Owen turns 2!!!!

Owen turned 2 yesterday. I can't believe it. All of a sudden, he even seemed taller and much more grown up. He has really changed so much in the past few months--mainly with all the talking he's doing. He's picking up new words left and right and just amazes us with some of the things he says. He is such a little man.

We had a party Saturday with family including Grandma Sharon who left that evening to go back to Indiana (we miss her, especially Hannah) and Grandpa Robert and Grandma Pom who came down from Seattle and then spent Saturday night. Grandma Judi and Grandpa Mike and Grandma Carol (we definitely don't have a shortage of grandparents) were here and all the aunts, uncles and cousins. We had a bbq and then just had presents and cake, which Owen couldn't have cared less about. Not really thinking, I made the party for 1:00 pm, right around his naptime, so by 2:00, he was pretty cranky. I tried to distract him with opening presents, which we were doing outside, but instead, he walked over to the little inflatable pool we have where his cousin was playing, stepped right in and sat down and started swimming with all his clothes and regular diaper on. He was a wildman. He was getting out of the pool and running and belly flopping into it. We were just cracking up. Of course his diaper got about 4 times larger--man those things hold a lot of water--but I knew if I didn't get it off of him, it would start to break open and all that gel goo comes out. His brother, sister and cousins opened all his gifts, which he then got interested in because there were lots of trucks and cars, which are his obsession right now. Then we did cake, which he wasn't into at all, so they blew the candles out for that too. After taking another dip in the pool, he then had fun lining all his new cars and trucks up and playing with those for hours.








Dale had to take Grandma Sharon to the airport, but the fun didn't stop because Grandpa Robert and Grandma Pom were here and brought toys and activities for Hannah and Justin as well. They brought an awesome kite, which we flew a little, but it wasn't quite windy enough to keep it up. It will be great fun at the coast. And they also brough a remote control airplane, which Grandpa and Justin had fun playing with out in the field. There were numerous times it went in a neighbors backyard though, and since they weren't home, they had to keep sneaking in to get, which Hannah thought was not a good idea. Hannah and Pom had fun making beaded necklaces and bracelets and paper flowers. It was a fun, although exhausting, birthday party and week/weekend with grandparents, Now, we are back to normal, whatever that is. We are doing the last week of swimming lessons. It was really nice to have Sharon here to help take them to those because Owen is not content to sit and watch them swim. Tonight Hannah and Justin start vacation bible school at our church for a week. The fun just keeps coming.