Puppy Love

Well it has been a hard, long, lonely four months for Laila as she adjusts to becoming a big sister, especially since Drew had his surgery and I hurt my back, which has substantially decreased her visits to dog park and beach.  As of late, Laila has had to count on the mercy of visiting grandmas to get walks and beach visits, but as this picture clearly demonstrates, she and Owen are quickly falling in love.  

How much does he weigh?

You may be asking yourself as you scroll through the pages of our flickr photos, "How much does that little tubby weigh these days?" I can report that in a very unscientific method of Dad standing on the bathroom scale with Owen that he weighed 15lbs a week and a half ago, which means who really knows how much Owen weighs now. The one thing the pictures prove is that we clearly have no breastfeeding issues, unless you consider me wishing I had a life outside of breastfeeding an issue-Owen certainly doesn't think so. And don't worry we're not those overly sensitive new parents who will freak out if you discuss our kid's chub, as long as we keep the discussion of chub focused on Owen and not his mom. 

We've Got More Guilt than a Catholic School Girl

Hello friends and family and fans and followers of Owen-

Well we admitted at the beginning of this adventure in parenting that Drew and I were a bit of deadbeats when it comes to taking pictures. We have reformed our record a bit, but haven't been much better at adding them to the flickr account. In our defense, since we last posted pictures or blogged at the beginning of February, we got married in Vegas; flew to Alabama to visit Drew's grandparents and aunts, uncles, cousins; Drew had major surgery and spent a week in the hospital; Annaliisa developed a pinched nerve in her back which renders her domestically useless; Drew has been slowly, painfully recovering with a cast up to his armpit (screws, pins, and all); Annaliisa has been teaching the masses to read, write, and think- this is also a painfully slow process; and we spent spring break, Easter, and Drew's 25th birthday (yes I know this makes me a cougar) in Houston with a good-old fashioned crawfish boil; and now it is the middle of April and Owen is bigger than ever and we are enjoying every minute of his development. He is a non stop chatter box, drooling, constant teether sometimes crabby teether, and so busy he is ready to go somewhere in a hurry.

We have added lots of photos of Owen to our flickr account and promise to put up more soon.