Owen

Owen... I have been meaning to post on all of his updates but just couldn't find the time to sit down and post.
Since turning two in August Owen amazes me everyday. He loves to learn and read which I think is why he amazes me. He really pays attention to what is going on around him and then uses that to make discussions later on, connecting things e similar and asking questions about things that seem to not make since to him.
I started working with Owen when he was 18 months or so on learning his colors, shapes, and recognizing letters and numbers.
He can name all the colors except red??? Red is ALWAYS green which I know could be a color blind confusion. But I won't worry about that. He can name and recognize in every day objects, the shapes: square, circle, rectangle, triangle, oval, heart, diamond, and octagon. I think playing a shape app on the iPad really helped him learn all these shapes. We worked on them and read shaped books, drew shapes, and have several shape puzzles- but the reinforcement of the shape app definitely helped.
Owen knows the letters on his name and a handful of other letters... We are still working on this and numbers, which he can count to 6, and recognize those numbers too. On some occasions he does count correctly to 10 but not always.
Owen loves to play with his friends. He ask as soon as he gets up to play with.... And will name one of his several buddies. He is very social and loves going on adventures. We have been occupying our time swimming, playing the children's museum, playing at the see saw center, having playdates, meeting dad for lunch, enjoying lilyput play homes, going to gymnastics and music class.
Owen at this very moment/age 29 months is very easy going. He is so happy! He is full of energy, hilarious, silly, talkative, loving, and will still hug, kiss, and cuddle with me. I am absolutely loving this age!!!!
A few things we will starting working on in the spring.... POTTY TRAINING, and possibly moving to a big boy bed. Right now Owen loves his crib and sleeps great! So I'm in no hurry.
Owen is growing up so fast. I'm loving the polite loving child he is becoming. I look forward to watching him and loving him become a kid- my toddler is fading fast.

It's been awhile.......

Things were so busy for a while and have just started to calm down.
Do I will update from October- Jan.

At the end of October we took our first family of four plane trip. We took off for dallas. I was stressed but it ended up being great. We got delayed on the plane our flight to Dallas.... Sitting for two hours wasn't tons of fun but we did ok. Everyone slept well while traveling and we had tons of fun.

As soon as we got home from Dallas we had Halloween and Holden's first birthday party. I have decided that since his birthday is Te week of thanksgiving we will celebrate it early with our friends at home and then again with family during our travels.

We traveled to NC for two weeks over thanksgiving holiday. We had a blast! We had lots of play dates and park playing :).

On our trip writ ride a school bus and a train. Owen was in heaven.
We also saw Santa.

We came back home and then had family here for the holidays. It was perfect. We now have more trains than one knows what to do with but we have two very happy boys.

Holden.. Update

My baby is 13 months. It seems like yesterday we were bringing him home and excited to be a family of four.
Holden is a complete toddler now, eating pretty much anything, drinking milk and walking... Yes finally walking. Holden took his first steps at 11 months but never more than a few at a time. He still crawls, but is walking more and more each day. Holden loves books, cars, and his toy kitchen. Holden now says mama, dada, thank you, shoes, dog, touch down, yes, no and cookie. Holden also signs, thank you, more, please, mom, and eat.
Holden is super funny and has already learned how to get under brothers skin. He thinks it is so funny to get him upset.... I'm sure I will have many years of dealing with this. I try not to laugh but it's pretty cute.
Holden is very spoiled, temperamental, or basically he just wants it his way. He will let you know exactly how he wants it's..... I laugh now but I know I will have to deal with this and it won't be fun. Holden always acts like such a baby...,, he wants to be held, snuggled, still wants a bottle, and the paci. We went two weeks with out the paci after Holden turned one. We took them away from both kids cold turkey. Owen was fine. Holden started waking several times during the night, so we gave in. He now has the paci for naps and bed time. He knows he has to put it in his crib when he get ups and does fine all day with out but the kid needs it to sleep and I guess I do too. ;)
Holden is growing so fast... Well he is still a pip squeak... 18.7 lbs at his 1 year appointment but he is in the 70% percentile for height. I am enjoying watching him learn and grow and build an amazing friendship with his brother.
Xoxoxoxo