The Pumpkin Patch: March 2015

Last weekend I shared my 30th birthday with little O. It's not fun turning 30, but he makes it a little better :) We just had little celebrations with friends and family all weekend... very low-key.

Spring is just around the corner. I am so excited for Owen to experience his first Spring and Summer. Right now he must wonder why we ever go outside since it's pretty much been unpleasant out there since he was born. I can't wait to be able to go on walks with him on more of a daily basis. It's been so cold and/or rainy that we've been on like 2 walks in the past month.

We've hired a Realtor and are shooting to list our home on March 26th. The home stagger came over last Friday, went through every room in our house and left us with 3 pages of "to-do's" to get the house ready to photograph and show. The biggest and most time consuming thing is going to be packing up everything we don't need before we move from all of the closets, laundry room and extra bedroom. We basically have to half-way move out and live out of a suitcase in our house. It's a little stressful, but it will all be worth it in the end. Hopefully we will have and accept an offer by mid-April and close/move by mid-May.

Owen's Milestones: (5 Months):

- You hate facing inward when being held. You want to see everything that's going on. We wear you in the baby bjorn and k-tan facing out and you love it.
- You really don't like being burped. It's like you don't have the patience for it (you get the lack of patience from mommy). To successfully get you to burp, we have to do something else while burping... i.e. walk around, have someone sit in front of you to entertain you etc.
- You have a sweet little laugh. The thing that gets you going the most is Gymbo the hand puppet from Gymboree. You loved it so much in class, we bought one to have at home. I think it's your favorite toy.
-You are getting better at tummy time. You like it when we put a mirror in front of you.
- It takes 2 spoons to feed you rice cereal because you always steal one!
- You like to suck on your thumb and fists. You still don't like pacifiers.
- You've discovered your feet this month. You try to sit up to stare at them.. especially when your socks are off.
- You don't want to lay down anymore. When we put you in the bouncer you are constantly using those ab muscles to try to sit up.
- You started sleeping in your crib!!!
- You are very social. You smile at anyone who makes eye contact with you.
- You are starting to get particular about who holds you when you get tired. Sometimes you just want your mommy or daddy :)
- You like to try to hold your own bottle when you eat. In fact, you've even started trying to grab and drink from mommy's water bottle.

I got a new lens for our camera… it takes really nice close ups.

We started eating in the bumbo instead of the bouncer…. only about 20% of the rice cereal actually gets consumed now that we are sitting up instead of reclining.