1st Baseball Game

On Sunday Sept 2 we took Owen to his very first Blue Jays game. As you can see, Owen was so excited about the prospect of going, that he fell asleep during his lunch. After letting him have a very quick snooze, we suited him up, packed the lunch he didn't eat and made our way down to the Dome...or Rogers Centre, whatever the thing is called now.















Andrew got us great seats. They were cushioned and luckily we were in the shade the whole time. It was a beautiful clear day so the dome was open. Also, I didn't have anyone sitting next to me so I could stow all of our gear there...

Owen had a great time. He especially enjoyed the hecklers. He'd always look for the loudmouths and smile in their direction.

I don't know if you can tell, but Owen is wearing a baseball inspired outfit...another hand-me-down from the Hansons - THANKS!

Also, I forgot to mention that Owen is really into clapping his hands. This is super cute while in the privacy of our home, but it was even cuter when his urge to clap coincided with a good play and the whole Dome cheered.


I'm pretty sure that Owen's cheering helped the Jays win that day. You'll have to ask Andrew what the score was though - I wasn't paying too much attention to the game.

7 Months Old!

In the last few weeks Owen has changed a lot. His daily schedule is bonkers due to teething, growth spurts. A few weeks ago I could tell you that Owen had a nice long nap in the morning and that he would sleep through the night 90% of the time. Since then, he would only catnap and wake up at least once during the night to feed. Owen has also started to fight naps and bedtime. I guess he doesn't want to miss anything. Andrew and I are trying to get Owen back on track, but its been quite the battle. After a few days, we've seen some improvement, so I guess we'll just have to keep at it.

Owen is all about the babbling now. Lots of Gagagas and Owahs, Aaahs and even some Ehs! He's even experimenting with the volume of his sounds. He's also into launching himself from the sitting position, forward into an almost crawl stance...but mostly he just nosedives for now and ends up on his belly.

Here are some photos from the last few weeks.







Uncle Derek and Owen at the park.
















During our visit to the park, Kiwi met a 4 month old pug named Charlie...check out the stroller basket. They would chase each other around the stroller and then Charlie would jump in the basket for a quick break. It was pretty cute.







Trip to the CNE

So, Andrew and I decided that we should introduce Owen to our annual tradition of eating "dinner" at the Ex.

Here we are in the thick of the action. Owen doesn't seem so impressed.





















Owen and Daddy taking a quick break for a bottle break.



















All the sights and activity pooped Owen out.












Who needs a sippy cup?






Well, generally speaking Owen drinks water out of his sippy cup, but he really likes to chew on the rims of real cups. Here's Nanna and Owen.

MaryAnn's wedding weekend

Owen is having a great August. In the past few weeks he's tried some new foods and met some new people. His favorite food is still bananas but he doesn't seem to mind butternut squash or peas or even green beans. He's still on the fence about applesauce, so hopefully he will enjoy peaches, which will be tomorrow's new adventure.


Owen is super ticklish on almost every part of his body and loves it when Daddy comes home from work for daddy-play time. Owen is almost a pro when it comes to sitting up and I'm afraid, he is just weeks away from starting to crawl.

This past weekend we got to go up north for MaryAnn and Tim's wedding. It was a lovely affair. Owen had a great time.








Owen waiting in the hotel room for Mommy and Daddy to get ready.











Owen stayed busy with Daddy's tie while in the background Paisley and her Daddy Jim watch the ceremony.




















Owen trying to steal away the bride.




















Owen trying to rock on...but just can't do it.












Here are all the girls.










Daddy and Owen waking up with smiles...okay, forced smiles.









Owen and Kiwi....best attempts at being best friends






Here is Owen doing his new favorite thing, grabbing Kiwi's foot.











And here is Kiwi, trying to politely tell him to stop it with very convincing kisses.















Here Owen and Kiwi have come to some sort of agreement, but they still don't look contented.














So for something completely different, Owen rolls over and pushed himself under his crib.









Until next time....

yeah, yeah...

