Look what I can do

Owen is growing and changing every week, sometimes it seems every day. He has a ton of new words. And he is becoming so much more independent. He plays on his own for longer periods of time and he is trying to do a few things for himself.

He is a constant joy and a reminder of how lucky we are.

Finally, some Christmas photos

Well, now that it's been over a month since Christmas, I thought I'd post a few pictures from Christmas. We spent a week in South Bend, where Owen really enjoyed spending time with family. He loved playing with his cousins and with Nana and Papa.

Owen learned about, and was pretty fascinated with cats, the accordion, and building fires. But nothing excited him more than the model train. He loved to watch and operate it, even figuring out that when it stopped that meant he had to walk around and see where the train went off the track and then pick it up to try and put back on the track. He associated the train with Papa, often just going over to the train and saying, "Papa! On!"

Shootin' Hoops

Thanks, Mimi & Popop, for the basketball set. We set it up and only showed Owen one time how to put the ball in the basket. He loves it!