Lions, giraffes and trains....oh my!

 Mimi and Papa, Scott, Owen and I, and Hilary and Parker went to the zoo this week.  As always we had a great time.  The big boys raced up and down the hill many times.

Owen celebrated his first trip to the zoo by sleeping

The lions were up and about this trip...they are usually sleeping

Giraffes...always a favorite

And this trip we went on our first ever zoo train ride.  Our train was red and named Emmet and the boys were thrilled!!!!

Signs of summer...

 You know summer is just around the corner when its 97 degrees in the valley.  In honor of the hot hot heat we hit 'get shaved' twice in the last two days and Scott and Papa hit up the pool.

Lovin' it!

He may have retained some of his skills from last summer...or just his fearlessness...

And not to be left out...Owen hangin' poolside with Mimi

S-M-I-L-E

Look who is smiling...with intention....not just gas. The first time he did it was for Scott and Parker who were "playing" with him (by playing I mean getting in his face). It was way cute...but I didn't get a picture. This morning he woke up all smiles though so I caught a few smiling pictures!

And just for fun this one is hilarious! "kick a$$! Mom"

Ok, this one might be gas...

First bath

Owen took his first non sponge bath...it happened the day Scott wiped melted Popsicle on him. The same day Scott also spilled bubbles on him so I figured Owen was good and dirty. I think little man liked it! Looks like he may outgrow the infant hammock sooner than later too.

Thanks pinterest...

Found this great idea on pinterest....made it....love it. For super cheap I got craft sticks and self sticking Velcro and voila....hours (not really, but a girl can dream) of quiet entertainment for Scott. Check out our bird above....we are artsy, I know!

Took the words outta my mouth...

So lately I find myself cracking up at the things that come out of my mouth. In the last two days I have said out loud to Scott: "honey please don't jump off the couch with that shovel in your hand." nothing about not jumping off the couch...I gave up on that battle...just no metal shovel please. "Scott play dough does not belong in your ears." and "in your nose" on a separate occasion. "Do not wipe your melted Popsicle on Owen's head!" "Don't lick Charlie."

I just wanted to document a few of these great lines to remember someday! Love our sweet crazy boys!

One month...

This big guy is one month old already. Wow! And talk about a big guy. I feel like he is bigger than Scott was at this age. Owen has already outgrown newborn diapers and clothes. He is so long and last time I weighed him he was over 11 lbs. Big big boy!

Owen is having more and more awake time, and specifically happy awake time, lately, which has been fun. He is focusing on us well and holding his head up like a champ too. He seems to want to look towards Scott's voice whenever he hears him (which is a lot, homeboy is loud and constant, no breaks), but that could just be my momminess wishing my boys were already falling in love with each other. Well actually they really are. Scott is a great big brother, he loves holding Owen and giving him hugs and kisses and he always has to know where Owen is and what he is doing.

Owen is a good sleeper at night and still cat naps on and off all day....he naps on me during the day which makes it hard for him to take long consistent naps (after all it's hard to sleep when your big brother is a t-Rex). He sleeps with us at night and would probably sleep all night if I didn't get him up part way through for a diaper change and a snack, at first I was worried that he wasn't eating every two hours at night like Scott did but his ped said with all the weight he has gained to let him sleep...fine by me.

hmmm...not sure which finger he is has up in this picture....I promise he is not intentionally giving the bird.

We already feel like Owen has been its us forever but still can't believe he is already a month old. We love you little {big} boy! You have already brought so much joy to your daddy, Scott and me!