Owen likes fish, Ben likes Owen: March 2009

Monday, March 30, 2009

Saturday, March 28, 2009

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Some pictures of Ben, as he's approaching the 3 month mark. He's much more awake now- for several hour spells- and can be smiley and happy for much of it. He is a charming little guy. As you can see in one picture above, Ben's found his thumb and quite fond of it.

Sunday, March 22, 2009

flight and space museum

We met Laurel's family at the Evergreen Flight and Space Museum today- home of the Spruce Goose and lots of cool airplanes and space stuff. It's been almost a year since our last trip. Owen had a wonderful time there, and Ben was a good traveler. Susie took real camera pictures I may post later. In the meantime, these are cell phone pics. Susie and Laurel fly to Virginia in the morning to see Dad and all the new house renovations he's been busy with.

ben's first lunar landing

evergreen space museum

Monday, March 16, 2009

guess who?

A new game for this blog: guess which baby is Ben, and which one is Owen in the above pictures. All are taken at 2.5 months.

The note is from pre-school- the teachers have begun writing down cute things the kids say and posting them for the other teachers to read. This just sounds so much like Owen- if he isn't asking "why?" he's making up an explanation. He's learning some sign language in school and teaches us the words at night. Maybe he can get Ben to sign when he's a little older.

Ben's busy trying to get his hands to stay in his mouth. He's enjoying hitting the toys on his play mat with his flailing arms, and he enjoys belly time for short spurts.

The answer to the Owen/Ben pictures: Ben, Owen, Ben, Owen.

Thursday, March 12, 2009

naked baby and baseball

The weather is turning warmer and it's the season for naked babies and baseball...

Monday, March 9, 2009

famous cousin

Laurel's picture was in the paper on Sunday. She's in the bottom left of this picture- the only kid looking at the camera:

http://www.gazettetimes.com/articles/2009/03/08/news/community/1loc01_storytelling.txt

And she's super cute in this picture, which didn't make the paper:

http://gazettetimes.mycapture.com/mycapture/enlarge.asp?image=22636162&event=706829&CategoryID=30034

(actually, she's always super cute).

Sunday, March 8, 2009

volare

Owen, Ben and I took a trip to the coast today, to the aquarium and Hatfield Center. Above are some cell phone pics. In the last one you can see the silhouette of Owen's "I'm sad" lower lip, as he realizes I'm taking a picture (that's a harbor seal hoovering overhead). We had a nice day with an Oregon mixed bag of weather: snow, sleet, hail, rain, and intense sunshine. This was Ben's first trip to the aquarium and Owen enjoyed showing him around. Ben mostly enjoyed screaming.

Did I mention that Owen likes Dean Martin? It started with a Rat Pack Christmas CD in Richard's car (for the past year +). For Valentine's Day, I got Owen a Dean Martin "Amore" CD, which is now all he wants to listen to. So on the hour trip to the coast, Owen wanted me to play "Volare" the entire time. Not the worst song, but I wonder if I'll ever get it out of my head. Luckily for me the CD's in Richard's car, not mine...