Fun week, good weather

We did not have the best spring in Portland this year, but it has finally gotten and stayed nice. This weekend, Owen got to spend a lot of time outside. We setup his kiddie pool, took him for a hike in Forest Park, and played a bunch in the yard.
Here are a few pics from the last week.
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Crawl and stand

In the last month, Owen has gone from the army-crawl he was doing to hands & knees crawling. So, he really gets around now and often does so with some speed. And he of course loves to pull up to stand at things.
He is pretty daring, too...while standing at things, he's been letting go with one hand to try and grab something else. And he'll let go with both hands if one of us puts a hand out to him.
In this video, you can see how excited he is by being able to stand on his own.

Some recent pics

We've been a little light on posts recently, but April was a good month. Here are some random pics from the month.

Now I'm Really Moving

Well, we weren't sure if he would ever bother crawling on all 4, since he could get where he wanted to go doing the army crawl. But, this past week, Owen figured out that he could carry things in his mouth and crawl on all 4, and that he could just go faster.
So now when we set him down, he pretty much takes off.

I'm standing!

Changes happened quickly this week. Owen started pulling himself up to kneeling position about a week or so ago, then a couple days ago, pulled himself up to standing. He is very excited about his new found ability, and now he wants to push or pull up on anything.
If we thought he didn't like sitting still before, now he really doesn't because he has a whole lot more to explore.
In this video, he had crawled over to his little car and got to kneeling. Then I went and got the camera in time to see him stand up.
Pay no attention to the lawn! :-)

Happy Easter

No egg hunts quite yet, but Owen enjoyed receiving a basket with some eggs and ribbons and a big cookie monster (he has a couple of bunnies already.)

Great family visit!

Mike and Jen brought Bennett and Jillian to Portland last week. We had an awesome time with them. Owen loves his aunt and uncle, and he was definitely entertained by his cousins.