Ahh, A 3 Day Weekend!

Finally, some downtime! It's been a busy week! We've had a very busy week, which is part of the reason for my lack of blog time. But I've also been fighting a serious cold and respiratory infection that Owen gave both Daddy & me.

We've been dealing with a bunch of moving issues, and things around the old house. We also finalized our temporary living situation, which is a huge relief. The old house had it's appraisal, and we've begun the daunting task of packing. Yes, we're packing already. We have too! The next 3 weekends we will be busy and out of town. So, we got a head start, and since we can only really pack when Owen is napping, our time is seriously limited. But we got a great head start and are feeling a bit relieved. After the living room was packed up, Owen discovered the piano. He's never really taken much interest in it before, but now he knows it's there, and he can even climb up on the bench by himself and start playing. It's very cute.

Nothing really exciting happening at the new house this week. The foundation was poured, the lot was leveled, and this upcoming week they will pour the basement and garage floors. Then the excitement begins next week when they start framing.

Owen had a food coach come to have dinner with us last Monday, and we have been following the coach's plan and Owen has been eating SOOOOO much better. One of his new favorite foods is to eat a whole banana. He'll start his breakfast eating banana slices, but then he wants the whole thing. It's very funny to see this little guy chowing down like a big boy... We've cut his milk consumption in half, and now he comes to the table hungrier and more willing to eat. It was a tremendous help, and gave us a lot more confidence that we were on the right track, just needed a little tweaking.

One evening we ventured to the petting zoo and fed the animals. This time Owen was much braver and actually fed the goats.

They were pretty gentle, and took the single corn kernel from him - although they were looking for a handful. He loved the bunnies and the geese, it was great. He had a lot of fun.

We also ventured to Chuck E Cheese again. He loved the rides, and had a great time playing. It's great that he enjoys it now, and $5 goes a long way for entertaining a toddler. It's perfect to go there early Saturday morning, before the slew of birthday parties begin. Then we spent the afternoon just at home, packing, relaxing and playing.

Sunday was much of the same, except we went to the Country Club for brunch, and then came home to pack, relax, and play.

Today was lots of fun. We spent the entire morning playing, riding bikes, and just having fun. Then this afternoon we went to Granny and Pop's bay house for a cookout. Owen was SO good. he as always was shy to warm up to everyone, but he had his snack, and then starting venturing off to explore. The place is so nice, and decorated so pretty.

The view is amazing! Owen had a blast. We took his big tonka trucks, and he had a blast pushing around the stones and dumping out the dump truck. Pop was talking about maybe getting a swing set too. Owen even ate his dinner well, and then sat again in his booster seat when Mommy and Daddy ate dinner.

It was a long day, but well worth every minute of it...