Rolling Over!

Lil' man, mid roll!

If only these arms would get out of my way!

We are definitely hitting some new milestones in our house. Owen has started rolling. First he was just rolling onto his side and then spinning in circles. Now he rolls onto his side and then from the waist down he gets onto his tummy. I say the waist down because he doesn't know how to get his one little arm out from under him yet. So the top half of his body in on its side and the bottom is on his stomach, (limber lil' thing isn't he)!

He also is already becoming mobile. I know he is only 3 months but I don't think that he knows that! The little monkey will pull both his legs up under himself when he is on his tummy so that he is on his knees and then lunge himself forward to get to where he wants to go. We are definitely not ready for a mobile baby yet, but I don't think that Owen cares to much!!

Cherish every moment

As I write this my children are growing right before me, every moment of every day. And there is no way that I can stop this. Not knowing if we will have more children, I need to remember to cherish every "first" as though it will be the last. Owen's first giggle may be the last first giggle I will get to enjoy; Ella's cute little witty comments on how things "should" be done, (well those comments, I'm afraid, will keep right on coming), but I will cherish everyone of them.

~Moment to cherish #1~

How many of you have had the guts to let a 4 year old help you paint your walls? Well today we did. Ella got her own little bowl of paint, her own paintbrush, and her own wall to paint. When asked where all her paint had gone and how she could possibly use so much in such a short amount of time, she quickly replied, "It's because I have a small bowl", of course, why hadn't I thought of that, it couldn't be because half of it is on the floor and the front of her shirt! If you do ever get the opportunity to paint with a 4 year old, I must warn you that you will need to look at their work about every two minutes. Not to see if they are doing it right, but because you are told, "look at what a good job I'm doing mommy." Moments like this are priceless!!

~Moment to cherish #2~

I had the most enlightening conversation with a 3 month old today! As Owen and I sat on the couch, me in the reclined position and him on my lap facing me, he told me all about his day. I would talk to him and ask him "how his day was?" and then, like he understood, he would talk back so seriously. Then, like he had just told me a joke, he would laugh like it was the funniest thing he had just said. This of course made me laugh at him, and who wouldn't have, it was just so darn cute!! Anyways, we had a very good heart to heart talk tonight. I hope to have may more of these little conversations with him in the near future.

~In Closing~

I love these moments and will cherish every single one of them!! And I hope that you take the time to enjoy and cherish every moment of your life, because you never know when that special "first" may be the last "first" you get to enjoy.

1st week under the belt!!

Well,Owen has made it through his 1st week of daycare, (and so have we)!! The first day that I had to leave Owen was way easier than the first day I had to leave Ella. There were no tears shed this time, (I know, I'm proud of myself too). I know that our kids are in the very best of hands. When I went to pick him up after work, Kari, our daycare mom said that "he is soooo good". That was nice to hear, although I already new that. So as much as I would love to stay home with our kids, I'm glad that Ella and Owen have the very best daycare mom around!!

Morning After

Owen in his crib for the first time!!

Well the first night is over and we all survived. Our little Rockstar slept very good in his crib for the very first time. As long as he is swaddled up tight he will fall asleep anywhere. He looks so little in that big crib compared to his bassinet that we had up in our room. It's so sad to admit, but our baby is growing up way too fast.

Big Boy!

Well it's a sad night for me. Since Owen has been sleeping through the night for a week now, we decided that tonight he would sleep in his crib in his own room all by himself.....tear:( I'm sure that he will be just fine, it's me I'm worried about. I'm sure I will have my ear plastered to the moniter all night. Will let you know in the morning how everybody did.