Our New Lake Shore Property!!!

Some frost in the ground + a lot of rain and snow thawing = our new lake shore property!!! It is kind of pretty, it looks like we have ponds on either side of our driveway. Or as Ella calls them, "the Ocean"!! I am very thankful that this is all the flooding we got. My prayers go out to the flood victims in the Fargo/Moorhead area.

First Cereal!

The next milestone to chart in Owen's baby book came on Wednesday Feb. 25. He got to have his first taste of rice cereal!!!! He started off really well, although he was easily distracted by his big sister, (Ella has a hard time leaving her little brother alone), so that made feeding a little more difficult. Usually the funny faces come with the first bite...not with this child. Owen waited to the end when he had had enough and then let go and the faces were priceless. The funny, screwed up faces are definitely the best part of starting solids;)

Great exercise program!!

If anybody needs a good exercise program, boy do I have one for you. At our house bedtime is at 7:30 p.m. for the kiddos. But in order to get Owen to stay awake that long, (he wants to go to bed at like 6:15), you have to hold him and walk around to keep him awake. I wouldn't mind him going to bed this early if he would sleep later than 5:30 a.m., but he won't do that. So we strive for 7:30 so that we can get him up at 6:30 a.m. and get him ready for the day. Anyways here is our new way of keeping him happy and getting a little extra workout at the same time.

It actually works quite well. Nothing beats having a 16lb weight strapped to you during your treadmill workout. The only downside is that your shoulders get a little sore after about 45 minutes, and I get really hot because I can't turn the fan on or it will blow in his face. Babies hate air in their face, you would think that they were suffocating. He absolutely loves this. His little legs go non-stop just like he is walking with me. Also, he tells great stories, he babbles and coos the whole time!!!

4 Month Well Baby Check-up!!

We had shots today and Owen is still one happy little boy. The nurse gave him his first shot and he just looked at her like he was thinking "what are you doing to me lady?" and then came the second one and there was silence no more. After that one he decided that he was going to tell her how he really felt and he was going to do it very loudly.

Other than the shots he did very well. He is getting over a cold and if he isn't clearing up by early next week doctor wants to check for RSV. But I think that it is just a cold. Ella had a cold and of course can't stay away from her baby brother's face and so there for he caught it. He's starting to rattle in the chest now, but the cough is so loose right now that it has to work it's way up and out very soon. I can definitely tell this isn't our first child or we would have been into the clinic at the first sign of a little sniffle.

Anyways, our lil' man isn't so little anymore!! He is now the size of the average Thanksgiving turkey;) A hefty 16lbs. 2oz. which is the 70th percentile for boys and 27" long, which is the 99th percentile. He has grown 3 1/2 inches in the last 2 months...WOW!!!!! What are we feeding him you ask, just good old formula. He stores his food well, and since he doesn't spit up (I don't think he wants to waste any), he is very healthy. Notice the rolls below;)!!!!!!

Love these squishy little legs!!!

Special Valentine's!

Happy Valentine's Day to our favorite little valentine's...and Happy Valentine's Day to everybody else as well!!!!

Kids Olympics

Teeter tottering with a new little friend!

Climbing on the jungle gym!

Ella trying to jump and hula hoop at the same time!


Walking the balance beam!

Today one of the activities for Spicer Winterfest was the ECFE kids wellness clinic and Kids Winter Olympics!! Ella had a blast. It was nice to get her out to play and wear off some of that energy in a nice warm environment. She got to ride on the hippity hop, the big tricycle, walk the balance beam, play tug-a-war with her daddy, teeter totter and climb on the little jungle gym, to name just a few of the many activites they had. And we still made it home in time to eat lunch.

If you get the Kandiyohi times on Mondays, watch for Ella. I believe she is going to make the paper jumping on the hippity hop. I'm guessing that the picture will be in the February 16th issue.

3 month pictures!

So everybody keeps asking if Owen looks at all like his big sister did as a baby. Well, we just got Owen's 3 month pictures back and maybe this will answer all of your questions.

I would have to say yes, they sure do look like each other. Owen has bigger and rounder eyes than Ella does and he is also darker complected, Ella is so fair skinned, but other than that they definitely look like they are related.