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Here are a couple of silly faces from our little guy

This is what morning looks like without coffee...We took Ben and Owen to the Aquarium in New Orleans and met Laurie & James and their two kiddos to look at the fish, sharks, and other sealife - they all seemed to have a blast and as you can see in the last picture, the boys were VERY tired. They nodded off before we got on the highway to come home!

Owen kept grabbing Elliot's face and giving him kisses (his kisses include lots of pinching!)

shhhh...

8 months

Owen is 8 months old and he's doing lots of new things. In the last few weeks he's learned how to clap, wave hi and bye pretty much consistently, play peek-a-boo, turn pages of a book being held by someone else, clap two things together, eat several different foods, sit up in the tub, and laugh at silly stuff. He has been swimming in a big pool, visited his new cousin, played with his cousins Elliot and Ben, begun to cut a third tooth, and smiled for the camera countless times. It's been a busy few weeks. Here are a few pictures of our cute little guy.

Here are a couple of Owen's newest tricks - waving hi, clapping, and laughing at silly stuff (he likes watching mommy stack up the blocks and then say "crash!" when he knocks them down)

Owen has a new cousin!

Owen has a new cousin - Lillian. She was born on Thurday, May 7 at 8:49 am and weighed in at 8 lbs 7 oz and is 20" long. She's healthy and cute and we can't wait to meet her this week. Congratulations to Nanny Laurie, Uncle James, and Elliot! Here's a picture for you to see and we hope to take lots more when we visit in a couple of days.

a little eye candy...

Our yard is full of spring time blooms and I just love what they look like up close. Here are a few for you to see.

butterfly bush

purple spiky thing (not really sure)

hibiscus

Louisiana iris

Louisiana iris

squash flower - I may have over planted this one - I didn't realize how many squash/zucchini these plants produce on a single plant and I planted a total of 6!

impatiens

mint - I love this plant!

and here are a couple of pics of the little guy sittin' in his "big boy" chair and his high chair

The last few days (read: week) have been kinda rough - Owen had another cold, another trip to the doctor, and more nebulizer treatments for more wheezing. We even had to start an oral steroid which made him more than a little "awake" for the past few nights. So far today he's taken a cat nap, nursed several times (yay!) and even eaten some rice cereal (double yay!). He had stopped eating food and began clamping his mouth shut and shaking his head from side to side every time I offered food so that makes today pretty good! He seems much happier today and his lungs sound clear to me (I've gotten pretty good with the stethescope after a crash course at wheezing identification) so hopefully he's getting over this last illness. I'm really crossing my fingers that I can keep him well for the next few months because I have a feeling this fall/winter is going to be a doozy... That's all for now.

7 months!

Owen is already 7 months old and I can't believe it! He's changing every day it seems and continues to grow and grow and grow. He's fully recovered from RSV and bronchiolitis and we're five days without a single breathing treatment - yay! His latest accomplishments include the following:

• eating bananas (his favorite), pears, apples, peas
• sitting in a high chair at a restaurant
• sitting alone and playing with a basket of toys
• holding his arms up to be picked up
• grabbing your face and snuggling in with his
• laughing to gain your attention and at toys that entertain him
• saying "dadada"

We had a nice Easter and I've included some pictures from Easter "eve" and Easter morning - we left carrots and water for the Easter bunny and he must've liked them because he left Owen lots of toys, two books, and even a pair of sunglasses! Mr. Bunny brought him a few treats at Aunt Steph's and Bee-bee's as well.

Mommy helping Owen paint cookies

Owen painting cookies by himself

Easter "Eve"

"The grass is okay but what am I supposed to do with it?"

This Easter stuff is great - look at all I got!

I wonder what I'll get next year....

RSV stinks...

Yep, you read that correctly - O has RSV! Shocking - my stay-at-home, no daycare, breastfed baby with a compulsive hand-washing, purell-wielding mother has RSV!!! We made a trip to the ER last night because he started wheezing and sounding really bad over the course of a couple of hours. He was diagnosed with "bronchiolitis" and was given a nebulizer treatment in the ER and sent home with a prescription for more of the same with instructions to follow up with his pediatrician today. So today we go to the ped. and she does a quick swab of the nose and within a couple of minutes I'm looking at a bright pink stick that means "we've got us some RSV!" Luckily O is a "happy wheezer" meaning he doesn't seem to be bothered by the illness other than the obvious - he'd like to breathe through his nose and not a nose full of yuckiness and isn't thrilled with the bulb thingy going up the nose to retrieve yucky stuff. He's still eating, nursing, and playing. Last night, lying on the bed in the ER, he was talking to the doctor and trying to get his attention while bouncing his legs and feet non-stop! The doc says that this should run its course over about two weeks so since we're on day 5 of it we're still on the downhill and then hopefully we'll see an improvement in a couple of days and continue going uphill.

Well, let me go clean something (and y'all thought I was nuts about anti-bac stuff before!).

Here comes Peter Cottontail...

Just wanted to say Happy Spring and an early Happy Easter from a cute little bunny!