I'm Over Crawling

It didn't take long after he figured out he could walk on his own before Owen decided he was mostly done with crawling. So he now gets around mostly by walking. He falls here and there, but seems to be developing good balance overall. He's now into carrying stuff around with him - a favorite is to open up the kitchen cabinet and take out the strainer, put that on his shoulder, and walk around the room with it.
He also really likes to walk up to something and then dive on it - including me (Kevin), the dog, or a pile of pillows or a blanket.
Lately he's been very talkative, especially with "hi" and "bye bye." The other night he went into a room and closed the door to us and said "bye bye" then opened it and said "hi"...then repeated that about 10 times.
He's having so much fun these days, as there is now so much more to explore and he can get there more quickly.

Ready for a breakout season

Owen is all ready for ND football to turn things around this year. So excited was he that he slept through the 2nd through 4th quarters of the Nevada game (ND, 35-0) :-)
No, really though, he is just so excited to be walking and wants to spend a lot of his time practicing his new skill. In about a week's time, he has gone from taking 5 or 6 steps between mommy and daddy to walking himself across a room and down the hall. Ok! We can go back to crawling now.


p.s. Notre Dame should really become a Nike school so Katie can stop feeling bad that Owen is wearing adidas.

Birthday Videos

Here are a couple videos from Owen's first birthday party...he LOVED cake (ate an adult-sized piece)!

We're walkin!

Owen took his first steps a couple weeks before his 1st birthday. But, it didn't seem to register that he did it on his own, and he didn't repeat it until a few days after he turned 1. But, now he's doing more and more walking and it has definitely registered. He is so psyched when he does it!
It's been tough to capture it on video, but here's a little bit...