Owen hit the big 7 months today! He is more than half-way to being one year old and continues to make us laugh. He has been a crawling machine. The whole crawling phenomena started a little over a month ago when he would scootch just ever so slightly on his activity mat. Then he started to pick up steam and could make it to the other side of the living room in about 10 minutes. Now, he can cruise. He is still in army crawl mode, but if a shiny object (iphone or remote control namely) or Murphy's paw catches his eye - he will fly across the room. Not sure what his fascination is with Murphy's paws, but am happy that Murphy has been tolerant of him grabbing them thus far - although he doesn't look to pleased in the picture above.
There is still a lot of love between these two. I am pretty sure that Owen's second word is going to be Murphy or some mutation of the name (Moo Moo, maybe?). I say second word not because I think his first word will be Mama (that will likely be number 10 or so), but because I am pretty sure he has already had his first word. Even though Barret has been repeating "Dada" to Owen as much as he can for the past several months, that is also not his first utterance. We believe his first word is "hi." Yep, hi. My mom and I heard him say it 2 weeks ago and were startled. I kind of wrote it off as us both being slightly crazy. Then, however, he said hi to Barret's dad's cousin - who confirmed he said "hi" as she approached and I place her outside the circle of crazy Owen infatuation. Hopefully he says it again soon. I have not heard of a baby's first word being "hi" but it kind of makes sense - people say hi to him all the time.
Back to my creepy crawler - like most babies, he seems to be a magnet for cords. Much to my disdain, he likes to try to get to the wires for our internet and tv by crawling in that space in our tv stand. I am hoping that he learns the meaning of "no" soon.
Crawling also brings the advantage of being able to get where Owen wants to go - like to help Alexander bang on the guitar while he plays. Owen also likes to crawl into my lap, which I always find cute at first. It is cute until he starts screaming in my face. I am pretty sure that he just wants to be able to crawl through me or pull himself up on me but cannot and gets angry. He certainly does not crawl into my lap to cuddle or be held - just to scream in my face.
This awesome turtle face is becoming a thing of the past. He was super into making this face for a solid two weeks - made me laugh.
I am kind of hoping that Owen's favorite past time of sucking on my chin and cheek becomes a thing of the past soon. Again, it makes me laugh but his new teeth are sharp, little daggers and it's getting less cute.
Trouble maker.
Lastly, I feel the need to comment on Real Housewives of Orange County. Historically, this is my favorite series of all the housewives so I was really excited for this season to begin. However, it has been a snooze fest. I get it - Tamra's got an attitude, Alexis thinks she is being bullied, nobody likes Brooks, and Lydia's mom smokes pot. That is seriously everything that has happened in the last 10 episodes, plus the ladies discussing said topics- what is this, The Hills? I am hoping that Princesses of Long Island does some redeeming for my beloved Bravo.
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