14 Months

14 Months

Owen has grown up so much! He is a real toddler now. He can understand heaps of what we say to him and is learning more every day. He has a lot of words now, if they count as words his first words were 'woof woof' and 'meow', and 'dropped' followed soon after. He can now say quite a few more, and understands things like "Shall we put the blocks in the box?" or "Can you go and give that to grandma?" even if grandma is at the other end of the house! He is very excited about learning to use cutlery and copying all the things he sees us do around the house. In this picture you can see him mimicking me blowing bubbles for him. He also loves brooms and sweeping and the vacuum cleaner and brushing his teeth and 'weeding' the garden. Let's hope these interests continue!

13 Months, 3 Weeks

13 Months, 3 Weeks
Owen with his very first hockey jersey, a gift all the way from England (thanks Pelbee!)

Well, it has been a while. You miss one week and you just lose the momentum :S  I've still been taking the photos, so I will try to backfill.

37 Weeks

37 Weeks
Owen adores spending time in the garden, unfortunately
now it is getting colder time outside is going to be limited.
Owen understands when I say and do the baby sign for milk now
which is pretty cool; he is starting to eat more solid food now too

36 Weeks

36 Weeks
Owen is absolutely obsessed with standing up.  He constantly wants to pull himself up to standing holding my hands - he hasn't yet figured out you can use inanimate objects as leverage as well though. The other exciting things he has learned are how to turn pages in his books by himself (so long as I hold them up for him to get a grip on), how to kick a ball and he seems to understand his first baby sign for 'milk'.

35 Weeks

35 Weeks (8 months)
Owen with his grandpa. Owen has pretty much mastered his pincer grip
(thumb and first finger) which means his manual dexterity is much improved.
He is trying to talk a lot more and is making sounds with the right intonation
(if not the actual sound)) for 'hello'. He is definitely working hard at learning to crawl.

Bonus picture: Owen's first trip to the zoo!

34 Weeks

34 Weeks
Owen with my god son Rowan.

33 Weeks

33 Weeks
Owen at his first wedding. Owen had his first real illness this week, which wasn't
much fun for anyone concerned - he managed to infect the whole family!