So
I started this blog entry last week and was lauding how amazing it is
to have a baby sleep through the night. Sadly, I had to erase the prior
draft and start from scratch. We had one week of Owen sleeping through
the night and thought it was long enough to no longer be considered a
fluke. Then things changed. We were awoken the other night by what
sounded like a seal begging for some food. Turns out it was Owen and he
has croup. I had never heard of this, but apparently it's fairly
common and not too serious. It is just a horrible sounding cough and
disturbs sleep. I am hoping that it passes soon and we go back to
sleeping through the night.
Anyway, it has been an exciting month. We went to the pumpkin patch and Owen got to go on a wagon ride with his buddy, Mason.
This also happened.
And this....
This
past month, Owen was a guest at his first and second wedding. He was
quite the gentleman. His obsession with handbags began around this
time. He has basically been walking around with a little purse or
makeup bag ever since.
Owen was my mom's date to one wedding, but didn't quite make it to the dancing portion of the night.
While
in Minnesota, we went to Underwater World at the Mall. Apparently it
is named something else now, but I will stick with Underwater World. It
was pretty sweet, especially for an aquarium located at the mall.
Given
Owen's love for water, I decided to sign him up for swimming lessons
last week. I thought it would be a great Monday activity for us.
However, he hates it. I mean - he really hates it. He basically cries
the entire time. We are currently on week 2 and he cracked a little
smile at the end of the lesson, so I hope it gets better. He hates it
so much because they make him get dunked under water. Owen has caught
on to this little game and starts crying as soon as the instructor
starts counting.
We
don't get to see my grandparents too often, but we went up for a visit
last month. This picture is kind of amazing to me because my grandma
actually picked Owen up to put him in her lap. My grandma is not in the
greatest health and pretty frail, so I was surprised she even
attempted, let alone succeeded in picking Owen up. I was a little
fearful for both her and Owen, but it is amazing what joy this little
guy brings to our family. What else is amazing is that Owen is turning 1
next week!
