A little catching up from the last time I wrote....
Pumpkin Patch
Owen, his Mom, his cousins (including grown up cousin Amy) and his Auntie M and Uncle J all went to the pumpkin patch. Amy as usual took on her role as the photojournalist and got some great pictures. He was more interested in eating the hay than choosing his pumpkin but we had a very long day and he did great.
Halloween
For Halloween, Owen and his Mom were invited to a Mama/Baby Harvest party just to get some cute pictures of our babies in costumes. That evening, Owen went "trick or treating," which basically involved Steve or I carrying him since his costume made him too big for the stroller and we walked around for an hour or so watching the kids in our neighborhood.
We have also been to the beach twice and will be going again over the Thanksgiving weekend. We went with all three of Owen's Grandparents, then Owen and his Mom went to a Mommy and kid weekend. Lots of fun but we didn't take too many pictures.
On the way home, we stopped by Great Grandma's and.... drum roll....Owen finally waved! He gave Great Grandma a very slow but intentional wave hello. Later, he waved to some random friendly woman at New Seasons. So, now we just need to wait for it to become on demand. Clapping however has become a bit of an obsession. He claps for everything! He is a very enthusiastic little guy.
Other news, he now has 4 teeth in; three on bottom and one on top. He has been drooling like a basset hound today...literally like a basset hound with that shoelace looking drool hanging from his mouth. So, I am assuming that the fifth is on it's way.
As for Steve, he said nothing has been going on with him worth me writing about (he is being shy). I however, have had a ton of changes. I have started a new job as a (Temporary) Regional Trainer for Clackamas and Hood River counties helping clinicians learn a new software system. It is so weird to be unsure of what I am doing. I have been in the same job for 7.5 years, and all of a sudden I am clueless. I also took on an internship as the Northwest Environmental Health Conference event coordinator. It is going to be A LOT of work but I think it will be a great learning experience and should lead into some great contacts in the field of environmental health, which is really where I want to be heading. I am staying with my Building Bridges clients on Mondays and plan to stay with the company for a while still until I can figure out what my career goals are. It is hard to prioritize my career goals when I have such an amazingly adorable distraction at home.
Anyway, I will try to make posting at least once a month a priority. Things will start to calm down for me in the next week or so, then get crazy until after February. Both my new positions will be fading out in the Spring and life will mellow out again.
But to tied you over....
