bog Bog, said the Frog" or "Mommy calls me Peekaboo...her bouncy baby roo" as we are doing things around the house. I guess this is what happens when you have a little one, you get words to books stuck in your head.


We leave for San Diego on Monday to visit Paul's family. It will be Owen's first flight and big trip. Before then we have a thanksgiving banquet, christmas preview, celebrating Paul's birthday with my family and getting all packed up to go!

Candy land

Owen went to the cutest birthday party for his friend Bliss this afternoon. They had a whole life size Candy Land board for the kids to play on! It was so adorable watching them all play. The birthday girl's sisters dressed up as Princess Lolly and Queen Frostine. There was candy face panting, Gramma Nutt nut toss and musical Candy Land squares after. I'm sure all the kids went home with a new excitement for playing Candy Land. Owen loved watching all the kids and looking at the bright colors. Happy Birthday Bliss!