forecasting a slow warm up...

With the arrival of Elise last week Monday, I was wondering how Owen would be adjusting. He did visit at the hospital on Monday in which he never got closer than 2 feet to either Elise or me. No hugs, nothing...I was only able to bribe him to be within arm's reach with some M&M's.

On Wednesday, I was released and Tom picked me up himself. Together, we went to pick up Owen from Barb's house. As soon as I walked in, Owen says Hi Mom - Go to work, I'm eating cereal...hmm, not the welcome I was hoping for. But by bedtime, he did say "Mom, I missed you."

On Thurs, Elise came home and Owen would not come anywhere near her. But by Friday, he did get within 3 feet of her and acknowledge Elise's presence. Today, was yet another step forward with willingness to sit on the couch next to Tom or I while we were holding Elise. He has yet to touch or hold her but perhaps by end of this week there will be a cute photo of Owen holding Elise. Until then, this is the official first photo of the siblings...

No shortage of cars here

We celebrated Owen's birthday today with a house full of chaos. Fun was had by all. The theme was Disney Cars and with that came many Cars presents. Thanks to everyone's generosity and I think Owen's car count went up at least 10 fold. If anyone would like to play with some cars, please stop over!
I decided to make my own cake this year and found a pic on the web that seemed easy to replicate. I was pretty happy with how it turned out and Owen thought it tasted pretty good, I think.

owen-isms

When I picked up Owen today, Madelyn had to show me her board of Owen-isms. I had to laugh. They always like to tell me stories of funny things Owen says but never knew they kept a board of their favorite ones!

Some of my favorites include:
- excuse me, i burped
- the pancake house
- pizza store
- i'm just not tired yet (as he's yawning)
- mmm...tasty
- not just yet (usual response to 'are you ready?')

Problem Solved

Tom was upstairs getting Owen into the bathtub while I'm downstairs cleaning a bit in preparation of Lisa & Bob's arrival tomorrow. Next thing I know Owen is headed back downstairs calling to me that he needs me to go upstairs. When asked why, he responds need to help Daddy, needs a kiss on his foot.

As I get into the bathroom where Tom is prepping Owen's bath, I asked what's up. I guess Owen accidentally jumped and landed on Tom's foot and he knows the magic fix to any boo boo is simply a kiss from Mom on the boo boo.

Enforcing manners

'buurrrrrp!'
Owen: What's that noise?
Tom: I burpped
Owen: dad, say 'excuse me'
Tom: Excuse me
Owen: that's better

I lost to a 5 yr old...

Yesterday, Owen and I were having a good time playing bubbles until he heard the creaking of the swing next store. Looking over he sees Kathyrn and he says to me " mom you play with bubbles, i just be right back". He leaves me sitting on our deck and makes a mad dash over the to playground to play with Kathryn. Now, if only he could swing by himself...

Catching Up with Von

I know I probably talk to my brother more often but he's not much of a phone person. I found him over IM to ask what was new - his response...

I got a new car
Refinanced my mortage
We are still planning on coming up for july 4
That the wedding last weekend, I saved a life - I saved someone from a bad date.

...yep, that's my brother.