Finally an update

Hey there! Life gets busy once you have a little one! Mark and I have been non-stop for the last month. We were able to trade in his old truck for a new car for me (thanks to President Obama and the CARS program!) I've never owned a brand new car before...it's cute and fun. We got a Nissan Sentra, maroon, i love it! As for other new stuff...

Owen will be 3 months old this Friday! He is about 13 pounds now and still as handsome as ever! His smile lights up my entire day! I can't wait to hear his laugh! Mark and I truly did get the easiest baby so far. We are so blessed to have our little Owen! He is able to hold his head up on his own for the most part. At night when he's tired you might get an accidental headbutt from the little guy, but other than that he does great! He's been at day care for 2 1/2 weeks now and he seems to not mind it at all. He's all smiles when I go to pick him up after work, so that's good.
We did decide to use cloth diapers with him and we love them. The only issue I have with them is you have to stuff the diapers with their inserts once you've washed them. There is no quick way to do this that we have discovered as of yet, so about 3 times a week we spend an hour and a half stuffing diapers. It's a good excuse to be lazy and watch a movie or tv show though!

As for Mark, he finally got his Harley to Chicago. I went for a ride with him over the fourth of July and I had such mixed emotions about it. I was so excited about being back on the bike, but I was petrified that something would happen to us (like a deadly accident) and Owen would never remember meeting us. To say the least it was quite difficult to just let loose and enjoy the moment.

I am back to work. It's nice to be among adults, but the trade-off sucks. I wish I could bring Owen to work with me so I wouldn't have to be away from him during the day. I really need to start working out so I can drop this weight! My weightloss has plateaued out. I have been holding steady at 15 pounds under my pre-pregnancy weight. So Tae Bo here I come!

Here are some pics of Owen over the last 2 months.

The cute little yawn is at about 1 1/2 months. Thanks for the cute gigglesaurus outfit Aunt Lindsea!

Here Owen is talking to me. He's 11 weeks old in this one!


This one is when he's 10 weeks. This is what he does when I sing to him. He smiles so big and lets out these little bursts of happiness! It's the most wonderful sound in the world!

And this last one is from the day he had his 2 month check up. He had shots that really made his leg sore...poor little guy! This is the only position he would be able to sleep in. Those screams of pain were the worst thing I have had to deal with so far! It made me so sad!