Okay, so I know that I make some lame excuse each time I post, apologizing for not posting sooner...but its the summer so deal with it;)

Here is the family update:

Owen is now 6 months old. He is loving eating rice cereal and has tried bananas, sweet potato and avocado and likes them in that order. Next up for him to try this week...oat cereal and unsweetened applesauce. His new favorite things are playing with his feet, especially sucking his toes - and we have tonnes of photos illustrating it; sticking his tongue in and out and "rasberry-ing"; and finally listening to his mommy sing while jumping about in his jolly jumper -thingy. His favorite songs are "itsy bitsy spider", "apples and bananas", and "Bingo".

Here is Daddy and Owen at the High Park Z00. I think Kiwi was more interested in the animals than Owen was.

Here is Owen and his current fave toy...a juicy foot.

Playing with his foot in the bath.

Playing with his foot at the Jazz Fest.

Here is Owen savouring the taste of banana.

Savouring avocado? Not so much.

Hey....with that hat on you remind me of someone.

I will give 50 cents to however can guess what Owen was doing.

Cottage Weekend

So, we got to go to our good friend Jill's cottage. Owen had an awesome time. Here is a snapshot summary of our weekend:

First greetings from Zelda...it continued like that for the rest of the weekend.

On our way to the dock.

Trying to steal food as usual.

Taking a nap on the dock....what a life.








NO! I don't want to leave the dock.....I'll drool in protest.






This is NOT the hot tub!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That Milo is seriously advanced for his age.

Back to the blog...

July 2007

Hey Everyone,

Sorry, its been a little nuts. After what seemed like weeks, no - months of being homebodies, we actually had a busy schedule.

Andrew continues to work on projects around the house - although no one seems to notice the improvements....I guess this means that all his hard work makes the house looks seamless and closer to being "finished". Andrew also went to a Atlanta for business - yup, he visited the main headquarters for Coke! I (Des) was quite jealous and mighty exhausted from being Owen's sole caregiver for a whole 3 nights and 3 days. Our little family is very happy that we're all back together again.

As for Owen, he is growing up faster than I would like. At least his hair is starting to fill in again. We finally caved in and started giving him very small amounts of rice cereal. It was just too cruel....he would scream and have tantrums every time he saw us eating. He was already practicing his "chewing". That, and the fact that he was wanting to nurse/bottle feed every other freaking hour was getting ridiculous...so, he started eating his "liquidy-mush" 2 weeks earlier than the doctor wanted....but at least now, everyone is happy.

Owen is now able to sit up for very short periods of time. He is still wobbly, but with more practice, I expect he'll be able to play sitting up in the next few weeks. So far, spreading out pillows seems to lessen the blows when he loses his balance and face-plants.

As for me....I try to get my run in at least once or twice a week. Speaking of which, its a lovely day today and Owen's taking a nap so I guess I should be running now....but on with the blog.

Okay, here are the pictures you've all been waiting for:

In June 2007


















First bites











I think he likes it.

Squirmy Baby

Owen, Daddy and Owen's big foot.

Owen just turned 5 months old. Andrew and I are amazed at how fast time has flied. In addition to rolling over (mostly from back to tummy; not so much the other way around) he loves to jump and "stand". He is expressing himself a lot...mostly in high pitched squeals. He laughs at our jokes and funny faces now too. Its not all giggles and grins though, teething is in full effect. He gets cranky and its obvious that his gums are itchy.

Here are the most recent family pics:

This is Owen trying to get out of his bumbo chair.

Here is another view.

Owen has new shoes thanks to Shannon Campbell. Thanks Shan.

Owen and Mommy at the Beach. We were there to watch Daddy play volleyball.

Owen and Daddy at the table. Hmmm..what is Owen doing?

Oh. Eating the table.

So, Owen is developing an interest in food. Here he is trying to get some of Daddy's hamburger. Yes, thats a melty string of cheese that Owen has stuck to his hands. Sneaky.

So, since Owen still isn't allowed any food other than his usual milk - he decided he'd check out what napkins are all about.

And finally he sees the motherlode - MILKSHAKE! Its so close to what he normally eats, yet so far.