Greenbluff

We had a visit from Jeff, Meredith, Maddie, and Lydia last weekend. We went to Greenbluff for some fun fall activities. Todd and Owen had already been up there a few weeks before with preschool group and checked out the fun activities. It was crazy town on a Saturday! We checked out two different places, Walter's and Siemers. There was a super fun dried pea 'sandbox' at Walter's where Owen had tons of fun playing with the loaders. The peas were crazy slippery though, and hard to walk in. At Siemers, we rode the train around and Owen was so sad when we had to stop. The wind was bitter cold so instead of eating lunch outside, we grabbed take out and headed back home.

The dried peas sandbox, tons of fun, but so slippery to walk on!

Watching tractors in the orchard

Posing with Dad, Uncle Jeff, and the cousins

Highlight of the day for Owen, riding the train! He did not want to get off when it stopped!

Changing Times

In the past two weeks, Owen has had such a huge jump on his vocabulary. He is consistently using two syllables, and is trying to copy so many words that we say to him. He says the longest strings of babble, definitely sounds like a totally different language, but it is very clear when he asks a question or puts an exclamation point at the end of whatever he is saying! He is now saying door, gas, more, 'muh' for monkey, fish, phone, grass, and open. He blows kisses at us when he says goodbye and to Grandma and Nana on Facetime. He can climb on our kitchen chairs by himself, is totally into stacking (especially the food storage cans) and has started singing with me when I sing to him at night. Last night he laid on his tummy in the tub as he played with toys for the first time. He has leaned down before to blow bubbles in the water, but never laid on his tummy in the water. I love how he is so fascinated with the little things. Todd said it can take 20 minutes to walk the 1/4 block from our house to the mailbox because Owen has so many stops he needs to make. Just checking out sprinklers, pulling weeds, watching cars drive by, whatever. It's a good way to be reminded of how much we rush through life and how much we miss out on because of it.