Easter Morning

Easter morning looked an awful lot like Christmas morning for The Dude.  Many presents and gifts were waiting for him to open. 

He did a little bit better opening them then he did at Christmas.  He should be a pro at opening gifts by next Christmas. 

Looking in his bucket of presents from his Aunt

 

He Loves Puffs

 

Trying out his new OSU onesie

 

Seriously......he loves Puffs!

 

He Loves his new Stuffed Lamb

 

 

 

 

Day at the Park

Admittedly,  the title of this blog entry is a little misleading.  We didn't exactly spend the "day" at the park.  I would say it was more like 3 minutes.  But I just wanted to get him out to the park to see how he would like the swings.  I'm sure we'll be spending a lot more time in parks this summer. 

I couldn't decide between these 2 videos.  They are very similar, but the 2nd one is a little longer and I was tickling his feet as he swung to me. 

He is definitely a fan of swingtime.

 

Making Dinner Difficult

I haven't said it before, but Owen has 6 teeth now.  He has his 2 front, top teeth, his 2 top incisors, and his 2 front, bottom teeth. 

The other day that little guy was using those teeth to make feeding dinner to him very challenging.  Every time I got that spoon in his mouth, he bit down and would not let go of the spoon.  I would tug on it a little bit.....to no avail.  When he did let go....eventually, the exact same thing would happen again at the very next bite.

Me feeding him

 

Decided he liked having the spoon in his mouth

 

Not touching the spoon at all

 

Whipping the spoon around with his head

 

Daring me to take out the spoon

 

 

Easter Bunny

Not too traumatized by the giant, fuzzy animal holding his hands

 

Eyes gazing at mom who is trying to get him to smile

 

Mover.....not a Crawler

The other day I had an opportunity to catch on video a couple of ways that Owen moves around.  He still hasn't crawled....but I think he could if he wanted to.  He is just mobile in several other ways...it almost isn't necessary. 

1) The Circle:

Around and around he goes...where he stops only he knows

 

 

2) The Military Crawl:

Crawling is just too easy for this guy.  He's up for a bigger challenge.

Can't you just envision him under a net doing drills for the Marine Corp?

And as with all military drills, as soon as the drill is complete....find the nearest stuffed animal and give it a full, open-mouthed french kiss.

 

 

8 Months

Here are a few of The Dude's 8 month pics:

 

 

How do you not just fall in love with this kid over and over again?

 

 

Similar Smiles?

A few months ago Grandma Nancy took this picture of The Dude:

There was something about this picture that I just couldn't put my finger on.  The smile reminded me of a picture I hadn't seen in probably over 20 years. 

So I enlisted my sister (who has been working on my family's geneology for the last few years) to send me a copy of it.  It wasn't easy....but I received it.

(I realize that Owen is only a few months old....compared to me being around 3 years old, but just compare the smiles.)  What are your thoughts?