Birthday Fun

7-25-09

It has been a very busy few weeks. Owen celebrated his birthday a bit early with a wonderful party at the local park with friends, family and an awesome bouncy house. The kids jumped for hours and we hope that we contributed to a good nights sleep that night. The party theme was Spiderman and Batman (ofcourse!) with a spiderman cake and a batman pinata. It was crazy to plan and to pull off but we were able to do it (thanks to some extra hands from Papa Don and Nama Rain).

After the birthday party, we continued to prolong the birthday and celebrate the day of and the day after Owen's real birthday. Mom and Dad got Owen a new bike which he couldn't wait to jump on and ride. We had a few crashes during the first ride but he was fine getting right back up and on his way. He is resistant to the brakes and drove himself right into a large hedge (similar to his mother driving into a parked car when she was learning how to ride a bike!) Super fun for the summer

Charlie continues to grow and learn things everyday. He is jumping now in his doorway jumper and his exersaucer to the point that he has a blister on his big toe. He is starting to babble a little more, saying dadadada and gagagaga more. He loves his food, number 2's as Owen likes to call them. The gross pureed stuff from gerber. Whatever makes him happy. He loves to laugh and thinks Owen is great. Still working on the night time sleeping but finally sleeping 2 solid naps during the day.

Unfortunately, we had to put Bailey to sleep on Owen's birthday but we are moving forward. Bob told Owen and I think he is taking it better than anyone. "We still have mac dad, it's ok". Gotta love kids.

Love to All

Jill Bob Owen and Charlie (mac too)

Summer Fun!

7-6-09 Summer fun

We have had a busy few weeks. The weather is finally getting nice here and we have had a few days of 80-90 degree weather which I am just loving. It has allowed us to drag out the pool and have some friends over to swim.

A couple weeks back Charlie and I took a quick trip down to Sacramento to visit family and celebrate the life of Sherie Usi. It was very hot but it was a great way for some of the family to meet Charlie for the first time. We visited with Henry, Matt, Jean, Sophia, Rose and Will. We saw a lot of family throughout the weekend which was great. We missed Owen and Bob but they had a good boys weekend too.

4th of July: we spent the 4th close to home to make sure the dogs were ok and since the boys still go to bed about 2 hours before the sun goes down, fireworks are out of the question. We had some friends over for swimming, bbq and little fireworks in the cul de sac. the interest from the 3 year olds faded fast. The grown ups had more fun than anyone, it turned out to be a great day. The next day we went to a birthday party with pony rides and horse games. Owen was so into it, the most fun I have seen him have at a birthday party yet. I didn't need to help with anything, he rode ponies three times, a pony cart ride and played on the swing set throughout the party. It was great to see him having so much fun.

Along with great summer get togethers, we have found some new parks - water sprayer parks. A great way to stay cool when it gets hot here. Again owen has really enjoyed these new parks as an addition to our park routine.

Never the less, we are having a great summer. Charlie has gotten 2 teeth, the bottom front two. He is eating great, loving his fruits and veggies. He usually eats one serving of fruits and one serving of veggies at breakfast and dinner. He is sleeping great (so to speak) and has been consistently sleeping from 8pm to 4am. not bad. It takes a bit to get him back to sleep but he usually cooperates. He continues to be so happy and just loves Owen.

Happy Summer!