Today is my birthday, which means one year ago today, we started telling people we were expecting. It also means that people have been calling me to wish me a happy birthday, and politely remind me that it's been too long since I've updated the blog. Well it's time to remedy that situation. Elaine already put up a post this morning (admittedly backdated) about Owen's first snowfall, and I'll try to catch everyone up on all the other events of the past few weeks.
The big news is that Owen is mobile. Gone are the days when we could set him down and know that if we turned away, he'd be right where we left him. He's not quite crawling yet, but he manages to get around with a combination of rolling and a little inch worm maneuver where he thrusts his but up into the air and lunges forward to advance towards whatever he's after. I tried to capture this with what I thought would be an adorable series of pictures of Owen inching towards his red block, but he thought it would be far more fun to roll towards daddy and the edge of the bed instead.
In other news, Owen has his first girlfriend. Last weekend we had a gathering of EPA babies over at Misha and Sophia's house. Eric and Kathryn brought their five week old baby Cole, and we brought Owen over for an afternoon of burgers and babies. Misha's daughter, Maria, was born one week after Owen, and they both seemed quite smitten with each other (although in typical boy fashion, Owen was more interested in the toys at first, and it took him awhile to catch on that there was a cute girl staring at him). Cole meanwhile was happy to simply admire the other babies' ability to hold their heads up and manipulate objects with their hands.
Since Owen is old enough for his first girlfriend, it turns out he's also old enough to start shaving. In the latest bit of one-upmanship in the generations long feud between the Grady's and the Egan's, Owen started shaving at a mere five months old. I have a feeling that it will be a while before he has to shave again, but hopefully Bernie and Pete will put the pictures to good use.
What are we doing for my birthday you might ask? Well, we're throwing a baby shower / Super Bowl party for our friends Brad & Marlo up at Mom & Don's house. So I'll sign off for now, and with any luck I'll have pictures of the shower up in less that three weeks...
Sunday, February 04, 2007
Catch Up...
Posted by Allen A. Fawcett on Sunday, February 04, 2007
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